Walter Shawn Browne was an American chess player who was active from the 1960s to the 2000s. He was born on March 19, 1949 in Sydney, Australia, and moved to the United States in the late 1960s. Browne was a highly successful chess player, winning six U.S. Championships and representing the United States in multiple …
Wesley So is a Filipino-American chess Grandmaster. He was born on October 9, 1993 in Bacoor, Philippines and began playing chess at a young age. So became a Grandmaster in 2014 and has since become one of the top-ranked chess players in the world. Wesley So has had a highly successful chess career, winning several …
Levon Aronian is an Armenian chess Grandmaster. He was born on October 6, 1982 in Yerevan, Armenia and started playing chess at a young age. Aronian became a Grandmaster in 2000 and has since become one of the top-ranked players in the world, consistently placing in the top 10 on the FIDE world ratings list. …
Hikaru Nakamura is a professional chess player from the United States. He was born on December 9, 1987 in Hirakata, Japan and grew up in the United States. Nakamura is one of the strongest chess players of his generation and has been consistently ranked among the top players in the world. Nakamura has won several …
Samuel Shankland is an American chess Grandmaster. He was born on November 29, 1991 in Walnut Creek, California. Shankland began playing chess at a young age and showed early promise in the game. He earned the title of National Master at the age of 15, and went on to become an International Master and later …
James R. Tarjan James R. Tarjan, born in New Haven, Connecticut in 1951. He is a International Master and a former United States Chess Champion in 1977. Joshua E. Friedel Joshua E. Friedel, born in Nashua, New Hampshire in 1985, but raised in Connecticut. He is a Grandmaster and a former US Junior Champion in …
John Donaldson John Donaldson, born in Denver, Colorado in 1955. He is a strong chess player and chess coach and has been the coach of the US National Team in different occasions, he is also the editor of the chess magazine “The American Chess Journal” Jennifer Shahade Jennifer Shahade, born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1980, …
Octavio Trompowsky was a Brazilian chess player and Grandmaster who was born on May 23, 1908, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. He was one of the strongest chess players in Brazil during his time and is best known for the Trompowsky Attack, a chess opening named after him. Early life and chess career Trompowsky began …
Arpad Elo was a Hungarian-born American chess player, physicist, and educator who is best known for developing the Elo rating system, which is used to measure the skill level of chess players. The Elo rating system is named after him and is the most widely used rating system in chess and other games. In this …
Fabiano Luigi Caruana is an American chess Grandmaster who was born on July 30, 1992, in Miami, Florida. He is currently ranked as the third highest chess player in the world by the World Chess Federation (FIDE). Caruana began playing chess at the age of five and quickly showed a natural talent for the game. …