CHESS PLAYER

Arturo Pomar

1931 - 2016

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Arturo Pomar Salamanca (1 September 1931 – 26 May 2016) was a Spanish chess player. He was the first Spanish player to be awarded the title of grandmaster (GM), and was a seven-time national champion. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Arturo Pomar is the 122nd most popular chess player (up from 125th in 2019), the 1,362nd most popular biography from Spain (up from 1,485th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Spanish Chess Player.

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Among CHESS PLAYERS

Among chess players, Arturo Pomar ranks 122 out of 461. Before him are Ernst Grünfeld, Igor Bondarevsky, Eugenio Torre, Wolfgang Uhlmann, István Csom, and Tassilo von Heydebrand und der Lasa. After him are Fred Yates, Leonid Stein, Sonja Graf, Genrikh Kasparyan, Tatiana Zatulovskaya, and Pierre Charles Fournier de Saint-Amant.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1931, Arturo Pomar ranks 336. Before him are Jean Philippe, Elias M. Stein, Joel Antônio Martins, Hans Alfredson, Emma Andijewska, and Aldo Aureggi. After him are Konrad Stäheli, George Maxwell Richards, Arne Selmosson, Ichirō Nagai, Alfred Swift, and Mady Mesplé. Among people deceased in 2016, Arturo Pomar ranks 301. Before him are Ratnasiri Wickremanayake, Phyllis Schlafly, Miriam Defensor Santiago, Charmian Carr, Alan Young, and Alcindo. After him are José Parra Martínez, David Padilla, Axel Schandorff, Michel Rousseau, Luis Alberto Monge, and Anita Brookner.

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In Spain

Among people born in Spain, Arturo Pomar ranks 1,362 out of 3,355. Before him are Juan de Villanueva (1739), Javier Mariscal (1950), Álvaro Morte (1975), Marcos Alonso (1959), Beatrice of Navarre, Countess of La Marche (1392), and Manuel García (1805). After him are José Fernando de Abascal y Sousa (1743), Miguel Ángel Moratinos (1951), Antonio Aguilar y Correa, Marquis of Vega de Armijo (1824), Paco Tous (1964), Arturo Soria y Mata (1844), and José Planas (1901).

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Among CHESS PLAYERS In Spain

Among chess players born in Spain, Arturo Pomar ranks 3. Before him are Ruy López de Segura (1530), and Luis Ramírez de Lucena (1475). After him are Juan Corzo (1873), Francisco Vallejo Pons (1982), and David Antón Guijarro (1995).

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