David Bronstein 1924-2006
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Several sources (such as TWIC, FIDE and Wikipedia) brought the sad news that David Bronstein has passed away yesterday. Bronstein, who drew a world championship match against Botvinnik in 1951, reached the age of 82. As soons as possible a tribute to this beautiful chess player will follow.
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