CHESS PLAYER

Salo Flohr

1908 - 1983

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Salomon Mikhailovich Flohr (November 21, 1908 – July 18, 1983) was a Czechoslovak and Soviet chess player and writer. He was among the first recipients of the title International Grandmaster from FIDE in 1950. Flohr dominated many tournaments of the pre-World War II years, and by the late 1930s was considered a contender for the World Championship. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Salo Flohr is the 61st most popular chess player (down from 57th in 2019), the 323rd most popular biography from Ukraine (up from 355th in 2019) and the 5th most popular Ukrainian Chess Player.

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Among CHESS PLAYERS

Among chess players, Salo Flohr ranks 61 out of 461. Before him are Lajos Portisch, Andor Lilienthal, Dawid Janowski, Carl Schlechter, Géza Maróczy, and Pedro Damiano. After him are Mark Taimanov, Legall de Kermeur, Joseph Henry Blackburne, Milan Vidmar, Svetozar Gligorić, and Alessandro Salvio.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1908, Salo Flohr ranks 112. Before him are Harold Holt, Sergei Sobolev, Bengt Strömgren, Jean Delannoy, Bernard Lee, and Edgar Faure. After him are Ho Jong-suk, Afet İnan, Robert Rossen, Christa Schroeder, Eugen Weidmann, and Aurelio Peccei. Among people deceased in 1983, Salo Flohr ranks 75. Before him are László Budai, Rolf Stommelen, Piero Sraffa, Dennis Wilson, Ferenc Plattkó, and Ivan Vinogradov. After him are Josep Lluís Sert, Ralph Richardson, Tino Rossi, Artemio Franchi, Shizo Kanakuri, and Marcel Dalio.

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In Ukraine

Among people born in Ukraine, Salo Flohr ranks 323 out of 1,365. Before him are Vladimir Antonov-Ovseyenko (1883), Irina Press (1939), Vitaliy Masol (1928), Georgy Beregovoy (1921), Tadeusz Borowski (1922), and Nikolay Shmatko (1943). After him are Alexius Meinong (1853), Yaakov Dori (1899), Igor Shafarevich (1923), Mark Taimanov (1926), Sergei Natanovich Bernstein (1880), and Zbigniew Herbert (1924).

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Among CHESS PLAYERS In Ukraine

Among chess players born in Ukraine, Salo Flohr ranks 5. Before him are David Bronstein (1924), Efim Bogoljubov (1889), Vassily Ivanchuk (1969), and Lyudmila Rudenko (1904). After him are Mark Taimanov (1926), Isaac Boleslavsky (1919), Alexander Beliavsky (1953), Leonid Stein (1934), Ossip Bernstein (1882), Anna Muzychuk (1990), and Georg Marco (1863).

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