langs: 1 января [ru] / january 1 [en] / 1. januar [de] / 1er janvier [fr] / 1º gennaio [it] / 1 de enero [es]

days: december 29 / december 30 / december 31 / january 1 / january 2 / january 3 / january 4

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#1 Sopiko Guramishvili

Sopiko Guramishvili ( Georgian : სოფიკო გურამიშვილი ; born 1 January 1991) is a Georgian-Dutch chess player, author, and commentator who holds the titles of International Master (IM) and Woman Grandmaster (WGM). Having represented Georgia for the bulk of her playing career, she has been an under-16

• Sopiko Guramishvili ( Georgian : სოფიკო გურამიშვილი ; born 1 january 1991) is a Georgian-Dutch chess player, author, and commentator who holds the titles of Internation ...
• ... li Guramishvili in 2017 Country Georgia (until 2019) Netherlands (2019–present) Born ( 1991-01-01 ) 1 january 1991 (age 31) Tbilisi , Georgian SSR , Soviet Union Title International Master (2012) Woman Grandma ...
• ... een ranked as high as No. 3 in the world. EARLY LIFE AND BACKGROUND Sopiko Guramishvili was born on 1 january 1991 in Tbilisi , the capital of the Georgian SSR and the modern-day capital of Georgia. She was fi ...

#2 Burak Fırat

Burak Fırat (born 1 January 1993 in Barcelona ) [1] is a Turkish chess player who received the FIDE title of Grandmaster (GM) in 2017. Fırat is the eleventh player to become a grandmaster in Turkish chess history. [2] [3] He previously received the FIDE Master (FM) title in 2009 and International Ma

• Burak Fırat (born 1 january 1993 in Barcelona ) [1] is a Turkish chess player who received the FIDE title of Grandmaster (GM) i ...
• ... ter (IM) in 2010. Turkish chess player Burak Fırat Fırat in 2018 Country Turkey Born ( 1993-01-01 ) 1 january 1993 (age 29) Barcelona , Spain Title Grandmaster (2017) FIDE rating 2470 (June 2022) Peak rating 2 ...

#3 Dragiša Blagojević

Dragiša Blagojević (born 1 January 1966) is a Montenegrin chess player who holds the title of Grandmaster (GM) (2004), six-times Montenegrin Chess Championship winner (2000, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009), Chess Olympiad individual gold medal winner ( 2008 ). Montenegrin chess player Dragiša Blagojev

• Dragiša Blagojević (born 1 january 1966) is a Montenegrin chess player who holds the title of Grandmaster (GM) (2004), six-times Monte ...
• ... r Dragiša Blagojević Dragiša Blagojević in 2008 Country Yugoslavia → Montenegro Born ( 1966-01-01 ) 1 january 1966 (age 56) Tuzla , SR Montenegro , Yugoslavia Title Grandmaster (GM) (2004) FIDE rating 2488 (Oc ...

#4 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

• ... tory, as it highlighted the split in the government. [98] Edward Carson tabled another amendment on 1 january 1913 which would exclude all nine Ulster counties, more to test government resolve than anything el ...
• ... , Labour and Conservative whips worked out a truce suspending confrontational politics until either 1 january 1915 or until the end of the War. On 4 August both Asquith and Law made speeches together at the Mi ...

#5 Sergey Okrugin

Sergey Konstantinovich Okrugin ( Russian : Сергей Константинович Округин ; born January 1, 1963, in Yaroslavl ) is a Russian chess player who holds the FIDE title of International Master (2009). Russian chess International Master (born 1963) Sergey Okrugin Full   name Sergey Konstantinovich Okrugin

• Sergey Konstantinovich Okrugin ( Russian : Сергей Константинович Округин ; born january 1, 1963, in Yaroslavl ) is a Russian chess player who holds the FIDE title of International Master (20 ...
• ... ey Okrugin Full name Sergey Konstantinovich Okrugin Country Soviet Union Russia Born ( 1963-01-01 ) january 1, 1963 (age 59) Yaroslavl , Russia Title International Master (2009) FIDE rating 2319 (September 2021 ...

#6 William Fairhurst

William Albert Fairhurst CBE (21 August 1903 – 13 March 1982) was a British bridge designer and international chess master. He was highly accomplished in both disciplines and for many years successfully divided his time between two careers. He was appointed a CBE for his services to engineering, and

• ... ng 500 staff. Today it is one of the largest private consultancy companies in the UK, trading since 1 january 2012 under the name Fairhurst .

