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Raymond Keene

1948 - Today

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Raymond Dennis Keene (born 29 January 1948) is an English chess grandmaster, a FIDE International Arbiter, a chess organiser, and a journalist and author. He won the British Chess Championship in 1971 and was the first player from England to earn a Grandmaster norm, in 1974. In 1976, he became the second Englishman (following Tony Miles) to be awarded the Grandmaster title, and he was the second British chess player to beat an incumbent World Chess Champion (following Jonathan Penrose's defeat of Mikhail Tal in 1961). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Raymond Keene has received more than 116,495 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Raymond Keene is the 237th most popular chess player, the 5,687th most popular biography from United Kingdom and the 12th most popular British Chess Player.

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  • 120k

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  • 36.74

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 15

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.84

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.66

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among CHESS PLAYERS

Among chess players, Raymond Keene ranks 237 out of 374. Before him are Israel Albert Horowitz, Walter Browne, Joël Lautier, Alireza Firouzja, Zdenko Kožul, and Elina Danielian. After him are Lev Psakhis, Alisa Galliamova, Manuel Aaron, Larry Evans, Viktorija Čmilytė, and Sergei Shipov.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1948, Raymond Keene ranks 661. Before him are Wolf Blitzer, Lynne Thigpen, Amani Abeid Karume, Judith Miller, Errol Morris, and Guy Gardner. After him are Mariann Aalda, Takashi Kuwahara, Dan Issel, Teresa Graves, Colin Todd, and Cathy Ferguson.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Raymond Keene ranks 5,687 out of 7,765. Before him are Jason Cooper (1967), Amanda Donohoe (1962), Adam Johnson (1987), Paul Dummett (1991), Dave McKean (1963), and William Alwyn (1905). After him are Dennis Poore (1916), Natasha Bedingfield (1981), Alexandra Bastedo (1946), Elyes Gabel (1983), Clemence Dane (1888), and Charles Stross (1964).

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Among CHESS PLAYERS In United Kingdom

Among chess players born in United Kingdom, Raymond Keene ranks 12. Before him are Henry Bird (1830), Amos Burn (1848), Harry Golombek (1911), Nigel Short (1965), Fred Yates (1884), and John Nunn (1955). After him are Stuart Conquest (1967) and Tony Miles (1955).

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