January 5 in Chess History

20 birthdays, 0 matches, tournaments and games and 6 deaths from chess history on January 5.

January 5, 2025: Robert Hübner died. On this day in chess history.

20251 year ago today

Robert Hübner died

German chess player, chess writer, and papyrologist

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Card photo: Rob Bogaerts for Anefo, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons

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Born on January 5

  1. 1828Charles RankenBritish chess player
  2. 1870Hermann HelmsAmerican chess player and writer
  3. 1878Abram RabinovichRussian chess player
  4. 1908Abram ZamikhovskyUkrainian chess player
  5. 1937Anni Katharina LaakmannGerman chess player
  6. 1937Iuri ChikovaniChess player
  7. 1949Lutz EspigGerman chess player
  8. 1952Leif ØgaardNorwegian chess player
  9. 1962Suzana MaksimovićSerbian chess player
  10. 1964Miloš PavlovićSerbian chess player
  11. 1964Evi Grünenwald-ReimerSwiss chess player
  12. 1964Eneida PerezChess player
  13. 1967Przemysław GdańskiPolish chess player
  14. 1969Alexander PotapovRussian chess player
  15. 1976Marisca KouwenhovenDutch chess player
  16. 1979Paulo DiasChess player
  17. 1984Fabien LibiszewskiFrench chess player
  18. 1993M. R. Babu LalithIndian chess player
  19. 1994Padmini RoutIndian chess player
  20. 1994Alexandr PredkeRussian chess player

Died on January 5

  1. 1951Siegfried Reginald WolfCzech-Austrian chess master
  2. 1955Jerzy JagielskiPolish chess player
  3. 1957Oldřich DurasCzech chess player
  4. 1988Giorgio PorrecaItalian chess player
  5. 2008Byron ZappasGreek chess composer and chess player
  6. 2025Robert HübnerGerman chess player, chess writer, and papyrologist

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.