CHESS PLAYER

Isidor Gunsberg

1854 - 1930

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Isidor Arthur Gunsberg (also spelled Günzberg, Hungarian: Gunsberg Artúr Izidor; 1 November 1854 – 2 May 1930) was a Hungarian chess player, best known for narrowly losing the 1891 World Chess Championship match to Wilhelm Steinitz. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Isidor Gunsberg is the 68th most popular chess player (up from 77th in 2019), the 277th most popular biography from Hungary (up from 356th in 2019) and the 6th most popular Hungarian Chess Player.

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Among CHESS PLAYERS

Among chess players, Isidor Gunsberg ranks 68 out of 461. Before him are Mark Taimanov, Legall de Kermeur, Joseph Henry Blackburne, Milan Vidmar, Svetozar Gligorić, and Alessandro Salvio. After him are Magnus Carlsen, Michael Adams, Isaac Boleslavsky, Lionel Kieseritzky, Nana Alexandria, and Rudolf Spielmann.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1854, Isidor Gunsberg ranks 53. Before him are Aletta Jacobs, Friedrich Alfred Krupp, Victor Babeș, Benjamin Tucker, Samuel Liddell MacGregor Mathers, and Anna Bilińska. After him are Stefan Stambolov, Viktor Dankl von Krasnik, Princess Marie of Saxe-Altenburg, Hermann von Struve, Arnošt Muka, and Maria Zankovetska. Among people deceased in 1930, Isidor Gunsberg ranks 54. Before him are Eduard Meyer, Constantine VI of Constantinople, Anna Lea Merritt, Richard Wilhelm, Riccardo Drigo, and Eric Lemming. After him are Emil Krebs, Oskar Nedbal, Viggo Jensen, Alois Jirásek, Paul Levi, and Pierina Legnani.

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In Hungary

Among people born in Hungary, Isidor Gunsberg ranks 277 out of 1,077. Before him are Janus Pannonius (1434), Imre Steindl (1839), Miklós Fehér (1979), Rudolf Bauer (1879), Pál Csernai (1932), and Thomas Szasz (1920). After him are Ferenc Münnich (1886), Ferenc Mohácsi (1929), Ladislao Vajda (1906), Sándor Garbai (1879), Béla Imrédy (1891), and Carl Flesch (1873).

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Among CHESS PLAYERS In Hungary

Among chess players born in Hungary, Isidor Gunsberg ranks 6. Before him are Judit Polgár (1976), Susan Polgár (1969), László Szabó (1917), Lajos Portisch (1937), and Géza Maróczy (1870). After him are István Csom (1940), András Adorján (1950), Győző Forintos (1935), Sofia Polgár (1974), Gedeon Barcza (1911), and István Bilek (1932).

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