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    This man, aside from his better known career, was also a chess champion. He had bad luck premiering his work due to political turmoil, and at one point injured his hands in an accident. Who was he?

    Question #69566. Asked by smartie806. (Aug 10 06 4:01 PM)


    lanfranco

    		I think this is Prokofiev:


    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sergei_Prokofiev

    Aug 10 06, 4:29 PM
    smartie806

    		Exactly, lanfranco!

    Aug 10 06, 4:31 PM
    Arpeggionist

    		They say music and chess use related areas in the brain. Well, Sergei Prokofiev is proof of that. Few of his works actually had trouble with their premiere, both on the concert stage and the Soviet one.

    Aug 11 06, 12:59 AM

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