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Oldřich Duras

1882 - 1957

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Oldřich Duras (also Důras; 30 October 1882, Pchery, Bohemia, then Austria-Hungary – 5 January 1957, Prague, then Czechoslovakia) was a leading Czech chess master of the early 20th century. FIDE awarded him the title of International Grandmaster in 1950, when the title was first introduced, in recognition of his achievements in the early twentieth century. While still a young man and playing at a near-peak level, Duras suddenly retired from active play after 1914.Among his noted tournament wins (all shared) are Bremen (1905), Prague (1908), Vienna (1908) and Breslau (1912). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Oldřich Duras has received more than 30,794 page views. His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 21 in 2019). Oldřich Duras is the 12,397th most popular politician (down from 11,854th in 2019), the 476th most popular biography from Czechia (down from 440th in 2019) and the 114th most popular Czech Politician.

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    Languages Editions (L)

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Over the past year Oldřich Duras has had the most page views in the with 3,584 views, followed by Russian (1,910), and Czech (1,665). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Galician (82.93%), Catalan (61.11%), and Estonian (54.62%)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Oldřich Duras ranks 12,397 out of 19,576. Before him are Angelica Singleton Van Buren, Terentius Maximus, Mariano Paredes, Taneti Mamau, Lucius Calpurnius Bestia, and Marie-Jean Hérault de Séchelles. After him are Yarim-Lim I, Rezin, Thomas Wyatt the Younger, A. K. Fazlul Huq, Eva Justin, and Julio Antonio Mella.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1882, Oldřich Duras ranks 160. Before him are Louis Pergaud, Simon Vratsian, Leonhard Frank, Joseph Marx, James Somerville, and Hendrik Willem van Loon. After him are George Bellows, Jenő Fuchs, Kyusaku Ogino, Rockwell Kent, Louis St. Laurent, and Emmanouil Tsouderos. Among people deceased in 1957, Oldřich Duras ranks 136. Before him are John Sealy Townsend, Othmar Schoeck, Grace Coolidge, James Whale, Óscar Domínguez, and William Cameron Menzies. After him are Josephine Hull, Harald Sverdrup, Kulyash Baiseitova, Marie Vassilieff, Ernest Oppenheimer, and Arie de Jong.

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In Czechia

Among people born in Czechia, Oldřich Duras ranks 476 out of 1,200. Before him are Arnold Pick (1851), František Junek (1907), Zdeněk Zikán (1937), Paulina Porizkova (1965), Julius Vincenz von Krombholz (1782), and Ivan Passer (1933). After him are Prince Karl of Auersperg (1814), Vojtěch Jasný (1925), Václav Brožík (1851), Gustav Machatý (1901), Miroslav Hroch (1932), and Vlastimil Kopecký (1912).

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Among POLITICIANS In Czechia

Among politicians born in Czechia, Oldřich Duras ranks 114. Before him are Věra Jourová (1964), Princess Adelaide of Schaumburg-Lippe (1875), Egon Klepsch (1930), Prince Adolf of Auersperg (1821), Ivan Hlinka (1950), and Count Richard Belcredi (1823). After him are Prince Karl of Auersperg (1814), Karel Urbánek (1941), Ernst Streeruwitz (1874), Miroslav Ondříček (1934), Princess Bathildis of Schaumburg-Lippe (1873), and Vladimír Špidla (1951).

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