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December 26 in Chess History

14 birthdays, 5 matches, tournaments and games and 3 deaths from chess history on December 26.

December 26, 1907: Rotlewi versus Rubinstein was played. On this day in chess history.

1907119 years ago today

Rotlewi versus Rubinstein was played

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Matches, tournaments and games

1907Rotlewi versus RubinsteinGame played
19671967 USSR Chess ChampionshipEnded · won by Mikhail Tal
2023FIDE World Rapid & Blitz Championships 2023Began
2024FIDE World Rapid & Blitz Championships 2024Began
2025FIDE World Rapid & Blitz Championships 2025Began

Born on December 26

1862Slavko WolfCroatian lawyer, chess player and writer
1883Carl AhuesChess player
1906Jacobo BolbochánArgenitne chess player
1909Vitold Vitoldovich YakimchikSoviet chess composer
1914Albert SimonsonAmerican chess player
1916Samuel ZhukhovitskyRussian chess player
1949Olivera ProkopovicSerbian chess player
1966Leonardo LjubičićCroatian chess player
1975Attila CzebeHungarian chess player
1982Artur GabrielianRussian chess player
1999Tea GueciItalian chess player
2000Samuel SevianAmerican chess player
2000Carlos Daniel Albornoz CabreraCuban chess player
2005Xeniya BalabayevaKazakh chess player

Died on December 26

1995Josep Vilardebò i PicurenaSpanish chess player
1996Morris SchapiroAmerican investment banker and chess player
2016Ashot AnastasianArmenian chess Grandmaster

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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