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Paul Keres (born January 7, 1916, Narva, Estonia – died June 5, 1975, Helsinki, Finland) was an Estonian chess grandmaster and one of the strongest chess players of all time. Keres was also a highly respected chess author. On four consecutive occasions he narrowly missed the chance of a World Championship match by being runner-up in the Candidates' Tournament. Many claim him to be the strongest player never to become World Chess Champion. He was nicknamed "The Crown Prince of Chess". Keres won the 1938 AVRO Tournament in The Netherlands, which qualified him for a World Championship match against Alexander Alekhine, but the match never took place. Keres won three Soviet Chess Championships (1947, 1950, and 1951), as well as several elite tournaments over top-class fields, such as Semmering 1937, Budapest 1952, and Los Angeles 1963.
