January 12 in Chess History

20 birthdays, 5 matches, tournaments and games and 3 deaths from chess history on January 12.

January 12, 1990: Sergey Karjakin was born. On this day in chess history.

199036 years ago today

Sergey Karjakin was born

Russian chess player

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Matches, tournaments and games

  1. 19581958 USSR Chess ChampionshipBegan · won by Mikhail Tal
  2. 2007Corus tournament 2007Began · won by Levon Aronian
  3. 2013Tata Steel chess tournament 2013Began · won by Magnus Carlsen
  4. 2018Tata Steel chess tournament 2018Began · won by Magnus Carlsen
  5. 2024Tata Steel Chess Tournament 2024Began · won by Wei Yi

Born on January 12

  1. 1886Jenő Székely
  2. 1893Arnoldo EllermanArgentine chess player, chess composer, and writer
  3. 1904Erling TholfsenAmerican chess player
  4. 1929Janusz SzpotańskiPolish writer
  5. 1944Vlastimil HortCzech-German chess player
  6. 1949Ignacy NowakChess player
  7. 1954Ahmed Ibrahim HamedEgyptian chess player
  8. 1963Constanze JahnGerman chess player
  9. 1964Jordanka BelićSerbian chess player
  10. 1968Ilya SmirinBelarusian-Israeli chess player
  11. 1974Stefan DocxBelgian chess player
  12. 1976Marat DzhumaevUzbekistani chess player
  13. 1981Jonathan ArnottBritish politician
  14. 1981Yuri Gonzalez VidalCuban chess player
  15. 1990Sergey KarjakinRussian chess player
  16. 1991Harika DronavalliIndian Chess.com player
  17. 1997Julia AlboredoBrazilian chess player
  18. 1998Bence KorpaHungarian chess player
  19. 2000Zhansaya AbdumalikKazakh chess player
  20. 2001Evgenios IoannidisChess player

Died on January 12

  1. 1905James MasonIrish chess player, journalist and writer
  2. 1932Daniël NoteboomDutch chess player
  3. 2016Ivan BukavshinRussian 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.