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 Pisarzhevsky 23 March 1938 after a period of deteriorating health. Lev Pisarzhevsky Lev Vladimirovich Pisarzhevsky (also transliterated as Pisarzhevskii: ; 13 February 1874 – 23 March 1938) was a Ukrainian Soviet chemist who studied peroxides, peracids, and solutions. His contribution to the theory of catalysis is best known for his attempt to relate the catalytic properties of solids to their electronic properties. Lev Vladimirovich Pisarzhevsky was born on 13 February 1874 Kishinev in the Bessarabia Governorate of the Russian Empire (now Chişinău, Republic of Moldova). His mother relocated the family to Odessa following his father's death, where Lev Pisarzhevsky worked to