December 9 in Chess History

14 birthdays, 2 matches, tournaments and games and 6 deaths from chess history on December 9.

December 9, 1890: World Chess Championship 1891 began, won by Wilhelm Steinitz. On this day in chess history.

1890136 years ago today

World Chess Championship 1891 began

Won by Wilhelm Steinitz

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Card photo: Schumann, Fritz, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

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Matches, tournaments and games

  1. 1890World Chess Championship 1891Began · won by Wilhelm Steinitz
  2. 1950World Chess Tournament Amsterdam 1950Ended · won by Miguel Najdorf

Born on December 9

  1. 1885Johannes TerhoFinnish chess player
  2. 1904Anthony SantasiereAmerican chess player and writer
  3. 1947Mark DvoretskyRussian chess trainer, writer and International Master
  4. 1947Jana BellinCzech chess player
  5. 1951Christina LehmannGerman chess player
  6. 1953Guillermo Garcia GonzalesCuban chess grandmaster
  7. 1959Jussara ChavesBrazilian chess player
  8. 1960Michael FreemanNew Zealand chess player
  9. 1968Dejan AntićSerbian chess grandmaster
  10. 1980Indira BajtSlovenian chess player
  11. 1983Dalibor StojanovićBosnian chess player
  12. 1985Ernesto InarkievRussian chess grandmaster
  13. 1987Hikaru NakamuraAmerican chess player
  14. 2005Divya DeshmukhIndian chess player

Died on December 9

  1. 1910Philipp MeitnerAustrian lawyer and chess player
  2. 1934Manuel Márquez SterlingCuban journalist, diplomat and politician
  3. 1983János FleschHungarian chess grandmaster
  4. 1993Alexander KoblencsLatvian chess player, trainer, and writer
  5. 1999Juliane HundGerman chess player
  6. 2013Alberto FoguelmanArgentine 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.