langs: 20 августа [ru] / august 20 [en] / 20. august [de] / 20 août [fr] / 20 agosto [it] / 20 de agosto [es]
days: august 17 / august 18 / august 19 / august 20 / august 21 / august 22 / august 23
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#1 Tania Sachdev
Tania Sachdev (born 20 August 1986) [3] is an Indian chess player, who holds the FIDE titles of International Master (IM) and Woman Grandmaster (WGM). She is a two-time Indian women's chess champion in 2006 and 2007, [4] [5] one-time Asian women's chess champion in 2007 [4] [6] and three-time and cu
- Tania Sachdev (born 20 august 1986) [3] is an Indian chess player, who holds the FIDE titles of International Master (IM) and Wom ...
- ... or. Indian chess player (born 1986) Tania Sachdev Sachdev in 2016 Country India Born ( 1986-08-20 ) 20 august 1986 (age 36) Delhi , India Title International Master (2008) Woman Grandmaster (2005) FIDE rating ...
#2 Hiong Liong Tan
Hiong Liong Tan , a.k.a. Tan Hoan Liong or H.L Tan ( Chinese : 陳香良 ; pinyin : Chén Xiāngliáng ; Pe̍h-ōe-jī : Tân Hiong-liông ; 20 August 1938, Buitenzorg - September 2009, Bogor ) [1] was an Indonesian – Dutch chess player. He was the first Indonesian and one of the first Asian chess players to hold
- ... n Hoan Liong or H.L Tan ( Chinese : 陳香良 ; pinyin : Chén Xiāngliáng ; Pe̍h-ōe-jī : Tân Hiong-liông ; 20 august 1938, Buitenzorg - September 2009, Bogor ) [1] was an Indonesian – Dutch chess player. He was the f ...
#3 Thomas Wilson Barnes
Thomas Wilson Barnes (1825–1874) was an English chess master , one of the leading British masters of his time. English chess player For other people named Thomas Barnes, see Thomas Barnes (disambiguation) . Thomas Wilson Barnes Thomas Wilson Barnes Country England Born 1825 Died 20 August 1874
- ... Barnes (disambiguation) . Thomas Wilson Barnes Thomas Wilson Barnes Country England Born 1825 Died 20 august 1874 CHESS HISTORY Barnes was one of the leading British chess masters at the time of Paul Morphy ' ...
#4 Felix Blohberger
Felix Blohberger (born August 20, 2002, Vienna , Austria ) [1] is an Austrian Chess Champion. [2] He obtained FIDE Master title in 2016 and International Master title in 2018. [3] FIDE awarded him the chess Grandmaster title in 2022. [3] Austrian chess grandmaster Felix Blohberger Blohberger in 2019
- Felix Blohberger (born august 20, 2002, Vienna , Austria ) [1] is an Austrian Chess Champion. [2] He obtained FIDE Master title in 20 ...
- ... Austrian chess grandmaster Felix Blohberger Blohberger in 2019 Country Austria Born ( 2002-08-20 ) august 20, 2002 (age 20) Vienna , Austria Title Grandmaster (2022) FIDE rating 2493 (September 2022) Peak rati ...
#5 Rudolf Spielmann
Rudolf Spielmann (5 May 1883 – 20 August 1942) was a Jewish-Austrian [1] chess player of the romantic school , and chess writer. Austrian chess player Rudolf Spielmann Full name Rudolf Spielmann Country Austro-Hungarian Empire → Austria Born ( 1883-05-05 ) 5 May 1883 Vienna , Austro-Hungarian Empi
- ... day in August 1942, he locked himself in his Stockholm apartment and did not emerge for a week. On august 20, neighbors summoned police to check on him. They entered the apartment and found Spielmann dead. The ...
- Rudolf Spielmann (5 May 1883 – 20 august 1942) was a Jewish-Austrian [1] chess player of the romantic school , and chess writer. Austrian ch ...
- ... tro-Hungarian Empire → Austria Born ( 1883-05-05 ) 5 May 1883 Vienna , Austro-Hungarian Empire Died 20 august 1942 (1942-08-20) (aged 59) Stockholm , Sweden CAREER Spielmann was born in 1883, third child of Mo ...
#6 Judit Polgár
Judit Polgár (born 23 July 1976) is a Hungarian chess grandmaster , generally considered the strongest female chess player of all time. [1] In 1991, Polgár achieved the title of Grandmaster at the age of 15 years and 4 months, at the time the youngest to have done so, breaking the record previously
- ... Polgár was elected as the new captain and head coach of the Hungarian national men's team. [10] On 20 august 2015, she received Hungary's highest decoration, the Grand Cross of the Order of Saint Stephen of H ...
