Alexander Zaitsev (chess player), Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Alexander Zaitsev (chess player)

Russian chess grandmaster

Date of Birth: 15-Jun-1935

Place of Birth: Vladivostok, Primorsky Krai, Russia

Date of Death: 31-Oct-1971

Profession: chess player

Zodiac Sign: Gemini

Alexander Nikolayevich Zaitsev (June 15, 1935 – October 31, 1971) was a leading Soviet chess grandmaster.
He was born in Vladivostok, Russia.
Perhaps his finest achievement was a share of first place at the 1968/69 USSR Chess Championship of Alma Ata.
He eventually took the silver medal after losing the (Vladimir) play-off to co-winner Lev Polugaevsky.
The Chessmetrics website, which provides estimated ratings for older players, places him as 21st in the world in 1969.
Zaitsev died at a young age in a pathetic manner.
He had been born with a clubfoot.
In 1971, he had an operation to correct the problem.
Details are hard to come by, but Zaitsev died of complications from the surgery.