#7 Alexey Vyzmanavin

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

• ... navin . Alexey Vyzmanavin Full name Alexey Borisovich Vyzmanavin Country Russia Born ( 1960-01-01 ) 1 january 1960 Moscow , Russian SFSR , Soviet Union Died 6 January 2000 (2000-01-06) (aged 40) Moscow, Russia ...

#8 Samuel Schweber

Samuel Schweber (born 16 July 1936 in Buenos Aires; d. 1 January 2017) was an Argentine chess player. Argentine chess player Schweber played in several Argentine chess championships . He was 7-8th in 1956 ( Raúl Sanguineti won), 4-6th in 1960 ( Miguel Najdorf won), 2nd in 1963 ( Raimundo Garcia won)

• Samuel Schweber (born 16 July 1936 in Buenos Aires; d. 1 january 2017) was an Argentine chess player. Argentine chess player Schweber played in several Argentine ch ...
• ... eipzig 1960. Schweber was awarded the International Master (IM) title in 1961. [1] Schweber died on 1 january 2017 at the age of 80. [4]

#9 Marian Wróbel

Marian Wróbel (1 January 1907 – 25 April 1960) was a prominent Polish chess problemist of the mid-twentieth century. Between 1947 and 1950 he was considered the leading chess composer in the world. During his lifetime he published more than 1,000 problems and was a FIDE International Master of Chess

• Marian Wróbel ( 1 january 1907 – 25 April 1960) was a prominent Polish chess problemist of the mid-twentieth century. Between ...
• ... f Chess Composition . Marian Wróbel Wróbel in the 1930s Full name Marian Wróbel Country Poland Born 1 january 1907 Lwów Died 25 April 1960 (1960-04-25) (aged 53) Warsaw , Poland Title International Judge of Ch ...
• ... , Poland Title International Judge of Chess Composition (1959) BIOGRAPHY Born in Lwów (now Lviv) on 1 january 1907, [1] Wróbel learned to play chess as a child of 5 and became interested in chess problems. In ...

#10 Imad Hakki

Imad Hakki ( Arabic : عماد حقي ) is a Syrian chess international master who represented Syria in multiple regional chess championship and the son of Badi' Hakki , a writer and novelist. Syrian chess player Imad Hakki Country Syria Born 1 January 1957 [1] Title International master [1] FIDE   rating

• ... d the son of Badi' Hakki , a writer and novelist. Syrian chess player Imad Hakki Country Syria Born 1 january 1957 [1] Title International master [1] FIDE rating 2354 [1] Peak rating 2471(April 2005) [2] CAREE ...

#11 Davide Marotti

Davide Marotti (1 January 1881, in Naples – 18 July 1940) was an Italian chess master. Italian chess player This article needs additional citations for verification . ( January 2021 ) He was a professor of literature and philosophy. In 1911, he took 5th in Rome ( Matteo Gladig won). In 1919, he won

• Davide Marotti ( 1 january 1881, in Naples – 18 July 1940) was an Italian chess master. Italian chess player This article need ...

#12 Eugene Torre

Eugenio "Eugene" Torre [1] [2] (born November 4, 1951) is a Filipino chess player. In 1974, at 22 years old, he became the first Asian to qualify for the title Grandmaster by winning the silver medal in the 21st Chess Olympiad in Nice, France. He is considered the strongest chess player the Philippi

• ... rld Chess Championship , an under-20 chess tournament (players must have been under 20 years old on 1 january in the year of competition) organized by the World Chess Federation (FIDE). It was the brainchild o ...

#13 Georgy Agzamov

Georgy Tadzhikhanovich Agzamov (September 6, 1954, Tashkent – August 27, 1986, Sevastopol ) was a Soviet chess Grandmaster , the first from Central Asia . [1] He became an International Master in 1982 and was awarded the Grandmaster title in 1984. [2] Chess Grandmaster Georgy Agzamov Full   name Geo

• ... Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union Title Grandmaster (1984) International Master (1982) Peak rating 2590 ( january 1, 1985) CAREER In 1966, at the age of 12, he was the chess champion of his town of Almalyk (Olmaliq) ...
• ... by the time rescue crews got to him, it was too late. His highest Elo chess rating was 2590 on the january 1, 1985 FIDE rating list. Since 2007, an annual open chess tournament has been held in Tashkent in his ...

