CHESS PLAYER

Boris Kostić

1887 - 1963

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Borislav Kostić (24 February 1887 – 3 November 1963) was a Serbian chess grandmaster and a popularizer of the game. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Boris Kostić is the 143rd most popular chess player (down from 136th in 2019), the 252nd most popular biography from Serbia (up from 265th in 2019) and the 5th most popular Serbian Chess Player.

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Among CHESS PLAYERS

Among chess players, Boris Kostić ranks 143 out of 461. Before him are Daniel Harrwitz, Predrag Nikolić, Vladas Mikėnas, Ossip Bernstein, Carlos Torre Repetto, and Viacheslav Ragozin. After him are Peter Romanovsky, Anna Muzychuk, Henrique Mecking, Edgard Colle, Chantal Chaudé de Silans, and Boško Abramović.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1887, Boris Kostić ranks 214. Before him are Yusif Vazir Chamanzaminli, Alf Landon, Sam Warner, Igor Severyanin, Gregorio Marañón, and David Keilin. After him are Jack Conway, Juan Manuel Gálvez, Sigmund Romberg, Jamini Roy, Victor d'Arcy, and Kanaiyalal Maneklal Munshi. Among people deceased in 1963, Boris Kostić ranks 155. Before him are Ahmed Lutfi el-Sayed, Vasyl Barvinsky, Charles Winslow, Pingali Venkayya, Luo Ronghuan, and David Keilin. After him are Dorothy Hansine Andersen, Abram Deborin, Medgar Evers, Mehdi Frashëri, Henry Daniell, and Ernst Wetter.

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In Serbia

Among people born in Serbia, Boris Kostić ranks 252 out of 661. Before him are Vladan Đorđević (1844), Milutin Ivković (1906), Milorad B. Protić (1911), Kosta Tomašević (1923), Nikola Šainović (1948), and Vera Nikolić (1948). After him are Stanislav Karasi (1946), Zoltán Beke (1911), Aleksandar Petaković (1930), Vladislav Bogićević (1950), Slobodan Dubajić (1963), and Jovan Aćimović (1948).

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Among CHESS PLAYERS In Serbia

Among chess players born in Serbia, Boris Kostić ranks 5. Before him are Borislav Ivkov (1933), Svetozar Gligorić (1923), Ljubomir Ljubojević (1950), and Peter Leko (1979). After him are Boško Abramović (1951), Milunka Lazarević (1932), Aleksandar Matanović (1930), and Andrija Fuderer (1931).

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