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Simen Agdestein

1967 - Today

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Simen Agdestein (born 15 May 1967) is a Norwegian chess grandmaster, chess coach, author, and former professional footballer as a striker for the Norway national football team. Agdestein won nine Norwegian Chess Championships between 1982 and 2023. He is also the former coach of Magnus Carlsen, and brother of Carlsen's manager, Espen Agdestein. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Simen Agdestein has received more than 156,743 page views. His biography is available in 35 different languages on Wikipedia. Simen Agdestein is the 162nd most popular chess player (down from 135th in 2019), the 352nd most popular biography from Norway (down from 300th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Norwegian Chess Player.

Memorability Metrics

  • 160k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 44.40

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 35

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.85

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.06

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among CHESS PLAYERS

Among chess players, Simen Agdestein ranks 162 out of 374Before him are George Koltanowski, Lev Alburt, Kira Zvorykina, Endre Steiner, Carl Mayet, and Rustam Kasimdzhanov. After him are Vassily Ivanchuk, Juan Corzo, Isaac Kashdan, Giambattista Lolli, Paul Felix Schmidt, and Rafael Vaganian.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1967, Simen Agdestein ranks 232Before him are Benoît Hamon, Jimmy Kimmel, Khalid Skah, Alexia, Chad Channing, and Brooke Smith. After him are Aslı Erdoğan, Tim "Ripper" Owens, Pieter Huistra, Marie NDiaye, Billy Corgan, and Geraldine Somerville.

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In Norway

Among people born in Norway, Simen Agdestein ranks 352 out of 927Before him are Babben Enger-Damon (1939), Terje Rypdal (1947), Olaf Hoffsbakken (1908), Øystein Ore (1899), Nils Petter Molvær (1960), and Michael Sars (1805). After him are Sten Stensen (1947), Aksel Hennie (1975), Jørgen Løvland (1848), Rolf Holmberg (1914), Simon Slåttvik (1917), and Reidar Liaklev (1917).

Among CHESS PLAYERS In Norway

Among chess players born in Norway, Simen Agdestein ranks 2Before him are Magnus Carlsen (1990). After him are Jon Ludvig Hammer (1990).