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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 50,126 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Isaac Kashdan is the 165th most popular chess player (down from 163rd in 2019), the 7,990th most popular biography from United States (down from 7,896th in 2019) and the 8th most popular American Chess Player.

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    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 15

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.91

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.04

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among CHESS PLAYERS

Among chess players, Isaac Kashdan ranks 165 out of 374Before him are Endre Steiner, Carl Mayet, Rustam Kasimdzhanov, Simen Agdestein, Vassily Ivanchuk, and Juan Corzo. After him are Giambattista Lolli, Paul Felix Schmidt, Rafael Vaganian, Ruslan Ponomariov, Amos Burn, and Mir Sultan Khan.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1905, Isaac Kashdan ranks 292Before him are Robert Newton, Raymundo Rodríguez, Erskine Hamilton Childers, Ray Barbuti, Rodolfo Choperena, and Arthur Crudup. After him are Ernst Stueckelberg, Andy Devine, László Papp, Mir Sultan Khan, Herman Steiner, and Anna Chandy. Among people deceased in 1985, Isaac Kashdan ranks 202Before him are Edgar Reinhardt, Lucien Michard, Henry Cabot Lodge Jr., Andy Stanfield, Ramón Ernesto Cruz Uclés, and Fritz Keller. After him are Ina Claire, Toni Branca, Rudolf Gnägi, Richard Haydn, Luise Ullrich, and Jee Yong-ju.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Isaac Kashdan ranks 7,990 out of 18,182Before him are Jo Stafford (1917), Ray Evans (1915), Paul Fix (1901), Nancy Cartwright (1957), Wes Borland (1975), and Ted McGinley (1958). After him are Bill Richardson (1947), Jackie McLean (1931), Kid Rock (1971), Walter Alvarez (1940), Guru (1961), and Gerry Goffin (1939).

Among CHESS PLAYERS In United States

Among chess players born in United States, Isaac Kashdan ranks 8Before him are Paul Morphy (1837), Frank Marshall (1877), Reuben Fine (1914), Harry Nelson Pillsbury (1872), William Lombardy (1937), and Jackson Showalter (1860). After him are Arnold Denker (1914), Robert Byrne (1928), Nick de Firmian (1957), Fabiano Caruana (1992), Israel Albert Horowitz (1907), and Larry Evans (1932).