Mirotvor Schwartz

CHESS PLAYERS NAMED “P” ON STAMPS

This is a part of my “ Players on Stamps” collection. It includes stamps and other philatelic materials depicting chess players whose last names start with “P”.

Ludek Pachman

(European Team Championship 1961)

Interzonal Tournament: 1948 (17), 1952 (11-13), 1955 (10-11), 1958 (7-11), 1964 (13), 1976 (18-20) Olympiad: Czechoslovakia 1952 (4), 1954 (4), 1956 (7), 1958 (5), 1960 (5), 1962 (10), 1964 (5), 1966 (6), West Germany 1976 (5) European Team Championship: Czechoslovakia 1957 (3), 1961 (4), West Germany (6, BB) International Tournament: Bled 1961 (17), Solingen 1968 (3-6) Zonal Tournament: 1975 (3) World Senior Championship: 1991 (7)

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Louis Paulsen

(American Chess Congress 1857)

American Chess Congress: 1857 (2) International Tournament: London 1862 (2), Vienna 1873 (5-6) German Chess Congress: 1887 (8-9)

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Peng Zhaoqin

Olympiad: China 1988 (4, BB), 1990 (3), 1992 (3), 1994 (3), Netherlands 1998 (4), 2000 (6), 2002 (20), 2004 (12), 2006 (7), 2008 (18), 2010 (28), 2012 (20), 2014 (15), 2016 (21), 2018 (26) Tournament: 1990 (5-8), 1991 (2), 1993 (5), 1995 (5) : 1992/93 (7-9), 1994/95 (6), 1997 (5-7) World Championship: 2000 (5-8), 2001 (5-8), 2004 (17-32), 2006 (9-16) European Team Championship: Netherlands 2001 (9), 2003 (13), 2005 (10), 2007 (12, BP, BB), 2009 (14), 2011 (13), 2013 (14), 2015 (15), 2017 (14), 2019 (5) European Individual Championship: 2002 (4), 2005 (11) FIDE Online Olympiad: Netherlands 2020 (21-24) World Cup: 2021 (33-64)

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Frederick Perrin

(American Chess Congress 1857)

American Chess Congress: 1857 (5-8)

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Arshak Petrosian

(Olympiad 2008)

(World Team Championship 2011) (Olympiad 2012)

Soviet Peoples' Spartakiad: Armenia 1975 (14) International Tournament: Riga 1983 (5-8) Olympiad: Armenia 1992 (3), 1996 (5) World Team Championship: Armenia 1993 (4)

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Tigran Petrosian

(Team Match vs West Germany 1960)

(Bled International Tournament 1961)

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(World Championship 1963)

(Piatigorsky Cup 1963)

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(Tournament of Peace 1965)

(World Championship 1969)

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(Candidates Final Match 1971)

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International Tournament: Budapest 1952 (7-8), Bucharest 1953 (2), Bled 1961 (3-5), Los Angeles 1963 (1-2), Zagreb 1965 (3), Las Palmas 1973 (1), Milan 1975 (3-4), Tallinn 1979 (1), Las Palmas 1980 (1-3), 1981 (9-10), Tallinn 1983 (3-5), Niksic 1983 (11-12) Interzonal Tournament: 1952 (2-3), 1955 (4), 1958 (3-4), 1962 (2-3), 1976 (2), 1979 (1-3), 1982 (4-5) Candidates Tournament: 1953 (5), 1956 (3-7), 1959 (3), 1962 (1), 1971 (2), 1974 (3-4), 1977 (5-8), 1980/81 (5-8) Team Match: USSR 1955 (beat Hungary), 1955 (beat USA), 1960 (beat West Germany), 1970 (beat Rest of the World) Soviet Championship: 1957 (7-8), 1958 (2), 1960 (2-3), 1961 (1), 1976 (3-4) European Team Championship: USSR 1957 (1, BB), 1961 (1, BB), 1965 (1, BB), 1970 (1), 1973 (1, BB), 1977 (1), 1980 (1), 1983 (1) Olympiad: USSR 1958 (1, BB), 1960 (1, BB), 1962 (1, BB), 1964 (1), 1966 (1, BB), 1968 (1, BB), 1970 (1), 1972 (1), 1974 (1, BB), 1978 (2) World Championship: 1963 (beat ), 1966 (beat ), 1969 (lost to Boris Spassky) Soviet Peoples' Spartakiad: Moscow 1975 (5)

