| Abram Khasin | |
|---|---|
 Khasin in 1995 | |
| Full name | Abram Iosifovich Khasin |
| Country | Soviet Union → Russia |
| Born | 15 February 1923 Zaporizhia, Ukrainian SSR, USSR |
| Died | 6 February 2022 (aged 98) Essen, Germany |
| Title | USSR Master of Sports (1950)
International Master (1964) |
| Peak rating | 2480 (July 1971) |
Abram Iosifovich Khasin (Russian: Абрам Иосифович Хасин; 15 February 1923 – 6 February 2022) was a Russian chess international master and correspondence grandmaster.[1][2]
Khasin was born in Zaporizhia, and grew up in Ukraine during the 1930s. During World War II, he became a soldier in the Red Army and had both legs amputated after being wounded in the Battle of Stalingrad. After World War II he worked as an English teacher and chess coach.[3]
Among his students are grandmasters, coaches, journalists, commentators: Boris Gulko, Evgeny Bareev, Leonid Yurtaev, Yacov Murey, Natalia Konopleva, Elena Fatalibekova, Tamara Minogina, Aleksandr Kalinin.[citation needed]
From 2002 until his death, he lived in Essen, Germany with his family.[4][5] His daughter, Anna Dergacheva, is also an international chess master.
He died in Essen on 6 February 2022, at the age of 98.[6]
