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November 22 in Chess History

10 birthdays, 3 matches, tournaments and games and 9 deaths from chess history on November 22.

November 22, 1967: Boris Becker was born. On this day in chess history.

196759 years ago today

Boris Becker was born

German tennis player, coach, and commentator

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Matches, tournaments and games

1938Botvinnik versus Capablanca, AVRO 1938Game played · won by Mikhail Botvinnik
2020Champions Chess Tour 2021Began
2026World Chess Championship 2026Began

Born on November 22

1844Andrés Clemente VázquezCuban lawyer
1871Fritz EnglundSwedish chess player
1888Ilmari RahmFinnish chess player
1903Plàcid Soler i BordasSpanish chess player
1951Lidia SemenovaUkrainian chess player
1965Valeria GansvindEstonian chess player
1967Boris BeckerGerman tennis player, coach, and commentator
1975Hugo SpangenbergArgentine chess player
1988Fuad AlakbarovAzerbaijani-Scottish political commentator, journalist and photographer
1991Andrey VovkUkrainian chess player

Died on November 22

1856Alonzo MorphyAmerican judge
1912Louis UedemannAmerican chess player
1919Mary RudgeBritish chess player
1977Ivan Vladimir RohačekSlovak chess player
1999Vladimir AgafonovRussian chess player
2005Edith SoppeArgentine chess player
2008Theodor GhițescuChess player
2014Anne SunnucksChess player
2020Vasily MalininRussian 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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