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May 23 in Chess History

16 birthdays, 3 matches, tournaments and games and 3 deaths from chess history on May 23.

May 23, 1951: Anatoly Karpov was born. On this day in chess history.

195175 years ago today

Anatoly Karpov was born

12th World Chess Champion

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Matches, tournaments and games

1937Polish Chess Championship 1937Began · won by Savielly Tartakower
19821982 Ukrainian Chess ChampionshipEnded · won by Konstantin Lerner
2016European Individual Chess Championship 2016Ended · won by Ernesto Inarkiev

Born on May 23

1879Augustin NeumannAustrian chess player
1891Ilya RabinovichRussian chess player
1899Jeanne d’AutremontFrench chess player
1914Barbara Flerow-BułhakPolish chess player
1917Eigil PedersenDanish chess composer
1930Aleksandar MatanovićChess player
1950Cor van WijgerdenDutch chess player
1951Anatoly Karpov12th World Chess Champion
1961Ilana David GlazIsraeli chess player
1962Igor NovikovUkrainian-American chess grandmaster
1966Ingūna ErnesteChess player
1972Michael BezoldGerman chess player
1972Hans-Elmar SchwingGerman chess player
1986John Paul GomezFilippian chess player
1992Liu QingnanChess player
1999Semen KhaninRussian chess player

Died on May 23

1802Ercole del RioItalian chess player
1972Ottilie StibanerGerman chess player
1980Jens EnevoldsenChess 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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