March 13 in Chess History

17 birthdays, 3 matches, tournaments and games and 6 deaths from chess history on March 13.

March 13, 1976: Zhu Chen was born. On this day in chess history.

197650 years ago today

Zhu Chen was born

Women's World Chess Champion

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Matches, tournaments and games

  1. 19821982 Dutch chess championshipBegan · won by Hans Ree
  2. 1988Polish Chess Championship 1988Ended · won by Włodzimierz Schmidt
  3. 20232023 European Individual Chess ChampionshipEnded · won by Alexey Sarana

Born on March 13

  1. 1803George WalkerEnglish chess player
  2. 1852Oscar BlumenthalGerman playwright and drama critic
  3. 1909Àngel Ribera i ArnalSpanish chess player
  4. 1923Yasuharu ŌyamaJapanese shogi player
  5. 1948Walter WittmannAustrian chess player
  6. 1950Margareta MureșanRomanian chess player
  7. 1954Ingrīda PriedīteLatvian chess player
  8. 1956Gina Lynne LoSassoAmerican chess player
  9. 1957Jonathan MestelEnglish chess player and mathematician
  10. 1976Zhu ChenWomen's World Chess Champion
  11. 1979Merijn van DelftDutch chess player
  12. 1987Elitsa RaevaBulgarian chess player
  13. 1991Lê Quang LiêmVietnamese chess player
  14. 1992Klaudia KulonPolish chess player
  15. 1993Elizaveta MalakhovaChess player
  16. 1998Johnatan BakalchukIsraeli chess player
  17. 2006Leon Luke MendoncaIndian chess player

Died on March 13

  1. 1879Adolf AnderssenGerman chess champion, after Paul Morphy (1858-1860), second unofficial world chess champion (1851-1858, 1860-1865, 1867-1871), chess publicist
  2. 1895William Norwood PotterEnglish chess player
  3. 1982William FairhurstBritish chess player and bridge designer
  4. 1984François Le LionnaisFrench mathematician
  5. 1996Louis BigotFrench actor
  6. 2021Nikola SpiridonovBulgarian chess player

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