langs: 17 декабря [ru] / december 17 [en] / 17. dezember [de] / 17 décembre [fr] / 17 dicembre [it] / 17 de diciembre [es]
days: december 14 / december 15 / december 16 / december 17 / december 18 / december 19 / december 20
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#1 Mikhail Umansky
Mikhail Markovich Umansky (Russian: Михаил Маркович Уманский ; January 21, 1952 – December 17, 2010) was a Russian chess grandmaster of correspondence chess , who was the 13th ICCF World Champion in correspondence chess between 1989 and 1998. He was also USSR Correspondence Champion in 1978. [1] [
- Mikhail Markovich Umansky (Russian: Михаил Маркович Уманский ; January 21, 1952 – december 17, 2010) was a Russian chess grandmaster of correspondence chess , who was the 13th ICCF World Champio ...
- ... vich Umansky Country Soviet Union Russia Born ( 1952-01-21 ) January 21, 1952 Stavropol , USSR Died december 17, 2010 (2010-12-17) (aged 58) Augsburg , Germany Title ICCF Grandmaster (1994) ICCF World Champion 19 ...
- ... ly 55 days to play this wonderful game. I still do not know when I went wrong." [3] Umansky died on december 17, 2010 in Augsburg , Germany. In 2011, the Russian Correspondence Chess Association organized in his ...
#2 Maria Rivka Chwoles-Lichtenfeld
Maria Rivka Chwoles-Lichtenfeld ( Hebrew : רבקה חוואלס ליכטנפלד ; 10 January 1932 – 17 December 2017) was an Israeli artist and chess player who survived the Holocaust in her youth. She was two times winner of Lithuanian Women's Chess Championship (1954, 1955) and winner Israeli Women's Chess Champi
- Maria Rivka Chwoles-Lichtenfeld ( Hebrew : רבקה חוואלס ליכטנפלד ; 10 January 1932 – 17 december 2017) was an Israeli artist and chess player who survived the Holocaust in her youth. She was two t ...
#3 Houshang Mashian
Houshang (Yaakov, Yaacov) Mashian ( Persian : هوشنگ (یاکوف) مشیان , born 17 December 1938) is an Iranian-Israeli chess master. Iranian-Israeli chess master (born 1938) Yaacov Mashian Full name Houshang Mashian Country Israel (1977-now) SUI (1972-1976) Iran (Until 1971) [1] Born ( 1938-12-1
- Houshang (Yaakov, Yaacov) Mashian ( Persian : هوشنگ (یاکوف) مشیان , born 17 december 1938) is an Iranian-Israeli chess master. Iranian-Israeli chess master (born 1938) Yaacov Mashian F ...
- ... oushang Mashian Country Israel (1977-now) SUI (1972-1976) Iran (Until 1971) [1] Born ( 1938-12-17 ) 17 december 1938 (age 83) Tehran , Iran FIDE rating 2275 (September 2019)[Inacative] [2] Peak rating 2293 (Janu ...
#4 Krzysztof Bulski
Krzysztof Bulski (12 February 1987 – 17 December 2020) [1] was a Polish chess player who held the FIDE title of Grandmaster (GM). [2] Polish chess grandmaster (1987–2020) Krzysztof Bulski Bulski in Warsaw , 2013 Country Poland Born ( 1987-02-12 ) 12 February 1987 Częstochowa , Poland Died 17 Decembe
- Krzysztof Bulski (12 February 1987 – 17 december 2020) [1] was a Polish chess player who held the FIDE title of Grandmaster (GM). [2] Polish chess g ...
- ... lski in Warsaw , 2013 Country Poland Born ( 1987-02-12 ) 12 February 1987 Częstochowa , Poland Died 17 december 2020 (2020-12-17) (aged 33) Title Grandmaster (2012) FIDE rating 2531 (October 2020) Peak rating 25 ...
- ... on board three at the 2013 European Team Chess Championship , scoring 5/9 (+2–1=6). [8] He died on 17 december 2020 at the age of 33. [1] FIDE RATINGS Elo development [9]
#5 Harry Kongshavn
Harry Kongshavn (23 February 1899 – 17 December 1969) was a Norwegian chess player, Norwegian Chess Championship winner (1951). Norwegian chess player Harry Kongshavn Country Norway Born ( 1899-02-23 ) 23 February 1899 Hidra , Norway Died 1969 or 1970
- Harry Kongshavn (23 February 1899 – 17 december 1969) was a Norwegian chess player, Norwegian Chess Championship winner (1951). Norwegian chess pla ...
