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October 20 in Chess History

15 birthdays, 2 matches, tournaments and games and 3 deaths from chess history on October 20.

October 20, 1908: Mona May Karff was born. On this day in chess history.

1908118 years ago today

Mona May Karff was born

American chess player

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Matches, tournaments and games

1951Women US Championship 1951Began · won by Mary Bain
2022U.S. Chess Championship 2022Ended · won by Fabiano Caruana

Born on October 20

1875Heinrich WolfAustrian chess master
1905Karl FabelGerman chess composer
1908Mona May KarffAmerican chess player
1915František PithartCzech chess player
1921Heinz LehmannGerman chess player
1925Borislav MilićChess player
1943Bent SørensenDanish chess player and politician
1956Liubov Lysenko-ZhyltsovaUkrainian chess player
1960Konstantin AseevChess Grandmaster
1960Aleksey GavrilovRussian chess player
1982Dmitry BocharovRussian chess player
1985George XieAustralian chess player
1986Nadya OrtizColombian chess player
1988Hayal BaturTurkish-Azerbaijani chess player
1994Yuliya ShvaygerIsraeli chess player

Died on October 20

1952Philip Walsingham SergeantBritish chess player
1993Harry BorochowCalifornian chess national master
2003František PithartCzech 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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