langs: 29 декабря [ru] / december 29 [en] / 29. dezember [de] / 29 décembre [fr] / 29 dicembre [it] / 29 de diciembre [es]
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#1 Brian Reilly
Brian Patrick Reilly (12 December 1901 in Menton , France – 29 December 1991 in Hastings , England ) was an Irish chess Master, writer and magazine editor. For persons of a similar name, see Brian Riley (disambiguation) . He was born at Menton on the French Riviera . The Irish connection goes back t
Giovanni Cenni (29 December 1881 – 14 March 1957) was an Italian chess master. Italian chess player He won twice Bologna City championships (1911, 1912), [1] took 4th at Rome 1911 (unofficial Italian Chess Championship , V Torneo dell'Unione Scacchistica Italiana , Matteo Gladig won), [2] tied for 2
#3 Kurt Richter
Kurt Paul Otto Joseph Richter (24 November 1900 – 29 December 1969) was a German chess International Master and chess writer. [1] German chess player (1900–1969) For the Austrian film set designer, see Kurt Richter (art director) . This article needs additional citations for verification . ( January
George Hatfeild Dingley Gossip (December 6, 1841 – May 11, 1907) was a minor American-English chess master and writer. He competed in chess tournaments between 1870 and 1895, playing against most of the world's leading players, but with only modest success. The writer G. H. Diggle calls him "the K
#5 Boris Blumin
Boris Blumin (January 11, 1908 [December 29, 1907 O. S. ], Saint Petersburg – February 16, 1998, Trenton, New Jersey ) was a Canadian-American chess master. Canadian-American chess player Born in Russia , he emigrated to Canada, where he played in several chess championships. He took 9th at Toronto
#6 Fernando De Almeida Vasconcellos
Fernando De Almeida Vasconcellos (29 December 1919 - November 1996) was a Brazilian chess player. He was a Brazilian Chess Championship silver medalist (1950). Brazilian chess player Fernando De Almeida Vasconcellos Country Brazil Born ( 1919-12-29 ) 29 December 1919 Rio de Janeiro , Brazil Died 11.
#7 Eugene Torre
Eugenio "Eugene" Torre [1] [2] (born November 4, 1951) is a Filipino chess player. In 1974, at 22 years old, he became the first Asian to qualify for the title Grandmaster by winning the silver medal in the 21st Chess Olympiad in Nice, France. He is considered the strongest chess player the Philippi
Wolfgang Pietzsch (21 December 1930, Wittgendorf – 29 December 1996, Leipzig ) fue un chess Grandmaster (1965). El jugó en la Chess Olympiads of 1952, 1958, 1960, 1962, 1966 y 1968. [1] German chess player Wolfgang Pietzsch (1957)
Sven Magnus Øen Carlsen [lower-alpha 1] (born 30 November 1990) [1] [2] is a Norwegian chess grandmaster who is the reigning five-time World Chess Champion . He is also a three-time World Rapid Chess Champion and five-time World Blitz Chess Champion . He has held the No. 1 position in the FIDE wor
#10 Gyula Makovetz
Gyula Makovetz (Makowetz, Makovets) (29 December 1860, Arad – 8 August 1903, Budapest ) was a Hungarian journalist and chess player. Hungarian journalist and chess player He edited the chess magazine Budapesti Sakkszemle from 1889 to 1894. Makovetz was 1st, ahead of Johann Hermann Bauer and Emanuel
#11 Endre Steiner
Endre (Andreas) Steiner (27 June 1901 – 29 December 1944) was a Hungarian chess player, born in Budapest . Hungarian chess player Endre Steiner played for Hungary in five official and one unofficial Chess Olympiads . In 1927, he played at first reserve board at 1st Chess Olympiad in London (+6 –2 =5
#12 David Arenas
David Arenas Vanegas (born 29 December 1991) is a Colombian chess grandmaster . [2] [3] [4] [5] Colombian chess grandmaster In this Spanish name , the first or paternal surname is Arenas and the second or maternal family name is Vanegas . David Arenas Full name David Arenas Vanegas Country Brazil
#13 Venka Asenova
Venka Asenova ( Bulgarian : Венка Асенова ; 17 October 1930 – 29 December 1986) was a Bulgarian chess player who holds the title of Woman Grandmaster (WGM, 1986). She was a nine-time winner of the Bulgarian Women's Chess Championship (1953, 1956, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1965, 1966, 1969). Bulgarian
#14 Wiktor Balcarek
Wiktor Balcarek (29 December 1915 – 30 August 1998) was a Polish chess player who won the Polish Chess Championship in 1950. Polish chess player Wiktor Balcarek Country Poland Born ( 1915-12-29 ) 29 December 1915 Świętochłowice , Poland Died 30 August 1998 (1998-08-30) (aged 82) Bytom , Poland
#15 Boris Koyalovich
Boris Mikhailovich Koyalovich (Koyalovitch, Kojalovich, Kojalowitsch, Kojałowicz) (May 2, 1867 [1] – December 29, 1941) [2] was a Russian mathematician and chess master . This article uses bare URLs , which are uninformative and vulnerable to link rot . ( September 2022 ) He was a professor of mathe
#16 Péter Dely
Péter Dely (5 July 1934, Sárospatak – 29 December 2012) was a Hungarian chess master and 1969 Hungarian Chess Champion. Hungarian chess player Péter Dely Country Hungary Born ( 1934-07-05 ) 5 July 1934 Sárospatak Died 29 December 2012 (2012-12-29) (aged 78) Title Grandmaster
#17 Walter Muir
Walter G. Muir (1905 – December 29, 1999) was a correspondence chess player and former secretary of the ICCF U.S.A. Walter Muir was also a philanthropist and benefactor, and former president of the Roanoke Valley Chess Club . The annual Walter Muir Chess Tournament is held in his honor. For the Scot
#18 Vsevolod Rauzer
Vsevolod Alfredovich Rauzer (16 October 1908 – 29 December 1941, Leningrad ) was a Soviet Ukrainian chess master known for his great contributions to chess opening theory , especially of the Sicilian Defence . This article uses algebraic notation to describe chess moves. Russian chess player (1908–1
#19 Géza Nagy
Géza Nagy (29 December 1892, Satoraljaujhely – 13 August 1953, Kaposvár) was a Hungarian chess master. Not to be confused with Geza Nagy-Csomag . Hungarian chess player The native form of this personal name is Nagy Géza . This article uses Western name order when mentioning individuals. He was Hun
#20 Igor Kovalenko
Igor Viktorovich Kovalenko ( Russian : Игорь Викторович Коваленко ; Latvian : Igors Kovaļenko ; born 29 December 1988, Novomoskovsk ) is a Ukrainian chess player who played for Latvia between 2013 and 2021 and holds the FIDE title of Grandmaster (GM). [1] Ukrainian chess player Igor Kovalenko Kovale