December 5 in Chess History

19 birthdays, 5 matches, tournaments and games and 6 deaths from chess history on December 5.

December 5, 1979: Rustam Kasimdzhanov was born. On this day in chess history.

197947 years ago today

Rustam Kasimdzhanov was born

FIDE World Chess Champion

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Matches, tournaments and games

  1. 1953Women US Championship 1953Began · won by Mona May Karff
  2. 198426th Chess OlympiadEnded
  3. 1984Women's Chess Olympiad 1984Ended
  4. 20062006 Greek Chess ChampionshipEnded · won by Vasilios Kotronias
  5. 20172017 Ukrainian Chess ChampionshipBegan

Born on December 5

  1. 1815Frederick PerrinAmerican chess player
  2. 1872Harry Nelson PillsburyAmerican chess player
  3. 1881William Samuel VinerAustralian chess master
  4. 1929İlhan OnatTurkish chess player
  5. 1936Ingi Randver JóhannssonIcelandic chess player
  6. 1948Andrzej ŁuczakPolish mathematician and chess player
  7. 1951ArdiansyahIndonesian chess player
  8. 1952Pertti PoutiainenFinnish chess player
  9. 1956Ron HenleyAmerican chess player
  10. 1967Viesturs MeijersLatvian chess player
  11. 1973Krystyna DąbrowskaPolish chess player
  12. 1978Tatiana KononenkoUkrainian chess player
  13. 1979Rustam KasimdzhanovFIDE World Chess Champion
  14. 1982Agnieszka Matras-ClementPolish chess player
  15. 1984Vesta KasputėChess player
  16. 1986Zbigniew PaklezaPolish chess grandmaster
  17. 1995Levy RozmanAmerican chess streamer and YouTuber
  18. 2005Nadya TonchevaBulgarian chess player
  19. 2008Ediz GürelTurkish chess player

Died on December 5

  1. 1980Vytautas BaršauskasLithuanian chess player
  2. 1985Miguel CuéllarColombian chess player
  3. 1988Erik LundinSwedish chess player
  4. 1997Terrey Ian ShawAustralian chess player
  5. 2006David BronsteinSoviet chess grandmaster
  6. 2009Alfred HrdlickaAustrian sculptor and 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.