1702 - 1792
François Antoine de Legall de Kermeur (1702–92) was a French chess player, and was possibly the world's best player from about 1730 to 1755. His name is variously written Kermur, Sire de Legalle, by Twiss, and Kermur and Kermuy, Sire de Legal, by others. In the List of Subscribers to Philidor's second edition it stands as in Twiss, but the spelling was, probably, in both cases Philidor's own.Along with other famous players, he played in Paris's Café de la Régence, and is considered to have been possibly the strongest player in the world around the 1730s. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Legall de Kermeur has received more than 43,198 page views. His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia. Legall de Kermeur is the 42nd most popular chess player (up from 48th in 2019), the 2,006th most popular biography from France (up from 2,202nd in 2019) and the 2nd most popular French Chess Player.
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Among chess players, Legall de Kermeur ranks 42 out of 374. Before him are Gioachino Greco, Efim Bogoljubov, Giovanni Leonardo Di Bona, László Szabó, Lyudmila Rudenko, and Andor Lilienthal. After him are Svetozar Gligorić, Frank Marshall, Louis-Charles Mahé de La Bourdonnais, Howard Staunton, Pedro Damiano, and Lajos Portisch.
1590 - 1630
HPI: 56.91
Rank: 36
1889 - 1952
HPI: 56.83
Rank: 37
1542 - 1597
HPI: 56.72
Rank: 38
1917 - 1998
HPI: 56.71
Rank: 39
1904 - 1986
HPI: 56.58
Rank: 40
1911 - 2010
HPI: 56.22
Rank: 41
1702 - 1792
HPI: 56.15
Rank: 42
1923 - 2012
HPI: 55.96
Rank: 43
1877 - 1944
HPI: 55.29
Rank: 44
1796 - 1840
HPI: 55.14
Rank: 45
1810 - 1874
HPI: 55.09
Rank: 46
1480 - 1544
HPI: 55.06
Rank: 47
1937 - Present
HPI: 54.94
Rank: 48
Among people born in 1702, Legall de Kermeur ranks 7. Before him are Anne Bonny, Emperor Nakamikado, Thomas Bayes, Jean-Étienne Liotard, Maria Clementina Sobieska, and Muhammad Shah. After him are Sava Petrović, William Fermor, Louis George, Margrave of Baden-Baden, Francesco Zuccarelli, Jack Sheppard, and Enrichetta d'Este. Among people deceased in 1792, Legall de Kermeur ranks 16. Before him are Nguyễn Huệ, Tiradentes, Robert Adam, Johann van Beethoven, Jakob Michael Reinhold Lenz, and Duke Ferdinand of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel. After him are Jacques Cazotte, Denis Fonvizin, Antonio Rosetti, John Stuart, 3rd Earl of Bute, Antoine Louis, and Maximilian Hell.
1702 - 1782
HPI: 68.37
Rank: 1
1702 - 1737
HPI: 64.95
Rank: 2
1702 - 1761
HPI: 62.84
Rank: 3
1702 - 1789
HPI: 59.59
Rank: 4
1702 - 1735
HPI: 56.82
Rank: 5
1702 - 1748
HPI: 56.44
Rank: 6
1702 - 1792
HPI: 56.15
Rank: 7
1702 - 1782
HPI: 52.37
Rank: 8
1702 - 1771
HPI: 50.50
Rank: 9
1702 - 1761
HPI: 50.38
Rank: 10
1702 - 1788
HPI: 49.63
Rank: 11
1702 - 1724
HPI: 47.07
Rank: 12
1702 - 1777
HPI: 45.43
Rank: 13
1752 - 1792
HPI: 57.73
Rank: 10
1746 - 1792
HPI: 57.59
Rank: 11
1728 - 1792
HPI: 57.52
Rank: 12
1740 - 1792
HPI: 57.42
Rank: 13
1751 - 1792
HPI: 57.19
Rank: 14
1721 - 1792
HPI: 56.47
Rank: 15
1702 - 1792
HPI: 56.15
Rank: 16
1719 - 1792
HPI: 55.91
Rank: 17
1745 - 1792
HPI: 55.59
Rank: 18
1746 - 1792
HPI: 55.10
Rank: 19
1713 - 1792
HPI: 54.66
Rank: 20
1723 - 1792
HPI: 54.11
Rank: 21
1720 - 1792
HPI: 53.96
Rank: 22
Among people born in France, Legall de Kermeur ranks 2,006 out of 6,011. Before him are Recceswinth (620), Gaspard Ulliel (1984), Patrick Tambay (1949), Martine Carol (1920), Narcisse Virgilio Díaz (1807), and Jean-Marc Ayrault (1950). After him are Joseph Monier (1823), Fernand Cormon (1845), Guillaume Postel (1510), Jacques-François Blondel (1705), Bernard Germain de Lacépède (1756), and Jean Maximilien Lamarque (1770).
620 - 672
HPI: 56.18
Rank: 2,000
1984 - 2022
HPI: 56.17
Rank: 2,001
1949 - 2022
HPI: 56.17
Rank: 2,002
1920 - 1967
HPI: 56.17
Rank: 2,003
1807 - 1876
HPI: 56.17
Rank: 2,004
1950 - Present
HPI: 56.15
Rank: 2,005
1702 - 1792
HPI: 56.15
Rank: 2,006
1823 - 1906
HPI: 56.15
Rank: 2,007
1845 - 1924
HPI: 56.14
Rank: 2,008
1510 - 1581
HPI: 56.14
Rank: 2,009
1705 - 1774
HPI: 56.14
Rank: 2,010
1756 - 1825
HPI: 56.14
Rank: 2,011
1770 - 1832
HPI: 56.13
Rank: 2,012
Among chess players born in France, Legall de Kermeur ranks 2. Before him are François-André Danican Philidor (1726). After him are Pal Benko (1928), Pierre Charles Fournier de Saint-Amant (1800), Chantal Chaudé de Silans (1919), Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (1990), Laurent Fressinet (1981), Étienne Bacrot (1983), and Marie Sebag (1986).
1726 - 1795
HPI: 65.19
Rank: 1
1702 - 1792
HPI: 56.15
Rank: 2
1928 - 2019
HPI: 50.70
Rank: 3
1800 - 1872
HPI: 47.73
Rank: 4
1919 - 2001
HPI: 43.91
Rank: 5
1990 - Present
HPI: 38.24
Rank: 6
1981 - Present
HPI: 31.24
Rank: 7
1983 - Present
HPI: 30.91
Rank: 8
1986 - Present
HPI: 28.01
Rank: 9