CHESS PLAYER

Milan Vidmar

1885 - 1962

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Milan Vidmar (pronounced [ˈmíːlan ˈʋìːdmaɾ]; 22 June 1885 – 9 October 1962) was a Slovenian electrical engineer, chess player, chess theorist, and writer. He was among the top dozen chess players in the world from 1910 to 1930 and in 1950, was among the inaugural recipients of the title International Grandmaster from FIDE. Vidmar was a specialist in power transformers and transmission of electric current. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Milan Vidmar is the 65th most popular chess player (down from 50th in 2019), the 48th most popular biography from Slovenia (down from 43rd in 2019) and the most popular Slovene Chess Player.

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Among CHESS PLAYERS

Among chess players, Milan Vidmar ranks 65 out of 461. Before him are Géza Maróczy, Pedro Damiano, Salo Flohr, Mark Taimanov, Legall de Kermeur, and Joseph Henry Blackburne. After him are Svetozar Gligorić, Alessandro Salvio, Isidor Gunsberg, Magnus Carlsen, Michael Adams, and Isaac Boleslavsky.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1885, Milan Vidmar ranks 93. Before him are Constantin Sănătescu, Viktor Schauberger, Pierre Renoir, James Scott, Karl Genzken, and Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah. After him are Noman Çelebicihan, Alexandros Koryzis, Iuliu Hossu, St John Philby, Jerome Kern, and Dezső Kosztolányi. Among people deceased in 1962, Milan Vidmar ranks 78. Before him are Enrico Mattei, Kirsten Flagstad, Princess Helena Adelaide of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg, Louis Massignon, Prince René of Bourbon-Parma, and John Rimmer. After him are Michel de Ghelderode, Charles Jean de la Vallée Poussin, Sükhbaataryn Yanjmaa, Ahmad bin Yahya, Max Fabiani, and Erik Scavenius.

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In Slovenia

Among people born in Slovenia, Milan Vidmar ranks 48 out of 340. Before him are Luka Dončić (1999), Leon Rupnik (1880), Johann Weikhard von Valvasor (1641), Alma Karlin (1889), Sigismund von Herberstein (1486), and Janko Prunk (1942). After him are Max Fabiani (1865), Prince Andrew of Yugoslavia (1929), Rihard Jakopič (1869), Stanko Vraz (1810), Jakob Lorber (1800), and Ita Rina (1907).

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Among CHESS PLAYERS In Slovenia

Among chess players born in Slovenia, Milan Vidmar ranks 1. After him are Vasja Pirc (1907), and Albin Planinc (1944).

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