1957 - Today
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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Among chess players, Nick de Firmian ranks 195 out of 374. Before 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.
1920 - 1996
HPI: 42.07
Rank: 189
1977 - Present
HPI: 42.05
Rank: 190
1944 - 2008
HPI: 42.02
Rank: 191
1987 - Present
HPI: 41.91
Rank: 192
1926 - 2017
HPI: 41.84
Rank: 193
1983 - Present
HPI: 41.67
Rank: 194
1957 - Present
HPI: 41.64
Rank: 195
1985 - Present
HPI: 41.56
Rank: 196
1992 - Present
HPI: 41.53
Rank: 197
1947 - Present
HPI: 41.49
Rank: 198
1965 - Present
HPI: 41.41
Rank: 199
1884 - 1932
HPI: 41.15
Rank: 200
1984 - Present
HPI: 41.10
Rank: 201
Among people born in 1957, Nick de Firmian ranks 415. Before 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.
1957 - Present
HPI: 41.82
Rank: 409
1957 - Present
HPI: 41.82
Rank: 410
1957 - Present
HPI: 41.80
Rank: 411
1957 - Present
HPI: 41.76
Rank: 412
1957 - Present
HPI: 41.75
Rank: 413
1957 - Present
HPI: 41.69
Rank: 414
1957 - Present
HPI: 41.64
Rank: 415
1957 - Present
HPI: 41.59
Rank: 416
1957 - Present
HPI: 41.59
Rank: 417
1957 - Present
HPI: 41.58
Rank: 418
1957 - Present
HPI: 41.57
Rank: 419
1957 - Present
HPI: 41.57
Rank: 420
1957 - Present
HPI: 41.52
Rank: 421
Among people born in United States, Nick de Firmian ranks 9,805 out of 18,182. Before 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).
1969 - Present
HPI: 41.65
Rank: 9,799
1960 - Present
HPI: 41.64
Rank: 9,800
1936 - 2019
HPI: 41.64
Rank: 9,801
1914 - 2002
HPI: 41.64
Rank: 9,802
1907 - 1951
HPI: 41.64
Rank: 9,803
1946 - Present
HPI: 41.64
Rank: 9,804
1957 - Present
HPI: 41.64
Rank: 9,805
1922 - 1996
HPI: 41.64
Rank: 9,806
1939 - Present
HPI: 41.63
Rank: 9,807
1938 - Present
HPI: 41.63
Rank: 9,808
1969 - 2006
HPI: 41.63
Rank: 9,809
1972 - Present
HPI: 41.63
Rank: 9,810
1926 - 2023
HPI: 41.63
Rank: 9,811
Among chess players born in United States, Nick de Firmian ranks 11. Before 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).
1872 - 1906
HPI: 50.24
Rank: 5
1937 - 2017
HPI: 48.25
Rank: 6
1860 - 1935
HPI: 46.30
Rank: 7
1905 - 1985
HPI: 44.36
Rank: 8
1914 - 2005
HPI: 42.94
Rank: 9
1928 - 2013
HPI: 42.25
Rank: 10
1957 - Present
HPI: 41.64
Rank: 11
1992 - Present
HPI: 41.53
Rank: 12
1907 - 1973
HPI: 37.69
Rank: 13
1932 - 2010
HPI: 36.59
Rank: 14
1964 - Present
HPI: 27.33
Rank: 15
2009 - Present
HPI: 20.07
Rank: 16
1991 - Present
HPI: 18.93
Rank: 17