#7 Hou Yifan
Hou Yifan ( Chinese : 侯逸凡 ; pinyin : Hóu Yìfán pronunciation ( help · info ) ; born 27 February 1994) [1] [2] [3] is a Chinese chess grandmaster , four-time Women's World Chess Champion and the second highest rated female player of all time. [4] Once a chess prodigy , she was the youngest female p
- ... 9 (+0 =6 −3) with a performance rating of 2357. She finished eighth out of ten players. [59] In 10–2 20 august she played in the China – Russia Summit Match in Ergun , Inner Mongolia . The tournament was a two ...
#8 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
- ... he July 2003 Politiken Cup in Copenhagen (8/11, 2503 PR). He was officially awarded the IM title on 20 august 2003. [24] After finishing primary school, Carlsen took a year off to participate in international ...
#9 Paul Felix Schmidt
Paul Felix Schmidt ( 20 August [ O.S. 7 August ] 1916 – 11 August 1984) was an Estonian and German chess player, writer and chemist. Estonian chess player, writer and chemist Paul Felix Schmidt Country Estonia (until 1940) Nazi Germany (1940–1945) Germany (1945–1949) West Germany (1949–1953) Uni
- Paul Felix Schmidt ( 20 august [ O.S. 7 August ] 1916 – 11 August 1984) was an Estonian and German chess player, writer and chemis ...
- ... Germany (1940–1945) Germany (1945–1949) West Germany (1949–1953) United States Born ( 1916-08-20 ) 20 august 1916 Narva , Governorate of Estonia , Russian Empire (now Estonia) Died 11 August 1984 (1984-08-11) ...
#10 Boris Rõtov
Boris Rõtov ( Estonian : Boriss Rõtov ; 20 August 1937 – 10 September 1987) was a Russian - Estonian chess player who won the Estonian Chess Championship (1978). Russian-Estonian chess player Boris Rõtov Country Estonia Born ( 1937-08-20 ) 20 August 1937 Moscow , Russia Died 10 September 1987 (1987-
- Boris Rõtov ( Estonian : Boriss Rõtov ; 20 august 1937 – 10 September 1987) was a Russian - Estonian chess player who won the Estonian Chess Champion ...
- ... Championship (1978). Russian-Estonian chess player Boris Rõtov Country Estonia Born ( 1937-08-20 ) 20 august 1937 Moscow , Russia Died 10 September 1987 (1987-09-10) (aged 50) Tallinn , Estonia BIOGRAPHY Bori ...
#11 Alejandra Guerrero Rodríguez
Alejandra Guerrero Rodríguez (born 5 November 1974 in Durango City ) is a Mexican chess player. She has been a FIDE -recognized Woman International Master (WIM) since 2004. Mexican chess player In this Spanish name , the first or paternal surname is Guerrero and the second or maternal family name is
- ... mpionship in Valladolid, Yucatán . [5] She placed ninth at a national game held in her home city on 20 august 2018. [6] PRIVATE LIFE From left to right: Bartosz Soćko , Bartłomiej Macieja , Alejandra Guerrero, ...
#12 Olavo Yépez
Olavo Yépez Obando (20 August 1937 – 17 May 2021) was an Ecuadorian chess master. Ecuadorian chess master (1937–2021) Olavo Yépez Full name Olavo Yépez Obando Country Ecuador Born ( 1937-08-20 ) 20 August 1937 San Gabriel , Carchi , Ecuador Died 17 May 2021 (2021-05-17) (aged 83) Title Internati
- Olavo Yépez Obando ( 20 august 1937 – 17 May 2021) was an Ecuadorian chess master. Ecuadorian chess master (1937–2021) Olavo Yépez ...
- ... ess master (1937–2021) Olavo Yépez Full name Olavo Yépez Obando Country Ecuador Born ( 1937-08-20 ) 20 august 1937 San Gabriel , Carchi , Ecuador Died 17 May 2021 (2021-05-17) (aged 83) Title International Mas ...
#13 Narek Seferjan
Narek Seferjan (born August 20, 1974) is a Russian by nationality ethnic Armenian chess Grandmaster , [1] journalist and script writer . Seferjan graduated from the Russian State University of Physical Culture and Diplomatic Academy of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation . This
- Narek Seferjan (born august 20, 1974) is a Russian by nationality ethnic Armenian chess Grandmaster , [1] journalist and script wri ...
- ... ( August 2011 ) Narek Seferjan Full name Narek Seferjan Country Russia Armenia Born ( 1974-08-20 ) august 20, 1974 (age 47) Moscow , USSR Title Grandmaster (1998) FIDE rating 2416 (July 2022) Peak rating 2541 ...
#14 Mario Bertok
Mario Bertok (2 September 1929 – 20 August 2008) was a Croatian chess master and sports journalist, writing for the Sportske novosti [1] daily sports newspaper. He was born in Zagreb , Yugoslavia . Bertok vs. Aleksandar Matanović (1960) Bertok earned the International Master title in 1957. He repr
- Mario Bertok (2 September 1929 – 20 august 2008) was a Croatian chess master and sports journalist, writing for the Sportske novosti [1] daily ...
