born in Ukraine when it was part of the Russian Empire, to Spiridon Rossolimo, a painter and portraitist, and his wife née Ksenia Nikolaevna Skugarevskaya, an aristocratic writer and war correspondent; he moved to Paris with his Russian mother in 1929
American-French-Russian-Greek chess Grandmaster. Rossolimo died of head injuries following a fall down a flight of stairs, just after finishing third in his final event, the 1975 World Open.
American-French-Russian-Greek chess Grandmaster. Rossolimo died of head injuries following a fall down a flight of stairs, just after finishing third in his final event, the 1975 World Open.
born in Ukraine when it was part of the Russian Empire, to Spiridon Rossolimo, a painter and portraitist, and his wife née Ksenia Nikolaevna Skugarevskaya, an aristocratic writer and war correspondent; he moved to Paris with his Russian mother in 1929
American-French-Russian-Greek chess Grandmaster. Rossolimo died of head injuries following a fall down a flight of stairs, just after finishing third in his final event, the 1975 World Open.
American-French-Russian-Greek chess Grandmaster. Rossolimo died of head injuries following a fall down a flight of stairs, just after finishing third in his final event, the 1975 World Open.
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