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Jonathan Penrose

1933 - 2021

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Jonathan Penrose, (7 October 1933 – 30 November 2021) was an English chess player, who held the titles Grandmaster (1993) and International Correspondence Chess Grandmaster (1983). He won the British Chess Championship ten times between 1958 and 1969. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Jonathan Penrose is the 200th most popular chess player (down from 195th in 2019), the 4,804th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 4,846th in 2019) and the 10th most popular British Chess Player.

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Among CHESS PLAYERS

Among chess players, Jonathan Penrose ranks 200 out of 461. Before him are Boris Gulko, Amos Burn, Clarice Benini, Max Weiss, Leonid Shamkovich, and Carl Mayet. After him are Fenny Heemskerk, Gyula Sax, Irina Levitina, Isaac Kashdan, Juan Corzo, and Arnold Denker.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1933, Jonathan Penrose ranks 452. Before him are William Blum, Nadezhda Khnykina-Dvalishvili, Annie Easley, Dušanka Sifnios, Joe Orton, and Murray Halberg. After him are Johannes Schaaf, Seydou Diarra, Boris Razinsky, Ellen Winther, Michael Novak, and Kathryn Crosby. Among people deceased in 2021, Jonathan Penrose ranks 539. Before him are Naohiro Ikeda, Stan Swamy, Curtis Fuller, Svante Thuresson, Viktor Putyatin, and Yoo Sang-chul. After him are Dani Shmulevich-Rom, Chris Craft, Bertil Johansson, Fayez Tarawneh, Moudud Ahmed, and Ottorino Sartor.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Jonathan Penrose ranks 4,805 out of 8,785. Before him are Alan Sugar (1947), John Hopkinson (1849), John Clare (1793), Jeffrey Tate (1943), Denis Lawson (1947), and Jill Ellis (1966). After him are Eric Thompson (1919), Aneurin Bevan (1897), Reggie Pridmore (1886), Heather Oakes (1959), Malcolm Sargent (1895), and Apsley Cherry-Garrard (1886).

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Among CHESS PLAYERS In United Kingdom

Among chess players born in United Kingdom, Jonathan Penrose ranks 10. Before him are Henry Bird (1830), Joseph Henry Blackburne (1841), Michael Adams (1971), Fred Yates (1884), Horatio Caro (1862), and Amos Burn (1848). After him are John Owen (1827), John Nunn (1955), Tony Miles (1955), Harry Golombek (1911), Raymond Keene (1948), and Stuart Conquest (1967).

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