1837 - 1889
Baron Ignatz von Kolisch (6 April 1837 – 30 April 1889), also Baron Ignaz von Kolisch (German) or báró Kolisch Ignác (Hungarian), was a merchant, journalist and chess master with Jewish roots. Kolisch was born into a Jewish family in Pressburg (known today as Bratislava). Both in business and as a chess player he was eminently successful. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ignatz Kolisch has received more than 26,852 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia. Ignatz Kolisch is the 93rd most popular chess player, the 118th most popular biography from Slovakia (down from 113th in 2019) and the most popular Slovak Chess Player.
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Among chess players, Ignatz Kolisch ranks 93 out of 374. Before him are Nana Alexandria, Harry Nelson Pillsbury, Friedrich Sämisch, Veselin Topalov, Ernst Grünfeld, and Robert Hübner. After him are Jacques Mieses, Ossip Bernstein, Philipp Stamma, Edward Lasker, Leonid Stein, and Jean Dufresne.
1949 - Present
HPI: 50.32
Rank: 87
1872 - 1906
HPI: 50.24
Rank: 88
1896 - 1975
HPI: 50.19
Rank: 89
1975 - Present
HPI: 50.15
Rank: 90
1893 - 1962
HPI: 50.12
Rank: 91
1948 - Present
HPI: 49.93
Rank: 92
1837 - 1889
HPI: 49.86
Rank: 93
1865 - 1954
HPI: 49.67
Rank: 94
1882 - 1962
HPI: 49.48
Rank: 95
1705 - 1755
HPI: 49.42
Rank: 96
1885 - 1981
HPI: 49.42
Rank: 97
1934 - 1973
HPI: 49.10
Rank: 98
1829 - 1893
HPI: 49.05
Rank: 99
Among people born in 1837, Ignatz Kolisch ranks 70. Before him are Barghash bin Said of Zanzibar, Ernst Ziller, Tigran Chukhajian, Walter Hauser, Altaf Hussain Hali, and Tony Robert-Fleury. After him are Charles Yerkes, Jorge Isaacs, Mary Harris Jones, Elizabeth Jane Gardner, Alphonse Legros, and Wilhelm Lexis. Among people deceased in 1889, Ignatz Kolisch ranks 55. Before him are Ivan Larionov, Albrecht Ritschl, Şihabetdin Märcani, Josip Filipović, Louis Faidherbe, and Benedetto Cairoli. After him are Ernst Rudolf von Trautvetter, Sergey Botkin, Belle Starr, Pyotr Andreyevich Shuvalov, Samuel Brannan, and Ludwig Anzengruber.
1837 - 1888
HPI: 50.83
Rank: 64
1837 - 1923
HPI: 50.66
Rank: 65
1837 - 1898
HPI: 50.40
Rank: 66
1837 - 1902
HPI: 50.27
Rank: 67
1837 - 1914
HPI: 50.24
Rank: 68
1837 - 1912
HPI: 49.98
Rank: 69
1837 - 1889
HPI: 49.86
Rank: 70
1837 - 1905
HPI: 49.59
Rank: 71
1837 - 1895
HPI: 49.53
Rank: 72
1837 - 1930
HPI: 49.36
Rank: 73
1837 - 1922
HPI: 49.24
Rank: 74
1837 - 1911
HPI: 48.94
Rank: 75
1837 - 1914
HPI: 48.71
Rank: 76
1830 - 1889
HPI: 51.40
Rank: 49
1822 - 1889
HPI: 51.17
Rank: 50
1818 - 1889
HPI: 50.90
Rank: 51
1818 - 1889
HPI: 50.41
Rank: 52
1818 - 1889
HPI: 50.32
Rank: 53
1825 - 1889
HPI: 50.21
Rank: 54
1837 - 1889
HPI: 49.86
Rank: 55
1809 - 1889
HPI: 49.48
Rank: 56
1832 - 1889
HPI: 49.23
Rank: 57
1848 - 1889
HPI: 49.22
Rank: 58
1827 - 1889
HPI: 48.91
Rank: 59
1819 - 1889
HPI: 48.72
Rank: 60
1839 - 1889
HPI: 48.68
Rank: 61
Among people born in Slovakia, Ignatz Kolisch ranks 118 out of 357. Before him are Ján Chryzostom Korec (1924), Lya De Putti (1897), Roland Jacobi (1893), Štefan Čambal (1908), Magdaléna Vášáryová (1948), and Emília Vášáryová (1942). After him are Jozef Miloslav Hurban (1817), János Csernoch (1852), Jozef Vengloš (1936), Ernest Nagel (1901), Ján Pivarník (1947), and Miroslav Lajčák (1963).
1924 - 2015
HPI: 50.27
Rank: 112
1897 - 1931
HPI: 50.17
Rank: 113
1893 - 1951
HPI: 50.14
Rank: 114
1908 - 1990
HPI: 50.09
Rank: 115
1948 - Present
HPI: 49.97
Rank: 116
1942 - Present
HPI: 49.91
Rank: 117
1837 - 1889
HPI: 49.86
Rank: 118
1817 - 1888
HPI: 49.85
Rank: 119
1852 - 1927
HPI: 49.84
Rank: 120
1936 - 2021
HPI: 49.76
Rank: 121
1901 - 1985
HPI: 49.64
Rank: 122
1947 - Present
HPI: 49.49
Rank: 123
1963 - Present
HPI: 49.35
Rank: 124
Among chess players born in Slovakia, Ignatz Kolisch ranks 1. After him are Adolf Schwarz (1836), Herman Steiner (1905), Max Weiss (1857), and Ľubomír Ftáčnik (1957).
1837 - 1889
HPI: 49.86
Rank: 1
1836 - 1910
HPI: 47.78
Rank: 2
1905 - 1955
HPI: 44.12
Rank: 3
1857 - 1927
HPI: 43.76
Rank: 4
1957 - Present
HPI: 39.90
Rank: 5