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Semyon Alapin

1856 - 1923

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Semyon Zinovyevich Alapin (Russian: Семён Зиновьевич Алапин; 19 November [O.S. 7 November] 1856 – 15 July 1923) was a Russian chess player, openings analyst, and puzzle composer. He was also a linguist, railway engineer and a grain commodities merchant. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Semyon Alapin is the 78th most popular chess player (down from 67th in 2019), the 949th most popular biography from Russia (up from 1,092nd in 2019) and the 14th most popular Russian Chess Player.

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Among CHESS PLAYERS

Among chess players, Semyon Alapin ranks 78 out of 461. Before him are Lionel Kieseritzky, Nana Alexandria, Rudolf Spielmann, Lev Polugaevsky, Szymon Winawer, and Alexander Kotov. After him are Elisaveta Bykova, Levon Aronian, Maia Chiburdanidze, Pal Benko, Harry Nelson Pillsbury, and Vladimir Kramnik.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1856, Semyon Alapin ranks 66. Before him are Alexander Izvolsky, Stevan Mokranjac, Karl Krumbacher, Mahmud Shevket Pasha, Friedrich II, Duke of Anhalt, and Yu Kil-chun. After him are Felix Mottl, Rudolf Stammler, Vasily Rozanov, Thomas Joannes Stieltjes, Princess Isabella of Croÿ, and Carl Axel Magnus Lindman. Among people deceased in 1923, Semyon Alapin ranks 55. Before him are Horace Parnell Tuttle, Max Erwin von Scheubner-Richter, Louis Couperus, George Hendrik Breitner, Eugène Mougin, and John Morley. After him are Hermes da Fonseca, Fritz Mauthner, Damat Ferid Pasha, Ernst Otto Beckmann, Alfred Edwards, and Sayed Darwish.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Semyon Alapin ranks 949 out of 3,761. Before him are Mstislav III of Kiev (1150), Yevgeny Svetlanov (1928), Fyodor Apraksin (1661), Pyotr Lebedev (1866), Alexander Kotov (1913), and Countess of Ségur (1799). After him are Andrei Linde (1948), Countess Friederike von Schlieben (1757), Aleksey Petrovich Yermolov (1777), Kurt Hensel (1861), Platon Zubov (1767), and Kuzma Petrov-Vodkin (1878).

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Among CHESS PLAYERS In Russia

Among chess players born in Russia, Semyon Alapin ranks 14. Before him are Mikhail Chigorin (1850), Savielly Tartakower (1887), Olga Rubtsova (1909), Yuri Averbakh (1922), Andor Lilienthal (1911), and Alexander Kotov (1913). After him are Elisaveta Bykova (1913), Vladimir Kramnik (1975), Alexander Khalifman (1966), Alexander Petrov (1799), Igor Bondarevsky (1913), and Viacheslav Ragozin (1908).

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