Miron Sher
Soviet-American chess player
Miron Naumovich Sher (Russian: Мирон Наумович Шер; June 29, 1952 – August 21, 2020) was an influential Ukrainian-born American chess grandmaster. In 1981, at age 29, Sher became a chess coach for the Russian national team, a role he held until 1985.
Sher became an international master in 1988[1] and a grandmaster in 1992.
In 1991, when the Soviet Union dissolved, Sher became a Russian citizen.
Sher died August 21, 2020, in New York City at the age of 68.[2]
References change
Sources change
- "GM Miron Sher (1952-2020)". US Chess Federation. August 21, 2020. Retrieved August 25, 2020.
- Karpov, Anatoly Yevgenyevich, ed. (1990). "Шер Мирон Наумович" [Sher, Miron Naumovich] (PDF). Шахматы: Энциклопедический Словарь (Russian Chess Encyclopedia and Biographical Dictionary) (in Russian). Moscow: Great Soviet Encyclopedia. pp. 31 & 616–617. ISBN 5852700053. OCLC 606026618.
Other websites change
- Miron Sher profile at FIDE
- Chess games of Miron Sher at Chessgames.com
- Miron N. Sher Tournament database at www.365chess.com
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