langs: 4 февраля [ru] / february 4 [en] / 4. februar [de] / 4 février [fr] / 4 febbraio [it] / 4 de febrero [es]
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Garry Kimovich Kasparov (Russian: Гарри Кимович Каспаров, Russian pronunciation: [ˈɡarʲɪ ˈkʲiməvʲɪtɕ kɐˈsparəf] , born Garik Kimovich Weinstein , Гарик Кимович Вайнштейн; 13 April 1963) is a Russian chess grandmaster , former World Chess Champion , writer , political activist and commentator. His pe
Tsegmed Batchuluun ( Mongolian : Цэгмэд Батчулуун ; born 4 February 1987) is a Mongolian chess player. He was awarded the title of International Master (IM) by FIDE in 2009, Grandmaster (GM) by FIDE in 2012. Mongolian chess player In this Mongolian name , the given name is Batchuluun . Tsegmed is a
Stanislav Eduardovich Bogdanovich (4 February 1993 – 5 March 2020) was a Ukrainian chess player who also competed for Russia . In this name that follows Eastern Slavic naming conventions , the patronymic is Eduardovich and the family name is Bogdanovich . Ukrainian chess player (1993–2020) Stanislav
Kenneth Ray Smith (September 13, 1930 – February 4, 1999 [1] ) was a chess player and author. He was a member of the Dallas Chess Club , and reached the rank of FIDE Master . American chess player and author Smith founded Chess Digest in 1962. The Smith–Morra Gambit is named after him. Smith was als
#5 Bogdan Śliwa
Bogdan Śliwa (4 February 1922 in Kraków – 16 May 2003) was a Polish chess master . Bogdan Śliwa 1960 Polish chess player Śliwa won the championship of Poland six times. In 1946, he won the first Polish Chess Championship after World War II in Sopot (5th POL-ch). In 1948, he took 3rd in Kraków (6th P
#6 Gilberto Hernández Guerrero
Gilberto Hernández Guerrero (born February 4, 1970 in Ébano , San Luis Potosí ) is a chess Grandmaster from Mexico . On the July 2008 FIDE rating list he has an Elo rating of 2550, making him the second highest ranked player on the Mexican ELO-list. He was the highest ranked Mexican player in most o
Pāvils Dreijmanis (4 February 1895, Aloja , Russian Empire – 21 August 1953, Adelaide , Australia ) was a Latvian architect and recipient of the Cross of Recognition medal and the Order of the Three Stars . This article needs additional citations for verification . ( September 2013 ) Pāvils Dreijman
#8 Lord Dunsany
Edward John Moreton Drax Plunkett, 18th Baron of Dunsany ( / d ʌ n ˈ s eɪ n i / ; 24 July 1878 – 25 October 1957, usually Lord Dunsany ) was an Anglo-Irish writer and dramatist. Over 90 volumes of fiction, essays, poems and plays appeared in his lifetime. [1] : 29 (I.A.92) Material has continued
#9 List of female chess grandmasters
There are 39 female chess players who hold the title of Grandmaster (GM), the highest title awarded by the International Chess Federation (FIDE). [upper-alpha 1] The Grandmaster title was formally established by FIDE in 1950. Modern regulations typically require players to achieve a FIDE rating of 2
#10 Paul Morphy
Paul Charles Morphy (June 22, 1837 – July 10, 1884) was an American chess player. He is considered to have been the greatest chess master of his era and is often considered the unofficial World Chess Champion . [1] A chess prodigy , he was called "The Pride and Sorrow of Chess" because he had a br
Wang Lei ( Chinese : 王蕾 ; pinyin : Wáng Lěi ; born February 4, 1975) [1] is a Chinese chess player holding the title of Woman Grandmaster . She was in the FIDE Top 50 Women rating list from 2000 to 2003. [2] Wang is a four-time Chinese women's champion (1997, 1998, 2000, 2001). In 1996 she won the W
#12 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
#13 Magnus Carlsen
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
#14 Nikita Vitiugov
Nikita Kirillovich Vitiugov ( Russian : Никита Кириллович Витюгов ; born 4 February 1987) is a Russian chess player. He was awarded the title Grandmaster by FIDE in 2007. He was a member of the victorious Russian team at the World Team Chess Championship in 2009 and 2013. Vitiugov won the Gibraltar
#15 Jaroslav Šajtar
Jaroslav Šajtar (December 3, 1921 – February 4, 2003) was a Czech chess master and an honorary grandmaster , born in Ostrava . [1] Jaroslav Šajtar Country Czech Republic Born December 3, 1921 ( 1921-12-03 ) Ostrava , Czechoslovakia Died February 4, 2003 ( 2003-02-05 ) (aged 81) Title Honorary
#16 Gerhard Hund
Gerhard Friedrich Hund (born February 4, 1932 in Leipzig ) is a German chess player, mathematician and computer scientist . Hund,Gerhard 2010 Jena German mathematician, computer scientist and chess player This article may be expanded with text translated from the corresponding article in German . (A
#17 Valentina Gunina
Valentina Evgenyevna Gunina [1] ( Russian : Валентина Евгеньевна Гунина ; born February 4, 1989 in Murmansk ) [2] is a Russian chess grandmaster . She has won thrice the Women's European Individual Chess Championship (2012, 2014, 2018) and four times the Russian Women's Championship (2011, 2013, 201
Theodoros Tsorbatzoglou ( Greek : Θεοδωρος Τσορμπατζογλου , born 4 February 1972) is the Secretary General of the European Chess Union [1] and Secretary of FIDE Events Commission. [2] Tsorbatzoglou was elected ECU Secretary General in 2014, and is FIDE Commissions Member since 2006. He is also a bus
#19 John Cochrane (chess player)
John Cochrane (4 February 1798 – 2 March 1878) was a Scottish chess master and lawyer. After serving in the Royal Navy Cochrane chose to become a barrister . While studying law, he became a very strong chess player and published a book on the game, which included the Cochrane variation of the Salvio
#20 Harriet Hunt
Harriet Vaughan Hunt (born 4 February 1978 in Oxford ) is an English chess player and five-time, and the current, British Women's Chess Champion , which she recently won in October 2021, which was 22 years after her fourth win. She is a researcher in archaeogenetics at the University College Cork .