May 13 in Chess History

16 birthdays, 7 matches, tournaments and games and 5 deaths from chess history on May 13.

May 13, 1954: World Chess Championship 1954 ended, won by Mikhail Botvinnik. On this day in chess history.

195472 years ago today

World Chess Championship 1954 ended

Won by Mikhail Botvinnik

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Matches, tournaments and games

  1. 1954World Chess Championship 1954Ended · won by Mikhail Botvinnik
  2. 1960World Chess Championship 1960Ended · won by Mikhail Tal
  3. 1961World Chess Championship 1961Ended · won by Mikhail Botvinnik
  4. 19701970 Ukrainian Chess ChampionshipEnded · won by Vladimir Tukmakov
  5. 19761976 Ukrainian Chess ChampionshipBegan · won by Mikhail Podgaets
  6. 2010U.S. Chess Championship 2010Began · won by Gata Kamsky
  7. 2013U.S. Chess Championship 2013Ended · won by Gata Kamsky

Born on May 13

  1. 1827Joseph PlachuttaSlovene-descent Austrian chess composer
  2. 1900Theodore TylorChess player, knighted for services to the blind
  3. 1925Ratmir KholmovRussian chess player
  4. 1927Rudolf MarićYugoslavian chess player
  5. 1931Andrija FudererChess master
  6. 1938Andrzej FilipowiczPolish chess player
  7. 1943Eveline NünchertGerman chess player
  8. 1955Annett Wagner-MichelGerman chess player
  9. 1956Tadeusz WolszaPolish historian
  10. 1960Eckhard SchmittdielGerman chess player
  11. 1966Niaz MurshedBangladeshi chess player
  12. 1985Carolina LujánArgentine chess player
  13. 1987Sandro MarecoArgentine chess player
  14. 1988Luka LeničSlovenian chess player
  15. 1997Shrook WafaEgyptian chess player
  16. 2004Kazybek NogerbekKazakh chess player

Died on May 13

  1. 1943Adrián García CondeMexican-British chess player
  2. 1980Erich ZeplerElectronics engineer, Chess problemist
  3. 1994Vladimir AntoshinSoviet chess Grandmaster, a theoretician and a national champion of correspondence chess
  4. 2013İlhan OnatTurkish chess player
  5. 2025Kurt JungwirthAustrian politician

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.