Efim Geller, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Efim Geller

Soviet chess player

Date of Birth: 08-Mar-1925

Place of Birth: Odessa, Odessa Oblast, Ukraine

Date of Death: 17-Nov-1998

Profession: chess player

Nationality: Ukraine

Zodiac Sign: Pisces

Efim Petrovich Geller (Russian: ???? ???????? ??????, Ukrainian: ???? ???????? ??????; 8 March 1925 – 17 November 1998) was a Soviet chess player and world-class grandmaster at his peak.
He won the Soviet Championship twice (in 1955 and 1979) and was a Candidate for the World Championship on six occasions (1953, 1956, 1962, 1965, 1968, and 1971).
He won four Ukrainian Championship titles (in 1950, 1957, 1958, and 1959) and shared first in the 1991 World Seniors' Championship, winning the title outright in 1992.
Geller was coach to World Champions Boris Spassky and Anatoly Karpov.
He was also an author.