Russian Vladimir Simagin was born on 21 June 1919 in Moscow. His best World Ranking is 21st (in 3 different months between December 1946 and February 1947). According to Chessmetrics his peak rating is 2650.

He represented the Soviet Union in one Chess Olympiad in 1957.

Interesting facts:

Simagin got the International Grandmaster title in 1950 when FIDE introduced it. In 1962 he got Grandmaster title as well. He got International Master title in correspondence chess in 1965, and he was Soviet correspondence champion in 1964. Together with Vladimir Makogonov he trained Vasily Smyslov who as a result won World Championship title in 1957.

He died of a heart attack on 25 September 1968 at the age of 49 while playing in the Kislovodsk championship.