David Bronstein, who died on Tuesday aged 82, was a leading Soviet chess grandmaster and writer; like Viktor Korchnoi, he was often described as the greatest player never to have won a world ...

The Ukrainian-born chess grandmaster David Bronstein, who has died aged 82, was a creative innovator in opening strategy, wrote a classic instruction book and tied a match for the world championship.

A few weeks ago, we marked in this space the 100th anniversary of the storied New York tournament of 1924, one of the greatest events ever staged in this country. But there was another, less-heralded ...

David Ionovich Bronstein, chess player: born Belaya Tserkov, Soviet Union 19 February 1924; three times married (one son); died Minsk, Belarus 5 December 2006. Some great chess players take a ...