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Yasser Seirawan

1960 - Today

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Yasser Seirawan (Arabic: ياسر سيروان; born March 24, 1960) is a Syrian-born American chess grandmaster and four-time United States champion. He won the World Junior Chess Championship in 1979. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Yasser Seirawan has received more than 592,741 page views. His biography is available in 27 different languages on Wikipedia. Yasser Seirawan is the 210th most popular chess player (down from 208th in 2019), the 184th most popular biography from Syria (down from 165th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Syrian Chess Player.

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  • 42.74

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 27

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.56

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.69

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among CHESS PLAYERS

Among chess players, Yasser Seirawan ranks 210 out of 461. Before him are Julio Bolbochán, Irina Levitina, Alexandra Kosteniuk, Ian Nepomniachtchi, Ashot Anastasian, and Larissa Volpert. After him are Boris Gulko, John Nunn, Ľubomír Ftáčnik, Aaron Alexandre, Nigel Short, and Tony Miles.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1960, Yasser Seirawan ranks 456. Before him are Juan Simón, Komi Sélom Klassou, Chingiz Mustafayev, Bruce Baumgartner, Thomas Lubanga Dyilo, and Kathy Griffin. After him are Elena Kagan, Tomas Jonsson, Paul Harrington, Paulina García, Alison Bechdel, and Jozef Pribilinec.

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In Syria

Among people born in Syria, Yasser Seirawan ranks 184 out of 210. Before him are Omar Souleyman (1966), Abdulbaset Sieda (1956), Suheil al-Hassan (1970), Randa Kassis (1970), Wael Nader al-Halqi (1964), and Omar Ibrahim Ghalawanji (1954). After him are Yusra Mardini (1998), Riyad Farid Hijab (1966), Razan Zaitouneh (1977), Samar Yazbek (1970), Ghada Shouaa (1972), and Mahmoud Dahoud (1996).

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Among CHESS PLAYERS In Syria

Among chess players born in Syria, Yasser Seirawan ranks 2. Before him are Philipp Stamma (1705).

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