langs: 17 февраля [ru] / february 17 [en] / 17. februar [de] / 17 février [fr] / 17 febbraio [it] / 17 de febrero [es]
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Tunveer Mohyuddin Gillani (born 17 February 1969) is a Pakistani chess player who is three-times Pakistani Chess Championship winner (1991, 2004, 2006). He is Chess Olympiad individual gold medal winner ( 2006 ). Pakistani chess player Tunveer Mohyuddin Gillani Country Pakistan Born ( 1969-02-17 ) 1
Newell Williams Banks (October 10, 1887 – February 17, 1977 [1] ) was an American checkers and chess player. [2] American checkers and chess player Banks played his first game of blindfold checkers at age five years and six months at the Detroit Chess and Checker Club. In 1909, according to Frank Le
Walter Penn Shipley (June 20, 1860 – February 17, 1942) was an American lawyer , chess player and chess organizer. American lawyer, chess player and chess organizer
Stefan Pogosyan ( Russian : Стефан Погосян ; born 17 February 2004) is a Russian chess International Master (2018). Russian chess player Stefan Pogosyan Country Russia Born ( 2004-02-17 ) 17 February 2004 (age 18) Moscow , Russia Title International Master (2018) FIDE rating 2411 (June 2022)
Spencer Crakanthorp , (17 February 1885 in Sydney , Australia – 1 August 1936) was a chess player and Australian Chess Champion in 1923−24, 1925−26, 1926 and 1927. He was the father-in-law of chess master Cecil Purdy who married Anne Purdy (née Crakanthorp, 1915–2013). Anne was a strong A Grade ches
Ruben Carlos Gamarra Cáceres (17 February 1948 – 16 December 2005), was a Paraguayan chess FIDE Master (FM) , four-times Paraguayan Chess Championship winner (1971, 1975, 1979, 1993). Paraguayan chess player Carlos Gamarra Cáceres Country Paraguay Born ( 1948-02-17 ) 17 February 1948 Died 16 Decembe
Almira Skripchenko (born 17 February 1976) is a Moldovan-French chess player who holds the titles of International Master (IM) and Woman Grandmaster (WGM). She won the European Women's Individual Chess Championship in 2001, and is a seven-time French Women's Chess Champion . Moldovan-French chess pl
Léon Monosson (21 December 1892, Shchedrin – 17 February 1943, Auschwitz) was a Belarusian–French chess master. This article is about the chess player. He is not to be confused with Léon Monosson (singer) . Born in Shtetl Shchedrin, near Bobruisk ( Belarus ), he took 10th in Petrograd (St. Petersbur
Abraham Saul Goldsmith MBE (17 February 1911 – 4 November 1988) was an importer and merchant from Wellington , New Zealand. He was a foundation member of the National Party and was active at a local level. Goldsmith was also a noted chess player. Saul Goldsmith in 1960
#10 Siegmund Beutum
Siegmund Beutum (8 April 1890 – 17 February 1966) was an Austrian chess master. Austrian chess player Siegmund Beutum Country Austria Born ( 1890-04-08 ) 8 April 1890 Died 17 February 1966 (1966-02-17) (aged 75) Title National Master He lived in Vienna , where he played in several tournaments. He
#11 Kruttika Nadig
Kruttika Nadig (born 17 February 1988) is a chess player from Maharashtra , India . She holds the title of Woman Grandmaster (WGM) and won the Indian national women's championship in 2008. [1] [2] [3] Nadig competed in the Women's World Chess Championship 2010 ; she was knocked out in the first roun
Siegbert Tarrasch ( German: [ˈziːɡbɐt ˈtaraʃ] ; 5 March 1862 – 17 February 1934) was a German chess player, considered to have been among the strongest ones, and one of the most influential chess theoreticians of the late 19th and early 20th century. German chess player, chess writer, and chess theo
#13 Vasil Spasov (chess player)
Vasil Spasov (sometimes spelled Spassov ; Bulgarian : Васил Спасов ; born 17 February 1971 in Varna ) is a Bulgarian chess grandmaster . He won the World Junior Chess Championship in 1989, and the Bulgarian championship five times, in 1990, 1997, 2000, 2003 and 2008. Spasov also won the Balkan Indiv
#14 Nina Høiberg
Nina Høiberg (born 17 February 1956) is a Danish chess player and Woman International Master (WIM, 1985). She is an eight-times winner of the Danish Women's Chess Championship . Danish chess player Nina Høiberg Høiberg in 1988 Country Denmark Born ( 1956-02-17 ) 17 February 1956 (age 66) Title Wom
Viswanathan "Vishy" Anand (born 11 December 1969) is an Indian chess grandmaster and a five-time world chess champion . [2] He became the first grandmaster from India in 1988, and is one of the few players to have surpassed an Elo rating of 2800, a feat he first achieved in 2006. [3] In 2022, he was
#16 Edhi Handoko
Edhi Handoko (August 28, 1960 – February 17, 2009) was an Indonesian chess player. He won the Indonesian Chess Championship in 1978, 1980, 1984 and 1991. Handoko earned the National Master title in 1978, before progressing to both FIDE Master and International Master in 1982. He subsequently became
Lkhamsurengiin Myagmarsuren ( Mongolian : Лхамсүрэнгийн Мягмарсүрэн ; born February 17, 1938) is a Mongolian chess master. In this Mongolian name , the given name is Myagmarsüren . Lkhamsürengiin is a patronymic , not a family name . Mongolian chess master (born 1938) Myagmarsuren, Lkhamsuren Born M