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Gedeon Barcza

1911 - 1986

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Gedeon Barcza (August 21, 1911 – February 27, 1986) was a Hungarian chess grandmaster. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Gedeon Barcza has received more than 35,322 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Gedeon Barcza is the 121st most popular chess player (up from 182nd in 2019), the 519th most popular biography from Hungary (up from 604th in 2019) and the 7th most popular Hungarian Chess Player.

Memorability Metrics

  • 35k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 48.18

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 15

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 7.19

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.37

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among CHESS PLAYERS

Among chess players, Gedeon Barcza ranks 121 out of 461. Before him are Vasja Pirc, Daniel Harrwitz, Jackson Showalter, Alexander McDonnell, Tassilo von Heydebrand und der Lasa, and Edgard Colle. After him are Wolfgang Unzicker, Erich Eliskases, Boris Gelfand, Arturo Pomar, Oscar Panno, and Vladas Mikėnas.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1911, Gedeon Barcza ranks 253. Before him are José Augusto Brandão, Franz Wagner, Leonard Warren, Rudolf Raftl, Constantin Stanciu, and Marie Braun. After him are Albina Osipowich, József Háda, Milorad B. Protić, Jo Jones, Roy Eldridge, and Anatol Rapoport. Among people deceased in 1986, Gedeon Barcza ranks 198. Before him are Herbert Runge, Eino Leino, Constantin Stanciu, John Alcott, Gerhard Rohlfs, and John D. MacDonald. After him are Vilmos Kohut, Richard Manuel, Raymond Abellio, Dominique Mbonyumutwa, László Lékai, and Vicente Trueba.

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In Hungary

Among people born in Hungary, Gedeon Barcza ranks 519 out of 1,077. Before him are Ferenc Szojka (1931), István Balogh (1912), Victor Basch (1863), Imre Komora (1940), George Gerbner (1919), and Lajos Werkner (1883). After him are József Háda (1911), Vilmos Kohut (1906), József Csatári (1943), László Lékai (1910), Tibor Csernai (1938), and Olivér Halassy (1909).

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Among CHESS PLAYERS In Hungary

Among chess players born in Hungary, Gedeon Barcza ranks 7. Before him are Judit Polgár (1976), László Szabó (1917), Lajos Portisch (1937), Géza Maróczy (1870), Isidor Gunsberg (1854), and András Adorján (1950). After him are István Csom (1940), István Bilek (1932), Levente Lengyel (1933), Lajos Asztalos (1889), Zoltán Ribli (1951), and Endre Steiner (1901).

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