Jacob Aagaard Madsen, born July 31, 1973, is a Grandmaster (2005) originally from Denmark, but now living in Glasgow, Scotland. He is usually referred to simply as Jacob Aagaard.
He finished 2nd in the 111th Scottish Championship in 2004. He... Read more »
Erkki Aaltio, born Dec 30, 1935, is a chess player from Hanko, Finland.
He participated in the World Under 26 Championship in 1957.
In 1957, 1959, and 1961, he represented Finland in the World Student Team Chess Championships (winning 2, drawin... Read more »
Manuel Aaron was India’s first modern master and first International Master. He was born in Toungoo, Burma (now Myanmar) on December 30, 1935 and became an International Master in 1961 (the next Indian International Master was V. Ravi in 1978... Read more »
Sverre Aarseth, born Aug 20, 1934, is a chess master from Norway. He participated in the 6th World Correspondence Chess Championship in 1971 and finished 14th out of 15 players. He lost one game in 14 moves. He is an ... Read more »
Manuel Abarca Aguille, born March 7, 1965, was awarded the FIDE master title in 1986. He represented Chile in the second and third Panamerican Chess Team Championships, held in 1985 and 1987. He represented Chile in the... Read more »
Farid Abbasov was born in Azerbaijan on January 30, 1979. In 1997, he took 2nd place in the European Youth Chess Championships. He became a grandmaster in 2007.
Tournament results include: 1st at Alushta 2004; 1st at Kireevsk in 2004; 2nd a... Read more »
A King's Gambit Accepted variation (1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Nf3 d5) (ECO classification - C36). The name comes from a tournament, Abbazia 1912, in which all the games had to be a King's Gambit Accepted. The event was won by Rudolf Spielmann, Ab... Read more »
Anupama Abhyankar-Gokhale, born on May 17, 1969, is a chess master from India. She was awarded the Women’s International Master title in 1985. She married chess master Raghunandan Gokhale, chairman of the Mumbai Chess Association... Read more »
Istvan Abonyi (1886-1942) was a Hungarian master. He was born and died in Budapest.
In 1912, he played the Abonyi Gambit (1.Nf3 d5 2.e4) for the first time.
In 1916, he played the Budapest Gambit (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e5) against Johannes Esser in... Read more »
Gerald Abrahams (1907-1980) was British lawyer (barrister), chess master and chess author.
His eight chess books include Teach Yourself Chess (1948), The Chess Mind (1952), Handbook of Chess (1960), Technique in Chess (1961), Test Your Chess... Read more »