#6 Alexander Beaufort Meek
Alexander Beaufort Meek (July 17, 1814 ( Columbia, South Carolina ) – November 1, 1865 ( Columbus, Mississippi ) was an American politician, lawyer, judge, and chess player. He also was a writer of historical and literary essays, and poetry. He served as Alabama 's Attorney General in 1836. American
- ... n Delivered before the Society of the Alumni of the University of Alabama at its First Anniversary, december 17, 1836 The South West: Its History, Character, and Prospects: A Discourse for the Eighth Anniversary ...
#7 Carlos Matamoros Franco
Carlos Matamoros Franco (born 17 December 1966), is an Ecuadorian chess Grandmaster (GM) (2002), Chess Olympiad individual gold ( 1982 ) and silver ( 1986 ) medalist. Ecuadorian chess player Carlos Matamoros Franco Country Ecuador Born ( 1966-12-17 ) 17 December 1966 (age 55) Title Grandmaster (GM
- Carlos Matamoros Franco (born 17 december 1966), is an Ecuadorian chess Grandmaster (GM) (2002), Chess Olympiad individual gold ( 1982 ) and ...
- ... 986 ) medalist. Ecuadorian chess player Carlos Matamoros Franco Country Ecuador Born ( 1966-12-17 ) 17 december 1966 (age 55) Title Grandmaster (GM) (2002) FIDE rating 2457 (June 2022) Peak rating 2555 (Septembe ...
#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
- ... f g h Position after 36...dxe5 This game, played between Timman and Garry Kasparov in Hilversum on 17 december 1985, is a good example of Timman's style: Timman vs. Garry Kasparov , Hilversum 1985; Ruy Lopez , ...
#9 Gillmore Hoefdraad
Gillmore André Hoefdraad (born 17 December 1962) is a Surinamese economist and politician. He was Governor of the Central Bank of Suriname from 2010 until 2015, and Ministry of Finance of Suriname from 2015 to 2020. In January 2020, it was reported that US$100 million was missing from the Central Ba
- Gillmore André Hoefdraad (born 17 december 1962) is a Surinamese economist and politician. He was Governor of the Central Bank of Suriname fro ...
- ... otice was issued for Hoefdraad. [2] Hoefdraad was sentenced in absentia to 12 years imprisonment on 17 december 2021. [3] Gillmore Hoefdraad Ministry of Finance of Suriname In office 2015–2020 President Desi Bou ...
- ... dré Telting Succeeded by Glenn Gersie Personal details Born Gillmore André Hoefdraad ( 1962-12-17 ) 17 december 1962 (age 59) Paramaribo , Suriname Alma mater University of Santiago de Cuba BIOGRAPHY Hoefdraad w ...
- ... 59) Paramaribo , Suriname Alma mater University of Santiago de Cuba BIOGRAPHY Hoefdraad was born on 17 december 1962 in Paramaribo . [4] He is a chess player, and became national youth champion in 1978, 1979 and ...
- ... was issued. [13] On 30 July, it was reported that he had been spotted in Skeldon, Guyana . [14] On 17 december 2021, Hoefdraad was sentenced in absentia to 12 years imprisonment and a fine of SRD 500,000. [15] ...
#10 Frank Parr
Frank Parr (17 December 1918 – 28 December 2003) was an English chess player who was born in Wandsworth . [1] [2] He was British Boys (Under 18) champion in 1935. [3] English chess player For the musician and cricketer, see Frank Parr (musician) . Frank Parr
- Frank Parr ( 17 december 1918 – 28 December 2003) was an English chess player who was born in Wandsworth . [1] [2] He was Br ...
#11 Miklós Bródy
Miklós (Nicolae) Bródy (30 March 1877, in Nagykároly, Kingdom of Hungary , Austria-Hungary , now Carei , Romania – 17 December 1949, in Cluj-Napoca , Romania) was a Hungarian – Romanian chess master . Hungarian-Romanian chess player Bródy in 1923 In 1897, he tied for 4-5th in Berlin ( Ignatz von Pop
- ... ) Bródy (30 March 1877, in Nagykároly, Kingdom of Hungary , Austria-Hungary , now Carei , Romania – 17 december 1949, in Cluj-Napoca , Romania) was a Hungarian – Romanian chess master . Hungarian-Romanian chess ...
#12 Wordsworth Donisthorpe
Wordsworth Donisthorpe (24 March 1847 – 30 January 1914) was an English barrister, [1] individualist anarchist [2] and inventor , pioneer of cinematography and chess enthusiast. Wordsworth Donisthorpe Born ( 1847-03-24 ) 24 March 1847 Leeds , England Died 30 January 1914 (1914-01-30) (aged 66) Sho
- ... Leeds Grammar School and Trinity College, Cambridge . [4] Donisthorpe married Ann Maria Anderson on 17 december 1873; he and his wife later separated and he had a daughter with Edith Georgina Fleming (whom he de ...
