What is Nikolai Krogius?
{{Infobox chess player |image= Krogius 1995 Bad Liebenzell.jpg |name = Nikolai Krogius |caption= Krogius in 1995, Bad Liebenzell |birthname = Nikolai Vladimirovich Krogius |country = [[Russia]] |birth_date = {{Birth date|1930|07|22}} |birth_place = [[Saratov]], [[Russian SFSR]], [[USSR]] |death_date = {{Death date and age|2022|07|14|1930|07|22}} |death_place = [[New York City]], U.S. |title = [[Grandmaster (chess)|Grandmaster]] |peakrating = 2575 (January 1971) }} '''Nikolai Vladimirovich Krogius''' (July 22, 1930 – July 14, 2022) was a Russian [[Chess]] [[Grandmaster (chess)|Grandmaster]], [[International Arbiter]] (1985), [[psychologist]], chess [[Coach (sport)|coach]], chess administrator, and author. He coached World Champion [[Boris Spassky]] for many years. He also was chairman of the [[USSR Chess Federation]]. He was the co-winner of the 1993 [[World Senior Chess Championship]]. Krogius died on July 14, 2022 in [[New York City]], eight days before his 92nd birthday.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.tass.com/sport/1480989/ |title=Former FIDE president Krogius dies aged 91 |access-date=2022-07-17 |archive-date=2022-07-19 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220719220806/https://tass.com/sport/1480989 |url-status=dead }}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Krogius, Nikolai}} [[Category:1930 births]] [[Category:2022 deaths]] [[Category:Chess grandmasters]] [[Category:Russian chess players]] [[Category:Russian writers]] [[Category:Soviet chess players]] {{sports-bio-stub}}