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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 44,623 page views. Her biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). Luděk Pachman is the 71st most popular chess player (down from 69th in 2019), the 359th most popular biography from Czechia (down from 320th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Czech Chess Player.

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    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 18

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 7.18

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.57

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among CHESS PLAYERS

Among chess players, Luděk Pachman ranks 71 out of 374. Before her are Szymon Winawer, Alexander Kotov, Semyon Alapin, Isidor Gunsberg, Maia Chiburdanidze, and Isaac Boleslavsky. After her are Alessandro Salvio, István Csom, Alexander Petrov, Gideon Ståhlberg, Louis Paulsen, and Friðrik Ólafsson.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1924, Luděk Pachman ranks 193. Before her are Arthur Janov, Yuri Orlov, Rudolf Barshai, José Donoso, Marjorie Boulton, and Philip Stone. After her are Josef Škvorecký, Marc Ferro, Janet Frame, Jean-François Revel, Maurice Karnaugh, and Riccardo Cucciolla. Among people deceased in 2003, Luděk Pachman ranks 136. Before her are Constantin Dăscălescu, Noel Redding, Hans Hotter, Philip Stone, Sadegh Khalkhali, and Milton George Henschel. After her are Kir Bulychev, Augusto Monterroso, Paul Janssen, Nello Pagani, Winston Graham, and Sam Phillips.

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In Czechia

Among people born in Czechia, Luděk Pachman ranks 359 out of 973. Before her are Zdeněk Burian (1905), Václav Talich (1883), Ladislav Adamec (1926), Simon Sechter (1788), Rudolf Beran (1887), and Moritz von Auffenberg (1852). After her are Bohuslav Balbín (1621), Josef Beran (1888), Josef Škvorecký (1924), Saul Friedländer (1932), Theodor von Oppolzer (1841), and Jan Václav Voříšek (1791).

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Among CHESS PLAYERS In Czechia

Among chess players born in Czechia, Luděk Pachman ranks 2. Before her are Wilhelm Steinitz (1836). After her are Rudolf Charousek (1873), Vlastimil Hort (1944), Ernst Falkbeer (1819), Miroslav Filip (1928), Lubomir Kavalek (1943), and David Navara (1985).

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