Alexander Borisovich Roshal (russian: Алекса́ндр Бори́сович Роша́ль; , in

Moscow Moscow ( , US chiefly ; rus, links=no, Москва, r=Moskva, p=mɐskˈva, a=Москва.ogg) is the capital and largest city of Russia. The city stands on the Moskva River in Central Russia, with a population estimated at 13.0 million ...

– ) was a Soviet

chess Chess is a board game for two players, called White and Black, each controlling an army of chess pieces in their color, with the objective to checkmate the opponent's king. It is sometimes called international chess or Western chess to dist ...

player and journalist, the co-founder and editor of the magazine '' 64''.

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Soviet chess writers Soviet male writers 20th-century male writers Russian sports journalists 1936 births 2007 deaths 20th-century chess players {{Russia-chess-bio-stub