CHESS PLAYER

Philipp Stamma

1705 - 1755

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Philipp Stamma (c. 1705 – c. 1755), a native of Aleppo, Ottoman Syria, later resident of England and France, was a chess master and a pioneer of modern chess. His reputation rests largely on his authorship of the early chess book Essai sur le jeu des echecs published 1737 in France (English translation: The Noble Game Of Chess 1745). This book brought the Middle Eastern concept of the endgame to the attention of Europe and helped revive European interest in the study of the endgame. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Philipp Stamma is the 110th most popular chess player (down from 74th in 2019), the 156th most popular biography from Syria (down from 123rd in 2019) and the most popular Syrian Chess Player.

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Among CHESS PLAYERS

Among chess players, Philipp Stamma ranks 110 out of 461. Before him are Jean Dufresne, Ignatz Kolisch, Alexander Petrov, Jacques Mieses, André Chéron, and Veselin Topalov. After him are Grigory Levenfish, Vasja Pirc, Peter Leko, Erich Eliskases, Oscar Panno, and Ernst Grünfeld.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1705, Philipp Stamma ranks 14. Before him are David Hartley, Peter Artedi, Gerhard Friedrich Müller, Maximilian Ulysses Browne, Franciszka Urszula Radziwiłłowa, and Sophie Caroline of Brandenburg-Kulmbach. After him are Davit Guramishvili, Dick Turpin, and Edward Hawke, 1st Baron Hawke. Among people deceased in 1755, Philipp Stamma ranks 13. Before him are Princess Albertina Frederica of Baden-Durlach, Louis de Rouvroy, duc de Saint-Simon, Joseph Bodin de Boismortier, Jean-Baptiste Oudry, Johann Georg Christian, Prince of Lobkowicz, and Zhang Tingyu. After him are Edward Braddock, Stepan Krasheninnikov, Augustus Louis, Prince of Anhalt-Köthen, Angelo Maria Querini, and Maurice Greene.

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In Syria

Among people born in Syria, Philipp Stamma ranks 156 out of 210. Before him are Buhturi (819), Adel Safar (1953), Malchus (450), Abd al-Rahman al-Kawakibi (1855), Jacob of Edessa (633), and Wael Nader al-Halqi (1964). After him are Elia Abu Madi (1890), Ibas of Edessa (400), Émile Eddé (1883), Rafik Schami (1946), Francis Marrash (1837), and Omar Ibrahim Ghalawanji (1954).

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Among CHESS PLAYERS In Syria

Among chess players born in Syria, Philipp Stamma ranks 1. After him are Yasser Seirawan (1960).

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