Efim geller biography of rory
Mark Evgenievich Taimanov was born in , in Kharkiv, Ukraine, and moved to Russia when he was six months old..
Efim Geller
He came from a Jewish family.
Geller served in the Soviet army during World War II.
Geller learned chess during World War II while reading chess literature during his spare time. His father was a First Category chess player and was a student of the first Soviet grandmaster, Boris Verlinsky.
In 1946 Geller played in his first chess tournament and took 4th place in the Ukrainian Championship in Kiev.
In 1947, he took 6th place in the Ukrainian Chess Championship, held in Kiev (Kyiv).
He scored 9.5 out of 15.
I have organized or been TD in more than 1, tournaments and never has this situation occurred.
The event was won by Alexei Sokolsky (1908-1969).
In 1948, he took 3rd-5th place at Baku with 9 out of 15.
In 1948, he took 5th-8th in the Ukrainian SSR Championship in Kyiv. He scored 11 out of 18.
In 1948 he graduated from Odessa National University with a degree in political economy, but later made chess his career.
He later earned a doctorate in physical education.
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