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April 12 in Chess History

10 birthdays, 5 matches, tournaments and games and 7 deaths from chess history on April 12.

April 12, 1985: Shakhriyar Mamedyarov was born. On this day in chess history.

198541 years ago today

Shakhriyar Mamedyarov was born

Azerbaijani chess player

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Matches, tournaments and games

19371937 USSR Chess ChampionshipBegan · won by Grigory Levenfish
19691969 Dutch chess championshipEnded · won by Hans Ree
1998Danish Chess Championship 1998Ended · won by Curt Hansen
2003Danish Chess Championship 2003Began · won by Peter Heine Nielsen
2014Danish Chess Championship 2014Began · won by Allan Stig Rasmussen

Born on April 12

1880Gerard OskamDutch chess player
1906Johannes van den BoschDutch chess player
1933Anicetas UogelėLithuanian chess player
1959Edvīns ĶeņģisLatvian chess player
1973Joël LautierFrench chess player
1983Mariya SergeyevaKazakh chess grandmaster
1984Kamil MitońPolish chess player
1985Shakhriyar MamedyarovAzerbaijani chess player
1987Fərhad TahirovAzerbaijani chess player
1988Ioannis PapadopoulosGreek chess player

Died on April 12

1905Charles RankenBritish chess player
1924H. W. B. GiffordBritish chess player
1944Roberto GrauArgentine chess player
1970Alois WotawaAustrian chess composer
1971Erling MyhreNorwegian chess player
2013Robert ByrneAmerican chess player and writer
2022Arne ZwaigChess 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.

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