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Lárus Johnsen (12 September 1923 – 26 August 2006) was an Icelandic chess player, Icelandic Chess Championship winner (1951). Icelandic chess player Lárus Johnsen Country Iceland Born ( 1923-09-12 ) 12 September 1923 Died 26 August 2006 (2006-08-26) (aged 82)
Georg Meier (born August 26, 1987) is a German grandmaster of chess . He competed in the FIDE World Cup in 2009 . German grandmaster of chess (born 1987) For the motorcyclist, see Georg Meier . For the German philosopher and aesthetician, see Georg Friedrich Meier . Georg Meier Country Germany (un
Vladimirs Petrovs ( Russian : Влади́мир Миха́йлович Петро́в , romanized : Vladimir Mikhailovich Petrov ; 27 September 1907 – 26 August 1943) was a Latvian Russian chess player. Latvian Russian chess player Not to be confused with Alexander Petrov (chess player) . Vladimirs Petrovs Full name Vlad
Siracettin Bilyap (10 December 1923 – 26 August 1996) was a Turkish chess player, university professor of Construction technology. He was the 1966 Turkish Chess Champion . Turkish chess player Siracettin Bilyap Full name Siracettin Bilyap Born ( 1923-12-10 ) 10 December 1923 İstanbul Died 26 Augus
#5 Herman Claudius van Riemsdijk
Herman Claudius van Riemsdijk (born 26 August 1948) is a Brazilian chess player. He was awarded the title International Master by FIDE in 1978. Van Riemsdijk was also granted the title of International Arbiter in 1981. Brazilian chess player (born 1948) Herman Claudius van Riemsdijk Herman van Riems
#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
Alexander Borisovich Roshal ( Russian : Алекса́ндр Бори́сович Роша́ль ; ( 1936-08-26 ) August 26, 1936 , Moscow – ( 2007-05-21 ) May 21, 2007 ) was a Soviet chess player and journalist, the co-founder and editor of the magazine 64 . [1] Soviet chess player, journalist, and magazine editor For the Wi
Fabiano Luigi Caruana (born July 30, 1992) is an Italian-American chess player. A chess prodigy , Caruana became a grandmaster at the age of 14 years, 11 months, and 20 days—the youngest grandmaster in the history of both Italy and the United States at the time. Italian-American chess grandmaster (b
Aaron Piers Summerscale (born 26 August 1969) is an English chess player who holds the title Grandmaster . English chess player Aaron Summerscale, London 2010 Summerscale was joint British Rapidplay Chess Champion in 2000. His current FIDE rating is 2449.
#10 Jose Antonio Gutierrez Castillo
José Antonio Gutiérrez Herrera (born 26 August 1943), also known as José Antonio Gutiérrez Castillo , is a Colombian chess player and FIDE International Master . [1] [2] Colombian chess player In this Spanish name , the first or paternal surname is Gutiérrez and the second or maternal family name is
#11 Rudolf Marić
Rudolf Marić (13 May 1927, Novi Sad – 26 August 1990, Belgrade ) was a Yugoslav chess master and author. Yugoslav chess player Rudolf Marić Born ( 1927-05-13 ) 13 May 1927 Novi Sad Died 26 August 1990 (1990-08-26) (aged 63) Belgrade Title Grandmaster
#12 Jüri Vetemaa
Jüri Vetemaa (26 August 1956 – 16 July 2003) was an Estonian chess player and chess journalist. [1] He was born in Tallinn . In 1979 he graduated from Tallinn State Conservatory in piano speciality. [1] His chess career in 1972 when he won Kaarel Hermlin's memorial tournament in Jõgeva . He has won
#13 Alireza Firouzja
Alireza Firouzja ( Persian : علیرضا فیروزجا , Persian pronunciation: [æliːɾezɑː fiːɾuːzˈdʒɑː] ; born 18 June 2003) is an Iranian-French chess grandmaster . Firouzja is the youngest ever 2800- rated player, beating the previous record set by Magnus Carlsen by more than five months. Iranian-French
#14 Oleg Neikirch
Oleg Nikolaev Neikirch (Neikirh, Nejkirch, Neykirch) ( Bulgarian : Олег Николаев Нейкирх ) (8 March 1914, Tbilisi , Georgia - 26 August 1985, Bulgaria ) was a Bulgarian chess master. Bulgarian chess player Chess Olympiad 1954: Neikirch (right) playing J. H. Donner He won seven times Bulgarian Chess
#15 Claudia Amura
Claudia Noemí Amura (born 26 August 1970) is an Argentinian chess player holding the title of Woman Grandmaster . Claudia Noemí Amura Born in Buenos Aires , Amura learned how to play chess when she was seven years old. [1] At the age of 13 she won the Argentine youth championship against mostly boys
#16 Pal Benko
Pál C. Benkő ( Hungarian : Benkő Pál ; July 15, 1928 – August 26, 2019) was a Hungarian-American chess player, author, and composer of endgame studies and chess problems . Hungarian-American chess player (1928–2019) The native form of this personal name is Benkő Pál . This article uses Western nam
#17 Roza Lallemand
Roza Lallemand (8 August 1961 – 26 August 2008) was a French chess player of North Korean origin who was raised in the Soviet Union. She was European chess champion in 2001 and represented France several times at the Chess Olympiad. Roza Lallemand Born Roza Te ( 1961-08-08 ) 8 August 1961 North Kore
#18 Jonathan Tisdall
Jonathan D. Tisdall (born August 26, 1958 in Buffalo , New York ) is a grandmaster of chess (title awarded 1993) and works as a freelance journalist. An American citizen by origin, he became Irish and later Norwegian . He was born to a Japanese mother and an Irish father. American-Norwegian chess pl
#19 Puchen Wang
Puchen Wang (born 20 January 1990) is a New Zealand chess International Master . He became the New Zealand Champion , Rapid Champion and Lightning Champion in January 2007 when he was 17. For the general, see Wang Puchen . Puchen Wang Country New Zealand Born ( 1990-01-20 ) 20 January 1990 (age 32
#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