Nicolas Rossolimo, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Nicolas Rossolimo

American-French-Russian-Greek chess player

Date of Birth: 28-Feb-1910

Place of Birth: Kiev, Ukraine

Date of Death: 24-Jul-1975

Profession: chess composer, chess player

Nationality: France

Zodiac Sign: Pisces

Nicolas Rossolimo (Russian: ??????? ???????????? ???????´??; February 28, 1910, Kiev – July 24, 1975, New York) was an American-French-Greek-Russian chess Grandmaster.
After acquiring Greek citizenship in 1929, he was able to emigrate that year to France, and was many times chess champion of Paris.
In 1952 he emigrated to the United States, and won the 1955 U.S.
Open Chess Championship.
He was a resident of New York City until his death. The Rossolimo Variation of the Sicilian Defence bears his name.