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George Koltanowski (also "Georges"; 17 September 1903 – 5 February 2000) was a Belgian-born American chess player, promoter, and writer. He was informally known as "Kolty". Koltanowski set the world's blindfold record on 20 September 1937, in Edinburgh , by playing 34 chess games simultaneously whil
Alexey Borisovich Vyzmanavin (sometimes written Vyzhmanavin ; Алексе́й Бори́сович Выжмана́вин ; 4 December 1960 – 6 January 2000) [1] was a Russian chess Grandmaster . In this name that follows Eastern Slavic naming conventions , the patronymic is Borisovich and the family name is Vyzmanavin . Alexe
William John Donaldson (born September 24, 1958), known as John Donaldson , is an American chess player, author, journalist and chess official. Like many of his contemporaries, he began playing in the aftermath of the World Chess Championship 1972 between Fischer and Spassky . He joined the Tacoma C
#4 Richard Réti
Richard Selig Réti (28 May 1889 – 6 June 1929) was an Austro-Hungarian , later Czechoslovakian , chess player, chess author, and composer of endgame studies . Czechoslovakian chess player (1889–1929) Richard Réti Full name Richard Selig Réti Country Czechoslovakia (after 1918) Austro-Hungarian Emp
Dana Reizniece-Ozola (born November 6, 1981) is a Latvian chess player and politician. She is the current managing director of the International Chess Federation (FIDE) since 2021. [1] She also served as minister of Economics (2014–2016) and minister of Finance (2016–2019) of the Republic of Latvia.
#6 Karl Gilg
Karl Gilg (20 January 1901, in Mankovice (Mankendorf), Austrian Silesia – 4 December 1981, in Kolbermoor , Bavaria ) was a German chess International Master from Czechoslovakia . [1] This article uses bare URLs , which are uninformative and vulnerable to link rot . ( August 2022 )
#7 Edward Hymes
Edward Hymes Jr. (December 4, 1908 – October 17, 1962) [1] was an American bridge and chess player. Hymes was an attorney and was from New York City . [1] American bridge and chess player At age 26, he joined the ACBL Laws Commission, which stipulates the rules of bridge. His main partner was Oswald
William James Joseph Lombardy (December 4, 1937 – October 13, 2017) [3] was an American chess grandmaster , chess writer, teacher, and former Catholic priest . He was one of the leading American chess players during the 1950s and 1960s, and a contemporary of Bobby Fischer , whom he seconded during t
Timur Gareyev (sometimes spelled Gareev ; born March 3, 1988) is an Uzbeki-American chess grandmaster . He was born in Tashkent [1] to Tatar parents. Gareyev was a part of the University of Texas at Brownsville 's chess team from August 2005 to August 2006 and from August 2009 to December 2011 where
#10 John Paul Gomez
John Paul Gomez (born May 23, 1986 [1] ) is a Filipino chess player. He was awarded the title of International Master (IM) in 2007 and International Grandmaster (GM) in 2009. He is a three-time Filipino national junior champion and has also won the Filipino Chess Championship . Filipino chess player
#11 Kaarle Ojanen
Kaarle Sakari Ojanen (4 December 1918 – 9 January 2009) was a Finnish chess player. Born in Helsinki in 1918, he became a Finnish National Master in 1938 and was the leading Finnish player between Eero Böök and Heikki Westerinen . He was perhaps best known for defeating world championship candidate,
#12 Bobby Fischer
Robert James Fischer (March 9, 1943 – January 17, 2008) was an American chess grandmaster and the eleventh World Chess Champion . A chess prodigy , he won his first of a record eight U.S. Championships at the age of 14. In 1964, he won with an 11–0 score, the only perfect score in the history of t
Gisela Kahn Gresser (February 8, 1906 Detroit , Michigan – December 4, 2000) [1] [2] was an American chess player. She dominated women's chess in the United States, winning the U.S. Women's Chess Championship nine times from 1944 to 1969. American chess player Gisela Kahn Gresser Country United Stat
#14 Amir Zaibi
Amir Zaibi (born 22 May 1988) is a Tunisian chess Grandmaster since 2020. According to the International Chess Federation , he is ranked as the 1st active chess player in Tunisia. [1] Tunisian chess Grandmaster since 2020 (born 1988) Amir Zaibi Country Tunisia Born ( 1988-05-22 ) 22 May 1988 (age
#15 Joshua Waitzkin
Joshua Waitzkin (born December 4, 1976) is an American former chess player, martial arts competitor, and author. As a child, he was recognized as a prodigy , and won the U.S. Junior Chess championship in 1993 and 1994. The film Searching for Bobby Fischer is based on his early life. American chess p