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December 15 in Chess History

12 birthdays, 3 matches, tournaments and games and 7 deaths from chess history on December 15.

December 15, 1912: Rashid Nezhmetdinov was born. On this day in chess history.

1912114 years ago today

Rashid Nezhmetdinov was born

Soviet chess player

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Matches, tournaments and games

2009London Chess Classic 2009Ended · won by Magnus Carlsen
2010London Chess Classic 2010Ended
2013London Chess Classic 2013Ended · won by Hikaru Nakamura

Born on December 15

1838Gustav NeumannGerman chess player
1851Johannes MetgerGerman chess player
1869Francesco Abbadessa
1881Julius du MontBritish chess player
1912Rashid NezhmetdinovSoviet chess player
1948Eduard PrandstetterCzech chess player
1960Fabio BrunoChess player
1981Sanduğaç ŞäydullinäRussian chess player
1986Djakhangir AgaragimovChess player
1991Ingrid AliagaPeruvian chess player
1997Pier Luigi BassoChess player
1999Li DiChinese chess player

Died on December 15

1920Horatio CaroBritish chess player
1920Gersz SalwePolish chess player
1995Miroslav KatětovCzech academic, mathematician and chess player
2005Enrico PaoliItalian chess player
2016François ChevaldonnetFrench chess player
2018Milunka LazarevićSerbian chess player
2021Margareta PerevoznicRomanian 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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