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Albin Planinc

1944 - 2008

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Albin Planinc (also spelled Planinec) ( 18 April 1944 – 20 December 2008) was a Slovenian-Yugoslavian chess Grandmaster. He was born in a working-class family in Briše near Zagorje in the Central Sava Valley, in German-occupied Slovenia. Planinc won the Slovenian youth championship in 1962. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Albin Planinc has received more than 82,737 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Albin Planinc is the 191st most popular chess player, the 105th most popular biography from Slovenia and the 3rd most popular Slovene Chess Player.

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    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 15

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.43

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.17

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among CHESS PLAYERS

Among chess players, Albin Planinc ranks 191 out of 374. Before him are Harry Golombek, Predrag Nikolić, Robert Byrne, Oleg Romanishin, Julio Bolbochán, and Eros Riccio. After him are Hikaru Nakamura, Larissa Volpert, Alexander Grischuk, Nick de Firmian, Shakhriyar Mamedyarov, and Fabiano Caruana.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1944, Albin Planinc ranks 553. Before him are Patricia Quinn, Angus King, John Njue, Yuriy Istomin, Gunhild Hoffmeister, and Colm Wilkinson. After him are Itzhak Vissoker, Michael Glos, Petra Roth, Manfred Schmid, Eddie Keizan, and Woody Shaw. Among people deceased in 2008, Albin Planinc ranks 297. Before him are Sigitas Geda, Nirmala Deshpande, Richey Edwards, Edie Adams, Douglas Bennett, and Joy Page. After him are Algis Budrys, Jeff Healey, Christian Brando, Witold Woyda, George MacDonald Fraser, and Stig Claesson.

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In Slovenia

Among people born in Slovenia, Albin Planinc ranks 105 out of 295. Before him are Josipina Turnograjska (1833), Miran Tepeš (1961), Alfred Jermaniš (1967), Rok Petrovič (1966), Luka Dončić (1999), and Tadej Pogačar (1998). After him are Tanja Ribič (1968), Kristina Brenk (1911), Željko Milinovič (1969), Peter Prevc (1992), Zdenko Verdenik (1949), and Marjan Šarec (1977).

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Among CHESS PLAYERS In Slovenia

Among chess players born in Slovenia, Albin Planinc ranks 3. Before him are Milan Vidmar (1885) and Vasja Pirc (1907).

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