langs: 1 февраля [ru] / february 1 [en] / 1. februar [de] / 1er février [fr] / 1º febbraio [it] / 1 de febrero [es]
days: january 29 / january 30 / january 31 / february 1 / february 2 / february 3 / february 4
Vasily Yemelin (born 1 February 1976) is a Russian chess player. He was awarded the title Grandmaster by FIDE in 1994. Yemelin won the championship of Saint Petersburg three times, in 1993, 2002 and 2011. He participated in two Chess Olympiads , in 1994 and 1996 , playing for Russia B team on both o
#2 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
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
#4 Adolf Albin
Adolf Albin (14 September 1848 – 22 March 1920) was a Romanian chess player . He is best known for the countergambit that bears his name and for authoring the first chess book written in Romanian. Adolf Albin Country Romania Born ( 1848-09-14 ) 14 September 1848 Bucharest , Romania Died 22 March 192
Jennifer Yu (born February 1, 2002) is an American chess player. She was awarded the title Woman Grandmaster by FIDE in 2018. Yu is the 2019 U.S. women's champion . American chess player Jennifer Yu Country United States Born ( 2002-02-01 ) February 1, 2002 (age 20) Ithaca, New York , US Title Wom
#6 Edith Baird
Edith Elina Helen (Winter-Wood) Baird (22 February 1859 – 1 February 1924) was a chess composer who in her day was the most prolific composer of chess problems in the world. [1] She published under her married name as Mrs. W. J. Baird and was sometimes referred to in the press as the "Queen of Chess
James A. Leonard (November 6, 1841 Ireland – September 26, 1862 Annapolis, Maryland ) was a young American chess master , who grew up as a son of poor Irish immigrants in New York City. He learned to play chess at age 16 or 17. Before his 20th birthday, he was already famous for his fierce attacking
Nafisa Muminova (born 1 February 1990 in Tashkent ) is a chess player from Uzbekistan . She won the women's Uzbekistani Chess Championship in 2008 2009, and 2011, won silver medals in the 2008 Asian Youth Championship and as first board in the team event at the 2010 Asian Games , [1] and competed in
#9 Umut Atakişi
Umut Atakişi (born 1 February 1981, İstanbul ) is a Turkish chess player and three-time Turkish Chess Champion . Turkish chess player Umut Atakişi Full name Umut Atakişi Born 1 February 1981 Title International Master (IM) Peak rating 2441
Irina Cheluskina ( Serbian Cyrillic : Ирина Чолушкина , romanized : Irina Čoluškina ; born 1 February 1961 in Kherson ) is a Ukrainian and Serbian chess player and a Woman Grandmaster . Serbian chess player Irina Chelushkina Cheluskina in 2007 Country Serbia Born 1 February 1961 ( 1961-02 ) (age
#11 Gerard Kroone
Gerard Kroone (1 February 1897 – 24 November 1979 [1] ) was a Dutch chess player. Dutch chess player Gerard Kroone Country Netherlands Born ( 1897-02-01 ) 1 February 1897 Amsterdam , Netherlands Died 24 November 1979 (1979-11-24) (aged 82) Velsen , Netherlands
#12 Aleksandr Galkin (chess player)
Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Galkin ( Russian : Александр Александрович Галкин ; born 1 February 1979) is a Russian chess player. Born in Rostov-on-Don , he was awarded the title Grandmaster by FIDE in 1997. Russian chess player (born 1979) Alexandr Galkin In this name that follows Eastern Slavic naming
#13 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
#14 Lawrence Day
Lawrence Alexander Day [1] (born 1 February 1949 in Kitchener, Ontario ) is a Canadian chess player, author, and journalist who holds the FIDE title of International Master. He represented Canada at 13 Chess Olympiads . Canadian chess player Lawrence Day Full name Lawrence Alexander Day Country Ca
#15 Boris Katalymov
Boris Katalymov ( Russian : Борис Николаевич Каталымов , romanized : Boris Nikolaevich Katalymov or Katalimov ; 13 June 1932 – 1 February 2013) was a Soviet and later Kazakhstani chess player. He was awarded the title of International Master by FIDE in 1996. Katalymov was multiple times champion o
#16 Rasmus Svane
Rasmus Svane (born 21 May 1997) is a German chess grandmaster . [1] He has represented Germany at the European Team Chess Championship and Chess Olympiad . He is the No. 8 ranked German player as of July 2020. [2] German chess player Rasmus Svane Rasmus Svane, Karlsruhe 2019 Country Germany Born ( 1
Victorio Manuel Riego Prieto (1 February 1932 – 12 June 2009), was a Paraguayan chess player, three-times Paraguayan Chess Championship winner (1963, 1972, 1977). Paraguayan chess player Victorio Riego Prieto Country Paraguay Born ( 1932-02-01 ) 1 February 1932 Died 12 June 2009 (2009-06-12) (aged
Alexander Aleksandrovich Alekhine ( Russian : Алекса́ндр Алекса́ндрович Але́хин , Aleksándr Aleksándrovich Alékhin ; pronounced [ɐlʲɪkˈsandr ɐlʲɪkˈsandrəvʲɪtɕ ɐˈlʲexʲɪn] ; [note 1] [note 2] October 31 [ O.S. October 19 ] 1892 – March 24, 1946) was a Russian and French chess player and the
#19 Jules Ehrat
Jules Ehrat (1 February 1905 – 1997) was a Swiss chess player born in Lohn, Schaffhausen . [1] [2] He was the 1942 Swiss Chess Champion jointly with Martin Christoffel . [2] Swiss chess player The Jules Ehrat Memorial chess tournament held in Zürich 13–22 August 1999 pitted two five-player teams aga