Vladimir Pavlovich Zagorovsky (russian: Влади́мир Па́влович Загоро́вский; 29 June 1925,

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World Champion between 1962 and 1965. He won the 1952 Moscow City Championship. In the July 1972 FIDE rating list he had an over the board rating of 2370.

Selected titles

* 1948: Master of Sports of the USSR (chess) * 1991: Honored Master of Sports of the USSR (chess)

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