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March 18 in Chess History

11 birthdays, 4 matches, tournaments and games and 3 deaths from chess history on March 18.

March 18, 2016: Women's World Chess Championship 2016 ended. On this day in chess history.

201610 years ago today

Women's World Chess Championship 2016 ended

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Matches, tournaments and games

19691969 Ukrainian Chess ChampionshipEnded · won by Gennady Kuzmin
1987Polish Chess Championship 1987Began · won by Robert Kuczyński
2016Women's World Chess Championship 2016Ended
2019European Individual Chess Championship 2019Began · won by Vladislav Artemiev

Born on March 18

1900Roberto GrauArgentine chess player
1933Peter Hugh ClarkeChess player
1940Teodor TchipevBulgarian judge and politician
1948Robert HyattAmerican computer scientist and programmer
1958Peter WinstonAmerican chess player
1960James PlaskettBritish chess player
1967Svetlana PrudnikovaRussian chess player
1969Vasyl IvanchukUkrainian chess player
1991Roberta BrunelloItalian chess player
1992Anastasiya SavinaRussian chess player
1999Maaike KeetmanDutch chess player

Died on March 18

1973Yefim KoganSoviet chess player
1988Gloria VelatSpanish chess player
2004József PogátsHungarian 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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