November 11 in Chess History

15 birthdays, 7 matches, tournaments and games and 7 deaths from chess history on November 11.

November 11, 2016: World Chess Championship 2016 began, won by Magnus Carlsen. On this day in chess history.

201610 years ago today

World Chess Championship 2016 began

Won by Magnus Carlsen

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Card photo: Ralf Roletschek, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

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Matches, tournaments and games

  1. 19311931 USSR Chess ChampionshipEnded · won by Mikhail Botvinnik
  2. 19451945 Ukrainian Chess ChampionshipEnded · won by Anatoly Bannik
  3. 1950World Chess Tournament Amsterdam 1950Began · won by Miguel Najdorf
  4. 19511951 USSR Chess ChampionshipBegan · won by Paul Keres
  5. 200235th Chess OlympiadEnded
  6. 2006Croatian Chess Championship 2006Began
  7. 2016World Chess Championship 2016Began · won by Magnus Carlsen

Born on November 11

  1. 1831Willard FiskeAmerican librarian, book collector, and chess player
  2. 1895Victor SoultanbeieffChess master
  3. 1902Josep Vilardebò i PicurenaSpanish chess player
  4. 1937Yuri ShabanovRussian chess player
  5. 1939Galina ArchakovaSoviet and Belarusian chess player
  6. 1941Karl RöhrlAustrian chess player
  7. 1952Aurel UrzicăRomanian chess player
  8. 1957Sheila JacksonEnglish chess player
  9. 1957Jean HébertChess player
  10. 1964Milko PopčevBulgarian chess player
  11. 1977Maia LomineishviliGeorgian chess player
  12. 1988Yuri VovkUkrainian chess player
  13. 1988Štěpán ŽilkaCzech chess player
  14. 1993Irina BulmagaMoldovan-Romanian chess player
  15. 2005Momchil PetkovBulgarian chess player

Died on November 11

  1. 1932Frederick YatesEnglish chess player
  2. 1954Johannes GiersingDanish chess player
  3. 1997Jerzy KrzysztońPolish chess player
  4. 1999Lodewijk PrinsDutch chess player
  5. 2015Aurel AntonRomanian chess player
  6. 2022Francisco Javier Sanz AlonsoSpanish chess player
  7. 2024Jan KiedrowiczPolish 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.