CHESS PLAYER

Isaac Kashdan

1905 - 1985

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Isaac Kashdan (November 19, 1905, in New York City – February 20, 1985, in Los Angeles) was an American chess grandmaster and chess writer. He was twice U.S. Open champion (1938, 1947). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Isaac Kashdan has received more than 53,763 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Isaac Kashdan is the 198th most popular chess player (down from 165th in 2019), the 10,012th most popular biography from United States (down from 7,975th in 2019) and the 10th most popular American Chess Player.

Memorability Metrics

  • 54k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 43.62

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.50

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.33

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among CHESS PLAYERS

Among chess players, Isaac Kashdan ranks 198 out of 461. Before him are Paul Felix Schmidt, Vitaly Tseshkovsky, Vladimirs Petrovs, Jonathan Penrose, Leonid Shamkovich, and Nick de Firmian. After him are Gyula Sax, Nana Ioseliani, Robert Byrne, John Owen, Predrag Nikolić, and Julio Bolbochán.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1905, Isaac Kashdan ranks 362. Before him are Oleg Zhakov, György Kulin, Edvin Laine, Hanns Kilian, Helen Sawyer Hogg, and Kenneth Rexroth. After him are Tommy Flowers, Robert Bacher, Friederich Franzl, Leroy Carr, Enrico Rivolta, and Pierre Jaccoud. Among people deceased in 1985, Isaac Kashdan ranks 256. Before him are Alvah Bessie, Fernando Pereira, Pál Teleki, Alister Hardy, Maurice Podoloff, and Fredy Perlman. After him are Phil Silvers, Erich Koschik, Gladys Egan, Dragomir Tošić, Gabriel Elorde, and Leatrice Joy.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Isaac Kashdan ranks 10,012 out of 20,380. Before him are Michael Pitt (1981), Kevin Dobson (1943), Stephen R. Donaldson (1947), Peyton List (1986), Wendie Jo Sperber (1958), and Jon Huertas (1969). After him are Les Aspin (1938), Dee Bradley Baker (1962), Vincenzo Natali (1969), Miguel Cotto (1980), Phil Silvers (1911), and David Faustino (1974).

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Among CHESS PLAYERS In United States

Among chess players born in United States, Isaac Kashdan ranks 10. Before him are Harry Nelson Pillsbury (1872), Reuben Fine (1914), William Lombardy (1937), Jackson Showalter (1860), Arnold Denker (1914), and Nick de Firmian (1957). After him are Robert Byrne (1928), Fabiano Caruana (1992), Israel Albert Horowitz (1907), Larry Evans (1932), Hans Niemann (2003), and Levy Rozman (1995).

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