CHESS PLAYER

Harry Nelson Pillsbury

1872 - 1906

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Harry Nelson Pillsbury (December 5, 1872 – June 17, 1906) was a leading American chess player. At the age of 22, he won the Hastings 1895 chess tournament, one of the strongest tournaments of the time, but his illness and early death prevented him from challenging for the World Chess Championship. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Harry Nelson Pillsbury is the 83rd most popular chess player (down from 81st in 2019), the 4,420th most popular biography from United States (down from 4,348th in 2019) and the 4th most popular American Chess Player.

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Among CHESS PLAYERS

Among chess players, Harry Nelson Pillsbury ranks 83 out of 461. Before him are Alexander Kotov, Semyon Alapin, Elisaveta Bykova, Levon Aronian, Maia Chiburdanidze, and Pal Benko. After him are Vladimir Kramnik, Viswanathan Anand, Louis Paulsen, Gideon Ståhlberg, Ljubomir Ljubojević, and Adolf Albin.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1872, Harry Nelson Pillsbury ranks 93. Before him are Marian Smoluchowski, Aleksandër Stavre Drenova, Jaan Teemant, William Larned, Elia Dalla Costa, and Heinrich Vogeler. After him are August Nilsson, Johan Bojer, Hàm Nghi, Mikhail Kuzmin, Friedrich, Prince of Wied, and Maurice Larrouy. Among people deceased in 1906, Harry Nelson Pillsbury ranks 42. Before him are Rahime Perestu Sultan, Princess Maria Anna of Anhalt-Dessau, Carlos Pellegrini, Béhanzin, Kodama Gentarō, and Jean Lorrain. After him are Josephine Butler, Kosta Khetagurov, Georges Rayet, Alfred Stevens, Martin Wegelius, and Johann Most.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Harry Nelson Pillsbury ranks 4,420 out of 20,380. Before him are Traci Lords (1968), Warren Weaver (1894), William Baumol (1922), Charles Murray (1943), Philo Farnsworth (1906), and Joe Pass (1929). After him are Jennifer Morrison (1979), Ernest B. Schoedsack (1893), Richard Carpenter (1946), Charles Dillon Perrine (1867), Deke Slayton (1924), and Gary Peters (1958).

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Among CHESS PLAYERS In United States

Among chess players born in United States, Harry Nelson Pillsbury ranks 4. Before him are Bobby Fischer (1943), Frank Marshall (1877), and Paul Morphy (1837). After him are Larry Evans (1932), Reuben Fine (1914), Jackson Showalter (1860), Robert Byrne (1928), Israel Albert Horowitz (1907), William Lombardy (1937), Nick de Firmian (1957), and Isaac Kashdan (1905).

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