Paul Keres ([ˈpɑu̯l ˈkeres]; 7 January 1916 – 5 June 1975) was an Estonian chess grandmaster and chess writer. He was among the world's top players from the mid-1930s to the mid-1960s, and narrowly missed a chance at a World Chess Championship match on five occasions.

Paul Keres was a five-time Estonian and three-time Soviet chess champion. Although he never played in a world championship match, he is considered one of the top players never to become champion.

2025年1月3日 · Paul Keres (born January 7, 1916, Narva, Estonia, Russian Empire—died June 5, 1975, Helsinki, Finland) was an Estonian chess grandmaster, three times chess champion of the U.S.S.R., three times European champion, and a member of the winning Soviet team at seven world Chess Olympiads.

Paul Keres (7 January 1916 – 5 June 1975) was an Estonian and Soviet chess grandmaster. From about 1937 to 1962 he was one of the top four players in the world. Keres narrowly missed a chance at a World Chess Championship match on five occasions.

2021年3月25日 · GM Paul Keres is undeniably one of the greatest players of all time, a renowned chess writer, and one of a handful of grandmasters inevitably discussed whenever we speak of that hallowed company that came ever so close to winning the coveted title of world champion.

Paul Keres was a legendary Estonian chess player who was considered one of the greatest players of his time. He was born on January 7, 1916, in Narva, Estonia. Keres started playing chess at the age of five and soon showed immense talent in the game.

Paul Keres was a top-class grandmaster, the strongest player never to have played for the world championship title. In fact after his first place in the 1938 AVRO tournament in Holland he was regarded as the natural successor to the reigning world champion Alexander Alekhine.

Paul Keres was perhaps the best of all the top players who never became World Champion. For decades he was among the world's elite and he was also an excellent commentator and renowned theoretician. Vlastimil Hort remembers his encounters with the great Estonian.

Paul had two nicknames given by the chess fraternity – Crown Prince of Chess and Paul The Eternal Second. The reason behind this is assumed to be his luck factor where he couldn’t win the world championship qualification match i.e the candidates …

2023年12月27日 · Paul Keres (1916-1975) was my chess hero in my distant youth. The elegant Estonian, who triumphed at Avro 1938 in a historic tournament of the world top eight, played in a classical style with...