langs: 14 февраля [ru] / february 14 [en] / 14. februar [de] / 14 février [fr] / 14 febbraio [it] / 14 de febrero [es]
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#1 Wesley So
Wesley Barbossa So (born October 9, 1993) is a Filipino-born American chess grandmaster , the inaugural and current World Fischer Random Chess Champion , and 3-time and the current U.S. Chess Champion (in 2017, 2020, and 2021). He is also a three-time Philippine Chess Champion . On the March 2017 FI
Sergei Tiviakov ( Russian : Серге́й Тивяков ; born 14 February 1973) is a Russian–Dutch chess grandmaster . He is a three-time Dutch Champion and was European Champion in 2008. Dutch chess Grandmaster Sergei Tiviakov at Vienna, 2009 Full name Sergei Tiviakov Country Soviet Union (until 1991) Russi
#3 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
Jean Dufresne (14 February 1829 – 13 April 1893) [1] was a German chess player and chess composer . He was a student of Adolf Anderssen , to whom he lost the " Evergreen game " in 1852. German chess player and chess composer For the French Olympic athlete, see Jean-Pierre Dufresne . Jean Dufresne
#5 Adolf Seitz
Jakob Adolf Seitz (February 14, 1898, Meitingen , Germany – April 6, 1970, Switzerland) was a German–Argentine chess master and journalist .
#6 Petar Popović (chess player)
Petar Popović (born February 14, 1959, in Orlovat , Yugoslavia ) is a Serbian chess Grandmaster . FIDE awarded him the International Master title in 1977, and the Grandmaster title in 1981. His tournament results have included =1st at Pécs 1980, =1st at Novi Sad 1981, =2nd at Novi Sad 1984, =1st at
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 ,
#8 Fiona Sieber
Fiona Sieber (born 14 February 2000) is a German chess player. She received the FIDE title of Woman International Master (WIM) in 2017. [1] German chess player Fiona Sieber Sieber in 2017 Country Germany Born ( 2000-02-14 ) 14 February 2000 (age 22) Title Woman International Master (2017) FIDE r
Čeněk Kottnauer (24 February 1910, Prague – 14 February 1996, London ) was a Czech British chess master, earning the title of International Master . This article uses algebraic notation to describe chess moves. Cenek Kottnauer Cenek Kottnauer, Beverwijk 1962 Full name Čeněk Kottnauer Country Cze
#10 Hikaru Nakamura
Hikaru Nakamura (born December 9, 1987) is a Japanese-American chess grandmaster and Twitch streamer . A chess prodigy , at the age of 15 he became the youngest American up to that time (2003) to earn the title of Grandmaster . Nakamura is a five-time U.S. Chess Champion . [2] He won the 2011 editio
#11 Ludwig Rellstab (chess player)
Ludwig Rellstab (23 November 1904 – 14 February 1983) was a German chess player who won the German Chess Championship in 1942 and was awarded the International Master title in 1950. [1] [2] German chess player (1904–1983) Ludwig Rellstab Rellstab at the German Chess Championship, Hamburg 1953 Full
Edward (Eduard) Issakovich Gerstenfeld (January 1915 in Lemberg – December 1943 (?) in Rostov-on-Don , USSR ) was a Polish chess master . Born into a Jewish family in Lviv , Galicia (then Austria-Hungary ), he came 3rd, behind Henryk Friedman and Izaak Schächter , in the Lviv City championships in 1
Srinath Narayanan (born 14 February 1994) is an Indian chess player. He was awarded the title of Grandmaster by FIDE in August 2017. [1] Indian chess grandmaster In this Indian name , the name Narayanan is a patronymic , and the person should be referred to by the given name , Srinath . Srinath Nara
#14 Smbat Lputian
Smbat Gariginovich Lputian (sometimes transliterated as Lputyan; Armenian : Սմբատ Լպուտյան ; born 14 February 1958, in Yerevan ) is an Armenian chess Grandmaster . [1] He was first at tournament in Berlin 1982, shared first at Athens 1983 and at Irkutsk 1983, first at Sarajevo 1985 and at Irkutsk 19
Cecil Valentine De Vere (14 February 1846 in London [1] – 9 February 1875 in Torquay ) [2] was the winner of the first official British Chess Championship in 1866. British chess player (1845–1875) Cecil Valentine De Vere De Vere c.1865 Full name Cecil Valentine De Vere Born ( 1846-02-14 ) 14 Febru
#16 Esteban Canal
Esteban Canal (April 19, 1896 – February 14, 1981) [1] was a leading Peruvian chess player who had his best tournament results in the 1920s and 1930s. Born in Chiclayo , Peru, he later lived in Italy, and died in Varese . Peruvian chess player Esteban Canal Country Peru Born April 19, 1896 ( 1896-
#17 James Grundy (chess player)
James Glover Grundy (February 14, 1855 – January 26, 1919) [1] was an English- American chess master . English-American chess player James Glover Grundy Full name James Glover Grundy Country England United States Born ( 1855-02-14 ) February 14, 1855 Manchester ?, England Died January 26, 1919 (
#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
Roy Turnbull Black (February 14, 1888 – July 27, 1962) was an American chess player. [1] Black was a judge by profession. His record against Capablanca was one win, one draw and three losses, beating Capablanca with black pieces in New York City in 1911: American chess player This article uses algeb
#20 Yoshiharu Habu
Yoshiharu Habu ( Japanese : 羽生 善治 , Hepburn : Habu Yoshiharu , born September 27, 1970) is a professional shogi player and a chess FIDE Master . His master is Tatsuya Futakami . He is the only person to simultaneously hold seven major professional shogi titles at the same time and is also the only p