David Bronstein was later revealed. The rumor that Bronstein was related to the disgraced former Soviet Communist leader Leon Trotsky (whose real family name was Bronstein), was treated as unconfirmed, but doubtful, by Bronstein in his book "The Sorcerer's Apprentice" (1995). This belief could have explained the imprisonment of Bronstein's father. With the tide turning towards an eventual Soviet war victory over the Nazi invaders, Bronstein was able to once again play some competitive chess. His first top-standard Soviet event was the 1944 USSR Championship, where he won his individual game against eventual winner (and soon-to-be world champion) Mikhail Botvinnik. Bronstein moved
Lev Zbarsky Felix-Lev. In 1972, Lev Zbarsky emigrated to Israel, and from there he moved to the United States. He died in New York from lung cancer in 2016. Lev Zbarsky Felix-Lev Borisovich Zbarsky (; 12 November 1931 – 22 February 2016) was a Russian Soviet painter. He was born in Moscow, the son of a biochemist . Biochemist Ilya Zbarsky was his brother, and he was the first husband of actress Lyudmila Maksakova. Lev Zbarsky the first son of the second marriage of Boris Ilyich Zbarsky with Evgenia Perelman. Lev was born in Moscow in November 1931. Father decided to call