CHESS PLAYER

André Chéron

1895 - 1980

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André Chéron (September 25, 1895 – September 12, 1980) was a French chess player, endgame theorist, and a composer of endgame studies. He was named a FIDE International Master of Chess Composition in 1959, the first year the title was awarded. Chéron was the French champion three times (1926, 1927, and 1929) and played on the French team at the 1927 Chess Olympiad. He is best known for his work in the theory of endgames, where he was most concerned with detailed proofs about theoretical endgame results. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. André Chéron is the 108th most popular chess player (up from 135th in 2019), the 3,879th most popular biography from France (up from 4,467th in 2019) and the 4th most popular French Chess Player.

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Among CHESS PLAYERS

Among chess players, André Chéron ranks 108 out of 461. Before him are Alexander Khalifman, Israel Albert Horowitz, Jean Dufresne, Ignatz Kolisch, Alexander Petrov, and Jacques Mieses. After him are Veselin Topalov, Philipp Stamma, Grigory Levenfish, Vasja Pirc, Peter Leko, and Erich Eliskases.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1895, André Chéron ranks 181. Before him are Marie-Dominique Chenu, Vilho Tuulos, Vsevolod Ivanov, Plínio Salgado, Christian Herter, and Gabriel Chevallier. After him are Andrey Andreyevich Andreyev, Erich Abraham, Liane Haid, Nikifor, Conchita Supervía, and Max Valier. Among people deceased in 1980, André Chéron ranks 175. Before him are Marcel Langiller, Allan Pettersson, Mantovani, Sonja Wigert, Harri Larva, and Ragnar Gustavsson. After him are Alfred Neubauer, José de Anchieta Fontana, Paavo Yrjölä, Vasja Pirc, Gerhard von Schwerin, and Lado Gudiashvili.

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In France

Among people born in France, André Chéron ranks 3,879 out of 6,770. Before him are Jules Bianchi (1989), Pierre Sinibaldi (1924), Gabriel Chevallier (1895), Herman Georges Berger (1875), Claude Fleury (1640), and Rachida Dati (1965). After him are Hortense Schneider (1833), Geneviève Thiroux d'Arconville (1720), André Auffray (1884), Marcel Brillouin (1854), Ernest Hébert (1817), and Michèle Arnaud (1919).

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Among CHESS PLAYERS In France

Among chess players born in France, André Chéron ranks 4. Before him are François-André Danican Philidor (1726), Legall de Kermeur (1702), and Pal Benko (1928). After him are Pierre Charles Fournier de Saint-Amant (1800), Chantal Chaudé de Silans (1919), Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (1990), Étienne Bacrot (1983), Laurent Fressinet (1981), and Marie Sebag (1986).

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