November 13, 2026
Fuderer Andrija (13.05.1931)
Croatian Honorary Grandmaster (1990). Yugoslav Champion (joint) in 1953 and Croatian Champion in 1951. He earned
Fernãndes Antonio Manuel De Almeida (18.10.1962)
Portuguese Grandmaster (2002). Between 1980 and 2016, Fernandes was the Portuguese Champion fifteen times. Best
Fernãndez Garcia José Luis (03.05.1954)
Spanish Grandmaster (1986) and Coach. Fernandez was the Spanish Champion (joint) 1989 and 1993. Best
Flamberg Alexander Davidovich (1880-24.01.1926)
Strong Polish player who was living for some time in England. Best results: Champion of
Finegold Ben (06.09.1969)
American Grandmaster (2009), coach and commentator who was living for few years in Belgium. Best
Flear Glenn Curtis (12.02.1959)
English Grandmaster (1987) and coach. Flear’s major victory was his unexpected performance at the Super
Berclaz Philippe (1963)
Swiss Correspondence Grandmaster (2005). Among his best results Berclaz finished third in the Gillman Memorial
Fiske Daniel Willard (11.11.1831 – 17.09.1904)
American author, editor, chess collector and philanthropist. Fiske’s work in 1857 brought about the First
Filippov Anton (06.12.1986)
Uzbek Grandmaster. Filippov was the Asian U18 Champion 2004 and Uzbek Champion in 2005 and 2007.
Finkel Alexander (01.01.1975)
Israeli Grandmaster (1995) born in Ukraine. Finkel graduated in Law and he is working as a
Faragó Iván (01.04.1946)
Hungarian Grandmaster (1976) graduated in Economics. Farago was joint Hungarian Champion in 1981 with Lajos
Durand Philippe Ambroise (1799-11.02.1880)
French abbé and chess writer. One of the few French writers who has left a
Dizdarevic Emir (02.04.1958)
Bosnian Grandmaster (1988) born in Croatia. FIDE Trainer (2005). Bosnian Champion in 2010. Best results:
Dizdar Goran (04.12.1958)
Croatian Grandmaster (1991). Croatian Champion in 1995. Best results: won or shared first at Linz
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Less known Immortal Game but as much spectacular was produced in 1931 by Efim Korchmar and
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Lajos Portisch has participated in a record of 20 Olympiads from 1956 until 2000, playing a
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‘Immortal’ is also used for chess problem. One of them was composed in 1856 by
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About this game, I Chernev said: This is probably one of the most famous of all
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In 2016, after 23 Chess Olympiads, Torre had recorded 103 wins, 124 draws and 43
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The following game between M. Euwe and A. Alekhine was considered by R. Fine as
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Fabiano Caruana’s quickest lost in classical chess since he became a top player could be
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I found only three players who played the Olympiads for 3 different countries: Boris Gelfand
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There are few chess gems named ‘Immortal Game’, one of them is the famous game
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Vienna 1873 tournament was the last tournament where a pawn could be promoted to a
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Mikhail Gurevich from Belgium has the record of been the winner of 4 different national