langs: 20 декабря [ru] / december 20 [en] / 20. dezember [de] / 20 décembre [fr] / 20 dicembre [it] / 20 de diciembre [es]
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#1 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
Albin Planinc (also spelled Planinec ) (8 or 18 April 1944 – 20 December 2008) [1] [2] was a Slovenian - Yugoslavian chess Grandmaster . Slovenian chess grandmaster Albin Planinc Planinc in 1974 Born April 18, 1944 Briše , Slovenia Died December 20, 2008 (aged 64) Ljubljana , Slovenia. Title Grandma
#3 Denis Barry
Denis J. Barry (June 2, 1929 – December 20, 2003, in Tucson , Arizona ) was president of the United States Chess Federation from 1993 to 1996. He was an enthusiastic chess organizer, best known for establishing the US Amateur Team East Chess Championship, which is held annually in Parsippany, New Je
#4 Paul Morphy
Paul Charles Morphy (June 22, 1837 – July 10, 1884) was an American chess player. He is considered to have been the greatest chess master of his era and is often considered the unofficial World Chess Champion . [1] A chess prodigy , he was called "The Pride and Sorrow of Chess" because he had a br
Lionel Adalbert Bagration Felix Kieseritzky ( Russian : Лионель Адальберт Багратион Феликс Кизерицкий ; 1 January 1806 [ O.S. 20 December 1805 ] – 18 May [ O.S. 6 May ] 1853 ) was a Baltic German chess master and theoretician , famous for his contributions to chess theory, as well for a game he
Pedro Puig Pulido ( Catalan : Pere Puig i Pulido ; born 20 December 1932) is a Spanish chess player, Spanish Chess Championship silver medalist (1961), two-times Catalan Chess Championship winner (1961, 1968). Spanish chess player Pedro Puig Pulido Country Spain Born ( 1932-12-20 ) 20 December 1932
Ramón Rey Ardid (20 December 1903, Zaragoza – 21 January 1988) was a Spanish chess master. [1] He was Spanish champion from 1929 to 1942. Spanish chess player He was a psychiatrist and professor at the Zaragoza University. In 1924, he played for Spain in first unofficial Chess Olympiad in Paris (+4
Arthur William Feuerstein (December 20, 1935 – February 2, 2022) was an American chess master, and winner of the first U.S. Armed Forces Chess Championship in 1960. [1] He represented the United States twice in FIDE Student Olympiads. American chess player (1935–2022)
Narelle Kellner ( née Jorgensen , 18 October 1934 – 20 December 1987) was an Australian chess player who held the title of Woman International Master (WIM, 1977). She was a two-time winner of the Australian Women's Chess Championship (1972, 1974). Australian chess player Narelle Kellner Country Au
#10 Yoav Dothan
Yoav Dothan (born 1955) is an Israeli chess player who holds the chess title of International Correspondence Chess Grandmaster . He was the Israeli champion of correspondence chess for the 1997 championship and the winner of the Finland Jubilee 40. [1] He lives in Ramat Hasharon . At the ICCF congre
#11 Ljuba Kristol
Ljuba Danielovna Kristol ( Hebrew : לובה דניאלובנה קריסטול ; Russian : Любовь Даниэловна Кристол ; born May 26, 1944, in Leningrad ) is a Russian -born Israeli chess player who holds the ICCF title of Lady Grandmaster (LGM) and the FIDE title of Woman International Master (WIM). Israeli chess player
Emīls Jūlijs Melngailis (born 15 February 1874 in Igate , died 20 December 1954 in Riga , buried in Riga Forest Cemetery ) was a Latvian composer , folklorist, and a master of choral songs. [1] He was an organizer and chief conductor of Latvian Song and Dance Festival several times. He wrote 53 orig
#13 David Klein (chess player)
David Klein (born 20 December 1993) is a Dutch chess grandmaster . Dutch chess player David Klein David Klein, Wijk aan Zee 2013 Country Netherlands Born 20 December 1993 ( 1993-12-20 ) (age 28) Haarlem , Netherlands Title Grandmaster (2014) FIDE rating 2491 (September 2022) Peak rating 2517
Aleksandra Vladimirovna Kislova ( Russian : Александра Владимировна Кислова ; born 20 December 1946) is a Soviet and Russian chess player who holds the FIDE title of Woman International Master (WIM). Soviet and Russian chess player Aleksandra Kislova Full name Aleksandra Vladimirovna Kislova Count