January 13 in Chess History

15 birthdays, 3 matches, tournaments and games and 12 deaths from chess history on January 13.

January 13, 1987: Radosław Wojtaszek was born. On this day in chess history.

198739 years ago today

Radosław Wojtaszek was born

Polish chess player

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Matches, tournaments and games

  1. 2012Tata Steel chess tournament 2012Began · won by Levon Aronian
  2. 2017Tata Steel chess tournament 2017Began · won by Wesley So
  3. 2023Tata Steel Chess Tournament 2023Began · won by Anish Giri

Born on January 13

  1. 1839Emilio OrsiniItalian chess composer
  2. 1847Samuel TinsleyBritish publisher and chess player
  3. 1860Emil KeményHungarian-American chess player
  4. 1863Grigory HelbachRussian chess player
  5. 1908Enrico PaoliItalian chess player
  6. 1934Waldemar JagodzińskiPolish chess player
  7. 1939Andrzej AdamskiPolish chess player
  8. 1941Uri AvnerIsraeli chess composer, author and chess player
  9. 1965Piotr DukaczewskiPolish chess player
  10. 1985Štefan MačákSlovak chess player
  11. 1986Aaron PixtonAmerican mathematician
  12. 1987Radosław WojtaszekPolish chess player
  13. 1988Tatev AbrahamyanArmenian-born American chess player
  14. 1992Péter ProhászkaHungarian chess player
  15. 1994Mykola BortnykUkrainian chess player

Died on January 13

  1. 1857József SzénHungarian chess player
  2. 1882Samuel BodenBritish chess player
  3. 1905Giovanni Battista ValleItalian chess player, chess composer and painter
  4. 1969Jacques DavidsonDutch chess player
  5. 1973Vasily PanovRussian chess player
  6. 1977Anthony SantasiereAmerican chess player and writer
  7. 1987Vladimir AlatortsevSoviet chess player
  8. 2009Mikhail DonskoyRussian computer scientist
  9. 2011Greg HjorthAustralian Professor of Mathematics, chess International Master and joint Commonwealth Chess Champion
  10. 2012Andrei KharitonovRussian chess player
  11. 2017Hans BerlinerAmerican chess player and computer scientist
  12. 2020Radoslav SimicSerbian chess player

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