langs: 28 мая [ru] / may 28 [en] / 28. mai [de] / 28 mai [fr] / 28 maggio [it] / 28 de mayo [es]
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#1 Wesley So
Wesley Barbossa So (born October 9, 1993) is a Filipino-born American chess grandmaster , the inaugural and current World Fischer Random Chess Champion , and 3-time and the current U.S. Chess Champion (in 2017, 2020, and 2021). He is also a three-time Philippine Chess Champion . On the March 2017 FI
Robert Gijsbertus Hartoch (24 March 1947 — 28 May 2009) was a Dutch chess International Master (1971). Dutch chess player Robert Hartoch Robert Hartoch in 1973 Country Netherlands Born ( 1947-03-24 ) 24 March 1947 Amsterdam , Netherlands Died 28 May 2009 (2009-05-28) (aged 62) Amsterdam , Netherla
#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
Levon Grigori Aronian ( Armenian : Լևոն Գրիգորի Արոնյան , romanized : Levon Grigori Aronyan ; born 6 October 1982) is an Armenian chess grandmaster , who currently plays for the United States Chess Federation . A chess prodigy , he earned the title of grandmaster in 2000, at age 17. Aronian held t
#5 Mikhail Tal
Mikhail Nekhemyevich Tal [lower-alpha 1] (9 November 1936 – 28 June 1992) [1] was a Soviet-Latvian chess player and the eighth World Chess Champion . He is considered a creative genius within the game of chess and one of its best ever players. Tal played in an attacking and daring combinatorial st
Sergey Alexandrovich Karjakin [lower-alpha 1] (born 12 January 1990) is a Russian chess grandmaster (formerly representing Ukraine ). A chess prodigy , he previously held the record for the world's youngest ever grandmaster, having qualified for the title at the age of 12 years and 7 months. [1] [2]
#7 Bill Hook
Bill (or William ) Hook (May 28, 1925 – May 10, 2010 [1] ), born in New Rochelle , New York , was a Chess master and the Captain of the British Virgin Islands chess team. For the farming implement and sometimes weapon, see Billhook . For the judge, see William Cather Hook . Hook at the Dresden Olymp
Akshat Chandra (born May 28, 1999) is an American chess player. [1] [2] [3] He started playing Chess during a visit to India in 2009 when he was nine years old. [2] In 2015, he won the US National K-12 Championship and was also the US Junior Champion, the first time both titles were held by the same
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
#10 Borislav Milić
Borislav Milić (Cyrillic: Борислав Милић; 20 October 1925 – 28 May 1986) was a Yugoslav Grandmaster of chess , and a chess writer, organizer, promoter, and administrator. [1] [2] Borislav Milić Milić in 1965 Country Yugoslavia Born 20 October 1925 ( 1925-10-20 ) Belgrade Died 28 May 1986 ( 1986-
#11 Wilma Samt
Wilma Samt (28 May 1926 – 15 February 2016) was an Austrian chess player who three times won the Austrian Women's Chess Championship (1966, 1970, 1973). Austrian chess player (1926–2016) Wilma Samt Born ( 1926-05-28 ) 28 May 1926 Died 15 February 2016 (2016-02-15) (aged 89) Children 1 daughter Cou
#12 Richard Réti
Richard Selig Réti (28 May 1889 – 6 June 1929) was an Austro-Hungarian , later Czechoslovakian , chess player, chess author, and composer of endgame studies . Czechoslovakian chess player (1889–1929) Richard Réti Full name Richard Selig Réti Country Czechoslovakia (after 1918) Austro-Hungarian Emp
#13 Andrew Soltis
Andrew Eden Soltis (born May 28, 1947) is an American chess grandmaster , [1] author and columnist. He was inducted into the United States Chess Hall of Fame in September 2011. [2] American chess player Andrew Soltis Andy Soltis Full name Andrew Eden Soltis Country United States Born ( 1947-05-28
#14 Hikaru Nakamura
Hikaru Nakamura (born December 9, 1987) is a Japanese-American chess grandmaster and Twitch streamer . A chess prodigy , at the age of 15 he became the youngest American up to that time (2003) to earn the title of Grandmaster . Nakamura is a five-time U.S. Chess Champion . [2] He won the 2011 editio
#15 Rodolfo Redolfi
Rodolfo Argentino Redolfi (28 May 1928 – 2 December 2013), was an Argentine chess player who held the ICCF title of Correspondence Chess Grandmaster (1994). He was a Chess Olympiad team bronze medal winner ( 1958 ). Argentine chess player Rodolfo Redolfi Full name Rodolfo Argentino Redolfi Country
Tykhon Cherniaiev ( Ukrainian : Тихон Черняєв ; born March 1, 2010) is a Ukrainian chess prodigy . Ukrainian chess player (b. 2010) Tykhon Cherniaiev Full name Tykhon Cherniaiev Country Ukraine Germany (since April 2022) Born ( 2010-03-01 ) March 1, 2010 (age 12) Ukraine Title Candidate Master F
Julius Leigh Jacobsen (28 May 1862 – 1 June 1916) was an English-born, Australian chess player who won the Australian Chess Championship in 1897 and the New South Wales Championship in 1901. [1] [2] [3] He was also the tutor of William Samuel Viner , who later became the Australian Chess Champion hi
#18 Sébastien Feller
Sebastien Feller (born 11 March 1991) is a French chess grandmaster . He was found guilty of cheating by the French Chess Federation (FFE) and sanctioned in 2012 by not being allowed to participate in FIDE tournaments for 2 years and 9 months. He denied the charges and said they were motivated by a
#19 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
#20 Georgy Evseev
Georgy Aleksandrovich Evseev ( Russian : Георгий Александрович Евсеев ; born 28 May 1962) is a Russian chess problemist . Russian chess problemist Georgy Evseev Full name Georgy Aleksandrovich Evseev Country Russia Born ( 1962-05-28 ) May 28, 1962 (age 60) Moscow , Russian SFSR , Soviet Union Wo