Salo Flohr

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Salomon Flohr
Salomon Flohr in Moscow, 1933.
Full name	Salomon Mikhailovich Flohr
Country	Czechoslovakia Soviet Union
Born	(1908-11-21)November 21, 1908 Horodenka, Austria-Hungary
Died	July 18, 1983(1983-07-18) (aged 74) Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Title	Grandmaster (1950)
Peak rating	2460 (July 1972)

Salomon Mikhailovich Flohr (November 21, 1908 – July 18, 1983) was a Czechoslovak and Soviet chess player and writer. He was among the first recipients of the title International Grandmaster from FIDE in 1950. Flohr dominated many tournaments of the pre-World War II years, and by the late 1930s was considered a contender for the World Championship. However, his patient, positional style was overtaken by the sharper, more tactical methods of the younger Soviet echelon after World War II.^{[citation needed]}