Complex sentence: Arturo Pomar Salamanca (Palma de Mallorca, September 1,1931--Barcelona, May 26,2016) was a Spanish chess player, the first to be awarded the title of grandmaster (GM).
Split into simpler sentences: Arturo Pomar Salamanca (Palma de Mallorca, September 1,1931--Barcelona, May 26,2016) was a Spanish chess player. He was the first Spanish player to be awarded the title of grandmaster (GM).