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March 28 in Chess History

8 birthdays, 6 matches, tournaments and games and 5 deaths from chess history on March 28.

March 28, 2018: Candidates Tournament 2018 ended, won by Fabiano Caruana. On this day in chess history.

20188 years ago today

Candidates Tournament 2018 ended

Won by Fabiano Caruana

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Card photo: Vladimir Barskij, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

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Matches, tournaments and games

2015Danish Chess Championship 2015Began · won by Sune Berg Hansen
2016Danish Chess Championship 2016Ended · won by Mads Andersen
2018Candidates Tournament 2018Ended · won by Fabiano Caruana
2018European Individual Chess Championship 2018Ended · won by Ivan Šarić
2026Candidates Tournament 2026Began · won by Javokhir Sindarov
2026Women's Candidates Tournament 2026Began

Born on March 28

1900Josef CukiermanFrench chess player
1915Rogelio OrtegaCuban chess player
1931Anatoly LeinSoviet-American chess player
1932Lionel JoynerChess player
1966Juan Borges MateosCuban chess player
1974Johanna Paasikangas-TellaFinnish chess player
1989Sergei ZhigalkoBelarusian chess player
2001Khanim BalajayevaAzerbaijani chess player

Died on March 28

1908Hermann ClemenzEstonian chess player
1943Kārlis BētiņšLatvian chess player
1961Johannes TerhoFinnish chess player
1984Comins MansfieldBritish chess composer
2024Igors RausisLatvian-Czech 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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