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Andor Lilienthal

1911 - 2010

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Andor (André, Andre, Andrei) Arnoldovich Lilienthal (5 May 1911 – 8 May 2010) was a Hungarian and Soviet chess player. In his long career, he played against ten male and female world champions, beating Emanuel Lasker, José Raúl Capablanca, Alexander Alekhine, Max Euwe, Mikhail Botvinnik, Vasily Smyslov, and Vera Menchik. At the time of his death, he was the oldest living grandmaster (since surpassed by Yuri Averbakh), and the last surviving person from the original group of grandmasters awarded the title by FIDE in 1950. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Andor Lilienthal is the 56th most popular chess player (down from 47th in 2019), the 683rd most popular biography from Russia (up from 768th in 2019) and the 12th most popular Russian Chess Player.

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Among CHESS PLAYERS

Among chess players, Andor Lilienthal ranks 56 out of 461. Before him are Nigel Short, Gioachino Greco, Yuri Averbakh, Mir Sultan Khan, Henry Bird, and Lajos Portisch. After him are Dawid Janowski, Carl Schlechter, Géza Maróczy, Pedro Damiano, Salo Flohr, and Mark Taimanov.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1911, Andor Lilienthal ranks 105. Before him are Elizabeth Bishop, Maureen O'Sullivan, Teddy Kollek, Maria Reiter, Jean-Pierre Aumont, and Klára Dán von Neumann. After him are André Leroi-Gourhan, Shiing-Shen Chern, Simone Simon, Ishirō Honda, Roberto Matta, and Danny Kaye. Among people deceased in 2010, Andor Lilienthal ranks 87. Before him are Pierre Hadot, Iskandar of Johor, Luis Molowny, Robert Culp, Günter Behnisch, and Bella Akhmadulina. After him are Friedrich Wilhelm, Prince of Hohenzollern, Orlando Peçanha, Richard Holbrooke, Irvin Kershner, André Kolingba, and Fess Parker.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Andor Lilienthal ranks 683 out of 3,761. Before him are Irina Rodnina (1949), Alexander Lebed (1950), Bella Akhmadulina (1937), Fedor Tokarev (1871), Nikolai Krylenko (1885), and Vasily Kalinnikov (1866). After him are Mikhail Zoshchenko (1894), Valery Chkalov (1904), Sergey Naryshkin (1954), Alexei Savrasov (1830), Grand Duke Michael Mikhailovich of Russia (1861), and Dersu Uzala (1849).

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Among CHESS PLAYERS In Russia

Among chess players born in Russia, Andor Lilienthal ranks 12. Before him are Viktor Korchnoi (1931), Vera Menchik (1906), Mikhail Chigorin (1850), Savielly Tartakower (1887), Olga Rubtsova (1909), and Yuri Averbakh (1922). After him are Alexander Kotov (1913), Semyon Alapin (1856), Elisaveta Bykova (1913), Vladimir Kramnik (1975), Alexander Khalifman (1966), and Alexander Petrov (1799).

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