Ratmir Kholmov, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Ratmir Kholmov

Russian chess player

Date of Birth: 13-May-1925

Place of Birth: Shenkursk, Russia

Date of Death: 18-Feb-2006

Profession: chess player

Zodiac Sign: Taurus

Ratmir Dmitrievich Kholmov (Russian: ?????? ?????????? ??????) (13 May 1925 in Shenkursk – 18 February 2006 in Moscow) was a Russian chess Grandmaster.
He won many international tournaments in Eastern Europe during his career, and tied for the Soviet Championship title in 1963, but lost the playoff.
Kholmov was not well known in the West, since he never competed there during his career peak, being confined to events in socialist countries.
His chess results were impressive, so this may have been for security reasons, as Kholmov had been a wartime sailor.
But he was one of the strongest Soviet players from the mid-1950s well into the 1970s, and was ranked as high as No.
8 in the world by Chessmetrics.com from August 1960 to March 1961.
Kholmov stayed active in competitive chess right to the end of his life, and maintained a high standard.