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December 14 in Chess History

10 birthdays, 5 matches, tournaments and games and 4 deaths from chess history on December 14.

December 14, 1951: Jan Timman was born. On this day in chess history.

195175 years ago today

Jan Timman was born

Dutch chess grandmaster

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Matches, tournaments and games

19511951 USSR Chess ChampionshipEnded · won by Paul Keres
1954USSR women's chess championship 1954Ended · won by Larissa Volpert
2009Chess World Cup 2009Ended · won by Boris Gelfand
2014London Chess Classic 2014Ended
2015Grand Chess Tour 2015Ended · won by Magnus Carlsen

Born on December 14

1873Oscar ChajesAustrian-American chess player
1905Galina SatoninaPainter
1911Nikolay NovotelnovRussian chess player
1919Béla SándorHungarian chess player
1938Henrijeta Konarkowska-SokolovPolish-Serbian chess player
1951Jan TimmanDutch chess grandmaster
1971Victor BologanMoldovan chess player
1978Nikoletta LakosHungarian chess player
1981Kateřina ČedíkováCzech chess player
1998Pere Garriga CazorlaSpanish chess player

Died on December 14

1885Ernst FalkbeerAustria-Hungarian chess player
1926Ludomir BenedyktowiczPolish artist
1934Paul Saladin LeonhardtGerman chess player
1969José Sanz AguadoSpanish 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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