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Herman Steiner

1905 - 1955

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Herman Steiner (April 15, 1905 – November 25, 1955) was an American chess player, organizer, and columnist. He won the U.S. Chess Championship in 1948 and became International Master in 1950. Even more important than his playing career were his efforts promoting chess in the U.S., particularly on the West Coast. An exemplar of the Romantic School of chess, Steiner was a successor to the American chess tradition of Paul Morphy, Harry Nelson Pillsbury, and Frank Marshall. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Herman Steiner is the 210th most popular chess player (down from 176th in 2024), the 234th most popular biography from Slovakia (down from 223rd in 2019) and the 5th most popular Slovak Chess Player.

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Among CHESS PLAYERS

Among chess players, Herman Steiner ranks 210 out of 461. Before him are Isaac Kashdan, Juan Corzo, Gata Kamsky, Arnold Denker, Alexei Shirov, and Nana Ioseliani. After him are Levente Lengyel, Alexandra Kosteniuk, Ľubomír Ftáčnik, John Owen, Anatoly Lein, and Paul Felix Schmidt.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1905, Herman Steiner ranks 363. Before him are T. Keith Glennan, Pierre Jaccoud, Ruth Moufang, Edvin Laine, Ernst Stueckelberg, and Bernhard Minetti. After him are Georges Grignard, George Gulack, Erwin Keller, Hale Asaf, Anthony Powell, and Rodolfo Choperena. Among people deceased in 1955, Herman Steiner ranks 162. Before him are Robert E. Sherwood, Richard Verderber, Giuseppe Domenichelli, George van Rossem, S. Z. Sakall, and Harold Walden. After him are Katharine Drexel, Irving Small, Alexei Ivanovich Abrikosov, Bert McCaffrey, Pentti Haanpää, and Alice Joyce.

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In Slovakia

Among people born in Slovakia, Herman Steiner ranks 234 out of 418. Before him are Milan Luhový (1963), Mikuláš Galanda (1895), Ján Figeľ (1960), Pavol Biroš (1953), Stanislav Griga (1961), and Dominika Cibulková (1989). After him are Imrich Bugár (1955), Ľubomír Ftáčnik (1957), Jozef Pribilinec (1960), Juraj Kucka (1987), Miroslav Stoch (1989), and Tibor Serly (1901).

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Among CHESS PLAYERS In Slovakia

Among chess players born in Slovakia, Herman Steiner ranks 5. Before him are Richard Réti (1889), Ignatz Kolisch (1837), Adolf Schwarz (1836), and Max Weiss (1857). After him are Ľubomír Ftáčnik (1957), and Eva Repková (1975).

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