Taimanov Mark Evgenievich

Definition: Soviet and Russian chess player, international grandmaster (1952), USSR champion (1956), five-time Leningrad champion (1948, 1950, 1952, 1961, 1973). Pianist.
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In 1971, at Taimanov’s customs they found a book by Solzhenitsyn, published abroad (usually chess players were not inspected). His state scholarship was reduced, they stopped sending him to tournaments abroad, and he was deprived of the title of Honored Master of Sports of the USSR (restored to the title in 1991).

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Fund 03 (Б-2) / Inventory 1 / Case Щаранский Анатолий (Натан) Борисович
2. Article by V. Fedorov “In Israel with Garry Kasparov”, published in the newspaper “Vremya”, No. 7, 10.28 - 11.03.1994.
Fund 03 (Б-2) / Inventory 1 / Case Солженицын Александр Исаевич
23. Article by Kudryavtsev V. “I got burned at Solzhenitsyn...” in the newspaper “Soviet Sport” for [1991] about the return of the title of master of sports to grandmaster M. Taimanov, previously selected for keeping Solzhenitsyn’s book.
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