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Sonja Graf

1908 - 1965

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Susanna "Sonja" Graf (December 16, 1908 – March 6, 1965) was a German and American chess player. She was a women's world championship runner-up and a two-time U.S. women's champion. In 2016, she was inducted into the World Chess Hall of Fame. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Sonja Graf is the 125th most popular chess player (down from 114th in 2019), the 4,387th most popular biography from Germany (up from 4,392nd in 2019) and the 8th most popular German Chess Player.

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Among CHESS PLAYERS

Among chess players, Sonja Graf ranks 125 out of 461. Before her are Wolfgang Uhlmann, István Csom, Tassilo von Heydebrand und der Lasa, Arturo Pomar, Fred Yates, and Leonid Stein. After her are Genrikh Kasparyan, Tatiana Zatulovskaya, Pierre Charles Fournier de Saint-Amant, Humpy Koneru, Boris Gelfand, and András Adorján.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1908, Sonja Graf ranks 253. Before her are Gotthard Handrick, Louis Jordan, George Simpson, Renzo Rossellini, Vladimir Kotelnikov, and Franco Rol. After her are Hans Jakob, Mikayil Mushfig, Sœur Emmanuelle, Zainab Biisheva, Tullio Pinelli, and Ethel Catherwood. Among people deceased in 1965, Sonja Graf ranks 140. Before her are Vladimir Gardin, Princess Xenia Georgievna of Russia, Johannes Bobrowski, Karl Allmendinger, Konstantin Muraviev, and D. N. Aidit. After her are Edward R. Murrow, Joseph De Combe, Tommy Hampson, Heinrich Schomburgk, Eric Backman, and Joaquín Vázquez.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Sonja Graf ranks 4,389 out of 7,253. Before her are Gottfried August Homilius (1714), Peter Dietrich (1944), Walther Müller (1905), Hans-Jürgen Dörner (1951), Johanna Kinkel (1810), and Ludwig von Brenner (1833). After her are Dietmar Hamann (1973), Hans Jakob (1908), Sophie, Hereditary Princess of Liechtenstein (1967), Georg Hermann Quincke (1834), Ludwig Berger (1892), and Landgravine Charlotte of Hesse-Homburg (1672).

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Among CHESS PLAYERS In Germany

Among chess players born in Germany, Sonja Graf ranks 8. Before her are Louis Paulsen (1833), Friedrich Sämisch (1896), Jean Dufresne (1829), Jacques Mieses (1865), Wolfgang Uhlmann (1935), and Tassilo von Heydebrand und der Lasa (1818). After her are Wolfgang Unzicker (1925), Hermann Pilnik (1914), Bernhard Horwitz (1807), Boris Gulko (1947), Carl Mayet (1810), and Aaron Alexandre (1766).

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