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Manuel Aaron

1935 - Today

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Manuel Aaron (born 30 December 1935) is the first Indian chess master in the second half of the 20th century. He dominated chess in India in the 1960s to the 1980s, was the national champion of India nine times between 1959 and 1981. He is India's first chess player to be awarded the FIDE Title of International Master, and is one of the key figures in introducing international chess practices to India; until the 1960s, Indian chess (known as chaturanga) was often played using many local traditional variants (e.g. in lieu of castling, the king could execute a knights move once, if it had not been checked). Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2024). Manuel Aaron is the 260th most popular chess player (up from 264th in 2024), the 40th most popular biography from Myanmar (Burma) (down from 38th in 2019) and the most popular Burmese Chess Player.

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Among CHESS PLAYERS

Among chess players, Manuel Aaron ranks 260 out of 461. Before him are Andrei Sokolov, Peter Svidler, Harry Golombek, Vladimir Akopian, Shakhriyar Mamedyarov, and Aaron Alexandre. After him are Leonid Yudasin, Teimour Radjabov, Jana Bellin, Raymond Keene, Pavel Eljanov, and Evgenij Ermenkov.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1935, Manuel Aaron ranks 529. Before him are Eddie Hopkinson, Kofi Awoonor, Irma P. Hall, Billy Boy Arnold, Rosemary Leach, and Alex Karras. After him are Bob Denver, Bhama Srinivasan, Gabriel Elorde, Dorothy Masuka, Rajmohan Gandhi, and Bobby Bare.

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In Myanmar (Burma)

Among people born in Myanmar (Burma), Manuel Aaron ranks 40 out of 40. Before him are Khin Nyunt (1939), Thae Su Nyein (2007), Maha Bandula (1782), Helen (1938), Irawati Karve (1905), and James Wilby (1958). After him are Prakash Karat (1948), Razia Sultana (1973), and Ye Tun Naung (1983).

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Among CHESS PLAYERS In Myanmar (Burma)

Among chess players born in Myanmar (Burma), Manuel Aaron ranks 1. 

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