1705 - 1755
Philipp Stamma (c. 1705 – c. 1755), a Syriac native of Aleppo, Ottoman Syria, later resident of England and France, was a chess master and a pioneer of modern chess. His reputation rests largely on his authorship of the early chess book Essai sur le jeu des echecs published 1737 in France (English translation: The Noble Game Of Chess 1745). Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Philipp Stamma has received more than 54,898 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia. Philipp Stamma is the 96th most popular chess player (down from 65th in 2019), the 128th most popular biography from Syria (down from 94th in 2019) and the most popular Syrian Chess Player.
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Among chess players, Philipp Stamma ranks 96 out of 374. Before him are Veselin Topalov, Ernst Grünfeld, Robert Hübner, Ignatz Kolisch, Jacques Mieses, and Ossip Bernstein. After him are Edward Lasker, Leonid Stein, Jean Dufresne, Michael Adams, Ernst Falkbeer, and Peter Romanovsky.
1975 - Present
HPI: 50.15
Rank: 90
1893 - 1962
HPI: 50.12
Rank: 91
1948 - Present
HPI: 49.93
Rank: 92
1837 - 1889
HPI: 49.86
Rank: 93
1865 - 1954
HPI: 49.67
Rank: 94
1882 - 1962
HPI: 49.48
Rank: 95
1705 - 1755
HPI: 49.42
Rank: 96
1885 - 1981
HPI: 49.42
Rank: 97
1934 - 1973
HPI: 49.10
Rank: 98
1829 - 1893
HPI: 49.05
Rank: 99
1971 - Present
HPI: 49.02
Rank: 100
1819 - 1885
HPI: 48.97
Rank: 101
1892 - 1964
HPI: 48.96
Rank: 102
Among people born in 1705, Philipp Stamma ranks 12. Before him are Jean-Baptiste Charles Bouvet de Lozier, David Hartley, Jacques-François Blondel, Peter Artedi, Maximilian Ulysses Browne, and Gerhard Friedrich Müller. After him are Davit Guramishvili, Sophie Caroline of Brandenburg-Kulmbach, Dick Turpin, and Edward Hawke, 1st Baron Hawke. Among people deceased in 1755, Philipp Stamma ranks 10. Before him are Francesco Durante, Joseph Bodin de Boismortier, Princess Albertina Frederica of Baden-Durlach, Johann Georg Gmelin, Jean-Baptiste Oudry, and Johann Georg Pisendel. After him are Stepan Krasheninnikov, Edward Braddock, Augustus Louis, Prince of Anhalt-Köthen, and Maurice Greene.
1705 - 1786
HPI: 56.58
Rank: 6
1705 - 1757
HPI: 56.47
Rank: 7
1705 - 1774
HPI: 56.14
Rank: 8
1705 - 1735
HPI: 51.36
Rank: 9
1705 - 1757
HPI: 50.35
Rank: 10
1705 - 1783
HPI: 49.70
Rank: 11
1705 - 1755
HPI: 49.42
Rank: 12
1705 - 1792
HPI: 48.15
Rank: 13
1705 - 1764
HPI: 47.66
Rank: 14
1705 - 1739
HPI: 47.34
Rank: 15
1705 - 1781
HPI: 42.94
Rank: 16
1684 - 1755
HPI: 59.17
Rank: 4
1689 - 1755
HPI: 58.16
Rank: 5
1682 - 1755
HPI: 56.08
Rank: 6
1709 - 1755
HPI: 55.76
Rank: 7
1686 - 1755
HPI: 55.55
Rank: 8
1687 - 1755
HPI: 55.54
Rank: 9
1705 - 1755
HPI: 49.42
Rank: 10
1711 - 1755
HPI: 48.90
Rank: 11
1695 - 1755
HPI: 48.77
Rank: 12
1697 - 1755
HPI: 48.66
Rank: 13
1696 - 1755
HPI: 45.10
Rank: 14
Among people born in Syria, Philipp Stamma ranks 128 out of 181. Before him are Hilarion Capucci (1922), Nazim al-Qudsi (1906), Seleucus VII Philometor (-100), Assef Shawkat (1950), Ghada al-Samman (1942), and Maher al-Assad (1967). After him are Ignatius IV of Antioch (1920), Muhammad Naji al-Otari (1944), Khalid Bakdash (1912), Riad al-Asaad (1961), Émile Eddé (1883), and Lu'ay al-Atassi (1926).
1922 - 2017
HPI: 50.54
Rank: 122
1906 - 1998
HPI: 50.40
Rank: 123
100 BC - 100 BC
HPI: 50.38
Rank: 124
1950 - 2012
HPI: 50.13
Rank: 125
1942 - Present
HPI: 49.90
Rank: 126
1967 - Present
HPI: 49.81
Rank: 127
1705 - 1755
HPI: 49.42
Rank: 128
1920 - 2012
HPI: 49.10
Rank: 129
1944 - Present
HPI: 49.05
Rank: 130
1912 - 1995
HPI: 48.93
Rank: 131
1961 - Present
HPI: 48.85
Rank: 132
1883 - 1949
HPI: 48.72
Rank: 133
1926 - 2003
HPI: 48.66
Rank: 134
Among chess players born in Syria, Philipp Stamma ranks 1. After him are Yasser Seirawan (1960).