13 birthdays, 7 matches, tournaments and games and 5 deaths from chess history on November 7.
201412 years ago today
World Chess Championship 2014 began
Won by Magnus Carlsen
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Matches, tournaments and games
- 196818th Chess OlympiadEnded
- 1990World Chess Championship 1990Ended · won by Garry Kasparov
- 1992Women's Chess Olympiad 1992Began
- 2005Croatian Chess Championship 2005Began · won by Krunoslav Hulak
- 2014World Chess Championship 2014Began · won by Magnus Carlsen
- 2021FIDE Grand Swiss Tournament 2021Ended · won by Alireza Firouzja
- 2021FIDE Women's Grand Swiss Tournament 2021Ended · won by Lei Tingjie
Born on November 7
- 1810Ferenc ErkelHungarian composer, conductor and pianist
- 1886Aaron NimzovichLatvian-born Danish chess player and theoretician
- 1903Giovanni FerrantesItalian chess player, sports director, journalist and chess referee
- 1912Walter AderCzechoslovak chess player
- 1961Igor GlekRussian chess grandmaster and coach
- 1961Andrey KavalyowBelarusian chess player
- 1963Tahmidur RahmanBangladeshi chess player
- 1964Gabriela OlărașuRomanian chess player
- 1965Anja HegelerGerman chess player
- 1973Vitezslav RasikChess player
- 1987Leonid GerzhoyCanadian chess player
- 1992Leandro KrysaArgentine chess player
- 1996Maksim ChigaevRussian chess player
Died on November 7
- 1936Slavko WolfCroatian lawyer, chess player and writer
- 1940Johann SehwersLatvian scientist
- 1943Abram RabinovichRussian chess player
- 2006Aino KukkEstonian chess player
- 2021Liudmila BelavenetsRussian chess player
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