The Legendary Hungarian Grandmaster Andor Lilienthal Passes Away At The Age Of 99

Andor (André, Andre, Andrei) Arnoldovich Lilienthal (May 5, 1911 – May 8, was a Hungarian Chess Grandmaster. In his long career, he played against ten male and female world champions, beating Emanuel Lasker, José Raúl Capablanca, Alexander Alekhine, Max Euwe, Mikhail Botvinnik, Vasily Smyslov, and Vera Menchik In a 2005 article, Slobodan Adzic wrote that Lilienthal was still active, in good health, driving his car, and writing articles for chess magazines. At the time of his death, he was the oldest living grandmaster, and the last surviving person from the original group of grandmasters awarded the title by FIDE in 1950.....(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andor_Lilienthal)
I would like to express my condolences to his family and his admirers and all the chess community .
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The Legendary World Chess Champion Vasily Smyslov Passes Away At The Age Of 89

Vasily Vasilyevich Smyslov (Russian: Васи́лий Васи́льевич Смысло́в) (March 24, 1921 – March 27, 2010) was a Soviet and Russian chess grandmaster, and was World Chess Champion from 1957 to 1958. He was a Candidate for the World Chess Championship on eight occasions (1948, 1950, 1953, 1956, 1959, 1965, 1983, and 1985).....(The full article could be found in Wikipedia here :http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vasily_Smyslov )He was also considered one of the best ever chess endgame players in the history of chess. I would like to express my condolences to his family and his admirers and all the chess community .
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