Chess Champions : Savielly Tartakower

    Today's Champion is Savielly Tartakower. I have learned that this Champion is very little known. He was born in February 21 1887, he died February 4 1956. He was awarded International Grandmaster in 1950. In France Tartakower decided to become a professional chess player. He wrote many books and brochures about chess during his career. 

    Savielly Tartakower officially decided to become a professional chess player in France. He cooperated with many magazines and wrote books about chess. Tartakower participated in many important tournament in his day. In these tournaments he beat many notable players such as Frank Marshall and Milan Vidmar. In later Tournaments he beat famous chess players such as Mir Sultan Kahn, Akiba Rubinstein, and Aron Nimzowitsch. In 1939 at the start of World War II, Tartakower was in Buenos Aires representing the Poland team that included Miguel Najdorf, who referred to Tartakower as "his teacher". In 1950 Tartakower was one of the very first people to achieve the title of International Grandmaster. In 1953 he won the French Chess Championship in Paris.

   Tartakower was also known for his aphorisms, sometimes called tartakoverisms. He has many variations of openings named after him. Openings like the Dutch defense, Tartakower defense in queens gambit declined, Torre attack, and the very little known or forgotten opening, Sicilian defense. One of his most famous variations is the Caro-Kann defense. He is also the alleged to be the inventor of the Orangutan opening. Savielly Tartakower invented anything opening in Barcelona 1929 called Catalan opening. 

   Throughout Tartakower's entire career, he won three individual medals (gold in 1931 and bronze in 1933 and 1935) and 5 team medals. He was one of the main organizers of the chess Olympiads in Warsaw 1935.

   To conclude the history of the amazing history of Savielly Tartakower, we will list all the achievements and contributions to the chess community. Tartakower was one of the first people to receive the title of International Grandmaster, he won three personal medals and 5 team medals, he taught the player Miguel Najdorf, and he created numerous openings and variations. This player deserves more recognition from the overall chess community for all that he has done to develop the game.