On 24 Oct 2004 15:26:53 GMT, OTHERE (Fifiela) wrote:

The only grandmasters there were Rossolimo and
later Spassky, both transplanted Russians.

Rossolimo was Russian? With the name, I would assume Italian.

Yes. Rossolimo was from Kiev. Rossolimo was not his original name. His
original name was something like Verukov. He changed it to Rossolimo
in order to become a citizen of France.

Good question, though. Can somebody tell us what was the original name
at birth of Nicholas Rossolimo?

Sam Sloan