langs: 12 апреля [ru] / april 12 [en] / 12. april [de] / 12 avril [fr] / 12 aprile [it] / 12 de abril [es]
days: april 9 / april 10 / april 11 / april 12 / april 13 / april 14 / april 15
#1 Kamil Mitoń
Kamil Mitoń (born 12 April 1984, in Kraków ) is a Polish chess Grandmaster (2002). Polish chess Grandmaster (born 1984) Kamil Mitoń Kamil Mitoń (2013) Full name Kamil Mitoń Country Poland Born ( 1984-04-12 ) April 12, 1984 (age 38) Kraków , Poland Title Grandmaster FIDE rating 2568 (June 202
#2 Robert Byrne (chess player)
Robert Eugene Byrne (April 20, 1928 – April 12, 2013) was an American chess player and chess author who held the FIDE title of Grandmaster (GM). [1] He won the U.S. Championship in 1972, and was a World Chess Championship Candidate in 1974. Byrne represented the United States nine times in Chess Oly
Benjamin Franklin FRS FRSA FRSE ( January 17, 1706 [ O.S. January 6, 1706 ] [Note 1] – April 17, 1790) was an American polymath who was active as a writer , scientist , inventor , statesman , diplomat , printer , publisher , and political philosopher. [1] Among the leading intellectuals of his tim
#4 Roberto Grau
Roberto Gabriel Grau (18 March 1900 – 12 April 1944) was an Argentinian chess master. He was born and died in Buenos Aires . Argentine chess player This article is about the Argentinian chess master. For the retired rugby union player, see Roberto Diego Grau . Roberto Gabriel Grau Born 18 March 1900
Edvīns Ķeņģis (born 12 April 1959, in Cēsis ) is a Latvian chess Grandmaster . [1] Latvian chess player Edvīns Ķeņģis Edvins Kengis, 2000 at Wattenscheid Full name Edvīns Ķeņģis Country Latvia Born ( 1959-04-12 ) April 12, 1959 (age 63) Cēsis , Latvia Title Grandmaster (1991) FIDE rating 2536
Maria Sergeyeva (born 12 April 1983) is a Kazakhstani chess player who holds the FIDE title of Woman Grandmaster (WGM). Kazakhstani chess player Maria Sergeyeva Sergeyeva in 2013 Country Kazakhstan Born ( 1983-04-12 ) 12 April 1983 (age 39) Title Woman Grandmaster (2001) FIDE rating 2271 (Decemb
Isaac (Isaak) Oskarovich Lipnitsky (Lipnitski) (Russian: Исаак Оскарович Липницкий; 25 June 1923 – 25 March 1959) [1] was a Ukrainian -Soviet chess master . He was a two-time Ukrainian champion (1949, 1956), and was among Ukraine's top half-dozen players from 1948 to 1956. He was a chess theoreticia
#8 Johannes van den Bosch (chess player)
Johannes Hendrik Otto van den Bosch, Count van den Bosch (12 April 1906, The Hague – 15 November 1994, Hilversum ) was a Dutch noble, lawyer, banker and chess master. He thrice represented The Netherlands in Chess Olympiads , including the 2nd Chess Olympiad at The Hague in 1928, the 3rd Chess Olymp
Henry William Birkmyre Gifford (born 1847, Australia – 12 April 1924, Kensington, London ) [1] [2] was an English chess master. [3] Biographical information on Gifford is scarce. [4] He was the first unofficial Dutch Champion when shared he shared first place with Benjamin Willem Blijdenstein [5] [6
#10 Ruth Herstein
Ruth Herstein was an American chess player, U.S. Women's Chess Championship medalist (1975, 1976) American chess player (1932–1999) Ruth Herstein Full name Ruth Herstein Country United States Born April 12, 1932 ( 1932-04-12 ) Heerlen, The Netherlands Died September 13, 1999 ( 1999-09-14 ) (ag
#11 Erling Myhre
Erling Godtfred Myhre (11 January 1903 – 12 April 1971) was a Norwegian chess player, three-times Norwegian Chess Championship winner (1946, 1950, 1955). Norwegian chess player Erling Myhre Country Norway Born ( 1903-01-11 ) 11 January 1903 Oslo , Norway Died 12 April 1971 (1971-04-12) (aged 68)
#12 Gerard Oskam
Gerard Cornelis Adrianus Oskam (12 April 1880, The Hague – 7 May 1952) was a Dutch chess master. Dutch chess player Gerard Oskam He won at Groningen 1900, took 2nd at Leeuwarden 1904, tied for 2nd–3rd at Amsterdam 1905, took 12th at Scheveningen 1905, took 4th at Amsterdam 1907, took 2nd at The Hagu
#13 Charles Ranken
Charles Edward Ranken (5 January 1828 – 12 April 1905) was a Church of England clergyman and a minor British chess master . He co-founded and was the first president of the Oxford University Chess Club. He was also the editor of the Chess Player's Chronicle and a writer for the British Chess Magazin
#14 Joël Lautier
Joël Lautier ( French pronunciation: [ʒɔɛl lotje] ) is a French chess grandmaster and one of the world's leading chess players in the 1990s and early 2000s. In 1986, He won U-14 World Youth Chess Championship in Puerto Rico, Argentina . In 1988, he won the World Junior Chess Championship , ahead
#15 Arne Zwaig
Arne Zwaig (6 February 1947 [1] – 12 April 2022) [2] was a Norwegian chess player who held the title of International Master . He won the Norwegian chess championship in 1964 and 1969. [3] Norwegian chess player (1947–2022) Zwaig's first participation on the Norwegian Chess Olympiad team was in 1962
Shahriyar Hamid oghlu Mammadyarov ( Azerbaijani : Şəhriyar Həmid oğlu Məmmədyarov ; born 12 April 1985), known internationally as Shakhriyar Mamedyarov [lower-alpha 1] , is an Azerbaijani chess grandmaster . As of December 2021 , [update] he is ranked No. 1 in Azerbaijan and No. 7 in the world . H