1
Emanuel Lasker
(German Chess Player, Mathematician, and Philosopher)
29
4
Birthdate: December 24, 1868
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Barlinek, Poland
Died: January 11, 1941
2
Siegbert Tarrasch
(German Chess player)
18
3
Birthdate: March 5, 1862
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Wrocław, Poland
Died: February 17, 1934
3
Natalia Zhukova
(Ukrainian Chess Grandmaster)
13
3
Birthdate: June 5, 1979
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Dresden, East Germany
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Adolf Anderssen
(German Chess Master)
23
3
Birthdate: July 6, 1818
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Wrocław, Poland
Died: March 13, 1879
5
Vincent Keymer
(German Chess Grandmaster)
10
2
Birthdate: November 15, 2004
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Mainz, Germany
6
Jan Gustafsson
(German Chess Player)
11
2
Birthdate: June 25, 1979
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Hamburg, Germany
7
Arkadij Naiditsch
(Azerbaijani Chess Player)
7
1
Birthdate: October 25, 1985
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Riga, Latvia
8
Edward Lasker
(American-German Chess Player)
9
2
Birthdate: December 3, 1885
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Kepno, Poland
Died: March 25, 1981
9
Artur Yusupov
(German Chess Player)
10
2
Birthdate: February 13, 1960
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Moscow, Russia
10
Elisabeth Pähtz
(German Chess Player)
9
2
Birthdate: January 8, 1985
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Erfurt, Germany
11
Emil Josef Diemer
(German Chess Master)
8
1
Birthdate: May 15, 1908
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Radolfzell, Germany
Died: October 10, 1990
12
Liviu-Dieter Nisipeanu
(Chess player)
5
1
Birthdate: August 1, 1976
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Braşov, Romania
13
Efim Bogoljubov
(German Chess Player)
8
3
Birthdate: April 14, 1889
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Stanislavchyk, Ukraine
Died: June 18, 1952
14
Robert Hübner
(German Chess Grandmaster)
8
1
Birthdate: November 6, 1948
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Cologne, Germany
15
Jacques Mieses
(British Chess Player and Writer)
8
1
Birthdate: February 27, 1865
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Leipzig, Germany
Died: February 23, 1954
16
Louis Paulsen
(German Chess Player)
9
2
Birthdate: January 15, 1833
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Blomberg, Germany
Died: August 18, 1891
17
Wolfgang Uhlmann
(German Chess Grandmaster)
10
2
Birthdate: March 29, 1935
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Dresden, Germany
Died: August 24, 2020
18
Curt von Bardeleben
(German Chess Master and Journalist)
8
1
Birthdate: March 4, 1861
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Berlin, Germany
Died: January 31, 1924
19
Vlastimil Hort
(German Chess Grandmaster)
7
1
Birthdate: January 12, 1944
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Kladno, Czechoslovakia
20
Eric Lobron
(German Chess Grandmaster)
5
1
Birthdate: May 7, 1960
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Germantown, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
21
Klaus Junge
(Chilean-German Chess Master)
5
1
Birthdate: January 1, 1924
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Concepción, Chile
Died: April 17, 1945
22
Niclas Huschenbeth
(German Chess Grandmaster)
2
0
Birthdate: February 29, 1992
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Hann. Münden, Germany
23
Luděk Pachman
(Czechoslovak-German Chess Player, Chess Writer, and Political Activist)
6
1
Birthdate: May 11, 1924
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Bělá pod Bezdězem, Czechia
Died: March 6, 2003
Luděk Pachman was a Czechoslovak-German chess player, political activist, and chess writer. Pachman, who was awarded the Grandmaster title in 1954, won seven Czechoslovak championship titles between 1946 and 1966. Luděk Pachman published 80 books in five languages and became the leading opening expert in the world during the 1950s with the publication of his book, Theory of Modern Chess.
24
Johann Baptist Allgaier
(German-Austrian Chess Master and Theoretician)
3
1
Birthdate: June 19, 1763
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Bad Schussenried, Germany
Died: January 3, 1823
25
Lev Gutman
(German Chess Grandmaster)
5
1
Birthdate: September 26, 1945
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Riga, Latvia
26
Sonja Graf
(German and American Chess Player)
4
1
Birthdate: December 16, 1908
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Munich, Germany
Died: March 6, 1965
27
Augustus the Younger, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel
(German Nobleman and Chess Player)
8
2
Birthdate: April 10, 1579
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Dannenberg, Germany
Died: September 17, 1666
28
Arik Braun
(German Chess Grandmaster)
2
0
Birthdate: February 8, 1988
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Aresing, West Germany
29
Erich Zepler
(German Chess Composer)
2
0
Birthdate: January 27, 1898
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Herford, Germany
Died: May 13, 1980
