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Alexander Kotov

1913 - 1981

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Alexander Alexandrovich Kotov (Алекса́ндр Алекса́ндрович Ко́тов; (12 August [O.S. 30 July] 1913 – 8 January 1981) was a Soviet chess grandmaster and author. He was a Soviet chess champion, a two-time world title Candidate, and a prolific writer on the subject of chess. Kotov served in high posts in the Soviet Chess Federation, and wrote most of his books during the Cold War. The importance and breadth of Kotov's work rank him among the all-time greats in this field. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Alexander Kotov is the 77th most popular chess player (down from 54th in 2019), the 947th most popular biography from Russia (down from 859th in 2019) and the 13th most popular Russian Chess Player.

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Among CHESS PLAYERS

Among chess players, Alexander Kotov ranks 77 out of 461. Before him are Isaac Boleslavsky, Lionel Kieseritzky, Nana Alexandria, Rudolf Spielmann, Lev Polugaevsky, and Szymon Winawer. After him are Semyon Alapin, Elisaveta Bykova, Levon Aronian, Maia Chiburdanidze, Pal Benko, and Harry Nelson Pillsbury.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1913, Alexander Kotov ranks 150. Before him are Alfonso López Michelsen, Mærsk Mc-Kinney Møller, Nicolas Grunitzky, Neelam Sanjiva Reddy, Renato Castellani, and Earle Meadows. After him are Gig Young, Elisaveta Bykova, Hajo Herrmann, Charles Berlitz, Stefan Heym, and Fritz-Julius Lemp. Among people deceased in 1981, Alexander Kotov ranks 101. Before him are Walter Heitler, Glauber Rocha, Paul Anspach, Victor Kugler, Mohammad-Javad Bahonar, and Michele Andreolo. After him are Sven Andersson, T. H. Marshall, Gloria Grahame, Charles Barton, Edvard Kocbek, and Mica Todorović.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Alexander Kotov ranks 947 out of 3,761. Before him are Vasily Lanovoy (1934), Eudoxia Streshneva (1608), Mstislav III of Kiev (1150), Yevgeny Svetlanov (1928), Fyodor Apraksin (1661), and Pyotr Lebedev (1866). After him are Countess of Ségur (1799), Semyon Alapin (1856), Andrei Linde (1948), Countess Friederike von Schlieben (1757), Aleksey Petrovich Yermolov (1777), and Kurt Hensel (1861).

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Among CHESS PLAYERS In Russia

Among chess players born in Russia, Alexander Kotov ranks 13. Before him are Vera Menchik (1906), Mikhail Chigorin (1850), Savielly Tartakower (1887), Olga Rubtsova (1909), Yuri Averbakh (1922), and Andor Lilienthal (1911). After him are Semyon Alapin (1856), Elisaveta Bykova (1913), Vladimir Kramnik (1975), Alexander Khalifman (1966), Alexander Petrov (1799), and Igor Bondarevsky (1913).

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