langs: 11 мая [ru] / may 11 [en] / 11. mai [de] / 11 mai [fr] / 11 maggio [it] / 11 de mayo [es]
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#1 Osmo Kaila
Osmo Ilmari Kaila (11 May 1916 – 3 June 1991) was a Finnish chess master and chess problemist. Finnish chess player Osmo Kaila. Born in Helsinki , he was twice Finnish Champion (1939, 1954) and thrice Sub-Champion (1947, 1951, 1952). [1] Kaila took 3rd, behind Gideon Ståhlberg and Erik Lundin , at O
#2 Kübra Öztürk
Kübra Öztürk (born May 11, 1991) is a Turkish female chess player. As of the July 2012 FIDE rating list, she is ranked number 199 in the world and second in Turkey among female active players. She earned FIDE titles as Woman FIDE Master (WFM) in 2006, Woman International Master (WIM) in 2009 and Wom
George Hatfeild Dingley Gossip (December 6, 1841 – May 11, 1907) was a minor American-English chess master and writer. He competed in chess tournaments between 1870 and 1895, playing against most of the world's leading players, but with only modest success. The writer G. H. Diggle calls him "the K
Vasilije Tomović aka Vasily Tomovic (born 11 May 1906, died c. 1994) was a Montenegrin chess master. He was born in Mateševo . Montenegrin chess player Before World War II , Vasilije Tomovic was the first significant chess player in Montenegro. He was also mathematician and philosopher. [1] In April
Oleg Valerevich Krivonosov ( Russian : Олег Валерьевич Кривоносов , Latvian : Oļegs Krivonosovs ; born 11 May 1961, Daugavpils , Latvia ) is a Soviet / Latvian chess player. He was awarded the International Master title in 1993. Oleg Krivonosov Krivonosov in 2016 Full name Oleg Valerevich Krivonos
László Polgár (born 11 May 1946) is a Hungarian chess teacher and educational psychologist. He is the father of the famous Polgár sisters: Zsuzsa , Zsófia , and Judit , whom he raised to be chess prodigies , with Judit and Zsuzsa becoming the best and second-best female chess players in the world, r
#7 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
Mackenzie "Mac" Molner was born on August 1, 1988, and is an American chess grandmaster and chess instructor. Chess coach Michael Khodarkovsky helped Molner develop his competitive chess play. Molner won the Denker Tournament of High School Champions as a sophomore in 2004. He completed his final gr
Normunds Miezis (born 11 May 1971) is a Latvian chess Grandmaster (1997). Latvian chess player Normunds Miezis Miezis, Liverpool 2008 Full name Normunds Miezis Country Latvia Born ( 1971-05-11 ) 11 May 1971 (age 51) Latvia FIDE rating 2446 (July 2022) Peak rating 2601 (January 2001)
#10 Alexander Wittek
Alexander Wittek (12 October 1852, Sisak – 11 May 1894, Graz ) [1] was an Austrian-Hungarian architect and chess master. Alexander Wittek Born ( 1852-10-12 ) 12 October 1852 Sisak , Austro-Hungarian Monarchy Died 5 November 1894 (1894-11-05) (aged 41) Graz , Austro-Hungarian Monarchy Nationality A
Aleksej Aleksandrov (born 11 May 1973) is a Belarusian chess player. He was awarded the title Grandmaster by FIDE in 1997. Aleksandrov is a five-time Belarusian champion and played on the Belarusian national team at the Chess Olympiad , the World Team Chess Championship and the European Team Chess C
#12 Ilya Rabinovich
Ilya Leontievich Rabinovich [note 1] ( Russian : Илья Леонтьевич Рабинович ; 11 May 1891 – 23 April 1942) was a Russian and later Soviet chess player, among the best ones in his country for three decades, from 1910 to 1940. His best result was a shared first place in the 9th Soviet Championship of 1
Anthony Edward Santasiere (9 December 1904 – 13 January 1977) was an American chess master and chess writer, who also wrote extensively on non-chess topics. Santasiere was a middle school mathematics teacher by profession. Santasiere won the 1945 U.S. Open Chess Championship , four New York State ch
#14 List of Indian chess players
Amongst Indian chess players there are 76 Grandmasters (GM), 124 International Masters (IM), 18 Woman Grandmasters (WGM including some who also hold the higher IM title), 42 Woman International Masters (WIM), and a total of 33,028 rated players , as of January 2021 according to FIDE , the Internatio
#15 Luděk Pachman
Luděk Pachman (German: Ludek Pachmann, May 11, 1924 – March 6, 2003) [1] was a Czechoslovak -German chess grandmaster , [2] chess writer, [3] and political activist . [3] In 1972, after being imprisoned and tortured almost to death by the Communist regime in Czechoslovakia, [4] [ failed verification
#16 Napoleon Marache
Napoleon Marache (June 15, 1818 – May 11, 1875) [1] was born in France and moved to the United States at around 12 years of age. He learned the game of chess around 1844, and immediately became a devotee. He began composing chess problems and writing about chess the following year. In the mid-19th c
#17 Enrique Reed
Enrique Reed Valenzuela (15 August 1915 – 11 May 1958) was a Chilean chess player, Chilean Chess Championship winner (1932). Chilean chess player Enrique Reed Country Chile Born ( 1915-08-15 ) 15 August 1915 Died 11 May 1958 (1958-05-11) (aged 42)
#18 Isaías Pleci
Isaías Pleci (also Isaías Pléci) (27 October 1907 [1] – 27 December 1979) was an Argentine chess master. [2] Argentine chess player Isaías Pleci Isaías Pleci Country Argentina Born 27 October 1907 Died 27 December 1979 (aged 79) Title International Master World Champion Argentine Champion
#19 Luis Piazzini
Luis Roberto (Ruben) Piazzini (11 May 1905 – 4 March 1980) was an Argentine chess master. [1] Argentine chess player He participated many times in Argentine championships, and was an Argentine Champion in 1933 winning ARG-ch Torneo Mayor and a match for the title against Jacobo Bolbochán (5.5 : 2.
#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