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Does Alexander Tolush have any descendants?

I'd love to know about him.  

I can't read his biography in the Russian language or Cyrillic letters.

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Do you mean the biography Alexander Tolush published 1983, compiled by his wife Valentina ?   If so, apparently in cyrillic; if not, try to find it...

Moreover the English Wikipedia gives more references on Tolush, have a look !

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I'm trying to get closer to the source.

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I think Tolush was once Boris Spassky's chess coach

how about if you wrote a letter to boris?

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rowsweep wrote:

I think Tolush was once Boris Spassky's chess coach

how about if you wrote a letter to boris?

Spassky ignored Tolush.

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Cogwheel wrote:

No, Spassky did not ignore Tolush as Tolush was one of Spassky's mentors.

And now I am one of your mentors and you are ignoring me.

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Spassky had 3 different trainers in his career : Zak , Tolush , Bondarevski , in that order 

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Reb wrote:

Spassky had 3 different trainers in his career : Zak , Tolush , Bondarevski , in that order 

But most importantly, Geller was his second in the match in 1972.

Anyone for tennis?

#dinarasafina

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Fischer only had lombardy

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Cogwheel wrote:
ghostofmaroczy wrote:
Cogwheel wrote:

No, Spassky did not ignore Tolush as Tolush was one of Spassky's mentors.

And now I am one of your mentors and you are ignoring me.

...What?

Playing deaf?

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who are your mentors?

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rowsweep pondered:

who are your mentors?

Odysseus' mentor was Mentor.

Lisa's mentor was Homer.

#daughterfather

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Wasn't Mentor the mentor of Telemachus (Odysseus' son)?

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CrystalMoon corrected ghostofmaroczy in a kind way:

Wasn't Mentor the mentor of Telemachus (Odysseus' son)?

ghostofmaroczy's mentor is CrystalMoon.

Homer's mentor was The Spirit of Adventure.

#trip

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cap78red wrote:

I assumed you were the same reb as on icc

Hi Cap !  Yes, I am also reb on icc !  Good luck in your remaining games !  Sounds like a strong tourney . 

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cap78red ran on and on:

plsyed 56 brilliant moves which fritz loved and then made a howler going into a passive defence when aggressive defence was on and only a passive over aggressive choice was enough to lose

Red is the opposite of Cyan.

#krasnyusedtomeanbeautiful

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cap78red captivated me with his explanation of his handle:

what do you mean marcoziesghost, arre you reading too much into a colour- the red in question comes from a rugby reference cap=cardiff arms park a welsh rugby ground 78 is 1978 the last grand slam for wales in the 20th century- a grand slam is a rugby achievement, and the red is the red of the prince of wales the colours that the welsh wear in rugby. it is not a political statement except one could read a monarchist anti-revolutionary element into it if any. My name is llewellyn and there was the original prince of wales called gruffydd ap llewellyn who may or may not be a relative.

#kingplusknight

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Tolush was a strong theoretician in which openings?

i feel like these GMs were just sparring partners.  because a 2500 GM (Tolush) is going to lose to a 2700 GM (Spassky)

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rowsweep focused on opening theory:

Tolush was a strong theoretician in which openings?

i feel like these GMs were just sparring partners.  because a 2500 GM (Tolush) is going to lose to a 2700 GM (Spassky)

#leningrad

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l. to r.   Mikhail Botvinnik, Vasily Smyslov, Alexander Tolush, Vladimir Alatortsev,
             Paul  Keres, Efim Geller, Tigran Petrosian