CHESS PLAYER

Ernst Grünfeld

1893 - 1962

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Ernst Franz Grünfeld (November 21, 1893 – April 3, 1962) was an Austrian chess player and writer, mainly on opening theory. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ernst Grünfeld has received more than 117,130 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia. Ernst Grünfeld is the 97th most popular chess player (down from 91st in 2019), the 760th most popular biography from Austria (down from 657th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Austrian Chess Player.

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    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among CHESS PLAYERS

Among chess players, Ernst Grünfeld ranks 97 out of 461Before him are Ignatz Kolisch, Veselin Topalov, Jacques Mieses, Grigory Levenfish, Reuben Fine, and Alexander Beliavsky. After him are Georg Marco, Ossip Bernstein, Igor Bondarevsky, András Adorján, Conel Hugh O'Donel Alexander, and Alexander Khalifman.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1893, Ernst Grünfeld ranks 181Before him are Aleksandr Gauk, Oskari Friman, Willy Böckl, Ralph Linton, Charley Chase, and Ernest B. Schoedsack. After him are Amílcar Barbuy, J. G. Strijdom, Hilda Geiringer, Konstantin Muraviev, Enrique Peñaranda, and Gyula Breyer. Among people deceased in 1962, Ernst Grünfeld ranks 124Before him are Sylvia Beach, Vadym Meller, Hans Felber, Joe Profaci, Sao Shwe Thaik, and Princess Bathildis of Schaumburg-Lippe. After him are Louis Raymond, Felicjan Sławoj Składkowski, Franz Konwitschny, Vladimir Sokoloff, Olga Preobrajenska, and Ossip Bernstein.

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In Austria

Among people born in Austria, Ernst Grünfeld ranks 760 out of 1,424Before him are Alois Mock (1934), Franz Unger (1800), Wilhelm Hahnemann (1914), Josef Abel (1764), Otto Wahle (1879), and Lajos Bíró (1880). After him are Lilia Skala (1896), Aloys Sprenger (1813), Michael Denis (1729), Heinrich Lammasch (1853), Dénes Berinkey (1871), and Ignaz von Seyfried (1776).

Among CHESS PLAYERS In Austria

Among chess players born in Austria, Ernst Grünfeld ranks 3Before him are Carl Schlechter (1874), and Rudolf Spielmann (1883). After him are Erich Eliskases (1913), Johann Berger (1845), Eva Moser (1982), and Markus Ragger (1988).