Leonid Stein

Leonid Stein
Leonid Stein in 1969
Full nameLeonid Zakharovich Stein
CountrySoviet Union
Born(1934-11-12)November 12, 1934
Kamianets-Podilskyi, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union
DiedJuly 4, 1973(1973-07-04) (aged 38)
Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
TitleGrandmaster (1962)
Peak rating2620 (July 1972)
Peak rankingNo. 11 (July 1972)

Leonid Zakharovych Stein (Ukrainian: Леонід Захарович Штейн; November 12, 1934 – July 4, 1973) was a Soviet chess Grandmaster from Ukraine. He won three USSR Chess Championships in the 1960s (1963, 1965, and 1966), and was among the world's top ten players during that era.