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Tigran L. Petrosian

(Olympiad 2008)

(Olympiad 2012)

Olympiad: Armenia 2008 (1), 2012 (1) European Team Championship: Armenia 2009 (4), 2013 (4) World Cup: 2009 (65-127) World Team Championship: Armenia 2010 (5), 2013 (5) World Rapid Championship: 2015 (56) World Blitz Championship: 2015 (27), 2019 (87)

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Francois-Andre Danican Philidor

(Similtaneous Blindfold Exhibition 1783)

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Vasja Pirc

Olympiad: Yugoslavia 1931 (4), 1935 (6), 1937 (9), 1950 (1), 1952 (3), 1954 (3) International Tournament: Ujpest 1934 (2), Budapest 1965 (14) Unofficial Olympiad: Yugoslavia 1936 (4) Balkaniad: Yugoslavia 1947 (2) Interzonal Tournament: 1948 (11-13) Yugoslav Championship: 1953 (1-3), 1962 (?)

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Natalia Pogonina

(World Championship 2017)

World Championship: 2004 (33-64), 2010 (33-62), 2012 (9-16), 2015 (2), 2017 (9-16), 2018 (9-16) Olympiad: Russia 2008 (4), Russia "B" 2010 (10), Russia 2012 (1, BB), 2014 (1), 2016 (4), 2018 (4) European Individual Championship: 2005 (42) International Tournament: Gibraltar 2011 (106) European Team Championship: Russia 2011 (1, BB), 2013 (2) World Team Championship: Russia 2011 (2), 2013 (3), 2015 (2) FIDE Grand Prix: 2015/16 (12) World Cup: 2021 (17-32)

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Judit Polgar

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Men's World U-14 Championship: 1986 (3), 1990 (1) World U-16 Championship: 1986 (3) Men's World U-12 Championship: 1988 (1) Olympiad: Hungary 1988 (1, BP, BB), 1990 (1, BB) Men's European Team Championship: Hungary 1989 (11), 1999 (2), 2013 (5) Men's European Club Cup: MTK Voros Meteor Budapest 1989/90 (5-8) Men's Hungarian Championship: 1991 (1) World Blitz Championship: 1992 (2) World Rapid Championship: 1992 (?) Match: 1993 (beat Boris Spassky) Men's Zonal Tournament: 1993 (Group A, 2) Men's Interzonal (FIDE) Tournament: 1993 (20) Men's Interzonal Tournament: 1993 (17) Men's International Tournament: Linares 1994 (13), Hoogeveen 2002 (2-3), Wijk aan Zee 2003 (2), Budapest 2003 (2) Men's Olympiad: Hungary 1994 (8), 1996 (18), 2000 (4), 2002 (2), 2008 (8), 2010 (4), 2012 (9), 2014 (2) Men's World (FIDE) Championship: 1997/98 (34-64), 1999 (5-8), 2001/02 (33-64), 2005 (8) Rapid Match: 1998 (beat ) Men's European Individual Championship: 2001 (4) Men's Rapid Team Match: Rest of the World 2002 (beat Russia) Men's Candidates Tournament: 2007 (9-16) Men's World Cup: 2009 (17-32), 2011 (5-8), 2013 (65-127) Men's World Team Championship: Hungary 2011 (5)

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Susan Polgar

(World Championship 1996)