- ... Semka Sokolović-Bertok (1935–2008), who herself was a competitive chess player in her youth. [2] On 20 august 2008, Bertok was reported missing after a few hours of swimming off the shores of Jarun Lake ; his ...
#15 Agnes Stevenson
Agnes Lawson-Stevenson (born Agnes Bradley Lawson, November 1873 [1] – 20 August 1935) [2] was a British chess player. She was four-time British Ladies' Champion (1920, 1925, 1926, 1930), and married to Rufus Henry Streatfeild Stevenson, home news editor of the British Chess Magazine , secretary of
- Agnes Lawson-Stevenson (born Agnes Bradley Lawson, November 1873 [1] – 20 august 1935) [2] was a British chess player. She was four-time British Ladies' Champion (1920, 1925, 1926, ...
- ... e Agnes Bradley Lawson Country Britain Born c. 23 November 1873 Stranton, Hartlepool , England Died 20 august 1935 (1935-08-20) (aged 61) Poznań , Poland She took 3rd at Meran 1924 (unofficial European women's ...
#16 Anton Demchenko
Anton Demchenko (born 20 August 1987) is a Russian chess grandmaster . [1] He competed in the FIDE World Cup in 2017 . Russian chess grandmaster Anton Demchenko Demchenko at the ZMDI Chess Festival, Dresden 2016 Country Russia Born ( 1987-08-20 ) August 20, 1987 (age 34) Title Grandmaster FIDE r
- ... ton Demchenko Demchenko at the ZMDI Chess Festival, Dresden 2016 Country Russia Born ( 1987-08-20 ) august 20, 1987 (age 34) Title Grandmaster FIDE rating 2653 (July 2022) Peak rating 2679 (April 2018) Ranking ...
- Anton Demchenko (born 20 august 1987) is a Russian chess grandmaster . [1] He competed in the FIDE World Cup in 2017 . Russian ches ...
#17 Olga Rubtsova
Olga Nikolaevna Rubtsova ( Russian : О́льга Никола́евна Рубцо́ва ; 20 August 1909 – 13 December 1994) was a Soviet chess player and the fourth women's world chess champion . In 2015, she was inducted into the World Chess Hall of Fame . [1] Soviet chess player In this name that follows Eastern Slavic
- Olga Nikolaevna Rubtsova ( Russian : О́льга Никола́евна Рубцо́ва ; 20 august 1909 – 13 December 1994) was a Soviet chess player and the fourth women's world chess champion . In ...
- ... ubtsova . Olga Rubtsova Full name Olga Nikolaevna Rubtsova Country Soviet Union Born ( 1909-08-20 ) 20 august 1909 Moscow , Russian Empire Died 13 December 1994 (1994-12-13) (aged 85) Moscow, Russia Title FIDE ...
#18 List of Indian chess players
Amongst Indian chess players there are 76 Grandmasters (GM), 124 International Masters (IM), 18 Woman Grandmasters (WGM including some who also hold the higher IM title), 42 Woman International Masters (WIM), and a total of 33,028 rated players , as of January 2021 according to FIDE , the Internatio
- ... . Archived from the original on 13 September 2020 . Retrieved 12 September 2020 . Khandekar, Omkar ( 20 august 2020). "Chess: Why hasn't India produced another Viswanathan Anand?" . Mint . Archived from the ori ...
#19 Leonard Barden
Leonard William Barden (born 20 August 1929, in Croydon , London) is an English chess master , writer, broadcaster, journalist, organizer and promoter. The son of a dustman , he was educated at Whitgift School , South Croydon , and Balliol College, Oxford , where he read modern history . He learned
- Leonard William Barden (born 20 august 1929, in Croydon , London) is an English chess master , writer, broadcaster, journalist, organizer ...
- ... ernational chess player, columnist, author, and promoter Leonard William Barden Born ( 1929-08-20 ) 20 august 1929 (age 93) South Croydon , London, England Occupation chess player, writer, broadcaster, journal ...
- ... don, England Occupation chess player, writer, broadcaster, journalist EARLY LIFE Barden was born on 20 august 1929. His father ran a business which collapsed during the Great Depression and eventually found em ...
#20 Henry Ernest Atkins
Henry Ernest Atkins (20 August 1872 – 31 January 1955) was a British chess master who is best known for his unparalleled record of winning the British Chess Championship nine times in eleven attempts. He won every year from 1905 to 1911, and again in 1924 and 1925. A schoolmaster, Atkins treated che
- Henry Ernest Atkins ( 20 august 1872 – 31 January 1955) was a British chess master who is best known for his unparalleled record of ...
- ... British chess master Henry Atkins Full name Henry Ernest Atkins Country England Born ( 1872-08-20 ) 20 august 1872 Leicester , England Died 31 January 1955 (1955-01-31) (aged 82) Huddersfield , England Title I ...