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July 14 in Chess History

16 birthdays, 1 match, tournament or game and 4 deaths from chess history on July 14.

July 14, 1990: Ian Nepomniachtchi was born. On this day in chess history.

199036 years ago today

Ian Nepomniachtchi was born

Russian chess player

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Matches, tournaments and games

18721872 London chess tournamentEnded · won by Wilhelm Steinitz

Born on July 14

1830Henry BirdEnglish chess player
1897Ion GudjuRomanian chess player
1928Valter HeuerEstonian chess player, writer and sports journalist
1937Claude BloodgoodAmerican chess player
1944Rani HamidBangladeshi female chess player
1959Stefan BückerGerman chess player
1963Igor ZakharevichRussian chess grandmaster
1966Essam El-GindyEgyptian chess Grandmaster
1972Joanna BarczyńskaPolish chess player
1981Ádám HorváthHungarian chess player
1987Karmen MarSlovenian chess player
1990Ian NepomniachtchiRussian chess player
1993Yaroslav ZherebukhUkrainian-American chess player
2000Haik MartirosyanArmenian chess player
2000Valery KazakouskiChess player
2008Roman DehtiarovChess player

Died on July 14

1964Plàcid Soler i BordasSpanish chess player
1988Vincenzo NestlerItalian chess player
2006Aleksander WojtkiewiczPolish chess player
2022Nikolai KrogiusRussian 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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