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July 11 in Chess History

15 birthdays, 3 matches, tournaments and games and 4 deaths from chess history on July 11.

July 11, 1972: World Chess Championship 1972 began, won by Bobby Fischer. On this day in chess history.

197254 years ago today

World Chess Championship 1972 began

Won by Bobby Fischer

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Matches, tournaments and games

19314th Chess OlympiadBegan
1972World Chess Championship 1972Began · won by Bobby Fischer
1996FIDE World Chess Championship 1996Ended · won by Anatoly Karpov

Born on July 11

1754Thomas BowdlerEnglish physician and editor
1865Stanislaus SittenfeldPolish-French chess player
1907Augusts StrautmanisLatvian chess player
1940Artur HenningsGerman chess player
1941Erkki HavansiFinnish politician and chess player
1946David FriedgoodSouth African-British chess player
1950Arthur Howard WilliamsInternational chess player
1952Mehrshad SharifFrench chess player
1955Lars KarlssonSwedish chess player
1964Helmut KrausserGerman writer
1965Vladimir EpishinRussian chess grandmaster
1975Magdalena Gużkowska-NurkiewiczPolish chess player
1977Robert KempińskiPolish chess player
1989Silvia-Raluca SgîrceaRomanian chess player
2000Maggie FengAmerican chess player

Died on July 11

1807George AtwoodEnglish mathematician
1967Solomon GotthilfRussian chess master
2003Ken WhyldBritish chess writer
2004Haije KramerDutch 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.

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