langs: 17 мая [ru] / may 17 [en] / 17. mai [de] / 17 mai [fr] / 17 maggio [it] / 17 de mayo [es]
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#1 Carl Hamppe
Carl Hamppe (1814 in Switzerland – 17 May 1876, in Gersau , Canton of Schwyz ) was a senior government official in Vienna as well as a Swiss-Austrian chess master and theoretician. [1] He played matches with Johann Löwenthal (4 : 5) in 1846, Ernst Falkbeer (16 : 15) in 1850, and Daniel Harrwitz
#2 Józsa Lángos
Józsa Lángos (28 August 1911 – 17 May 1987) was a Hungarian chess player who held the title of Woman International Master (WIM, 1950). She was an eight-time winner of the Hungarian Women's Chess Championship (1942, 1943, 1944, 1947, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1952). [ citation needed ] Hungarian chess player
#3 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
#4 Mari Kinsigo
Mari Kinsigo ( née Sammul ; 12 July 1946 – 10 May 2014), [1] was an Estonian chess player who received the title of Woman FIDE Master (WFM) in 1993. Estonian chess player Mari Kinsigo Country Soviet Union Estonia Born ( 1946-07-12 ) 12 July 1946 Viljandi , Estonia Died 10 May 2014 (2014-05-10) (
#5 Ján Šefc
Ján Šefc (10 December 1924 – 17 May 2014), was a Slovak chess player, Czechoslovak Chess Championship winner (1955), European Team Chess Championship team medalist (1957). Slovak chess player Ján Šefc Country Czechoslovakia Slovakia Born ( 1924-12-10 ) 10 December 1924 Died 17 May 2014 (2014-05-17)
Benjamin Franklin FRS FRSA FRSE ( January 17, 1706 [ O.S. January 6, 1706 ] [Note 1] – April 17, 1790) was an American polymath who was active as a writer , scientist , inventor , statesman , diplomat , printer , publisher , and political philosopher. [1] Among the leading intellectuals of his tim
Daniil Lvovich Lintchevski ( Russian : Даниил Львович Линчевский ; born May 17, 1990) is a Russian chess player who holds the FIDE title of Grandmaster (2009). Russian chess grandmaster (born 1990) This article uses bare URLs , which are uninformative and vulnerable to link rot . ( August 2022 ) Dan
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
Tatjana Lematschko (March 16, 1948 – May 17, 2020) was a Soviet -born Swiss chess player, She was born in Moscow , [1] but lived in Bulgaria for several years. Swiss chess player (1948–2020) Tatjana Lematschko in 1982 She won both the Women's Bulgarian Chess Championship and Swiss Chess Championship
#10 Olavo Yépez
Olavo Yépez Obando (20 August 1937 – 17 May 2021) was an Ecuadorian chess master. Ecuadorian chess master (1937–2021) Olavo Yépez Full name Olavo Yépez Obando Country Ecuador Born ( 1937-08-20 ) 20 August 1937 San Gabriel , Carchi , Ecuador Died 17 May 2021 (2021-05-17) (aged 83) Title Internati
Alexander Moiseenko ( Ukrainian : Олександр Моісеєнко , Oleksandr Moiseyenko ; born 17 May 1980) is a Ukrainian chess grandmaster and the 2013 European champion . He was a member of the gold medal-winning Ukrainian team at the Chess Olympiads of 2004 and 2010 . Alexander Moiseenko Moiseenko in 2018
Albéric Joseph Rodolphe Marie Robert Ghislain O'Kelly de Galway (17 May 1911, in Anderlecht – 3 October 1980, in Brussels ) was a Belgian chess Grandmaster (1956), an International Correspondence Chess Grandmaster (1962), and the third ICCF World Champion in correspondence chess (1959–1962). He was
#13 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
#14 Jos Gobert
Jos Gobert (also Jozef Gobert ; 22 May 1922 – unknown) was a Belgian chess player, two times Belgian Chess Championships winner (1954, 1955). Belgian chess player Jos Gobert Country Belgium Born ( 1922-05-17 ) 17 May 1922 Died unknown
Anjelina Belakovskaia ( Russian : Анжелина Белаковская , romanized : Anzhelina Belakovskaya ; born May 17, 1969 [1] ) is an American chess player holding the FIDE title of Woman Grandmaster (WGM). She is a three-time U.S. women's champion , with victories in 1995, 1996, and 1999. [2] American ches
Andreea Bollengier ( née Sasu-Ducșoara ; 17 May 1975 – 28 May 2021) was a Romanian-born French chess player who held the FIDE title of Woman International Master (WIM) since 2000. She was a two-time French Women's Chess Championship medalist (2011, 2014). Romanian-born French chess player (1975–2021
#17 Anupama Gokhale
Anupama Gokhale (born Anupama Abhyankar; [1] 17 May 1969) is an Indian chess player. She won the Indian Women's Championship five times (1989, 1990, 1991, 1993, and 1997) and the Asian Women's Championship twice (1985 and 1987). In 1985 she was also joint winner, with Malaysian player Audrey Wong, o
#18 Wilhelm Steinitz
William Steinitz (born Wilhelm Steinitz ; May 14, 1836 – August 12, 1900) was an Austrian and, later, American chess player. From 1886 to 1894, he was the first official World Chess Champion . He was also a highly influential writer and chess theoretician. Austrian-American chess player (1836–1900