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Nick de Firmian

1957 - Today

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Nicholas Ernest de Firmian (born July 26, 1957) is an American chess player who received the FIDE title of Grandmaster (GM) in 1985. He is a three-time U.S. chess champion, winning in 1987 (with Joel Benjamin), 1995, and 1998. He also tied for first in 2002, but Larry Christiansen won the playoff. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Nick de Firmian has received more than 105,742 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Nick de Firmian is the 195th most popular chess player (down from 186th in 2019), the 9,805th most popular biography from United States (down from 9,394th in 2019) and the 11th most popular American Chess Player.

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  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 8.95

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.06

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among CHESS PLAYERS

Among chess players, Nick de Firmian ranks 195 out of 374Before him are Julio Bolbochán, Eros Riccio, Albin Planinc, Hikaru Nakamura, Larissa Volpert, and Alexander Grischuk. After him are Shakhriyar Mamedyarov, Fabiano Caruana, Boris Gulko, Nigel Short, Fred Yates, and Alexandra Kosteniuk.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1957, Nick de Firmian ranks 415Before him are Beppe Gabbiani, Lisa Murkowski, Yoshinori Ishigami, Anna Fotyga, Don Davis, and Karl Allgöwer. After him are Patricia Tallman, Hans-Peter Friedrich, Juan José Ibarretxe, Yury Usachov, Marino Lejarreta, and Jo Jorgensen.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Nick de Firmian ranks 9,805 out of 18,182Before him are Juli Ashton (1969), Scott Baio (1960), Shelley Morrison (1936), Ward Kimball (1914), Mildred Bailey (1907), and Richard Blumenthal (1946). After him are Les Baxter (1922), Ted Kaufman (1939), Jack Jones (1938), Soraya (1969), Alessandro Nivola (1972), and Bob Richards (1926).

Among CHESS PLAYERS In United States

Among chess players born in United States, Nick de Firmian ranks 11Before him are Harry Nelson Pillsbury (1872), William Lombardy (1937), Jackson Showalter (1860), Isaac Kashdan (1905), Arnold Denker (1914), and Robert Byrne (1928). After him are Fabiano Caruana (1992), Israel Albert Horowitz (1907), Larry Evans (1932), Joel Benjamin (1964), Abhimanyu Mishra (2009), and Sam Shankland (1991).