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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 573,259 page views. His biography is available in 27 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 26 in 2019). Yasser Seirawan is the 208th most popular chess player (down from 187th in 2019), the 165th most popular biography from Syria (down from 142nd in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Syrian Chess Player.

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  • 40.58

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 27

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.01

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.84

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among CHESS PLAYERS

Among chess players, Yasser Seirawan ranks 208 out of 374Before him are Alexander Morozevich, Antoaneta Stefanova, Andrija Fuderer, Roberto Grau, Irina Levitina, and John Nunn. After him are Sergey Karjakin, Kiril Georgiev, Ashot Anastasian, Viktor Kupreichik, Nana Ioseliani, and Ľubomír Ftáčnik.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1960, Yasser Seirawan ranks 431Before him are Djamel Menad, Aimee Mann, Håkan Loob, Jozef Pribilinec, Komi Sélom Klassou, and Masoumeh Ebtekar. After him are Erin Moran, Shelly Yachimovich, Dmitry Kharatyan, Khadija Arib, Michelle Paver, and Connie Hedegaard.

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In Syria

Among people born in Syria, Yasser Seirawan ranks 165 out of 181Before him are Suheil al-Hassan (1970), Riyad Farid Hijab (1966), Youssef Absi (1946), Omar Ibrahim Ghalawanji (1954), Randa Kassis (1970), and Ghada Shouaa (1972). After him are Ignatius Aphrem II (1965), Mahmoud Dahoud (1996), Bassel Khartabil (1981), Razan Zaitouneh (1977), Sanharib Malki (1984), and Yusra Mardini (1998).

Among CHESS PLAYERS In Syria

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