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   Mark Taimanov

   Mark Evgenievich Taimanov (Марк Евгеньевич Тайманов) (born February 7, 1926, Kharkov) is a leading Russian chess player and concert pianist. He was awarded the International Grandmaster title in 1952 and played in the Candidates Tournament in Zurich in 1953, where he tied for eighth place.
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   Lev Aronin

   One of the mainline variations in the Orthodox King's Indian Defence is named the Aronin - Taimanov Variation, in honour of him and of GM Mark Taimanov.
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   Leningrad City Chess Championship

   | 34 | 1961 | Boris Spassky Mark Taimanov |
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   Sicilian Defence

   Named after Mark Taimanov, the Taimanov Variation can be reached through 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 or 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 e6. ... It will frequently transpose into a standard line such as the Taimanov Variation or Paulsen Variation, or else White can play 3.c3 in the style of the Alapin Variation, where Black's queen may not be so well placed on c7.
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   Ratmir Kholmov

   Kholmov tied for the title in the 2000 World Senior Championship at Rowy, on 8/11 with Mark Taimanov, Jānis Klovāns, and Alexander Chernikov.
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   Efim Geller

   Geller played in 23 USSR Chess Championships, a record equalled by Mark Taimanov, achieving good results in many.
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   Bobby Fischer

   First, he beat Mark Taimanov of the USSR at Vancouver by 6-0. ... "The record books showed that the only comparable achievement to the 6-0 score against Taimanov was Wilhelm Steinitz's 7-0 win against Joseph Henry Blackburne in 1876 in an era of more primitive defensive technique."
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   World Senior Chess Championship

   Ten players tied a half point behind with 8.0/11, including former World Championship Candidates Mark Taimanov and Borislav Ivkov.
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   Nimzo-Indian Defence

   This forces Black to retreat the bishop to e7 or take on c3, which transposes to a line of the Sämisch Variation that does fairly well for White because he can undouble his pawns at some point by playing cxd5, and then prepare the e4 pawn break. 4...Nc6 is the Taimanov Variation, named after Russian GM Mark Taimanov.
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    Boris Spassky

    At the 1956 Soviet final, URS-ch23, held in Leningrad, Spassky tied for 1st-3rd places on 11½/19 with Mark Taimanov and Yuri Averbakh, but Taimanov won the further playoff to become champion.

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• Mark Taimanov,
• Lev Aronin,
• Leningrad City Chess Championship,
• Sicilian Defence,
• Ratmir Kholmov,
• Efim Geller,
• Bobby Fischer,
• World Senior Chess Championship,
• Nimzo-Indian Defence,
• Boris Spassky