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March 21 in Chess History

16 birthdays, 3 matches, tournaments and games and 4 deaths from chess history on March 21.

March 21, 1989: Swaminathan Soumya was born. On this day in chess history.

198937 years ago today

Swaminathan Soumya was born

Indian chess player

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Matches, tournaments and games

1940Danish Chess Championship 1940Began
1951Danish Chess Championship 1951Began · won by Eigil Pedersen
19781978 Ukrainian Chess ChampionshipEnded · won by Konstantin Lerner

Born on March 21

1868Alexander HalprinRussian-Austrian chess player
1887Eino HeilimoFinnish chess player
1908Archil EbralidzeSoviet chess player
1936Vanik ZakaryanArmenian mathematician
1945William MartzAmerican chess player
1952Janez BarleSlovene chess player
1966Marek MatlakPolish chess player
1968Igor KhenkinGerman chess grandmaster
1970Anke LutzGerman chess player
1979Zoltán MedvegyHungarian chess player
1984Max PomerancAmerican actor and chess player
1986Anouar IsmagambetovKazakhstani chess player
1989Swaminathan SoumyaIndian chess player
1990Homayoon ToufighiIranian chess player
1992Shyaam Nikhil PIndian chess player
2002Casper SchoppenDutch chess player

Died on March 21

1909Rudolf von GottschallGerman poet, dramatist literary critic and literary historian
1924Stepan LevitskyRussian chess player
1978Béla SándorHungarian chess player
2012Yuri RazuvaevRussian 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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