CHESS PLAYER

Vasja Pirc

1907 - 1980

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Vasja Pirc ( PEERTS; Slovene pronunciation: [ˈʋâːsja ˈpîːɾt͡s]) (December 19, 1907 – June 2, 1980) was a Yugoslav chess player. He is best known in competitive chess circles as a strong exponent of the hypermodern defense now generally known as the Pirc Defence. Pirc was champion of Yugoslavia five times: 1935, 1936, 1937, 1951, and 1953. He was awarded the International Master title in 1950, and the Grandmaster title in 1953. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Vasja Pirc is the 112th most popular chess player (up from 115th in 2019), the 79th most popular biography from Slovenia (up from 87th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Slovene Chess Player.

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Among CHESS PLAYERS

Among chess players, Vasja Pirc ranks 112 out of 461. Before him are Alexander Petrov, Jacques Mieses, André Chéron, Veselin Topalov, Philipp Stamma, and Grigory Levenfish. After him are Peter Leko, Erich Eliskases, Oscar Panno, Ernst Grünfeld, Igor Bondarevsky, and Eugenio Torre.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1907, Vasja Pirc ranks 221. Before him are Sanya Dharmasakti, Béla Barényi, Zezé Moreira, Ragnar Gustavsson, Harold Scott MacDonald Coxeter, and Gordon Douglas. After him are Ludwig Biermann, Germán Suárez Flamerich, Đuro Kurepa, Jean Aerts, Paula Wessely, and Walter Nausch. Among people deceased in 1980, Vasja Pirc ranks 179. Before him are Harri Larva, Ragnar Gustavsson, André Chéron, Alfred Neubauer, José de Anchieta Fontana, and Paavo Yrjölä. After him are Gerhard von Schwerin, Lado Gudiashvili, Boris Kaufman, Arend Heyting, Egon Pearson, and Simonne Mathieu.

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In Slovenia

Among people born in Slovenia, Vasja Pirc ranks 79 out of 340. Before him are Adam Bohorič (1520), Jurij Dalmatin (1547), Berta Ambrož (1944), Louis Adamic (1898), Count Anton Alexander von Auersperg (1806), and Bojan Križaj (1957). After him are Slavko Avsenik (1929), Margit Korondi (1932), Tina Maze (1983), Mima Jaušovec (1956), Tadej Pogačar (1998), and Primož Roglič (1989).

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Among CHESS PLAYERS In Slovenia

Among chess players born in Slovenia, Vasja Pirc ranks 2. Before him are Milan Vidmar (1885). After him are Albin Planinc (1944).

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