January 22 in Chess History

13 birthdays, 3 matches, tournaments and games and 5 deaths from chess history on January 22.

January 22, 1891: World Chess Championship 1891 ended, won by Wilhelm Steinitz. On this day in chess history.

1891135 years ago today

World Chess Championship 1891 ended

Won by Wilhelm Steinitz

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Card photo: Schumann, Fritz, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

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Matches, tournaments and games

  1. 1891World Chess Championship 1891Ended · won by Wilhelm Steinitz
  2. 19851985 USSR Chess ChampionshipBegan · won by Mikhail Gurevich
  3. 2015Croatian Chess Championship 2015Ended · won by Alojzije Janković

Born on January 22

  1. 1885Josef KrejcikAustrian chess player
  2. 1909Toivo SaloFinnish chess player
  3. 1924Ortvin SarapuEstonian–New Zealand chess player
  4. 1968Maxim SorokinChess Grandmaster from Russia
  5. 1972Elena-Luminița CosmaRomanian chess player
  6. 1979Olga DolzhykovaNorwegian chess player
  7. 1981Nicholas PertBritish chess player
  8. 1983Étienne BacrotFrench chess player
  9. 1996Nico GeorgiadisSwiss chess player
  10. 2001Marjorie HerreraSalvadoran chess player
  11. 2002Michalina RudzińskaPolish chess player
  12. 2004Luka BudisavljevićSerbian chess player
  13. 2004Dambasuren BatsurenChess player

Died on January 22

  1. 1809Hans Moritz von BrühlGerman diplomat and astronomer
  2. 1904George SalmonIrish mathematician and Anglican theologian
  3. 1924Celso Golmayo TorrienteCuban-Spanish chess player
  4. 1938José Paluzie y LucenaSpanish Esperantist, writer and chess player
  5. 2013Margareta TeodorescuRomanian 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.