langs: 9 октября [ru] / october 9 [en] / 9. oktober [de] / 9 octobre [fr] / 9 ottobre [it] / 9 de octubre [es]
days: october 6 / october 7 / october 8 / october 9 / october 10 / october 11 / october 12
#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
Ricardo de Guzman (born September 12, 1961) is a Filipino chess player. He was one of the premiere players of the Philippines in the 1980s and was awarded the title of International Master in 1982. [1] He is nationally ranked 39th in the Philippines, 22nd among active players. He reached a peak rati
Garry Kimovich Kasparov (Russian: Гарри Кимович Каспаров, Russian pronunciation: [ˈɡarʲɪ ˈkʲiməvʲɪtɕ kɐˈsparəf] , born Garik Kimovich Weinstein , Гарик Кимович Вайнштейн; 13 April 1963) is a Russian chess grandmaster , former World Chess Champion , writer , political activist and commentator. His pe
#4 Shaun Press
Shaun Press (born 9 October 1966) is a Papua New Guinean chess player and official. He holds the titles of FIDE Master (FM) and International Arbiter (IA). Shaun Press Shaun Press at the 2013 Doeberl Cup Country Papua New Guinea Born ( 1966-10-09 ) 9 October 1966 (age 55) Port Moresby , Papua New
Howard Staunton (April 1810 – 22 June 1874) was an English chess master who is generally regarded as the world's strongest player from 1843 to 1851, largely as a result of his 1843 victory over Pierre Charles Fournier de Saint-Amant . He promoted a chess set of clearly distinguishable pieces of
#6 Hans Christian Christoffersen
Hans Christian Christoffersen (9 October 1882 – 3 March 1966) was a Norwegian chess player, three-times Norwegian Chess Championship winner (1926, 1929, 1936). Norwegian chess player Hans Christian Christoffersen Country Norway Born ( 1882-10-09 ) 9 October 1882 Died 3 March 1966 (1966-03-03) (aged
Charles Wreford-Brown (9 October 1866 – 26 November 1951) was an English sportsman. He captained the England national football team and was a county cricketer during the Victorian age, and later acted as a sports legislator during the 20th century. Wreford-Brown is usually credited with inventing th
#8 James Alexander Porterfield Rynd
James Alexander Porterfield Rynd (6 April 1846 – 17 March 1917) was an Irish chess player and lawyer. He was born on 6 April 1846 the son of Dublin solicitor James William Goodlatte Rynd [1] and Isabella Susannah Stephens Rynd. Porterfield Rynd's uncle (his fathers half brother) was Dr. Francis Rynd
Ursula Wasnetsky (9 October 1931 – 29 January 2009) was a German chess player. She was a winner the West Germany Women's Chess Championship (1968). German chess player Ursula Wasnetsky Ursula Wasnetsky in 1978 Country West Germany Germany Born ( 1931-10-09 ) 9 October 1931 Spremberg , Germany Di
#10 Milan Matulović
Milan Matulović (10 June 1935 – 9 October 2013) was a chess grandmaster who was the second or third strongest Yugoslav player for much of the 1960s and 1970s behind Svetozar Gligorić and possibly Borislav Ivkov . [1] He was primarily active before 1977, but remained an occasional tournament competit
#11 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
#12 Maurice Ashley
Maurice Ashley (born March 6, 1966) is a Jamaican-American chess player, author, and commentator. [1] [2] In 1999, he earned the FIDE title of Grandmaster (GM), [3] making him the first black person to do so. [4] Jamaican-American chess grandmaster For other people named Maurice Ashley, see Maurice
#13 Milan Vidmar
Milan Vidmar (22 June 1885 – 9 October 1962) was a Slovenian electrical engineer , chess player, chess theorist , and writer. He was among the top dozen chess players in the world from 1910 to 1930 and in 1950, was among the inaugural recipients of the title International Grandmaster from FIDE . Vid
#14 Alexei Shirov
Alexei Shirov ( Russian : Алексе́й Дми́триевич Ши́ров , romanized : Alexey Dmitrievich Shirov , Latvian : Aleksejs Širovs ; born 4 July 1972) is a Latvian and Spanish chess player. Shirov was ranked number two in the world in 1994. [1] Latvian-Spanish chess player Alexei Shirov Alexei Shirov, 2010
#15 Vugar Asadli
Vugar Asadli ( Azerbaijani : Vüqar Əsədli , born 9 October 2001) is an Azerbaijani chess player who was awarded the title of chess grandmaster in 2019. [2] [3] Asadli is ranked as the 9th best chess player in Azerbaijan in the rating list of September 2020. [4] Azerbaijani chess player Vugar Asadli
#16 Andrey Esipenko
Andrey Evgenyevich Esipenko ( Russian : Андрей Евгеньевич Есипенко ; born 22 March 2002) is a Russian chess grandmaster . He won the European U10 Chess Championship in 2012, and both the European U16 and World U16 Chess Championship in 2017. Russian chess player (born 2002) In this name that follows