#14 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

• ... ebruary 1994 28 2008 August 2008 14 2686 2010 2017 [lower-greek 2] HY [25] Nana Dzagnidze ° Georgia 1 january 1987 35 2008 September 2008 21 2573 N/A ND Ketevan Arakhamia-Grant ° Scotland [lower-alpha 8] 19 Ju ...
• ... a 29 May 1991 31 2017 March 2017 [lower-roman 8] 25 2530 2017 2018 [36] Nino Batsiashvili ° Georgia 1 january 1987 35 2018 January 2018 31 2528 N/A NB [88] Aleksandra Goryachkina ° Russia 28 September 1998 24 ...

#15 Bob Ferguson (politician)

Robert Watson Ferguson (born February 23, 1965) is an American lawyer and politician serving as the 18th attorney general of Washington . A member of the Democratic Party , he was first elected in 2012 and re-elected in 2016 and 2020. [1] Prior to serving as Attorney General, Ferguson was a member o

• ... Preceded by Dow Constantine Succeeded by Larry Gossett Member of the King County Council In office january 1, 2004 – January 16, 2013 Preceded by Cynthia Sullivan Succeeded by Rod Dembowski Constituency 2nd di ...

#16 Igor Lysyj

Igor Ilyich Lysyj [2] ( Russian : Игорь Ильич Лысый ; born 1 January 1987) is a Russian chess player and writer. He was awarded the title of Grandmaster by FIDE in 2007. Lysyj was Russian champion in 2014. Russian chess player and writer (born 1987) In this name that follows Eastern Slavic naming co

• Igor Ilyich Lysyj [2] ( Russian : Игорь Ильич Лысый ; born 1 january 1987) is a Russian chess player and writer. He was awarded the title of Grandmaster by FIDE in 2007 ...
• ... he family name is Lysyj . Igor Lysyj Full name Igor Ilyich Lysyj Country Russia Born ( 1987-01-01 ) 1 january 1987 (age 35) Sverdlovsk , Russian SFSR , Soviet Union [1] Title Grandmaster (2007) FIDE rating 260 ...

#17 Lionel Kieseritzky

Lionel Adalbert Bagration Felix Kieseritzky ( Russian : Лионель Адальберт Багратион Феликс Кизерицкий ; 1 January 1806 [ O.S. 20 December 1805 ] – 18 May   [ O.S. 6 May ]   1853 ) was a Baltic German chess master and theoretician , famous for his contributions to chess theory, as well for a game he

• ... el Adalbert Bagration Felix Kieseritzky ( Russian : Лионель Адальберт Багратион Феликс Кизерицкий ; 1 january 1806 [ O.S. 20 December 1805 ] – 18 May [ O.S. 6 May ] 1853 ) was a Baltic German chess master and ...
• ... name Lionel Adalbert Bagration Felix Kieseritzky Country Russian Empire France Born ( 1806-01-01 ) 1 january 1806 Dorpat , Governorate of Livonia , Russian Empire Died 18 May 1853 (1853-05-18) (aged 47) Paris ...

#18 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

• ... angdong . [26] She finished in 14th place with 3½/9 with a performance rating of 2202. [27] 2004 On 1 january 2004, she received her first International FIDE rating of 2168, which automatically qualified her f ...

#19 Philip Hogarty

Philip David Hogarty (18 April 1988 – 1 January 2008) was chairman of the Irish Chess Union from September 2006 until his death in January 2008. [ citation needed ] Irish chess player This article has multiple issues. Please help improve it or discuss these issues on the talk page . ( Learn how and

• Philip David Hogarty (18 April 1988 – 1 january 2008) was chairman of the Irish Chess Union from September 2006 until his death in January 2008. [ ...
• ... uburb of Jobstown in Tallaght . While crossing the Blessington Road in Tallaght at about 2:30 am on 1 january 2008, he was hit by a Garda car, and died shortly later. His funeral Mass was held in St. Thomas's ...

#20 Toshiyuki Moriuchi

Toshiyuki Moriuchi ( 森内 俊之 , Moriuchi Toshiyuki , born October 10, 1970) is a Japanese professional shogi player , ranked 9- dan . He is a Lifetime Meijin who won the title eight times, and also a former Ryūō , Kiō and Ōshō title holder. He is also a former senior managing director of the Japan Shog

• ... Japanese yen and include prize money and fees earned from official tournaments and games held from january 1 to December 31. JSA DIRECTOR Moriuchi was selected to be the senior managing director of the Japan S ...