John Owen

male, deceased (1901)
chess player chess opening chess British vicar English … algebraic notation
John Owen (1827 - 1901) was an English vicar and strong amateur chess player. In 1858 he won a game against Paul Morphy, which led to a match... More
Mikhail Chigorin

Mikhail Chigorin

male, deceased (1908)
Mikhail Ivanovich Chigorin World Chess Championship Russian chess soviet ruy lopez … algebraic notation
Mikhail Ivanovich Chigorin was a leading Russian chess player. He served as a major source of inspiration for the "Soviet school of chess," which... More
John Cochrane

John Cochrane

male, deceased (1878)
chess player chess master Scottish chess British lawyer … algebraic notation
John Cochrane (1798 - 1878), was a Scottish chess master and lawyer. An amateur player, he was the epitome of the early romantic phase of chess... More

Abū Al-Hasan Ibn Alī Al-Qalasādī

male, deceased (1486)
al-Tabsira fi'lm al-hisab Islamic mathematics BAZA tunisia beja arithmetic … algebraic notation
(1412 Baza, Spain - 1486 Béja, Tunisia) was an Arab mathematician known for being one of the most influential voices in algebraic notation since a... More
Carlos Torre Repetto

Carlos Torre Repetto

male, deceased (1978)
whitaker Baden-Baden Chess grandmaster chess player Mexican grandmaster … algebraic notation
Carlos Torre Repetto was a chess grandmaster from Mexico. Torre won the Louisiana championship at New Orleans 1923. He was first at Detroit 1924,... More

Walter Grimshaw

male
chess player Chess Players Chronicle chess problem terminology chess problem Illustrated London News Switchback … algebraic notation
Walter Grimshaw (March 12 1832 - December 27 1890) was a 19th century composer of chess problems. In 1854 he won the first ever chess problem... More
Leopold Mitrofanov

Leopold Mitrofanov

male, deceased (1992)
Soviet chess player 1.b6+ Ka8 International Master Russian chess fide … algebraic notation
Leopold Adamovich Mitrofanov was born in Leningrad (now St. Petersburg). He was a Russian chess composer, an International Master of chess (awarded... More
Aivars Gipslis

Aivars Gipslis

male, deceased (2000)
Soviet chess player Soviet Chess Championships USSR Chess Championship grandmaster algebraic notation SAHS
Aivars Ģipslis was a Latvian chess player. Born in Riga, he was champion of Latvia in 1955, 1956, 1957, 1960, 1961, 1963, 1964, 1966, and also p... More