langs: 20 апреля [ru] / april 20 [en] / 20. april [de] / 20 avril [fr] / 20 aprile [it] / 20 de abril [es]
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Wolfgang Unzicker (26 June 1925 – 20 April 2006) was one of the strongest German chess Grandmasters from 1945 to about 1970. He decided against making chess his profession, choosing law instead. Unzicker was at times the world's strongest amateur chess player, and World Champion Anatoly Karpov calle
Mark Bluvshtein (born 20 April 1988) is a Soviet-born Canadian chess player. He became the youngest Canadian ever to achieve the title of Grandmaster in 2004, at the age of 16. He previously achieved the title International Master at the age of 13. Canadian chess player This biography of a living pe
Laurent Fressinet ( French pronunciation: [loʁɑ̃ fʁɛsiˈnɛ] ; born 30 November 1981 in Dax ) is a French chess grandmaster . He is a two-time French Chess Champion . French chess grandmaster Laurent Fressinet Laurent Fressinet at the Alekhine Memorial, 2013 Country France Born ( 1981-11-30 ) 30 N
#4 Céline Roos
Céline Clairette Roos (22 December 1953 – 20 April 2021) [1] was a French and Canadian chess player who held the FIDE title of Woman International Master (WIM). French and Canadian chess player (1953–2021) Céline Roos Full name Céline Clairette Roos Country France Canada Born ( 1953-12-22 ) 22
#5 Michael Adams (chess player)
Michael Adams (born 17 November 1971) is an English chess grandmaster and is a seven-time British Chess Champion . His highest ranking is world No. 4, achieved several times from October 2000 to October 2002. [1] His peak Elo rating is 2761, the highest achieved by an English chess player. [2] Briti
#6 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
Antanas Zapolskis (born 20 April 1962) is a Lithuanian chess player who holds the titles of International Master (IM, 1992). He is two times winner of Lithuanian Chess Championship (1995, 1999). Lithuanian chess player Antanas Zapolskis Country Lithuania Born ( 1962-04-20 ) 20 April 1962 (age 60)
#8 Don Schultz
Donald Schultz (May 13, 1936, Woodhaven , Queens, New York – April 20, 2020, New Jersey) [1] was a president and a vice-president of the United States Chess Federation (USCF). He was elected vice-president on August 14, 2005. He was defeated by the Susan Polgar - Paul Truong slate when he ran for re
#9 Toma Popa
Toma Popa (20 April 1908 — 25 February 1962), was a Romanian chess player, Romanian Chess Championship winner (1948). Romanian chess player Toma Popa Country Romania Born ( 1908-04-20 ) 20 April 1908 Died 25 February 1962 (1962-02-25) (aged 53)
Christophe Léotard (born 1966, in Amiens ) is a French correspondence chess grandmaster and the 19th World Champion in Correspondence Chess. He obtained 8.5 points (+5 =7) in the championship (a category XV tournament), which started on 20 April 2004. French chess player Christophe Léotard Full na
#11 Nikita Vitiugov
Nikita Kirillovich Vitiugov ( Russian : Никита Кириллович Витюгов ; born 4 February 1987) is a Russian chess player. He was awarded the title Grandmaster by FIDE in 2007. He was a member of the victorious Russian team at the World Team Chess Championship in 2009 and 2013. Vitiugov won the Gibraltar
#12 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
Maximilián Samuel Rudolf Ujtelky (20 April 1915, Spišská Nová Ves , Slovakia – 12 December 1979) was a Slovak chess master and theoretician of Hungarian origin. Slovak chess player Ujtelky vs Nona Gaprindashvili (1969) Dr. Ujtelky was a direct descendant of famous Hungarian composer Franz Liszt , [1
#14 Boris Gelfand
Boris Gelfand ( Hebrew : בוריס אברמוביץ' גלפנד ; Belarusian : Барыс Абрамавіч Гельфанд , romanized : Barys Abramavich Hel'fand ; Russian : Борис Абрамович Гельфанд , romanized : Boris Abramovich Gel'fand ; born 24 June 1968) is a Soviet-born Israeli chess player. Israeli chess player For other p
Ramachandran Ramesh (born 20 April 1976), also known as R. B. Ramesh , is an Indian chess grandmaster from Chennai who won the 2002 British Championship and the 2007 Commonwealth Championship . Indian chess grandmaster In this Indian name , the name Ramachandran is a patronymic , and the person shou
Ioannis Papaioannou ( Greek : Ιωάννης Παπαϊωάννου ; born 20 April 1976) is a Greek chess grandmaster . He is a four-time Greek Chess Champion . Greek chess player For the Greek rembetiko composer (1913–1972), see Giannis Papaioannou . Ioannis Papaioannou Ioannis Papaioannou, 2011 Country Greece Born
Maxime Vachier-Lagrave ( French pronunciation: [maksim vaʃje laɡʁav] ; born 21 October 1990), often referred to by his initials, MVL , is a French chess grandmaster who is the reigning World Blitz Chess Champion . [1] With a peak rating of 2819, Vachier-Lagrave is the seventh-highest rated playe
#18 Tatiana Shadrina
Tatiana Shadrina (born 20 April 1974 in Kstovo ) is a Russian chess player , and a woman grandmaster . Russian chess player She played in the Women's World Chess Championship 2010 , she made it to the second round where she was beaten by Dronavalli Harika . She has played in the Women's European Ind
Zhansaya Abdumalik ( Kazakh : Jansaya Daniyarqyzy Äbdimalik ; Russian : Жансая́ Дания́ровна Абдумали́к ; born 12 January 2000) is a Kazakhstani chess player who holds the title of Grandmaster (GM). She is the first Kazkakhstani woman, and the 39th woman overall, to earn the GM title. Abdumalik has a
#20 List of chess grandmasters
The following people have all been grandmasters (GM) of chess . The title is awarded to players who have met the standards required by the sport's governing body, FIDE . Other than world champion , it is the highest title a chess player can attain and is awarded for life, although FIDE regulations a