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December 13 in Chess History

11 birthdays, 3 matches, tournaments and games and 6 deaths from chess history on December 13.

December 13, 1935: World Chess Championship 1935 ended, won by Max Euwe. On this day in chess history.

193591 years ago today

World Chess Championship 1935 ended

Won by Max Euwe

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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

1935World Chess Championship 1935Ended · won by Max Euwe
19481948 USSR Chess ChampionshipEnded · won by David Bronstein
2015London Chess Classic 2015Ended

Born on December 13

1910Ingeborg KattingerAustrian chess player
1912Tenis MelngailisLatvian chess player
1928Palle RavnDanish chess player
1941Bessel KokDutch businessman and chess organiser
1952Francisco Javier Sanz AlonsoSpanish chess player
1955Valery LoginovRussian chess player
1976Evgeny VorobiovRussian chess player
1983Nikola SedlakSerbian chess player
1987Vilka SipiläFinnish chess player
2001Viktor GažíkSlovak chess player
2004Ahmad AhmadzadaChess player

Died on December 13

1840Louis-Charles Mahé de La BourdonnaisFrench chess player
1953Vladimir NenarokovRussian chess player
1988Wally HenschelGerman chess player
1994Olga RubtsovaWomen's World Chess Champion
2020Vytautas SutkusLithuanian chess player
2023Verica NedeljkovićSerbian and Yugoslav 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.

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