CHESS PLAYER

Salo Flohr

1908 - 1983

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Salomon Mikhailovich Flohr (November 21, 1908 – July 18, 1983) was a Czechoslovak and Soviet chess player and writer. He was among the first recipients of the title International Grandmaster from FIDE in 1950. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Salo Flohr has received more than 89,438 page views. His biography is available in 27 different languages on Wikipedia. Salo Flohr is the 57th most popular chess player (down from 49th in 2019), the 355th most popular biography from Ukraine (down from 291st in 2019) and the 4th most popular Ukrainian Chess Player.

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  • 54.64

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 27

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.71

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.36

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among CHESS PLAYERS

Among chess players, Salo Flohr ranks 57 out of 461. Before him are Jan Timman, Pedro Damiano, Lajos Portisch, Alexander Kotov, Lionel Kieseritzky, and Magnus Carlsen. After him are Aleksandar Matanović, Géza Maróczy, Viswanathan Anand, Dawid Janowski, Elisaveta Bykova, and Mark Taimanov.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1908, Salo Flohr ranks 134. Before him are Peg Entwistle, Robert Rossen, Bo Yibo, Petro Shelest, Son Ngoc Thanh, and Sam Giancana. After him are Richard Wright, Aurelio Peccei, Ivan Yefremov, Lee Krasner, Mario Evaristo, and Anna Sten. Among people deceased in 1983, Salo Flohr ranks 89. Before him are Rolf Stommelen, Jørgen Juve, Donald Maclean, Ángel Labruna, Lamberto Maggiorani, and Florence Owens Thompson. After him are Grigori Aleksandrov, Hennes Weisweiler, Jerzy Andrzejewski, John Vorster, Vladimir Bakarić, and Eric Hoffer.

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In Ukraine

Among people born in Ukraine, Salo Flohr ranks 355 out of 1,365. Before him are Victor Kravchenko (1905), Petro Shelest (1908), Sergei Bortkiewicz (1877), Bohdan Stupka (1941), Géza Kalocsay (1913), and Mykhailo Kotsiubynsky (1864). After him are Ahatanhel Krymsky (1871), Oleh Protasov (1964), Tekla Juniewicz (1906), Valentin Kataev (1897), Euphrosyne of Kiev (1130), and Igor Volk (1937).

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Among CHESS PLAYERS In Ukraine

Among chess players born in Ukraine, Salo Flohr ranks 4. Before him are David Bronstein (1924), Lyudmila Rudenko (1904), and Efim Bogoljubov (1889). After him are Mark Taimanov (1926), Isaac Boleslavsky (1919), Alexander Beliavsky (1953), Georg Marco (1863), Ossip Bernstein (1882), Leonid Stein (1934), Nicolas Rossolimo (1910), and Kira Zvorykina (1919).

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