langs: 19 декабря [ru] / december 19 [en] / 19. dezember [de] / 19 décembre [fr] / 19 dicembre [it] / 19 de diciembre [es]
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#1 Jeff Sarwer
Jeffrey William Sarwer (born May 14, 1978) is a Canadian Finnish ( dual citizenship ) former child chess prodigy whose charismatic personality and chess talent made him a well-known media figure. His chess career and his family's unconventional lifestyle were the subjects of many articles and TV sho
#2 Bonar Law
Andrew Bonar Law ( / ˈ b ɒ n ə ˈ l ɔː / ; [1] 16 September 1858 – 30 October 1923) was a British Conservative politician who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from October 1922 to May 1923. Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1922 to 1923 The Right Honourable Bonar Law Prime Min
#3 Christo Cave
Christo Cave (born 19 December 1961) is a chess player from Tunapuna on the island of Trinidad , in Trinidad and Tobago . Cave is a former National Chess Champion and holds the record of thirteen wins in the Trinidad and Tobago Chess Championship . [2] Trinidadian chess player Christo Cave Country T
Boško Abramović (Бошко Абрамовић; 14 February 1951 – 19 December 2021) was a Serbian chess grandmaster and selector of the national team. [1] Serbian chess grandmaster (1951–2021) Boško Abramović Abramović in Warsaw in 2013 Country Yugoslavia → Serbia Born ( 1951-02-14 ) 14 February 1951 Zrenjanin ,
#5 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
#6 Christopher Yoo (chess player)
Christopher Woojin Yoo (born December 19, 2006) is an American chess grandmaster. He became the youngest International Master in American history in February 2019 [2] until surpassed by Abhimanyu Mishra later in 2019. [3] American chess player (born 2006) Christopher Yoo Country United States Born (
Juzefs Petkēvičs ( Polish : Józef Pietkiewicz , Russian : Ю́зеф Изодо́рович Петке́вич ; born 19 December 1940, Riga ) is a Latvian chess Grandmaster of Polish origin. Juzefs Petkēvičs Full name Juzefs Petkēvičs Country Soviet Union Latvia Born 19 December 1940 Riga , Latvian SSR Soviet Union T
#8 Max Blau
Max Blau (19 December 1918, Munich – 1984, Bern ) was a Swiss chess master. Swiss chess player He won the Swiss Chess Championship four times (1953, 1955, 1956, and 1967), and was awarded the International Master title in 1953. Blau represented Switzerland in Chess Olympiads (seven times, from 1954
Siegfried Reginald Wolf (19 December 1867 — 5 January 1951) was an Austrian chess master who competed in top European tournaments from the 1890s to the early 1930s. A native of Prague (until 1918, the capital of the Austro-Hungarian province of Bohemia ), Siegfried Reginald Wolf played all of his to
Yuriy Hryhorovych Kryvoruchko ( Ukrainian : Юрій Григорович Криворучко ; born 19 December 1986) is a Ukrainian chess player. He was awarded the title of Grandmaster by FIDE in 2006. Kryvoruchko was Ukrainian champion in 2013. [1] He competed in the FIDE World Cup in 2009 and 2013 . Ukrainian chess p
#11 Queen of Katwe
Queen of Katwe is a 2016 American biographical sports drama film [4] directed by Mira Nair and written by William Wheeler. [5] Starring David Oyelowo , Lupita Nyong'o , and Madina Nalwanga , the film depicts the life of Phiona Mutesi , a girl living in Katwe , a slum of Kampala , the capital of Ugan
#12 Nicolas Checa
Nicolas de T. Checa (born December 19, 2001) is an American chess player who holds the FIDE title of Grandmaster (GM). He is from Dobbs Ferry, New York . [1] A chess prodigy, he began playing competitive chess at age 7. He is the recipient of the 2020 and 2021 Samford Fellowships, an award granted t
#13 Vasja Pirc
Vasja Pirc ( /ˈʋâːsja ˈpîːrt͡s/ ) (December 19, 1907 – June 2, 1980) [1] was a Slovenian chess player. He is best known in competitive chess circles as a strong exponent of the hypermodern defense now generally known as the Pirc Defense . Slovenian chess player Vasja Pirc Vasja Pirc in the 1930s Ful
#14 Corvin Radovici
Corvin Radovici (19 December 1931 – 17 August 2017), was a Romanian chess player, International Master (IM) (1968). Romanian chess player Corvin Radovici Country Romania Born ( 1931-12-19 ) 19 December 1931 Călățele , Romania Died 17 August 2017 (2017-08-17) (aged 85) Title International Master (I
#15 Danuta Samolewicz-Owczarek
Danuta Samolewicz-Owczarek (19 December 1929 – 2 February 2006), née Samolewicz , was a Polish chess player who three-time won bronze medals in the Polish Women's Chess Championships (1962, 1965, 1966). Polish chess player Danuta Samolewicz-Owczarek Country Poland Born ( 1929-12-19 ) 19 December 1
#16 Robert Hess (chess player)
Robert Lee Hess (born December 19, 1991) is an American chess player who received the FIDE title of Grandmaster (GM) in 2009. In May 2012, his FIDE rating was 2635, fifth in the United States. [1] Hess is a commentator for Chess.com, covering events such as the World Chess Championship and Candidate
Anatol (Anatoly) Tschepurnoff (Tchepurnoff, Chepurnov, Czepurnow) (19 December 1871, Loviisa – 29 April 1942, Helsinki ) was a Russian – Finnish chess master. Russian-Finnish chess player Before World War I, he played in many tournaments at Saint Petersburg . In 1903, he took 5th. In 1904, he took 9
#18 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
#19 Berna Carrasco
Berna Carrasco Araya (Carrasco de Budinich) (19 December 1914 – 7 July 2013) was a Chilean chess master, born in San Bernardo, Chile . [1] At the 1939 Women's World Championship in Buenos Aires , she finished in third place behind Vera Menchik and Sonja Graf . [2] [3] Carrasco was awarded the Woman