Really fascinating. Nezhmetdinov was on Tal's team as a sparring partner for the epic Tal-Botvinnik world championship match in 1960 that Tal won.
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FIDE awarded him the International Master title for his second-place finish behind Korchnoi at Bucharest 1954, the only time he was able to compete outside of the Soviet Union.
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Despite his extraordinary talent, he never was able to obtain the grandmaster title.
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