January 8 in Chess History

25 birthdays, 0 matches, tournaments and games and 7 deaths from chess history on January 8.

January 8, 1981: Alexander Kotov died. On this day in chess history.

198145 years ago today

Alexander Kotov died

Soviet chess player

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Born on January 8

  1. 1888Boris VerlinskySoviet chess player
  2. 1893Georges RenaudFrench chess player
  3. 1897Charles PirieScottish chess player
  4. 1905Clarice BeniniItalian chess player
  5. 1908Dmitri RovnerSoviet chess player
  6. 1912Vincenzo NestlerItalian chess player
  7. 1914Herman PilnikGerman-Argentine chess player
  8. 1924Pavel KondratyevRussian chess player and coach
  9. 1942Vija RožlapaChess player
  10. 1945Miyoko WataiJapanese women's chess champion, and the general secretary of the Japan Chess Association
  11. 1947Igor IvanovSoviet-Canadian chess grandmaster
  12. 1949George BotterillBritish chess player
  13. 1951Franz PachlGerman chess player
  14. 1958Li ZunianChinese chess player
  15. 1961Keith ArkellEnglish chess grandmaster
  16. 1961Wu MingqianChinese chess player
  17. 1979Sipke ErnstDutch chess grandmaster
  18. 1979Renier VázquezSpanish chess player
  19. 1980Hrvoje StevićCroatian chess player
  20. 1981Sulennis Pina VegaCuban chess player
  21. 1985Elisabeth PähtzGerman chess player
  22. 1987Krystian KuźmiczPolish chess player
  23. 1988Thomas Roussel-RoozmonCanadian chess player
  24. 1991Hrair SimonianArmenian chess grandmaster
  25. 2010Kesaria MgeladzeGeorgian chess player

Died on January 8

  1. 1951Willem SchelfhoutDutch chess player
  2. 1981Alexander KotovSoviet chess player
  3. 1990Augusts StrautmanisLatvian chess player
  4. 1999Eva AronsonUSA chess player
  5. 2014Luis BronsteinArgentinian chess player
  6. 2019Khosro HarandiChess player
  7. 2021Květa EretováCzech chess player

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