CHESS PLAYER

Isidor Gunsberg

1854 - 1930

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Isidor Arthur Gunsberg (also spelled Günzberg, Hungarian: Gunsberg Artúr Izidor; 1 November 1854 – 2 May 1930) was a Hungarian chess player, best known for narrowly losing the 1891 World Chess Championship match to Wilhelm Steinitz. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Isidor Gunsberg has received more than 37,219 page views. His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia. Isidor Gunsberg is the 77th most popular chess player (down from 68th in 2019), the 356th most popular biography from Hungary (down from 289th in 2019) and the 5th most popular Hungarian Chess Player.

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    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 23

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 7.75

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.02

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among CHESS PLAYERS

Among chess players, Isidor Gunsberg ranks 77 out of 461. Before him are Louis Paulsen, Edward Lasker, Pal Benko, Philipp Stamma, Lev Polugaevsky, and Adolf Albin. After him are Maia Chiburdanidze, Rudolf Charousek, Rashid Nezhmetdinov, Harry Nelson Pillsbury, Friðrik Ólafsson, and Nana Alexandria.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1854, Isidor Gunsberg ranks 66. Before him are John Kemp Starley, Prince Thomas, Duke of Genoa, Georges Vacher de Lapouge, Arnošt Muka, Jane Toppan, and Nikolai Alexandrovich Morozov. After him are Ludwig von Pastor, José Canalejas, Petros Protopapadakis, Hermann von Struve, Franz Rohr von Denta, and Alfred Milner, 1st Viscount Milner. Among people deceased in 1930, Isidor Gunsberg ranks 70. Before him are Maximilian Njegovan, Moritz Pasch, Evelyn Colyer, Emmy Destinn, Julio Romero de Torres, and Alexander Kutepov. After him are Constantine VI of Constantinople, Benedykt Dybowski, Carl Panzram, Olena Pchilka, Misuzu Kaneko, and Władysław Horodecki.

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In Hungary

Among people born in Hungary, Isidor Gunsberg ranks 356 out of 1,077. Before him are Vilma Bánky (1901), Gyula Károlyi (1871), Peter Lax (1926), Bertalan Farkas (1949), József Eötvös (1813), and Nándor Dáni (1871). After him are Ervin Zádor (1935), Vilmos Zsigmond (1930), Pál Kovács (1912), Vilmos Aba-Novák (1894), Éva Székely (1927), and Ferenc Kölcsey (1790).

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Among CHESS PLAYERS In Hungary

Among chess players born in Hungary, Isidor Gunsberg ranks 5. Before him are Judit Polgár (1976), László Szabó (1917), Lajos Portisch (1937), and Géza Maróczy (1870). After him are András Adorján (1950), Gedeon Barcza (1911), István Csom (1940), István Bilek (1932), Levente Lengyel (1933), Lajos Asztalos (1889), and Zoltán Ribli (1951).

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