Efim Geller

This is another Soviet who doesn't seem to be as well known as he should be?

From Wiki: (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Efim_Geller)

"He won the Soviet Championship twice, in 1955 and 1979. Geller was a Candidate for the World Championship on six occasions (1953, 1956, 1962, 1965, 1968, and 1971)...

...Geller is reckoned to have been among the best ten players in the world for around twenty years."

Geller also had plus scores against World Champions Euwe, Botvinnik, Smyslov, Tal, Petrosian, Spassky, Fischer, Karpov, and Kasparov!!

Geller's games:

http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessplayer?pid=15712

"Geller beats the world champions and pretenders" :

http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chesscollection?cid=1000141

Thanks, NM Tonydal. That sure is an interesting game - Geller took a real risk with his sac!

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