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March 22 in Chess History

16 birthdays, 1 match, tournament or game and 2 deaths from chess history on March 22.

March 22, 2002: Andrey Esipenko was born. On this day in chess history.

200224 years ago today

Andrey Esipenko was born

Russian chess player

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Matches, tournaments and games

1997Danish Chess Championship 1997Began · won by Lars Bo Hansen

Born on March 22

1857Moritz PorgesCzech chess player
1932Larry EvansAmerican chess player
1937Edmar MednisAmerican chess player
1938Rein EtrukEstonian chess player
1943Liuben SpassovBulgarian chess player
1946Jan SmejkalCzech chess player
1953Kenneth RogoffEconomist and chess player
1962Joara ChavesBrazilian chess player
1977Vadim MalakhatkoUkrainian chess grandmaster
1978Anna RudolphGerman chess player
1982Florian HandkeGerman chess player
1983Nazar FirmanUkrainian chess player
1998Alexander DonchenkoGerman chess player
2002Andrey EsipenkoRussian chess player
2004Shawn Rodrigue-LemieuxChess player
2005Aydın SüleymanlıTurkish-Azerbaijani chess player

Died on March 22

1909Friedrich AmelungBaltic German industrialist, chess player and historian
2018Johan van HulstDutch politician, professor and teacher

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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