Savielly Tartakower
Savielly Tartakower was born on February 22, 1887. See ranking, bio blurb, and everyone else born that day.
About Savielly Tartakower
Savielly Tartakower (also known as Xavier or Ksawery Tartakower, less often Tartacover or Tartakover; 21 February 1887 – 4 February 1956) was a chess player who was awarded the title of International Grandmaster in its inaugural year, 1950. He was also a chess journalist and author during the 1920s and 1930s, and was noted for his many witticisms. He was Austro-Hungarian by birth, later becoming first a Polish and later a naturalised French citizen. During World War II, Tartakower joined the French Resistance under the name "Lieutenant Cartier".