February 9 in Chess History

17 birthdays, 2 matches, tournaments and games and 6 deaths from chess history on February 9.

February 9, 1985: World Chess Championship 1984 ended. On this day in chess history.

198541 years ago today

World Chess Championship 1984 ended

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Matches, tournaments and games

  1. 1985World Chess Championship 1984Ended
  2. 2024Freestyle Chess G.O.A.T. ChallengeBegan · won by Magnus Carlsen

Born on February 9

  1. 1910Eero BöökFinnish chess player
  2. 1915Robert CoveyouAmerican mathematician
  3. 1922Bengt-Eric HörbergSwedish chess player
  4. 1934Ruth Volkl CardosoBrazilian chess player
  5. 1935Ylvi PustinaAlbanian chess player
  6. 1947Boris GulkoSoviet-American chess player
  7. 1965Liliana LesznerPolish chess player
  8. 1967Tatiana GrabuzovaRussian chess player
  9. 1970Pablo San Segundo CarrilloSpanish chess player
  10. 1980Manuel LarreaUruguayan chess player
  11. 1985Ekaterina KorbutRussian chess player
  12. 1987Olga GutmakherIsraeli chess player
  13. 1990André DiamantBrazilian chess player
  14. 1990Giorgi MargvelashviliGeorgian chess player
  15. 1993Parimarjan NegiIndian chess grandmaster
  16. 1993Benjamin Arvola NotkevichNorwegian chess player
  17. 2009Savva VetokhinRussian chess player

Died on February 9

  1. 1875Cecil Valentine De VereBritish chess player
  2. 1943Gunnar GundersenAustralian chess player
  3. 1961Grigory LevenfishSoviet chess player
  4. 1972Victor SoultanbeieffChess master
  5. 1973Markas LuckisLithuanian-Argentine chess player
  6. 2023Marion Mott-McGrathAustralian 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.