CHESS PLAYER

Mark Taimanov

1926 - 2016

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Mark Evgenievich Taimanov (Russian: Марк Евгеньевич Тайманов; 7 February 1926 – 28 November 2016) was one of the leading Soviet and Russian chess players, among the world's top 20 players from 1946 to 1971. A prolific chess author, Taimanov was awarded the title of Grandmaster in 1952 and in 1956 won the USSR Chess Championship. He was a World Championship Candidate in 1953 and 1971, and several opening variations are named after him. Taimanov was also a world-class concert pianist. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Mark Taimanov is the 62nd most popular chess player (up from 63rd in 2019), the 327th most popular biography from Ukraine (up from 397th in 2019) and the 6th most popular Ukrainian Chess Player.

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Among CHESS PLAYERS

Among chess players, Mark Taimanov ranks 62 out of 461. Before him are Andor Lilienthal, Dawid Janowski, Carl Schlechter, Géza Maróczy, Pedro Damiano, and Salo Flohr. After him are Legall de Kermeur, Joseph Henry Blackburne, Milan Vidmar, Svetozar Gligorić, Alessandro Salvio, and Isidor Gunsberg.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1926, Mark Taimanov ranks 160. Before him are Morton Feldman, Philippe Chatrier, Amadeo Carrizo, Per Wahlöö, Jambyn Batmönkh, and Sergio Pininfarina. After him are Fernando J. Corbató, Bo Carpelan, Agostino Cacciavillan, Ernst Ocwirk, Alfred Pfaff, and Leopoldo Calvo-Sotelo. Among people deceased in 2016, Mark Taimanov ranks 164. Before him are Richard Adams, Lola Novaković, Peter Vaughan, Guy Hamilton, Juan Gabriel, and Abe Vigoda. After him are Chus Lampreave, Ilse Aichinger, Ferdinand Kübler, Michu Meszaros, Akhtar Mansour, and Qahhor Mahkamov.

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In Ukraine

Among people born in Ukraine, Mark Taimanov ranks 327 out of 1,365. Before him are Tadeusz Borowski (1922), Nikolay Shmatko (1943), Salo Flohr (1908), Alexius Meinong (1853), Yaakov Dori (1899), and Igor Shafarevich (1923). After him are Sergei Natanovich Bernstein (1880), Zbigniew Herbert (1924), Tamara Smirnova (1935), Maya Deren (1917), Larisa Shepitko (1938), and Mykhailo Kotsiubynsky (1864).

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Among CHESS PLAYERS In Ukraine

Among chess players born in Ukraine, Mark Taimanov ranks 6. Before him are David Bronstein (1924), Efim Bogoljubov (1889), Vassily Ivanchuk (1969), Lyudmila Rudenko (1904), and Salo Flohr (1908). After him are Isaac Boleslavsky (1919), Alexander Beliavsky (1953), Leonid Stein (1934), Ossip Bernstein (1882), Anna Muzychuk (1990), and Georg Marco (1863).

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