Marion Tinsley, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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American checkers player
Date of Birth: 03-Feb-1927
Place of Birth: Ohio, United States
Date of Death: 03-Apr-1995
Profession: mathematician
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Aquarius 
About Marion Tinsley
- Marion Franklin Tinsley (February 3, 1927 – April 3, 1995) was an American mathematician and checkers player.
- He is considered to be the greatest checkers player who ever lived.
- Tinsley was world champion 1955–1958 and 1975–1991 and never lost a world championship match, and lost only seven games (two of them to the Chinook computer program) in his 45-year career.
- He withdrew from championship play during the years 1958–1975, relinquishing the title during that time.
- It was said that Tinsley was "to checkers what Leonardo da Vinci was to science, what Michelangelo was to art and what Beethoven was to music."
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