langs: 28 января [ru] / january 28 [en] / 28. januar [de] / 28 janvier [fr] / 28 gennaio [it] / 28 de enero [es]
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#1 Jack Erskine
John Angus Erskine (28 January 1873, Invercargill – 27 April 1960, Melbourne ) was a New Zealand educated physicist, electrical engineer, benefactor and chess master. This article needs additional citations for verification . ( February 2017 ) Born in Invercargill, he was a son of Robert Erskine, wh
#2 Pál Réthy
Pál Réthy (28 January 1905, Deva – 27 December 1962, Budapest ) was a Hungarian chess master. Hungarian chess player Born in Deva , Transylvania (then Austria-Hungary, now Romania), he lived in Hungary after World War I . He took 7th at Vienna 1926 ( Rudolf Spielmann won), took 7th at Brno 1931 ( Sa
Valentina Mikhaylovna Borisenko ( née Belova; Russian : Валентина Михайловна Борисенко ; Cherepovets , 28 January 1920 – Saint Petersburg , 6 March 1993) was a Soviet chess player. Soviet chess player Valentina Borisenko Full name Valentina Mikhaylovna Borisenko Country Soviet Union Born ( 1920-
Vytautas Landsbergis (born 18 October 1932) is a Lithuanian politician and former Member of the European Parliament . He was the first Speaker of Reconstituent Seimas of Lithuania after its independence declaration from the Soviet Union . He has written 20 books on a variety of topics, including a b
Johan Willem van Hulst (28 January 1911 – 22 March 2018) was a Dutch school director, university professor, author, politician, chess player and centenarian. [1] In 1943, with the help of the Dutch resistance and students of the nearby University of Amsterdam , he was instrumental in saving over 600
#6 Luben Popov
Luben Popov ( Bulgarian : Любен Попов ; born 28 January 1936) is Bulgarian chess International Master (IM) (1965), Bulgarian Chess Championship winner (1970), European Team Chess Championships individual medalist (1977, 1980), World Student Team Chess Championships winner (1959). Bulgarian chess pla
Jhr. Jorden van Foreest (born 30 April 1999) is a Dutch chess grandmaster . He was Dutch Chess Champion in 2016, and won the Tata Steel Masters in 2021. As of May 2022 , [update] van Foreest is the No. 2 ranked Dutch player behind Anish Giri . [1] Dutch chess grandmaster (born 1999) In this Dutch
#8 Leo Zobel
Leo Zobel (28 January 1895, Nitra - 25 April 1962) was a Slovak chess master. Slovak chess player He won the 7th Czechoslovak Chess Championship at Prague 1931. [1] He also took 12th at Trenčianske Teplice 1928 ( Boris Kostić won), tied for 9-10th at Brno 1929 (the 6th CSR-ch, Karel Opočenský won),
Vladimir Vladimirovich Dobrov ( Russian : Владимир Добров; born April 13, 1984) is a Russian chess grandmaster with a FIDE rating of 2478 as of May 2021. [1] Dobrov obtained the title of International Master in 2001 and subsequently the title of grandmaster in 2004. Vladimir Dobrov Dobrov at the Tat
#10 Jesse February
Jessica Nikki "Jesse" February (born 1997) is a South African chess player who holds the title of Woman International Master (WIM, 2016). She is a two-time South African women's chess champion and a 1-time, and the current, African women's chess champion . South African chess player Jessica Nikki Fe
#11 Valentin Arbakov
Valentin Mikhailovich Arbakov (28 January 1952 – 30 November 2003) was a Russian chess Grandmaster . In 1981, he shared first place in that year's Moscow City Chess Championship together with Andrei Sokolov . [1] He was known for his skills in blitz chess . [2] Russian chess player This article uses
Nguyễn Thị Mai Hưng (born 28 January 1994) is a Vietnamese chess player whol holds the FIDE title of Woman Grandmaster (WGM, 2014). She is a Vietnamese Women's Chess Championship winner (2013), Women's Asian Team Chess Championship team gold winner (2009), World Women's Team Chess Championships indi
#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 Karl Gottlieb von Windisch
Karl Gottlieb von Windisch ( Latin : Carolus Theophil Windisch , Hungarian : Windisch (Vindis) Károly , January 28, 1725, Pressburg – March 30, 1793, Pressburg) was a Hungarian German writer who produced a series of letters that were published as "Briefe über den Schachspieler von Kempelen nebst dre
#15 Olga Alexandrova
Olga Alexandrova (born 28 January 1978) is a Ukrainian -born Spanish chess player who holds the FIDE titles of International Master and Woman Grandmaster. Ukrainian-born Spanish chess player Olga Alexandrova Alexandrova in 2012 Country Spain Born 28 January 1978 ( 1978-01-28 ) (age 44) Ukraine
Leif Erlend Johannessen (born 14 May 1980) is a Norwegian chess player, and Norway's fifth grandmaster . He received his title in 2002, and was at the time Norway's second youngest grandmaster of all times. He picked up his first norm in Oslo , the second at Bermuda and finally the third in the Sige
#17 Boris Khanukov
Boris Khanukov , born 28 January 1939 in Kharkiv , is a Ukrainian-German chess player holding the title of International master . Ukrainian chess player This article needs additional citations for verification . ( October 2020 ) Boris Khanukov (2013) In the first years 1980 he graduated in technical
#18 Gilles Mirallès
Gilles Mirallès (8 February 1966 – 28 January 2022) was a French chess player. [1] This article needs additional citations for verification . ( January 2022 ) French chess player (1966–2022) Gilles Mirallès Mirallès in 2014 Born ( 1966-02-08 ) 8 February 1966 Grasse , France Died 28 January 2022 (20
#19 James Allan Anderson (chess player)
James Allan Anderson (28 June 1906 – 23 December 1991) was an American chess player. American chess player James Allan Anderson Country United States Born ( 1906-01-28 ) 28 January 1906 Died 23 December 1991 (1991-12-23) (aged 85) Antioch , United States
#20 Max Fuller
Maxwell Leonard Fuller (born 28 January 1945 – 27 August 2013 [2] ) was an Australian chess FIDE Master (FM). [3] He was born and died in Sydney , and represented Australia in nine Chess Olympiads between 1964 and 1990. Maxwell Fuller Maxwell Fuller at the Doeberl Cup in 1985. Country Australia Bo