1887 - 1963
Borislav Kostić (24 February 1887 – 3 November 1963) was a Yugoslav chess grandmaster and a popularizer of the game. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Boris Kostić has received more than 28,074 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia. Boris Kostić is the 115th most popular chess player (down from 110th in 2019), the 204th most popular biography from Serbia (down from 175th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Serbian Chess Player.
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Among chess players, Boris Kostić ranks 115 out of 374. Before him are Petar Trifunović, Igor Bondarevsky, William Lombardy, Tassilo von Heydebrand und der Lasa, Oscar Panno, and Boris Gelfand. After him are Alexander McDonnell, Wolfgang Uhlmann, Adolf Schwarz, Carlos Torre Repetto, Pierre Charles Fournier de Saint-Amant, and Wolfgang Unzicker.
1910 - 1980
HPI: 48.27
Rank: 109
1913 - 1979
HPI: 48.26
Rank: 110
1937 - 2017
HPI: 48.25
Rank: 111
1818 - 1899
HPI: 48.21
Rank: 112
1935 - Present
HPI: 48.17
Rank: 113
1968 - Present
HPI: 48.12
Rank: 114
1887 - 1963
HPI: 47.94
Rank: 115
1798 - 1835
HPI: 47.89
Rank: 116
1935 - 2020
HPI: 47.79
Rank: 117
1836 - 1910
HPI: 47.78
Rank: 118
1904 - 1978
HPI: 47.74
Rank: 119
1800 - 1872
HPI: 47.73
Rank: 120
1925 - 2006
HPI: 47.64
Rank: 121
Among people born in 1887, Boris Kostić ranks 180. Before him are Géza Csáth, Hranush Arshagyan, Joseph Orbeli, Georges Vézina, Yuri Shaporin, and Thoralf Skolem. After him are Igor Severyanin, Sigrid Fick, Louise Arner Boyd, Arcadio Larraona Saralegui, Gregorio Marañón, and Alf Landon. Among people deceased in 1963, Boris Kostić ranks 129. Before him are Benjamin Jones, Robert Kerr, Amelita Galli-Curci, Ernie Davis, Thoralf Skolem, and Ahmed Lutfi el-Sayed. After him are Learco Guerra, Erik Lundqvist, J. D. Tippit, Sonny Clark, István Somodi, and Nils Hellsten.
1887 - 1919
HPI: 48.27
Rank: 174
1887 - 1905
HPI: 48.26
Rank: 175
1887 - 1961
HPI: 48.18
Rank: 176
1887 - 1926
HPI: 48.07
Rank: 177
1887 - 1966
HPI: 48.07
Rank: 178
1887 - 1963
HPI: 48.01
Rank: 179
1887 - 1963
HPI: 47.94
Rank: 180
1887 - 1941
HPI: 47.86
Rank: 181
1887 - 1979
HPI: 47.78
Rank: 182
1887 - 1972
HPI: 47.64
Rank: 183
1887 - 1973
HPI: 47.57
Rank: 184
1887 - 1960
HPI: 47.56
Rank: 185
1887 - 1987
HPI: 47.51
Rank: 186
1882 - 1963
HPI: 48.31
Rank: 123
1882 - 1963
HPI: 48.28
Rank: 124
1882 - 1963
HPI: 48.27
Rank: 125
1939 - 1963
HPI: 48.08
Rank: 126
1887 - 1963
HPI: 48.01
Rank: 127
1872 - 1963
HPI: 47.99
Rank: 128
1887 - 1963
HPI: 47.94
Rank: 129
1902 - 1963
HPI: 47.79
Rank: 130
1908 - 1963
HPI: 47.74
Rank: 131
1924 - 1963
HPI: 47.70
Rank: 132
1931 - 1963
HPI: 47.66
Rank: 133
1885 - 1963
HPI: 47.33
Rank: 134
1885 - 1963
HPI: 47.27
Rank: 135
Among people born in Serbia, Boris Kostić ranks 204 out of 564. Before him are Géza Csáth (1887), Slobodan Santrač (1946), Ljubomir Davidović (1863), Ivan Toplak (1931), Käthe von Nagy (1904), and Marijan Beneš (1951). After him are Sanja Ilić (1951), Vera Nikolić (1948), Ljubiša Spajić (1926), Goran Paskaljević (1947), Milovan Glišić (1847), and Neda Arnerić (1953).
1887 - 1919
HPI: 48.27
Rank: 198
1946 - 2016
HPI: 48.23
Rank: 199
1863 - 1940
HPI: 48.20
Rank: 200
1931 - 2021
HPI: 48.11
Rank: 201
1904 - 1973
HPI: 48.00
Rank: 202
1951 - 2018
HPI: 47.97
Rank: 203
1887 - 1963
HPI: 47.94
Rank: 204
1951 - 2021
HPI: 47.93
Rank: 205
1948 - 2021
HPI: 47.90
Rank: 206
1926 - 2004
HPI: 47.86
Rank: 207
1947 - 2020
HPI: 47.83
Rank: 208
1847 - 1908
HPI: 47.81
Rank: 209
1953 - 2020
HPI: 47.73
Rank: 210
Among chess players born in Serbia, Boris Kostić ranks 3. Before him are Borislav Ivkov (1933) and Svetozar Gligorić (1923). After him are Boško Abramović (1951), Ljubomir Ljubojević (1950), Aleksandar Matanović (1930), 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