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Robert Byrne

1928 - 2013

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Robert Eugene Byrne (April 20, 1928 – April 12, 2013) was an American chess player and chess author who held the FIDE title of Grandmaster (GM). He won the U.S. Championship in 1972, and was a World Chess Championship Candidate in 1974. Byrne represented the United States nine times in Chess Olympiads from 1952 to 1976 and won seven medals. He was the chess columnist from 1972 to 2006 for The New York Times, which ran his final column (a recounting of his 1952 victory over David Bronstein) on November 12, 2006. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Robert Byrne is the 99th most popular chess player (up from 201st in 2019), the 5,275th most popular biography from United States (up from 10,150th in 2019) and the 8th most popular American Chess Player.

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Among CHESS PLAYERS

Among chess players, Robert Byrne ranks 99 out of 461. Before him are Friedrich Sämisch, Luděk Pachman, Rudolf Charousek, Reuben Fine, Alexander Beliavsky, and Jackson Showalter. After him are Richard Teichmann, Mišo Cebalo, Alexander Khalifman, Israel Albert Horowitz, Jean Dufresne, and Ignatz Kolisch.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1928, Robert Byrne ranks 297. Before him are Gerald Bull, Flóra Kádár, Estelle Harris, Edgar Schein, Pierre Étaix, and Emilio Pericoli. After him are Eugenio Monti, Eve Meyer, Jorge Ibargüengoitia, Jürgen Moser, Eunice Gayson, and Anna Kolesárová. Among people deceased in 2013, Robert Byrne ranks 225. Before him are Ray Dolby, Mirko Kovač, Emilio Pericoli, Joanna Chmielewska, Angela Voigt, and Georges Descrières. After him are Ed Koch, Norma Bengell, Walter De Maria, Cayetano Ré, János Starker, and Barry Jackson.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Robert Byrne ranks 5,275 out of 20,380. Before him are Mathew Brady (1822), Carmine Appice (1946), Kourtney Kardashian (1979), Howard Pyle (1853), Jeanne Crain (1925), and Joe Hahn (1977). After him are Mark Pellegrino (1965), Lois Smith (1930), Valerie Perrine (1943), Lewis Boss (1846), Ed Koch (1924), and Elizabeth Mitchell (1970).

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Among CHESS PLAYERS In United States

Among chess players born in United States, Robert Byrne ranks 8. Before him are Frank Marshall (1877), Paul Morphy (1837), Harry Nelson Pillsbury (1872), Larry Evans (1932), Reuben Fine (1914), and Jackson Showalter (1860). After him are Israel Albert Horowitz (1907), William Lombardy (1937), Nick de Firmian (1957), Isaac Kashdan (1905), Arnold Denker (1914), and Fabiano Caruana (1992).

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