April 28 in Chess History

11 birthdays, 9 matches, tournaments and games and 6 deaths from chess history on April 28.

April 28, 1921: World Chess Championship 1921 began, won by José Raúl Capablanca. On this day in chess history.

1921105 years ago today

World Chess Championship 1921 began

Won by José Raúl Capablanca

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Matches, tournaments and games

  1. 1921World Chess Championship 1921Began · won by José Raúl Capablanca
  2. 1923Carlsbad 1923 chess tournamentBegan
  3. 1974Women US Championship 1974Began · won by Mona May Karff
  4. 19831983 USSR Chess ChampionshipEnded · won by Anatoly Karpov
  5. 19841984 USSR Chess ChampionshipEnded · won by Andrei Sokolov
  6. 19861986 USSR Chess ChampionshipEnded · won by Vitaly Tseshkovsky
  7. 2011U.S. Chess Championship 2011Ended · won by Gata Kamsky
  8. 20152015 FIDE World Women's Team ChampionshipEnded
  9. 2019FIDE World Fischer Random Chess Championship 2019Began · won by Wesley So

Born on April 28

  1. 1841Carl GöringGerman chess player
  2. 1871Julius FinnAmerican chess player
  3. 1894Teodor RegedzińskiPolish chess player
  4. 1901Weaver W. AdamsAmerican chess player and author
  5. 1910György PárosHungarian chess composer
  6. 1914Soini HelleChess player
  7. 1979Darmen SadvakasovKazakhstani chess player
  8. 1979Pavel ŠimáčekCzech chess player
  9. 1979Oksana Sarana-HungelingGerman chess player born in Ukraine
  10. 1986Lawrence TrentEnglish chess player and commentator
  11. 1995Al Khatib AhmadChess player

Died on April 28

  1. 1912Stefan IzbinskyUkrainian chess master
  2. 1916Josep TolosaSpanish physician and chess writer
  3. 1937Pyotr Izmaylov
  4. 2000Arthur DakeAmerican chess player
  5. 2020Gertrude BaumstarkRomanian chess player
  6. 2020Alexander MünninghoffDutch writer and journalist

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.