1923 - 2005
Leonid Aleksandrovich Shamkovich (Russian: Леони́д Алекса́ндрович Шамко́вич; June 1, 1923 – April 22, 2005) was a chess Grandmaster and chess writer. He was born in a Jewish family in Rostov-on-Don in Russia. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Leonid Shamkovich has received more than 16,633 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Leonid Shamkovich is the 156th most popular chess player, the 1,628th most popular biography from Russia and the 23rd most popular Russian Chess Player.
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Among chess players, Leonid Shamkovich ranks 156 out of 376. Before him are Florin Gheorghiu, Arturo Pomar, Lajos Asztalos, Amos Burn, Herman Steiner, and Mir Sultan Khan. After him are András Adorján, Zoltán Ribli, Julio Bolbochán, Max Weiss, Paul Felix Schmidt, and Lev Alburt.
1944 - Present
HPI: 57.80
Rank: 150
1931 - 2016
HPI: 57.72
Rank: 151
1889 - 1956
HPI: 57.54
Rank: 152
1848 - 1925
HPI: 57.49
Rank: 153
1905 - 1955
HPI: 57.37
Rank: 154
1905 - 1966
HPI: 57.36
Rank: 155
1923 - 2005
HPI: 57.29
Rank: 156
1950 - Present
HPI: 57.28
Rank: 157
1951 - Present
HPI: 57.26
Rank: 158
1920 - 1996
HPI: 56.88
Rank: 159
1857 - 1927
HPI: 56.74
Rank: 160
1916 - 1984
HPI: 56.73
Rank: 161
1945 - Present
HPI: 56.59
Rank: 162
Among people born in 1923, Leonid Shamkovich ranks 315. Before him are Ralph Giordano, Jorge Daponte, Eric Sykes, Ivor Bueb, Ken Kavanagh, and Carlo Pavesi. After him are Albert Decourtray, Natália Correia, Piero D'Inzeo, Alice Coachman, Adolfo Schwelm Cruz, and Mae Young. Among people deceased in 2005, Leonid Shamkovich ranks 236. Before him are Bruno Manser, György Sándor, Ernest Lehman, Richard Doll, Robin Cook, and Nirmal Verma. After him are Jerzy Pawłowski, Parveen Babi, Fabrizio Meoni, John Fiedler, Josef Holeček, and Hubert Curien.
1923 - 2014
HPI: 57.60
Rank: 309
1923 - 1963
HPI: 57.55
Rank: 310
1923 - 2012
HPI: 57.52
Rank: 311
1923 - 1959
HPI: 57.50
Rank: 312
1923 - 2019
HPI: 57.41
Rank: 313
1923 - 1995
HPI: 57.31
Rank: 314
1923 - 2005
HPI: 57.29
Rank: 315
1923 - 1994
HPI: 57.26
Rank: 316
1923 - 1993
HPI: 57.25
Rank: 317
1923 - 2014
HPI: 57.22
Rank: 318
1923 - 2014
HPI: 57.20
Rank: 319
1923 - 2012
HPI: 57.19
Rank: 320
1923 - 2014
HPI: 57.19
Rank: 321
1954 - 2005
HPI: 57.61
Rank: 230
1912 - 2005
HPI: 57.60
Rank: 231
1915 - 2005
HPI: 57.44
Rank: 232
1912 - 2005
HPI: 57.43
Rank: 233
1946 - 2005
HPI: 57.32
Rank: 234
1929 - 2005
HPI: 57.32
Rank: 235
1923 - 2005
HPI: 57.29
Rank: 236
1932 - 2005
HPI: 57.28
Rank: 237
1949 - 2005
HPI: 57.03
Rank: 238
1957 - 2005
HPI: 57.00
Rank: 239
1925 - 2005
HPI: 56.81
Rank: 240
1921 - 2005
HPI: 56.74
Rank: 241
1924 - 2005
HPI: 56.70
Rank: 242
Among people born in Russia, Leonid Shamkovich ranks 1,628 out of 2,688. Before him are Alexey Miller (1962), Andrey Belousov (1959), Igor Akinfeev (1986), Nikolai Aseev (1889), Yevdokiya Mekshilo (1931), and Andrey Lavrov (1962). After him are Boris Kuznetsov (1928), Vytenis Andriukaitis (1951), Alexei Kasatonov (1959), Valeri Tokarev (1952), Ivan Lepyokhin (1740), and Denis Cheryshev (1990).
1962 - Present
HPI: 57.32
Rank: 1,622
1959 - Present
HPI: 57.32
Rank: 1,623
1986 - Present
HPI: 57.30
Rank: 1,624
1889 - 1963
HPI: 57.30
Rank: 1,625
1931 - 2013
HPI: 57.30
Rank: 1,626
1962 - Present
HPI: 57.29
Rank: 1,627
1923 - 2005
HPI: 57.29
Rank: 1,628
1928 - 1999
HPI: 57.29
Rank: 1,629
1951 - Present
HPI: 57.28
Rank: 1,630
1959 - Present
HPI: 57.28
Rank: 1,631
1952 - Present
HPI: 57.26
Rank: 1,632
1740 - 1802
HPI: 57.24
Rank: 1,633
1990 - Present
HPI: 57.24
Rank: 1,634
Among chess players born in Russia, Leonid Shamkovich ranks 23. Before him are Alexander Petrov (1799), Peter Romanovsky (1892), Igor Bondarevsky (1913), Alexander Khalifman (1966), Viacheslav Ragozin (1908), and Gennadi Sosonko (1943). After him are Lev Alburt (1945), Artur Yusupov (1960), Alexander Morozevich (1977), Alexander Grischuk (1983), Alexandra Kosteniuk (1984), and Irina Levitina (1954).
1799 - 1867
HPI: 61.02
Rank: 17
1892 - 1964
HPI: 60.18
Rank: 18
1913 - 1979
HPI: 60.01
Rank: 19
1966 - Present
HPI: 59.87
Rank: 20
1908 - 1962
HPI: 59.72
Rank: 21
1943 - Present
HPI: 58.14
Rank: 22
1923 - 2005
HPI: 57.29
Rank: 23
1945 - Present
HPI: 56.59
Rank: 24
1960 - Present
HPI: 55.90
Rank: 25
1977 - Present
HPI: 54.90
Rank: 26
1983 - Present
HPI: 52.81
Rank: 27
1984 - Present
HPI: 52.71
Rank: 28
1954 - Present
HPI: 52.44
Rank: 29