1930 - 2023
Aleksandar Matanović (Serbo-Croatian Cyrillic: Александар Матановић; 23 May 1930 – 9 August 2023) was a Serbian chess grandmaster and the founding editor-in-chief of Chess Informant, which publishes the Encyclopaedia of Chess Openings. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Aleksandar Matanović has received more than 46,410 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Aleksandar Matanović is the 136th most popular chess player (up from 137th in 2019), the 232nd most popular biography from Serbia (down from 199th in 2019) and the 6th most popular Serbian Chess Player.
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Among chess players, Aleksandar Matanović ranks 136 out of 374. Before him are Alexander Beliavsky, Gennadi Sosonko, Tatiana Zatulovskaya, Miroslav Filip, Esteban Canal, and Lubomir Kavalek. After him are Henry Bird, Jackson Showalter, Arturo Pomar, Sonja Graf, Zoltán Ribli, and Hermann Pilnik.
1953 - Present
HPI: 47.02
Rank: 130
1943 - Present
HPI: 46.93
Rank: 131
1935 - 2017
HPI: 46.93
Rank: 132
1928 - 2009
HPI: 46.84
Rank: 133
1896 - 1981
HPI: 46.69
Rank: 134
1943 - 2021
HPI: 46.54
Rank: 135
1930 - 2023
HPI: 46.37
Rank: 136
1830 - 1908
HPI: 46.37
Rank: 137
1860 - 1935
HPI: 46.30
Rank: 138
1931 - 2016
HPI: 46.25
Rank: 139
1908 - 1965
HPI: 46.22
Rank: 140
1951 - Present
HPI: 46.14
Rank: 141
1914 - 1981
HPI: 46.07
Rank: 142
Among people born in 1930, Aleksandar Matanović ranks 370. Before him are Kenneth Frampton, Kurt Biedenkopf, Jacqueline du Bief, Ellen Schwiers, John Landy, and Matt Monro. After him are Ignazio Fabra, Kei Kumai, Wilferd Madelung, Frédéric Etsou-Nzabi-Bamungwabi, Theodore Freeman, and Anatoly Kuznetsov. Among people deceased in 2023, Aleksandar Matanović ranks 268. Before him are Tom Verlaine, John Warnock, Russell Banks, Jacques Gaillot, Alfredo Rojas, and Barry Humphries. After him are Osvaldo Héctor Cruz, Aleksandr Viktorenko, John Pilger, Jorge Edwards, Alberto Mario González, and Wilferd Madelung.
1930 - Present
HPI: 46.54
Rank: 364
1930 - 2021
HPI: 46.53
Rank: 365
1930 - Present
HPI: 46.50
Rank: 366
1930 - 2019
HPI: 46.43
Rank: 367
1930 - 2022
HPI: 46.40
Rank: 368
1930 - 1985
HPI: 46.40
Rank: 369
1930 - 2023
HPI: 46.37
Rank: 370
1930 - 2008
HPI: 46.27
Rank: 371
1930 - 2007
HPI: 46.19
Rank: 372
1930 - 2023
HPI: 46.19
Rank: 373
1930 - 2007
HPI: 46.19
Rank: 374
1930 - 1964
HPI: 46.16
Rank: 375
1930 - 2014
HPI: 46.15
Rank: 376
1949 - 2023
HPI: 46.53
Rank: 262
1940 - 2023
HPI: 46.53
Rank: 263
1940 - 2023
HPI: 46.48
Rank: 264
1935 - 2023
HPI: 46.44
Rank: 265
1937 - 2023
HPI: 46.42
Rank: 266
1934 - 2023
HPI: 46.41
Rank: 267
1930 - 2023
HPI: 46.37
Rank: 268
1931 - 2023
HPI: 46.30
Rank: 269
1947 - 2023
HPI: 46.29
Rank: 270
1939 - 2023
HPI: 46.24
Rank: 271
1931 - 2023
HPI: 46.22
Rank: 272
1941 - 2023
HPI: 46.20
Rank: 273
1930 - 2023
HPI: 46.19
Rank: 274
Among people born in Serbia, Aleksandar Matanović ranks 232 out of 564. Before him are Marko Pantelić (1978), Svetlana Bojković (1947), Vladica Kovačević (1940), Svetlana Velmar-Janković (1933), Goran Karan (1964), and Mihailo Petrović (1957). After him are Branislav Sekulić (1906), Nikola Šainović (1948), Vlade Divac (1968), Ferenc Kemény (1860), Miroslav Đukić (1966), and Dušan Vlahović (2000).
1978 - Present
HPI: 47.01
Rank: 226
1947 - Present
HPI: 46.90
Rank: 227
1940 - 2016
HPI: 46.81
Rank: 228
1933 - 2014
HPI: 46.75
Rank: 229
1964 - Present
HPI: 46.68
Rank: 230
1957 - Present
HPI: 46.47
Rank: 231
1930 - 2023
HPI: 46.37
Rank: 232
1906 - 1968
HPI: 46.35
Rank: 233
1948 - Present
HPI: 46.34
Rank: 234
1968 - Present
HPI: 46.29
Rank: 235
1860 - 1944
HPI: 46.27
Rank: 236
1966 - Present
HPI: 46.17
Rank: 237
2000 - Present
HPI: 46.10
Rank: 238
Among chess players born in Serbia, Aleksandar Matanović ranks 6. Before him are Borislav Ivkov (1933), Svetozar Gligorić (1923), Boris Kostić (1887), Boško Abramović (1951), and Ljubomir Ljubojević (1950). After him are Andrija Fuderer (1931) and Peter Leko (1979).
1933 - 2022
HPI: 57.21
Rank: 1
1923 - 2012
HPI: 55.96
Rank: 2
1887 - 1963
HPI: 47.94
Rank: 3
1951 - 2021
HPI: 47.63
Rank: 4
1950 - Present
HPI: 47.15
Rank: 5
1930 - 2023
HPI: 46.37
Rank: 6
1931 - 2011
HPI: 40.83
Rank: 7
1979 - Present
HPI: 37.81
Rank: 8