Simplify the following text for a Grade 8 native English-speaking person.
Original: Samuel `` Sammy '' Herman Reshevsky ( born Szmul Rzeszewski , November 26 , 1911 , OzorkÃ w near Å Ã dÅ , ( then Russian Empire , today Poland ) â `` died April 4 , 1992 , New York City , United States ) was a famous chess prodigy and later a leading American chess Grandmaster .
Simplified: Samuel Reshevsky ( Szmul Rzeszewski , near Å Ã dÅ , 26 November 1911 â `` New York , 4 April 1992 ) was a Polish-American chess Grandmaster .