langs: 1 октября [ru] / october 1 [en] / 1. oktober [de] / 1er octobre [fr] / 1º ottobre [it] / 1 de octubre [es]
days: september 28 / september 29 / september 30 / october 1 / october 2 / october 3 / october 4
Władysław Litmanowicz (20 February 1918 – 31 March 1992) was a Polish chess player and FIDE International Arbiter (1968). Polish chess player Władysław Litmanowicz Country Poland Born ( 1918-02-20 ) 20 February 1918 Wrocław , Poland Died 31 March 1992 (1992-03-31) (aged 74) Title International Arb
#2 Utut Adianto
Utut Adianto Wahyuwidayat (born 16 March 1965), commonly known as Utut Adianto is an Indonesian politician and chess player, who is serving as a member of the People's Representative Council since 2009. A member of the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle , he served as Deputy Speaker of the Peop
#3 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
Vladimir Vladimirovich Nabokov [lower-alpha 2] ( Russian: Владимир Владимирович Набоков [vlɐˈdʲimʲɪr vlɐˈdʲimʲɪrəvʲɪtɕ nɐˈbokəf] ( listen ) ; 22 April [ O.S. 10 April ] 1899 [lower-alpha 1] – 2 July 1977), also known by the pen name Vladimir Sirin ( Владимир Сирин ), was a Russian-American nov
Larissa Ilinichna Volpert ( Russian : Лариса Ильинична Вольперт ; 30 March 1926 [1] – 1 October 2017) was a Soviet chess Woman Grandmaster and Russian and Estonian philologist . She was a three time Soviet women's chess champion (1954, 1958, and 1959). Woman chess grandmaster and philologist In this
Philipp Hirschfeld (1 October 1840 – 4 October 1896) was a German chess player and theoretician. [1] German chess player and theoretician Hirschfeld was born in Königsberg , Prussia , and came from an affluent background. He learned the game of chess as a child in Königsberg, and by the time he went
#7 G. Akash
Akash Ganesan (born 1 October 1996) is an Indian chess grandmaster and former national champion . He currently holds national record in chess for being Youngest National Chess Champion at the age of 16 years and 14 days. Indian chess grandmaster In this Indian name , the name Ganesan is a patronymic
Samuel L. Shankland [1] (born October 1, 1991) is an American chess grandmaster . He won the U.S. Chess Championship in 2018. American chess grandmaster (born 1991) Sam Shankland Shankland at the 42nd Chess Olympiad , 2016 Full name Samuel L. Shankland Country United States Born ( 1991-10-01 ) Oct
Tigran Levoni Petrosian ( Armenian : Տիգրան Լևոնի Պետրոսյան ; born 17 September 1984) is an Armenian chess player who holds the title of grandmaster , which FIDE awarded him in 2004. A two-time national champion, he competed in two Chess Olympiads , winning team gold in 2008 and 2012. Armenian chess
#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 Andrew Tang
Andrew Tang (born November 29, 1999) is an American chess grandmaster. He is also a popular streamer, known online for his speed chess skills ─ especially in bullet , hyperbullet, and ultrabullet (one-minute, 30-second, and 15-second chess, respectively) time controls ─ as well as for playing speed
#12 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
#13 Radosław Jedynak
Radosław Jedynak (born 9 June 1982) is a Polish chess Grandmaster (2006) and President of Polish Chess Federation. [1] Polish chess player Radosław Jedynak Jedynak in 2021 Country Poland Born ( 1982-06-09 ) 9 June 1982 (age 40) Warsaw , Poland Title Grandmaster (2006) Peak rating 2559 (1 October
#14 František Zíta
František Zíta (29 November 1909 – 1 October 1977) was a Czech chess master who was born and died in Prague . [1] [2] Czech chess player Zíta played for Czechoslovakia in Chess Olympiads : In 1937, at first reserve board in 7th Chess Olympiad in Stockholm (+4 –4 =3); In 1939, at first reserve board
#15 Phiona Mutesi
Phiona Mutesi (born 28 March 1996) [1] is a Ugandan chess player. [2] [3] She has represented Uganda at four Women's Chess Olympiads , and is one of the first titled female players in Ugandan chess history. Mutesi is the subject of a 2012 book and a 2016 film called Queen of Katwe . Ugandan chess pl
#16 Rebecca Selkirk
Rebecca Joy Selkirk (born 1993), is a South African chess player and Woman Candidate Master . South African chess player Rebecca Selkirk Country South Africa Born 1993 Title Woman Candidate Master (WCM) (2019) Peak rating 1819 (October 2019)
Tihomir Atanassov Dovramadjiev ( Bulgarian : Тихомир Доврамаджиев ; born May 22, 1979, in Varna, Bulgaria ; also known as Tihomir Titschko ("Titschko" being a short form of "Tihomir") and as TigerTAD on the Playchess server) is a Bulgarian chess FIDE master [1] and chess boxer . He became the first
Everaldo Matsuura (born 1 October 1970) is a Brazilian chess player. He was awarded the title Grandmaster by FIDE in 2011. Brazilian chess player (born 1970) Matsuura in São Paulo in 2008 Born in Maringá , [1] Matsuura won the Brazilian Chess Championship in 1991 and 2016. [2] He won the Pan America
#19 Queen of Katwe
Queen of Katwe is a 2016 American biographical sports drama film [4] directed by Mira Nair and written by William Wheeler. [5] Starring David Oyelowo , Lupita Nyong'o , and Madina Nalwanga , the film depicts the life of Phiona Mutesi , a girl living in Katwe , a slum of Kampala , the capital of Ugan
#20 Boris Spassky
Boris Vasilievich Spassky ( Russian : Бори́с Васи́льевич Спа́сский , tr. Borís Vasíl'yevich Spásskiy ; born January 30, 1937) is a Russian chess grandmaster who was the tenth World Chess Champion , holding the title from 1969 to 1972. Spassky played three world championship matches: he lost to Tigra