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January 28 in Chess History

15 birthdays, 3 matches, tournaments and games and 3 deaths from chess history on January 28.

January 28, 2007: Corus tournament 2007 ended, won by Levon Aronian. On this day in chess history.

200719 years ago today

Corus tournament 2007 ended

Won by Levon Aronian

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Matches, tournaments and games

2007Corus tournament 2007Ended · won by Levon Aronian
2018Tata Steel chess tournament 2018Ended · won by Magnus Carlsen
2024Tata Steel Chess Tournament 2024Ended · won by Wei Yi

Born on January 28

1725Karl Gottlieb von WindischHungarian German writer
1873John Angus ErskineNew Zealand physicist and chess player
1895Leo ZobelSlovak chess player
1905Pál RéthyHungarian chess player
1911Johan van HulstDutch politician, professor and teacher
1920Valentina BorisenkoChess player
1936Luben PopowBulgarian chess player
1939Boris KhanukovUkrainian chess player
1945Maxwell FullerAustralian chess player
1952Valentin ArbakovRussian chess grandmaster
1969Ferdinand HellersSwedish chess player
1978Olga AlexandrovaUkrainian-born Spanish chess player
1993Katrine TjølsenNorwegian chess player
1994Nguyễn Thị Mai HưngVietnamese chess player
2001Anton SmirnovAustralian chess player

Died on January 28

1990Tibor FlóriánHungarian chess composer and chess player
2022Gilles MirallesFrench chess player
2023Ryszard SkrobekChess 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.

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