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Jeff Sarwer

1978 - Today

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Jeffrey William Sarwer (born 14 May 1978) is a Canadian-Finnish (dual citizenship) former child chess prodigy whose charismatic personality and chess talent made him a well-known media figure. His chess career and his family's unconventional lifestyle were the subjects of many articles and TV shows. Sarwer's attacking playing style was often compared to that Bobby Fischer, and a tournament game drawn against him by another young chess player, Joshua Waitzkin, was the inspiration for the climax in the film Searching for Bobby Fischer. Sarwer won the under-10 World Youth Chess Championship in Puerto Rico in 1986 representing Canada. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 22 in 2024). Jeff Sarwer is the 431st most popular chess player (up from 450th in 2024), the 1,438th most popular biography from Canada (up from 1,541st in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Canadian Chess Player.

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Among CHESS PLAYERS

Among chess players, Jeff Sarwer ranks 432 out of 461. Before her are Hannes Stefánsson, Tatiana Kosintseva, Lê Quang Liêm, Ernesto Inarkiev, Eva Repková, Olga Alexandrova, and Phiona Mutesi. After her are Markus Ragger, Vladimir Potkin, Bartłomiej Macieja, Tania Sachdev, and Mateusz Bartel.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1978, Jeff Sarwer ranks 1,317. Before her are Yoko Isoda, Miri Ben-Ari, Shinya Yoshihara, Erin Morgenstern, Ricardo Gardner, and Shingo Morita. After her are Yusaku Tanioku, Karen Brødsgaard, Thomas Florschütz, Franco Marvulli, Sonja Fuss, and Wes Moore.

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In Canada

Among people born in Canada, Jeff Sarwer ranks 1,443 out of 1,622. Before her are Allie X (1985), Dan Payne (1972), Mark Tewksbury (1968), Gavin Hassett (1973), Kyle Schmid (1984), Stephen Kramer Glickman (1979), Valérie Maltais (1990), France Gareau (1967), Scott Bairstow (1970), and Devon Kershaw (1982). After her are Chelsea Green (1991), and Andy Anderson (null).

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Among CHESS PLAYERS In Canada

Among chess players born in Canada, Jeff Sarwer ranks 2. Before her are Joël Lautier (1973).

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