💰Grigory Levenfish Net worth: $17 Million
About
Polish chess grandmaster who won the Soviet Championship in 1934 and 1937.
Before Fame
He studied chemical engineering in St. Petersburg.
Trivia
He was also a highly respected chess Writer and he was awarded the ranking of International Grandmaster by the FIDE in 1950, the year the title was introduced officially.
Family Life
He was born to a Jewish family in Poland, in what was then the Soviet Union.
Associated With
He was born in the same year as fellow Soviet chess legend Boris Verlinsky.