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István Csom

1940 - 2021

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István Csom (2 June 1940 – 28 July 2021) was a Hungarian chess player who held the FIDE titles of Grandmaster and International Arbiter. FIDE awarded him the International Master title in 1967 and the Grandmaster title in 1973. He was Hungarian Champion in 1972 and 1973 (jointly). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of István Csom has received more than 17,314 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). István Csom is the 73rd most popular chess player (up from 143rd in 2019), the 316th most popular biography from Hungary (up from 459th in 2019) and the 6th most popular Hungarian Chess Player.

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Among CHESS PLAYERS

Among chess players, István Csom ranks 73 out of 374Before him are Semyon Alapin, Isidor Gunsberg, Maia Chiburdanidze, Isaac Boleslavsky, Luděk Pachman, and Alessandro Salvio. After him are Alexander Petrov, Gideon Ståhlberg, Louis Paulsen, Friðrik Ólafsson, Grigory Levenfish, and Lev Polugaevsky.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1940, István Csom ranks 221Before him are Natalia Makarova, David Koch, Lorenzo Baldisseri, Tony Allen, Silvio Marzolini, and Nerses Bedros XIX Tarmouni. After him are Richard Williamson, John Lewis, Charles T. Kowal, Jan Eliasson, Ali Saibou, and Manuel Esquivel. Among people deceased in 2021, István Csom ranks 299Before him are B. J. Thomas, Marie-Claire Blais, George Shultz, Robert Bly, Michael Nesmith, and Gunilla Bergström. After him are Udo Zimmermann, Otar Patsatsia, Romano Fogli, Jiří Čadek, Kamal Ganzouri, and Gerry Ashmore.

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In Hungary

Among people born in Hungary, István Csom ranks 316 out of 866Before him are Vilmos Zsigmond (1930), Mihály Babits (1883), Pál Csernai (1932), Antal Szerb (1901), Julio Baghy (1891), and Ferenc Farkas (1905). After him are Franz Xaver von Zach (1754), Béla Imrédy (1891), Vilma Bánky (1901), Tivadar Puskás (1844), Miklós Fehér (1979), and Péter Erdő (1952).

Among CHESS PLAYERS In Hungary

Among chess players born in Hungary, István Csom ranks 6Before him are Judit Polgár (1976), László Szabó (1917), Lajos Portisch (1937), Géza Maróczy (1870), and Isidor Gunsberg (1854). After him are Zoltán Ribli (1951), István Bilek (1932), András Adorján (1950), Levente Lengyel (1933), Lajos Asztalos (1889), and Győző Forintos (1935).