WRITER

Evgeny Sveshnikov

1950 - 2021

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Evgeny Ellinovich Sveshnikov (Russian: Евгений Эллинович Све́шников; Latvian: Jevgēņijs Svešņikovs; 11 February 1950 – 18 August 2021) was a Russian chess player and writer who is credited with development of the Sveshnikov Variation of the Sicilian Defence. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Evgeny Sveshnikov has received more than 88,456 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Evgeny Sveshnikov is the 5,559th most popular writer (down from 4,977th in 2019), the 2,104th most popular biography from Russia (down from 1,821st in 2019) and the 255th most popular Russian Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 88k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 45.82

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.52

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.81

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

Grand Prix Attack
2015
Sveshnikov vs the Anti-Sicilians
2015
The Complete C3 Sicilian
Sicilian defense (Chess), Openings, Siciliaans (schaakspel)
2010
French Defence Advance Variation
French defense (Chess), Chess, Collections of games
2008
Chess Opening Repertoire for Blitz and Rapid
2016

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Evgeny Sveshnikov ranks 5,559 out of 7,302. Before him are Kerstin Gier, Atis Kronvalds, Roger Ascham, Alice Roosevelt Longworth, Konstantin Vasilyevich Ivanov, and Johan Theorin. After him are Zośka Vieras, Yrjö Sakari Yrjö-Koskinen, Ğäliäsğar Kamal, Ravindra Prabhat, Paula Yates, and Tsitsi Dangarembga.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1950, Evgeny Sveshnikov ranks 458. Before him are Ken Alibek, Juice Leskinen, Ignatius Suharyo Hardjoatmodjo, Teddy Pendergrass, Aloma Wright, and Anders Linderoth. After him are Richard Norton, Robert Brandom, Debra Hill, Marc Millecamps, Takao Kawaguchi, and Erich Kühnhackl. Among people deceased in 2021, Evgeny Sveshnikov ranks 477. Before him are Viktor Putyatin, John Richardson, Martín Pando, Jiří Čadek, Mark Eaton, and Larry McMurtry. After him are Antoninho, Fredi, Raymond T. Odierno, Mary Wilson, Romano Fogli, and Giovanni Zucchi.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Evgeny Sveshnikov ranks 2,104 out of 3,761. Before him are Andrei Fayt (1903), Vera Zvonareva (1984), Mariya Smirnova (1920), Pavel Tonkov (1969), Yelena Shushunova (1969), and Boris Lisunov (1898). After him are Max Taut (1884), Ğäliäsğar Kamal (1879), Elena Dementieva (1981), Anna Chapman (1982), Sergey Nikolsky (1905), and Valery Muratov (1946).

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Among WRITERS In Russia

Among writers born in Russia, Evgeny Sveshnikov ranks 255. Before him are Yuri Nagibin (1920), Pentti Saarikoski (1937), Nikolai Aseev (1889), Algis Budrys (1931), Lev Kassil (1905), and Vladislav Krapivin (1938). After him are Ğäliäsğar Kamal (1879), Vladimir Bogomolov (1924), Alexander Amfiteatrov (1862), Olavi Paavolainen (1903), Semyon Nadson (1862), and Yuri Samarin (1819).

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