January 7 in Chess History

16 birthdays, 3 matches, tournaments and games and 6 deaths from chess history on January 7.

January 7, 1910: World Chess Championship 1910 began, won by Emanuel Lasker. On this day in chess history.

1910116 years ago today

World Chess Championship 1910 began

Won by Emanuel Lasker

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Card photo: Frank Eugene, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

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Matches, tournaments and games

  1. 1910World Chess Championship 1910Began · won by Emanuel Lasker
  2. 19541954 USSR Chess ChampionshipBegan · won by Yuri Averbakh
  3. 200868th Armenian Chess ChampionshipBegan · won by Karen Asrian

Born on January 7

  1. 1889Hans JohnerSwiss chess player
  2. 1916Paul KeresEstonian chess player and sportsperson
  3. 1919Jerzy GiżyckiPolish journalist
  4. 1926Elaine PritchardEnglish chess player
  5. 1939Ivan RadulovBulgarian chess grandmaster
  6. 1961Reynaldo VeraCuban chess player
  7. 1962Sergey IonovRussian chess player
  8. 1981Krishnan SasikiranChess player
  9. 1983Aleksander MiśtaPolish chess player
  10. 1983Vitaly TeterevBelarusin chess player
  11. 1984Luke McShaneBritish chess player
  12. 1993Katarzyna AdamowiczPolish chess player
  13. 1998Josefine SafarliGerman chess player
  14. 2000Anna-Maja KazarianDutch chess player and streamer
  15. 2002Jakub KosakowskiPolish chess player
  16. 2005Bat-Erdene MungunzulMongolian chess player

Died on January 7

  1. 1909Andreas RosendahlDanish chess player
  2. 1936Edmund SpencerEnglish chess player
  3. 1990Eero BöökFinnish chess player
  4. 1995Harry GolombekBritish chess player, author
  5. 2012Elaine PritchardEnglish chess player
  6. 2023Stefan BrzózkaPolish 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.