#13 Marija Kartanaitė
Marija Kartanaitė (10 January 1932 – 17 December 2017) was a Lithuanian chess player. She was ten times winner of Lithuanian Women's Chess Championship (1956, 1957, 1958, 1963, 1964, 1966, 1967, 1969, 1970, 1980). Lithuanian chess player Marija Kartanaitė Country Lithuania Born ( 1932-01-10 ) 10 Jan
- Marija Kartanaitė (10 January 1932 – 17 december 2017) was a Lithuanian chess player. She was ten times winner of Lithuanian Women's Chess Champions ...
- ... uania Born ( 1932-01-10 ) 10 January 1932 Raguva , Panevėžys District Municipality , Lithuania Died 17 december 2017 (2017-12-17) (aged 85) Vilnius , Lithuania BIOGRAPHY Marija Kartanaitė was a teacher by profes ...
#14 Alexander Zubarev
Alexander Zubarev ( Ukrainian : Олександр Володимирович Зубарєв , Oleksandr Volodimirovich Zubarev ; born 17 December 1979) is a Ukrainian chess grandmaster (2002). Ukrainian chess grandmaster Alexander Zubarev Full name Olexander Volodymyrovych Zubarev Country Ukraine Born ( 1979-12-17 ) 17 Decem
- ... der Zubarev ( Ukrainian : Олександр Володимирович Зубарєв , Oleksandr Volodimirovich Zubarev ; born 17 december 1979) is a Ukrainian chess grandmaster (2002). Ukrainian chess grandmaster Alexander Zubarev Full n ...
- ... er Alexander Zubarev Full name Olexander Volodymyrovych Zubarev Country Ukraine Born ( 1979-12-17 ) 17 december 1979 (age 42) Title Grandmaster Peak rating 2608 (September 2011) In 2008 he tied for 4–8th with Ta ...
#15 Erling Kristiansen (chess player)
Erling Kristiansen (born 17 December 1936) is a Norwegian chess FIDE Master (FM) , Norwegian Chess Championship winner (1972). Norwegian chess player Erling Kristiansen Country Norway Born ( 1936-12-17 ) 17 December 1936 (age 85) Title FIDE Master Peak rating 2405 (July 1973)
- Erling Kristiansen (born 17 december 1936) is a Norwegian chess FIDE Master (FM) , Norwegian Chess Championship winner (1972). Norwegian ...
- ... ionship winner (1972). Norwegian chess player Erling Kristiansen Country Norway Born ( 1936-12-17 ) 17 december 1936 (age 85) Title FIDE Master Peak rating 2405 (July 1973) BIOGRAPHY From the early 1960s to the ...
#16 Daniel Yarnton Mills
Daniel Yarnton Mills (29 August 1849, Stroud, Gloucestershire , England – 17 December 1904, London , England) was a Scottish chess master . Daniel Yarnton Mills Mills won the Scottish Chess Championships on eight occasions (in 1885, 1887, 1892, 1895, 1896, 1897, 1899 and 1900) and was British Amateu
- Daniel Yarnton Mills (29 August 1849, Stroud, Gloucestershire , England – 17 december 1904, London , England) was a Scottish chess master . Daniel Yarnton Mills Mills won the Scottish C ...
#17 Alexander Beliavsky
Alexander Genrikhovich Beliavsky ( Russian : Алекса́ндр Ге́нрихович Беля́вский , Ukrainian : Олександр Генріхович Бєлявський , Slovene : Aleksander Henrikovič Beljavski ; also romanized Belyavsky ; born December 17, 1953) is a Soviet , Ukrainian and Slovenian chess player. He was awarded the title o
- ... Генріхович Бєлявський , Slovene : Aleksander Henrikovič Beljavski ; also romanized Belyavsky ; born december 17, 1953) is a Soviet , Ukrainian and Slovenian chess player. He was awarded the title of Grandmaster b ...
- ... try Soviet Union (until 1992) Ukraine (1992–1995) Slovenia (since 1996) [1] [2] Born ( 1953-12-17 ) december 17, 1953 (age 68) Lviv , Ukrainian SSR , Soviet Union Title Grandmaster (1975) FIDE rating 2505 (August ...
#18 Anatoly Karpov
Anatoly Yevgenyevich Karpov ( Russian : Анато́лий Евге́ньевич Ка́рпов , IPA: [ɐnɐˈtolʲɪj jɪvˈɡʲenʲjɪvʲɪtɕ ˈkarpəf] ; born May 23, 1951) is a Russian and former Soviet chess grandmaster, former World Chess Champion , and politician. He was the 12th World Chess Champion from 1975 to 1985, a three-t
- ... volved himself in several humanitarian causes, such as advocating the use of iodised salt . [40] On december 17, 2012, Karpov supported [41] the law in the Russian Parliament banning adoption of Russian orphans b ...