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December 7 in Chess History

12 birthdays, 5 matches, tournaments and games and 3 deaths from chess history on December 7.

December 7, 1971: Vladimir Akopian was born. On this day in chess history.

197155 years ago today

Vladimir Akopian was born

Armenian-American chess player

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Matches, tournaments and games

19341934/1935 USSR Chess ChampionshipBegan · won by Ilya Rabinovich
1941Women US Championship 1941Ended · won by Mona May Karff
19671967 USSR Chess ChampionshipBegan · won by Mikhail Tal
2009London Chess Classic 2009Began · won by Magnus Carlsen
2016London Chess Classic 2016Began · won by Wesley So

Born on December 7

1889John MorrisonCanadian chess Master
1921Anatoly BannikUkrainian chess player
1946Ruben RodríguezFilipino chess player
1953José Miguel Fraguela GilSpanish chess player
1957Louis RoosFrench chess player
1961Nino GurieliGeorgian chess woman grandmaster
1968Irisberto HerreraCuban chess player
1969Andrii MaksymenkoUkrainian chess player
1971Vladimir AkopianArmenian-American chess player
1979Maxim TurovRussian chess player
1987Phạm Lê Thảo NguyênVietnamese chess player
2002Gabija ŠimkūnaitėLithuanian chess player

Died on December 7

1936Valentí MarínSpanish chess player
1986Aleksandr SarychevSoviet chess composer
2023Aleksandr Surenovich DronovRussian 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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