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Elmārs Zemgalis

American chess player (1923-2014).

Born September 9th, 1923 in Riga.

Died December 8th, 2014 at 91 years old in Seattle.

Occupations
chess player, mathematician, non-fiction writer

If you’re not ready to die for it, take the word “freedom” out of your vocabulary. Malcolm X