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February 16 in Chess History

13 birthdays, 2 matches, tournaments and games and 7 deaths from chess history on February 16.

February 16, 1995: Vladimir Fedoseev was born. On this day in chess history.

199531 years ago today

Vladimir Fedoseev was born

Russian chess player

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Card photo: Frans Peeters, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

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Matches, tournaments and games

2008Croatian Chess Championship 2008Began · won by Hrvoje Stević
2024Freestyle Chess G.O.A.T. ChallengeEnded · won by Magnus Carlsen

Born on February 16

1879Aleksei GoncharovRussian chess player
1886Maurice WertheimAmerican investment banker
1907Adriano ChiccoItalian chess composer
1908Olga MenchikCzech-British chess player
1922Rudolf TeschnerGerman chess player
1922Jiří FichtlCzech chess player
1929Claude HugotFrench chess player
1952Hansjürg KaenelSwiss chess player
1976Pyotr KostenkoKazakhstani chess player
1982Iman Hasan Mohammed Al-RufayeChess player
1983Elina GrobermanChess player
1995Vladimir FedoseevRussian chess player
1998Kristian Stuvik HolmNorwegian chess player

Died on February 16

1881Gustav NeumannGerman chess player
1943Abram SzpiroPolish-Jewish chess player
1976Abram ModelRussian chess player
1997Alvis VītoliņšLatvian chess player
1998Boris BluminCanadian-American chess player
2013Julian RadulskiBulgarian chess player
2020Heinz SchaufelbergerSwiss 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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