April 1 in Chess History

17 birthdays, 2 matches, tournaments and games and 7 deaths from chess history on April 1.

April 1, 1934: World Chess Championship 1934 began, won by Alexander Alekhine. On this day in chess history.

193492 years ago today

World Chess Championship 1934 began

Won by Alexander Alekhine

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Card photo: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

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Matches, tournaments and games

  1. 1934World Chess Championship 1934Began · won by Alexander Alekhine
  2. 2019Croatian Chess Championship 2019Began · won by Marin Bosiočić

Born on April 1

  1. 1810Howard StauntonEnglish chess master and Shakespearean scholar
  2. 1894Yisrael Yosef KniazerChess player
  3. 1903Salo LandauDutch chess player
  4. 1908Hartvig NielsenDanish chess player
  5. 1915Tadeusz WrońskiPolish composer
  6. 1925Bernardo WexlerArgentine chess player
  7. 1932Arnold J. EikremNorwegian chess player
  8. 1942Ilse GuggenbergerColombian chess player
  9. 1946Iván FaragóHungarian chess player
  10. 1961Vasanti KhadilkarWoman International Master
  11. 1963Rohini KhadilkarIndian chess player
  12. 1968Sarhan GulievAzerbaijani chess player
  13. 1970Laima DomarkaitėLithuanian chess player
  14. 1971Sergei BeshukovRussian chess player
  15. 1985Anna-Christina KopinitsAustrian chess player
  16. 1993Antonios PavlidisGreek chess player
  17. 2001Aram HakobyanArmenian chess player

Died on April 1

  1. 1898Celso Golmayo ZúpideSpanish-Cuban chess player
  2. 1936Moritz LewittGerman chess player
  3. 1945Zoltán von BallaHungarian chess player
  4. 1974Maurice RaizmanMolovan-French chess player
  5. 2001Eugênio GermanBrazilian chess player
  6. 2011Orest AverkinRussian chess player
  7. 2023Włodzimierz SchmidtPolish chess player

Dates from Wikidata (CC0). Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited on each card. Dates can differ between sources, especially before 1918 when Russia used the old calendar.