langs: 18 декабря [ru] / december 18 [en] / 18. dezember [de] / 18 décembre [fr] / 18 dicembre [it] / 18 de diciembre [es]
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#1 Paul Baender
Paul Baender , also known in Spanish as Pablo Baender (30 November 1906 – 18 December 1985), was a German–Bolivian chess player and functionary. German-Bolivian chess player Born in Rosdzin , now part of Katowice , Upper Silesia , he moved to Görlitz in 1921. When Nazis came to power in 1933, Baende
Alexandros Angos ( Greek : Αλέξανδρος Άγγος ; 17 August 1933 – 18 December 2007) was a Greek and American chess player, Greek Chess Championship winner (1959). Greek chess player Alexandros Angos Country Greece USA Born ( 1933-08-17 ) 17 August 1933 Died 18 December 2007 (2007-12-18) (aged 74)
#3 Paul Garbett
Paul Anthony Garbett (born 18 December 1952, Auckland , New Zealand ) is a chess International Master (IM). [2] [3] Paul Garbett Paul Garbett, New Zealand chess International Master, July 2012 Country New Zealand Born ( 1952-12-18 ) 18 December 1952 (age 69) Auckland , New Zealand Title Internat
#4 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
Pontus Carlsson (born December 18, 1982) [1] is a Swedish chess grandmaster . [1] Swedish chess grandmaster Pontus Carlsson Pontus Carlsson, Warsaw 2013 Full name Pontus Carlsson Country Sweden Born ( 1982-12-18 ) December 18, 1982 (age 39) Cali, Colombia Title Grandmaster (2007) FIDE rating 2
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
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
Anna Sharevich (born December 18, 1985) is a Belarusian and American chess player holding the title of Woman Grandmaster (WGM). She won the Women's Belarusian Chess Championship in 2002, 2005, 2007 and 2011. [1] Belarusian chess player (born 1985) Anna Sharevich Sharevich circa 2018 Country United S
#9 William Winter (chess player)
William Winter (11 September 1897 – 18 December 1955) [1] was a British chess player. He won the British Open Chess Championship in 1934 and the British Chess Championship in 1935 and 1936. An acolyte of Siegbert Tarrasch , his sound, strategic play enabled him to defeat a number of the world's top
Aliaksei Alexandrovich Charnushevich ( Belarusian : Аляксей Аляксандравіч Чарнушэвіч ; Russian : Алексей Александрович Чернушевич ; born 18 December 1978) is a Belarusian and French chess player who received the FIDE title of Grandmaster (GM) in September 2012. [1] French chess player Aliaksei Charn
Jason Goh Koon-Jong (born 18 December 1989) is a Singapore chess International Master . He won the national Singaporean Chess Championship in 2004. Represented Singapore three times in Chess Olympiads (2004, 2006, 2008). [1] His current FIDE rating is 2415. Singaporean chess player Jason Goh Koon-Jo
#12 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
#13 Yoshiharu Habu
Yoshiharu Habu ( Japanese : 羽生 善治 , Hepburn : Habu Yoshiharu , born September 27, 1970) is a professional shogi player and a chess FIDE Master . His master is Tatsuya Futakami . He is the only person to simultaneously hold seven major professional shogi titles at the same time and is also the only p
#14 Diego Flores (chess player)
Diego Flores (born 18 December 1982) is an Argentine chess player who received the FIDE title of Grandmaster (GM) in 2008. He is a five-time Argentine Chess Champion . [1] Argentine chess grandmaster Diego Flores Flores at the 2008 Chess Olympiad Country Argentina Born ( 1982-12-18 ) 18 December 198