CHESS PLAYER

Nick de Firmian

1957 - Today

Photo of Nick de Firmian

Icon of person Nick de Firmian

Nicholas Ernest de Firmian (born July 26, 1957) is an American chess player who received the FIDE title of Grandmaster (GM) in 1985. He is a three-time U.S. chess champion, winning in 1987 (with Joel Benjamin), 1995, and 1998. He also tied for first in 2002, but Larry Christiansen won the playoff. He is also a chess writer, most famous for his work in writing the 13th, 14th, and 15th editions of the important chess opening treatise Modern Chess Openings. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Nick de Firmian is the 187th most popular chess player (up from 197th in 2019), the 8,992nd most popular biography from United States (up from 9,994th in 2019) and the 11th most popular American Chess Player.

Memorability Metrics

Loading...

Page views of Nick de Firmian by language

Loading...

Among CHESS PLAYERS

Among chess players, Nick de Firmian ranks 187 out of 461. Before him are Albin Planinc, Serafino Dubois, Endre Steiner, Ratmir Kholmov, Lajos Asztalos, and Vitaly Tseshkovsky. After him are Ivan Sokolov, George Koltanowski, Zoltán Ribli, Vladimirs Petrovs, Adolf Schwarz, and Ian Nepomniachtchi.

Most Popular Chess Players in Wikipedia

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1957, Nick de Firmian ranks 372. Before him are Vladimir Kiselyov, José Reinaldo de Lima, Bob Ehrlich, John Howe, Sitara Achakzai, and Lawrence Bender. After him are Hassoumi Massaoudou, Ginni Rometty, Antonio Maceda, Karl Allgöwer, Doug Sampson, and Lindsay Hoyle.

Others Born in 1957

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

In United States

Among people born in United States, Nick de Firmian ranks 8,994 out of 20,380. Before him are Marianne Williamson (1952), Barbara Bonney (1956), Nick Anderson (1968), John R. Commons (1862), Alphonso Taft (1810), and Aly Michalka (1989). After him are John Norman (1931), Bruce Arena (1951), Brenda Helser (1924), Bam Bam Bigelow (1961), Richard Corben (1940), and Frederick Sheffield (1902).

Others born in United States

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Among CHESS PLAYERS In United States

Among chess players born in United States, Nick de Firmian ranks 11. Before him are Larry Evans (1932), Reuben Fine (1914), Jackson Showalter (1860), Robert Byrne (1928), Israel Albert Horowitz (1907), and William Lombardy (1937). After him are Isaac Kashdan (1905), Arnold Denker (1914), Fabiano Caruana (1992), Levy Rozman (1995), Hans Niemann (2003), and Joel Benjamin (1964).

American born Chess Players

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous