langs: 14 декабря [ru] / december 14 [en] / 14. dezember [de] / 14 décembre [fr] / 14 dicembre [it] / 14 de diciembre [es]
days: december 11 / december 12 / december 13 / december 14 / december 15 / december 16 / december 17
#1 Kayden Troff
Kayden William Troff (born May 6, 1998) is an American chess grandmaster . He was World U14 Chess Champion in 2012. American chess player (born 1998) Kayden Troff Full name Kayden William Troff Country United States Born ( 1998-05-06 ) May 6, 1998 (age 24) Title US Junior Chamption (2014) Grandm
Ludomir Ludwik Dominik Benedyktowicz (15 August 1844, in Świniary – 1/14 December 1926, in Lwów ) was a Polish landscape painter, soldier, writer, and amateur chess player. This article needs additional citations for verification . ( February 2016 ) Ludomir Benedyktowicz (date unknown)
#3 Karl Mah
Karl CC Mah (born 14 December 1980) is an English chess player who holds the title of FIDE International Master (IM) (1999). English chess player Karl Mah Country England Born ( 1980-12-14 ) 14 December 1980 (age 41) Title International Master (IM) (1999) FIDE rating 2411 (July 2022)
Kateřina Čedíková (born 14 December 1981) is a Czech chess player who holds the FIDE title of Woman International Master (WIM, 2004). She is a two-time winner of the Czech Women's Chess Championship (2003, 2009). Czech chess player Kateřina Čedíková Country Czech Republic Born ( 1981-12-14 ) 14 Dece
Jessica Laura Cory Gilbert , known as "Jessie" Gilbert (30 January 1987 – 26 July 2006), was a British chess player. She was women's world amateur champion in 1999. [1] Jessie Gilbert
Paul Saladin Leonhardt (13 November 1877 – 14 December 1934) was a German chess master. He was born in Posen , Province of Posen , German Empire (now Poland), and died of a heart attack in Königsberg during a game of chess. German chess player This article needs additional citations for verification
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
#8 Jan Timman
Jan Timman (born 14 December 1951) is a Dutch chess Grandmaster who was one of the world's leading players from the late 1970s to the early 1990s. At the peak of his career he was considered to be the best non- Soviet player and was known as "The Best of the West". [1] [2] He has won the Dutch Chess
Samuel L. Shankland [1] (born October 1, 1991) is an American chess grandmaster . He won the U.S. Chess Championship in 2018. American chess grandmaster (born 1991) Sam Shankland Shankland at the 42nd Chess Olympiad , 2016 Full name Samuel L. Shankland Country United States Born ( 1991-10-01 ) Oct
#10 José Sanz Aguado
José Sanz Aguado (20 November 1907 – 14 December 1969) was a Spanish chess player and Spanish Chess Championship winner (1943). Spanish chess player In this Spanish name , the first or paternal surname is Sanz and the second or maternal family name is Aguado . José Sanz Full name José Sanz Aguado
#11 Ernst Falkbeer
Ernst Karl Falkbeer (June 27, 1819 – December 14, 1885) [1] was an Austrian chess master and journalist. Ernst Falkbeer
#12 Nikoletta Lakos
Nikoletta Lakos (born December 14, 1978, in Budapest , Hungary ) is a Hungarian chess woman grandmaster . She is a three-time Hungarian Chess Championship winner, having taken the title in 1997, 2002 and 2005. [1] Hungarian chess player The native form of this personal name is Lakos Nikoletta . Th
#13 Oscar Chajes
Oscar Chajes (pronounced "HA-yes") (December 14, 1873 – February 28, 1928) [1] was an American chess player. [2] Oscar Chajes
José Raúl Capablanca y Graupera (19 November 1888 – 8 March 1942) was a Cuban chess player who was world chess champion from 1921 to 1927. A chess prodigy , he is widely renowned for his exceptional endgame skill and speed of play. Cuban chess player (1888–1942) In this Spanish name , the first or p
#15 Jean Taubenhaus
Jean (Jan) Taubenhaus (born 14 December 1850, Warsaw – died 14 September 1919, Paris ) was a Polish–born French chess master. This article includes a list of references , related reading or external links , but its sources remain unclear because it lacks inline citations . ( June 2022 )
#16 Richard Bitoon
Richard Balansag Bitoon (born 14 December 1975, Cebu , Philippines ) [1] is a Chess Grandmaster of Philippines. He was the International Master in the year 2003. [2] FIDE awarded him chess Grandmaster title in 2011. [3] Filipino chess grandmaster Richard Bitoon Full name Richard Balansag Bitoon Co
#17 Béla Sándor
Béla Sándor (14 December 1919 – 21 March 1978), was a Hungarian chess International Master (1964), Hungarian Chess Championship winner (1953). Hungarian chess player Béla Sándor Country Hungary Born ( 1919-12-14 ) 14 December 1919 Budapest , Hungary Died 21 March 1978 (1978-03-21) (aged 58) Budape
Viswanathan "Vishy" Anand (born 11 December 1969) is an Indian chess grandmaster and a five-time world chess champion . [2] He became the first grandmaster from India in 1988, and is one of the few players to have surpassed an Elo rating of 2800, a feat he first achieved in 2006. [3] In 2022, he was
#19 Henrijeta Konarkowska-Sokolov
Henryka (Henrijeta) Konarkowska-Sokolov (born 14 December 1938, in Inowrocław , Poland ) is a Polish– Serbian chess master. Polish–Serbian chess master (born 1938) Henrijeta Konarkowska-Sokolov Country Serbia Born 14 December 1938 ( 1938-12-14 ) (age 83) Inowrocław , Poland Title Grandmaster (19
Ivana Maria Furtado (born 16 March 1999) is a chess prodigy from Goa , India . She won the Under-8 World Youth Chess Championship twice in a row in 2006 and 2007, and won second place in the 2009 Under-10. Her FIDE Elo rating as of March 2019 is 2139, and she holds the FIDE title of Woman Internatio