langs: 1 апреля [ru] / april 1 [en] / 1. april [de] / 1er avril [fr] / 1º aprile [it] / 1 de abril [es]
days: march 29 / march 30 / march 31 / april 1 / april 2 / april 3 / april 4
Vasyl Mykhaylovych Ivanchuk ( Ukrainian : Василь Михайлович Іванчук ; born March 18, 1969), also transliterated as Vassily Ivanchuk , is a Ukrainian chess player. He was awarded the title of Grandmaster by FIDE in 1988. A leading player since 1988, [1] Ivanchuk has been ranked at No. 2 on the FIDE w
#2 Bonar Law
Andrew Bonar Law ( / ˈ b ɒ n ə ˈ l ɔː / ; [1] 16 September 1858 – 30 October 1923) was a British Conservative politician who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from October 1922 to May 1923. Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1922 to 1923 The Right Honourable Bonar Law Prime Min
#3 Martin Bier
Martin (Max) Bier (1 April 1854 – August 1934) was a German chess master. 168. Geburtstag von Martin Bier († 80) Schachmeister des 19. Jahrhunderts vom Hamburger SK. War mehr als 60 Jahre Mitglied im Verein. He won at Wesselburen 1879, took 4th at Leipzig 1879 (the 1st DSB Congress , Berthold Englis
Sergei Beshukov (born April 1, 1971) [1] is a Russian chess player. He obtained the International Master (IM) title in 1992 and grandmaster (GM) title in 1994, [2] and is a FIDE Arbiter (2018) and International Organizer (2019). [3] Chess Grandmaster and FIDE arbiter Sergei Beshukov Country Russia B
Celso Golmayo y Zúpide (24 April 1820, in Logroño , Spain – 1 April 1898, in Havana ) [1] was a Spanish–Cuban chess master. [2] Celso Golmayo y Zúpide. He had been generally accepted as Cuban champion since his 1862 match defeat of Félix Sicre . [3] He took part in the famous Paris 1867 tournament w
Henry Thomas Buckle (24 November 1821 – 29 May 1862) [1] was an English historian, the author of an unfinished History of Civilization , and a strong amateur chess player. [2] He is sometimes called "the Father of Scientific History". [3] English historian (1821–1862) Henry Thomas Buckle Henry Thoma
#7 Salo Landau
Salo (Salomon) Landau (1 April 1903, Bochnia , Galicia , Austria-Hungary – March 1944, [1] [2] Grodziszcze, Świdnica County , Poland) was a Dutch chess player, who died in a Nazi concentration camp . [3] Dutch chess player Salomon Landau vs. Johannes Hendrik Otto count van den Bosch (1906-1994), c.
Teimour Boris oghlu Radjabov (also spelled Teymur Rajabov ; Azerbaijani : Teymur Boris oğlu Rəcəbov , pronounced [tejˈmuɾ boˈɾis oɣˈlu ɾæˈdʒæbof] ; born 12 March 1987) is an Azerbaijani chess grandmaster , ranked number 18 in the world as of July 2022 . [update] Azerbaijani chess grandmaster Tei
The Dark Horse is a 2014 New Zealand drama film written and directed by James Napier Robertson and starring Cliff Curtis and James Rolleston . It won Best Picture , Best Director, Best Screenplay, Best Actor, Best Supporting Actor and Best Score at the 2014 New Zealand Film Awards , Best Film at the
#10 Barbara Jaracz
Barbara Jaracz ( née Grabarska ; born 8 June 1977) is a Polish chess Woman Grandmaster (2007). Polish chess player Barbara Jaracz Jaracz in 2021 Full name Barbara Grabarska Country Poland Born ( 1977-06-08 ) 8 June 1977 (age 44) Gubin , Poland Title Woman Grandmaster (2007) Peak rating 2342 (1
#11 Laima Domarkaitė
Laima Domarkaitė (born 1 April 1970) is a Lithuanian chess player who holds the title of Woman FIDE Master (WFM, 1998). She is three times winner of Lithuanian Women's Chess Championship (1987, 1989, 1995). Lithuanian chess player Laima Domarkaitė Country Lithuania Born ( 1970-04-01 ) 1 April 1970 (
#12 Eugênio German
Eugênio Maciel German (24 October 1930 – 1 April 2001) was a Brazilian International chess master . Brazilian chess player (1930–2001) Eugênio German Full name Eugênio Maciel German Country Brazil Born 24 October 1930 ( 1930-10-24 ) Ubá, Brazil Died 1 April 2001 (2001-04-01) (aged 70) Belo Hor
#13 Moritz Lewitt
Moritz Lewitt (12 August 1863 – 1 April 1936) was a German chess master. [1] Moritz Lewitt Full name Moritz Lewitt Country Germany Born ( 1863-08-12 ) August 12, 1863 Posen , Kingdom of Prussia (now Poznań, Poland) Died April 1, 1936 (1936-04-01) (aged 72) Berlin , Germany Born in Poznań , Gre
#14 Magnus Carlsen
Sven Magnus Øen Carlsen [lower-alpha 1] (born 30 November 1990) [1] [2] is a Norwegian chess grandmaster who is the reigning five-time World Chess Champion . He is also a three-time World Rapid Chess Champion and five-time World Blitz Chess Champion . He has held the No. 1 position in the FIDE wor
Toshiyuki Moriuchi ( 森内 俊之 , Moriuchi Toshiyuki , born October 10, 1970) is a Japanese professional shogi player , ranked 9- dan . He is a Lifetime Meijin who won the title eight times, and also a former Ryūō , Kiō and Ōshō title holder. He is also a former senior managing director of the Japan Shog
Ilse D. Guggenberger (née de Caro , born 1 April 1942) [1] is a Colombian chess master. Colombian chess player Ilse Guggenberger Full name Ilse D. Guggenberger Country Colombia Born 1 April 1942 ( 1942-04 ) (age 80) Title Woman Intl. Master (1978) She was the Colombian Women's Champion in 1965
#17 Vladimir Kramnik
Vladimir Borisovich Kramnik ( Russian : Влади́мир Бори́сович Кра́мник ; born 25 June 1975) is a Russian chess grandmaster . He was the Classical World Chess Champion from 2000 to 2006, and the undisputed World Chess Champion from 2006 to 2007. He has won three team gold medals and three individual m
#18 Hans Berliner
Hans Jack Berliner (January 27, 1929 – January 13, 2017) was a Professor of Computer Science at Carnegie Mellon University , and was the World Correspondence Chess Champion, from 1965–1968. He was a Grandmaster of Correspondence Chess . He directed the construction of the chess computer HiTech , and
#19 Hikaru Nakamura
Hikaru Nakamura (born December 9, 1987) is a Japanese-American chess grandmaster and Twitch streamer . A chess prodigy , at the age of 15 he became the youngest American up to that time (2003) to earn the title of Grandmaster . Nakamura is a five-time U.S. Chess Champion . [2] He won the 2011 editio
#20 Hartvig Nielsen
Hartvig Nielsen (1 April 1908 – unknown) was a Danish chess player, Danish Chess Championship medalist (1941). Danish chess player Hartvig Nielsen Country Denmark Born ( 1908-04-01 ) 1 April 1908 Died unknown