CHESS PLAYER

Genrikh Kasparyan

1910 - 1995

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Genrikh Kasparyan (Surname also spelled Kasparian) (27 February 1910 – 27 December 1995) was an Armenian chess player. He is considered to have been one of the greatest composers of chess endgame studies. Kasparyan became a national master in 1936 and an international master in 1950. He was awarded the titles of International Judge of Chess Compositions in 1956 and International Grandmaster of Chess Composition in 1972, the first composer to receive this title from FIDE (Harkola 2007). Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Genrikh Kasparyan is the 126th most popular chess player (up from 154th in 2019), the 193rd most popular biography from Georgia (up from 226th in 2019) and the 5th most popular Georgian Chess Player.

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Among CHESS PLAYERS

Among chess players, Genrikh Kasparyan ranks 126 out of 461. Before him are István Csom, Tassilo von Heydebrand und der Lasa, Arturo Pomar, Fred Yates, Leonid Stein, and Sonja Graf. After him are Tatiana Zatulovskaya, Pierre Charles Fournier de Saint-Amant, Humpy Koneru, Boris Gelfand, András Adorján, and Ernst Falkbeer.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1910, Genrikh Kasparyan ranks 242. Before him are Karl Zischek, Heitor Canalli, Katalin Karády, Glenn Hardin, George C. Homans, and Raoul Diagne. After him are Stanisław Kowalski, Duncan McNaughton, Jakob Bender, Rachel de Queiroz, Donald Watson, and Elemér Kocsis. Among people deceased in 1995, Genrikh Kasparyan ranks 205. Before him are Shura Cherkassky, Georges Candilis, Bryan Johnson, Laurindo Almeida, Elizabeth Roboz Einstein, and Hermínio de Brito. After him are Franco Fabrizi, John Cairncross, Dorothy Poynton-Hill, Nida Senff, Ted Drake, and Henri Laborit.

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In Georgia

Among people born in Georgia, Genrikh Kasparyan ranks 193 out of 406. Before him are Nikoloz Muskhelishvili (1891), Merab Ninidze (1965), Otar Chiladze (1933), Mikhail Tskhakaya (1865), Keto Losaberidze (1949), and Kote Marjanishvili (1872). After him are Iakob Tsurtaveli (500), Ekaterine Gabashvili (1851), Marlen Khutsiev (1925), Alexander P. de Seversky (1894), Gurgen Dalibaltayan (1926), and Shota Chochishvili (1950).

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Among CHESS PLAYERS In Georgia

Among chess players born in Georgia, Genrikh Kasparyan ranks 5. Before him are Tigran Petrosian (1929), Nona Gaprindashvili (1941), Nana Alexandria (1949), and Maia Chiburdanidze (1961). After him are Nana Ioseliani (1962), Zurab Azmaiparashvili (1960), Sergei Movsesian (1978), Bela Khotenashvili (1988), Nana Dzagnidze (1987), Ana Matnadze (1983), and Salome Melia (1987).

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