CHESS PLAYER

Luděk Pachman

1924 - 2003

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Luděk Pachman (German: Ludek Pachmann, May 11, 1924 – March 6, 2003) was a Czechoslovak-German chess grandmaster, chess writer, and political activist. In 1972, after being imprisoned and tortured almost to death by the Communist regime in Czechoslovakia, he was allowed to emigrate to West Germany. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Luděk Pachman has received more than 47,837 page views. Her biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia. Luděk Pachman is the 90th most popular chess player (down from 71st in 2019), the 469th most popular biography from Czechia (down from 359th in 2019) and the 4th most popular Czech Chess Player.

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Among CHESS PLAYERS

Among chess players, Luděk Pachman ranks 90 out of 461. Before her are Friedrich Sämisch, Robert Hübner, Jean Dufresne, Alexander Petrov, Levon Aronian, and Gideon Ståhlberg. After her are Ignatz Kolisch, Veselin Topalov, Jacques Mieses, Grigory Levenfish, Reuben Fine, and Alexander Beliavsky.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1924, Luděk Pachman ranks 242. Before her are Ján Chryzostom Korec, Ruth Teitelbaum, František Vláčil, Karen Harup, Dodo Abashidze, and György Lázár. After her are Azucena Villaflor, Jean-Michel Charlier, Erik Balling, Friederike Mayröcker, Gloria Vanderbilt, and Jimmy Gardner. Among people deceased in 2003, Luděk Pachman ranks 174. Before her are Wolfgang Larrazábal, Françoise Giroud, Saifuddin Azizi, Philip Stone, Daishiro Yoshimura, and Diana Mosley. After her are Hal Clement, Fidel Sánchez Hernández, Blaga Dimitrova, Gregory Hines, Berta Ambrož, and Meir Vilner.

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In Czechia

Among people born in Czechia, Luděk Pachman ranks 469 out of 1,200. Before her are Joseph von Führich (1800), Jan Tříska (1936), Karl Freund (1890), František Vláčil (1924), Count Richard Belcredi (1823), and Jana Novotná (1968). After her are Arnold Pick (1851), František Junek (1907), Zdeněk Zikán (1937), Paulina Porizkova (1965), Julius Vincenz von Krombholz (1782), and Ivan Passer (1933).

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Among CHESS PLAYERS In Czechia

Among chess players born in Czechia, Luděk Pachman ranks 4. Before her are Wilhelm Steinitz (1836), Vlastimil Hort (1944), and Rudolf Charousek (1873). After her are Ernst Falkbeer (1819), Miroslav Filip (1928), Lubomir Kavalek (1943), Jana Bellin (1947), and David Navara (1985).

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