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Budapest U-11 Championship: 1973 (1) Hungarian Championship: 1979 (6), 1986 (3) Men's Hungarian Open Championship: 1985 (4) Men's International Tournaments: New York Open 1987 (?) Olympiad: Hungary 1988 (1), 1990 (1, BB), 1994 (2), USA 2004 (2, BP) Men's European Team Championship: Hungary 1989 (11) Men's European Club Cup: MTK Voros Meteor Budapest 1989/90 (5-8) Men's Zonal Tournament: 1990 (Group B, 5-6), 1993 (Group B, 7) World Blitz Championship: 1992 (1) World Rapid Championship: 1992 (1) Candidates Tournament: 1992/93 (2), 1994/95 (1) Men's Interzonal Tournament: 1993 (54) World Championship: 1996 (beat Xie Jun)

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Lev Polugaevsky

(Soviet Championship 1961) (IBM International Tournament 1972)

(IBM International Tournament 1972) (OHRA International Tournament 1984)

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World Student Team Championship: USSR 1956 (1) Soviet Championship: 1958 (5-6), 1960 (5), 1961 (7-8), 1971 (7-8), 1976 (3-4) Team Match: USSR 1960 (beat West Germany), 1962 (beat Yugoslavia), 1970 (beat Rest of the World), 1984 (beat Rest of the World) European Team Championship: USSR 1961 (1, BB), 1970 (1, BB), 1977 (1), 1980 (1, BB), 1983 (1), 1989 (1) International Tournament: Budapest 1965 (1-3), Le Havre 1966 (2-3), Amsterdam 1972 (1), Tallinn 1973 (2), Budapest 1975 (1-2), Moscow 1981 (2-4), Amsterdam 1984 (4-8), Linares 1985 (6-8), Moscow 1985 (7-9) Olympiad: USSR 1966 (1), 1968 (1), 1970 (1), 1978 (2), 1980 (1), 1982 (1), 1984 (1) Interzonal Tournament: 1970 (9-10), 1973 (2-3), 1976 (2-3), 1979 (2), 1982 (4-7), 1985 (7-9), 1987 (8-11), 1993 (43) Candidates Tournament: 1974 (5-8), 1977 (3-4), 1980/81 (3-4) Soviet Peoples' Spartakiad: Russian Federation 1975 (1, BB) World Team Championship: USSR 1985 (1, BB)

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Ruslan Ponomariov

(World (FIDE) Championship 2001/02)

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(Bilbao Masters 2014)

International Tournament: Pamplona 1996/97 (7), Wijk aan Zee 2003 (11-12), Linares 2003 (5), Bilbao 2014 (3-4) Olympiad: 1998 (3), 2000 (3), 2002 (14), 2004 (1), 2010 (1), 2012 (3), 2014 (6), 2016 (2), 2018 (10) World (FIDE) Championship: 1999 (33-64), 2000 (65-100), 2001/02 (1) European Team Championship: Ukraine 1999 (6), 2003 (5), 2011 (15), 2017 (3) European Club Cup: Danko-Donbass Alchevsk 2000 (5) World Cup: 2000 (21-24), 2005 (2), 2007 (5-8), 2009 (2), 2011 (4), 2013 (33-64), 2017 (65-127), 2019 (65- 128) European Individual Championship: 2001 (2), 2016 (46) World Team Championship: Ukraine 2001 (1, BB), 2005 (4, BB), 2015 (2), 2017 (6) Rapid Tournament: Grand Prix Dubai 2002 (17-32) Rapid Team Match: Rest of the World 2002 (beat Russia) Candidates Tournament: 2007 (9-16) FIDE Grand Prix: 2008-10 (20), 2012/13 (11) Ukrainian Championship: 2014 (4) World Rapid Championship: 2015 (82) World Blitz Championship: 2015 (35) FIDE Grand Swiss Tournament: 2019 (123)

Chess Players on Stamps

Players Named "O" Players Named "Q"

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