1934 - 1995
Lev Abramovich Polugaevsky (Russian: Лев Абрамович Полугаевский, IPA: [pəlʊɡɐˈjefskʲɪj]; 20 November 1934 – 30 August 1995) was a Soviet chess player. He was awarded the title of International Grandmaster by FIDE in 1962 and was a frequent contender for the World Championship, although he never achieved that title. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Lev Polugaevsky has received more than 99,565 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2019). Lev Polugaevsky is the 79th most popular chess player (down from 68th in 2019), the 102nd most popular biography from Belarus (down from 86th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Belarusian Chess Player.
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Among chess players, Lev Polugaevsky ranks 79 out of 374. Before him are István Csom, Alexander Petrov, Gideon Ståhlberg, Louis Paulsen, Friðrik Ólafsson, and Grigory Levenfish. After him are Reuben Fine, Adolf Albin, Pal Benko, Levon Aronian, Rudolf Charousek, and Vlastimil Hort.
1940 - 2021
HPI: 51.47
Rank: 73
1799 - 1867
HPI: 51.28
Rank: 74
1908 - 1967
HPI: 51.23
Rank: 75
1833 - 1891
HPI: 51.10
Rank: 76
1935 - Present
HPI: 50.90
Rank: 77
1889 - 1961
HPI: 50.80
Rank: 78
1934 - 1995
HPI: 50.80
Rank: 79
1914 - 1993
HPI: 50.79
Rank: 80
1848 - 1920
HPI: 50.71
Rank: 81
1928 - 2019
HPI: 50.70
Rank: 82
1982 - Present
HPI: 50.48
Rank: 83
1873 - 1900
HPI: 50.43
Rank: 84
1944 - Present
HPI: 50.42
Rank: 85
Among people born in 1934, Lev Polugaevsky ranks 217. Before him are Sven Wollter, Gennadiy Aygi, Seraphim Rose, Mikel Laboa, Enrique Collar, and Jimmy Fontana. After him are Pat Boone, Phan Văn Khải, Roy Kerr, Anna Maria Ferrero, Mitsuteru Yokoyama, and Carmelo Simeone. Among people deceased in 1995, Lev Polugaevsky ranks 144. Before him are Michael V. Gazzo, Alberto Burri, Heinrich Sutermeister, Fred West, Masashi Watanabe, and Karel Píč. After him are Jack Clayton, Georges Candilis, Mordechai Gur, Oles Honchar, Ioannis Alevras, and Kukrit Pramoj.
1934 - 2020
HPI: 50.97
Rank: 211
1934 - 2006
HPI: 50.89
Rank: 212
1934 - 1982
HPI: 50.83
Rank: 213
1934 - 2008
HPI: 50.83
Rank: 214
1934 - Present
HPI: 50.82
Rank: 215
1934 - 2013
HPI: 50.81
Rank: 216
1934 - 1995
HPI: 50.80
Rank: 217
1934 - Present
HPI: 50.80
Rank: 218
1934 - 2018
HPI: 50.80
Rank: 219
1934 - Present
HPI: 50.77
Rank: 220
1934 - 2018
HPI: 50.73
Rank: 221
1934 - 2004
HPI: 50.71
Rank: 222
1934 - 2014
HPI: 50.63
Rank: 223
1923 - 1995
HPI: 51.02
Rank: 138
1915 - 1995
HPI: 51.01
Rank: 139
1910 - 1995
HPI: 50.98
Rank: 140
1941 - 1995
HPI: 50.86
Rank: 141
1936 - 1995
HPI: 50.85
Rank: 142
1920 - 1995
HPI: 50.81
Rank: 143
1934 - 1995
HPI: 50.80
Rank: 144
1921 - 1995
HPI: 50.69
Rank: 145
1913 - 1995
HPI: 50.60
Rank: 146
1930 - 1995
HPI: 50.60
Rank: 147
1918 - 1995
HPI: 50.51
Rank: 148
1912 - 1995
HPI: 50.46
Rank: 149
1911 - 1995
HPI: 50.39
Rank: 150
Among people born in Belarus, Lev Polugaevsky ranks 102 out of 330. Before him are Zivia Lubetkin (1914), Ivonka Survilla (1936), David Sarnoff (1891), Yisrael Meir Kagan (1838), Julian Ursyn Niemcewicz (1758), and Benedykt Dybowski (1833). After him are Bryachislav of Polotsk (997), Walery Antoni Wróblewski (1836), Leonid Mandelstam (1879), Issai Schur (1875), Menachem Mendel Schneersohn (1789), and Alaksandar Milinkievič (1947).
1914 - 1978
HPI: 51.28
Rank: 96
1936 - Present
HPI: 51.26
Rank: 97
1891 - 1971
HPI: 50.99
Rank: 98
1838 - 1933
HPI: 50.96
Rank: 99
1758 - 1841
HPI: 50.95
Rank: 100
1833 - 1930
HPI: 50.90
Rank: 101
1934 - 1995
HPI: 50.80
Rank: 102
997 - 1044
HPI: 50.79
Rank: 103
1836 - 1908
HPI: 50.73
Rank: 104
1879 - 1944
HPI: 50.72
Rank: 105
1875 - 1941
HPI: 50.68
Rank: 106
1789 - 1866
HPI: 50.38
Rank: 107
1947 - Present
HPI: 50.38
Rank: 108
Among chess players born in Belarus, Lev Polugaevsky ranks 2. Before him are Dawid Janowski (1868). After him are Boris Gelfand (1968), Viktor Kupreichik (1949), Ilya Smirin (1968), Evgeny Agrest (1966), Aleksej Aleksandrov (1973), Sergei Zhigalko (1989), Yury Shulman (1975), and Sergei Azarov (1983).
1868 - 1927
HPI: 53.89
Rank: 1
1934 - 1995
HPI: 50.80
Rank: 2
1968 - Present
HPI: 48.12
Rank: 3
1949 - 2017
HPI: 40.31
Rank: 4
1968 - Present
HPI: 35.59
Rank: 5
1966 - Present
HPI: 33.21
Rank: 6
1973 - Present
HPI: 28.30
Rank: 7
1989 - Present
HPI: 27.44
Rank: 8
1975 - Present
HPI: 24.09
Rank: 9
1983 - Present
HPI: 22.12
Rank: 10