January 1 in Chess History

36 birthdays, 1 match, tournament or game and 7 deaths from chess history on January 1.

January 1, 1892: World Chess Championship 1892 began, won by Wilhelm Steinitz. On this day in chess history.

1892134 years ago today

World Chess Championship 1892 began

Won by Wilhelm Steinitz

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Matches, tournaments and games

  1. 1892World Chess Championship 1892Began · won by Wilhelm Steinitz

Born on January 1

  1. 1480Pedro DamianoPortuguese chess player
  2. 1570Alessandro SalvioItalian chess player
  3. 1600Gioachino GrecoItalian chess player
  4. 1806Lionel KieseritzkyBaltic German chess player
  5. 1837Berthold SuhleGerman chess player
  6. 1843Giovanni Battista ValleItalian chess player, chess composer and painter
  7. 1861Ferdinand MaackGerman chess variant inventor
  8. 1878Zsigmond BarászHungarian chess player
  9. 1881Davide MarottiItalian chess player
  10. 1901Kazimierz MakarczykPolish chess player
  11. 1907Marian WróbelPolish chess problemist
  12. 1924Klaus JungeGerman chess player
  13. 1930Vytautas BaršauskasLithuanian chess player
  14. 1952Fikret SideifzadeChess player
  15. 1954Zbigniew KsięskiPolish chess player
  16. 1957Imad HakkiSyrian chess player
  17. 1962Cerdas BarusIndonesian chess player
  18. 1963Luc WinantsBelgian chess player
  19. 1963Sergey OkruginChess player, trainer
  20. 1966Dragiša BlagojevićMontenegrin chess player
  21. 1974Mara JelicaCroatian chess player
  22. 1975Roman SlobodjanGerman chess player
  23. 1975Alexander FinkelIsraeli chess player
  24. 1977Dagnė ČiukšytėLithuanian chess player
  25. 1979Mehrdad ArdeshiIranian chess player
  26. 1981Kıvanç HaznedaroğluTurkish chess player
  27. 1987Nana DzagnidzeGeorgian chess player
  28. 1987Nino BatsiashviliGeorgian chess player
  29. 1987Igor LysyjRussian chess player
  30. 1987Luciana Morales MendozaPeruvian chess player
  31. 1989Tornike SanikidzeGeorgian chess player
  32. 1991Sopiko GuramishviliGeorgian chess player
  33. 1992Vitaly SivukUkrainian chess player
  34. 1993Burak FıratTurkish chess player
  35. 2007Maria SiekańskaChess player
  36. 2058EdwardFictional character from Cowboy Bebop

Died on January 1

  1. 1892Henry HosmerAmerican chess player
  2. 1951Nikolai ZubarevRussian chess player
  3. 1984Zdravko MilevBulgarian chess player
  4. 1992Bernardo WexlerArgentine chess player
  5. 2005Rudolf PalmeAustrian chess player
  6. 2016Antonio CarrizoArgentine broadcaster
  7. 2017Samuel SchweberArgentine 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.