The Most Famous
CHESS PLAYERS from Chile
This page contains a list of the greatest Chilean Chess Players. The pantheon dataset contains 461 Chess Players, 1 of which were born in Chile. This makes Chile the birth place of the 53rd most number of Chess Players behind Ireland, and Mexico.
Top 1
The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the most legendary Chilean Chess Players of all time. This list of famous Chilean Chess Players is sorted by HPI (Historical Popularity Index), a metric that aggregates information on a biography's online popularity.
1. Klaus Junge (1924 - 1945)
With an HPI of 54.64, Klaus Junge is the most famous Chilean Chess Player. His biography has been translated into 15 different languages on wikipedia.
Klaus Junge (1 January 1924 – 17 April 1945) was a Chilean-German chess master who was among the world's leading players during World War II. An officer in the Wehrmacht, he died during the Battle of Welle shortly before the end of the war.
People
Pantheon has 1 people classified as Chilean chess players born between 1924 and 1924. Of these 1, none of them are still alive today. The most famous deceased Chilean chess players include Klaus Junge. As of April 2024, 1 new Chilean chess players have been added to Pantheon including Klaus Junge.
