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Alexander Kotov

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Soviet chess player (1913-1981)

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Alexander Alexandrovich Kotov (Алекса́ндр Алекса́ндрович Ко́тов; was a Soviet chess grandmaster and author. He was a Soviet chess champion, a two-time world title Candidate, and a prolific writer on the subject of chess.

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Order of Lenin
Order of the Badge of Honour
Medal "For Valiant Labour in the Great Patriotic War 1941-1945"
Honoured Master of Sports of the USSR
Jubilee Medal "In Commemoration of the 100th Anniversary of the Birth of Vladimir Ilyich Lenin"

Writers born in the 1910s 6

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Alexander Alexandrovich Kotov (Алекса́ндр Алекса́ндрович Ко́тов; was a Soviet chess grandmaster and author. He was a Soviet chess champion, a two-time world title Candidate, and a prolific writer on the subject of chess. Kotov served in high posts in the Soviet Chess Federation, and wrote most of his books during the Cold War. The importance and breadth of Kotov's work rank him among the all-time greats in this field.

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deceased
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Lived 1913 to 1981 · aged 67
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