January 29 in Chess History

18 birthdays, 4 matches, tournaments and games and 7 deaths from chess history on January 29.

January 29, 2017: Tata Steel chess tournament 2017 ended, won by Wesley So. On this day in chess history.

20179 years ago today

Tata Steel chess tournament 2017 ended

Won by Wesley So

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Matches, tournaments and games

  1. 2012Tata Steel chess tournament 2012Ended · won by Levon Aronian
  2. 2014Zurich Chess Challenge 2014Began
  3. 2017Tata Steel chess tournament 2017Ended · won by Wesley So
  4. 2023Tata Steel Chess Tournament 2023Ended · won by Anish Giri

Born on January 29

  1. 1900Irving ChernevUkrainean-American chess player
  2. 1904Victor BuergerUkrainian-British chess player
  3. 1910Ernest KleinBritish-Austrian chess player
  4. 1939Hans-Joachim HechtGerman chess player
  5. 1942Bjørn Brinck-ClaussenDanish chess player
  6. 1948Raymond KeeneEnglish chess player, arbiter, organiser, journalist and author
  7. 1953Grażyna SzmacińskaPolish chess player
  8. 1964Zvonko StanojoskiMacedonian chess player
  9. 1966Maxim DlugyRussian-American chess player
  10. 1972Mykola BodnarUkrainian chess player
  11. 1974Artur KoganUkrainian-born Israeli chess grandmaster
  12. 1980Liang ChongChinese chess player
  13. 1981Roman KhaetskyChess player
  14. 1985Felipe El DebsBrazilian chess player
  15. 1987Roberto Carlos Sanchez AlvarezPanamanian chess player
  16. 1988Eleonora AmbrosiItalian chess player
  17. 1996Felix YnojosaVenezuelan chess player
  18. 2000Anastasia AvramidouGreek chess player

Died on January 29

  1. 1883Karl PitschelAustrian chess player
  2. 1890Preston WareAmerican chess player
  3. 1930Carlo SalvioliItalian chess player
  4. 1935Theodor GermannEstonian-Latvian chess player
  5. 1987Jan HartongDutch chess composer
  6. 2003Yousof SafvatChess Player
  7. 2004Stojan PucSlovenian 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.