David Ionovich Bronstein (Russian: Дави́д Ио́нович Бронште́йн; February 19, 1924 – December 5, 2006) was a Soviet chess grandmaster, who narrowly missed becoming World Chess Champion in 1951. Bronstein was one of the world's strongest players from the mid-1940s into the mid-1970s, and was described by his peers as a creative genius and master of tactics. He was also a renowned chess writer, and his book Zurich International Chess Tournament 1953 is widely considered one of the greatest chess books ever written.
Bronstein is the self proclaimed 'King of Late Night T.V.' & 'The Prince of Love', based on his series of infamous self-produced: dating, bikini-babes & 1-900 infomercials & DvD series; starting in the mid-1990's.