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October 24 in Chess History

11 birthdays, 2 matches, tournaments and games and 3 deaths from chess history on October 24.

October 24, 1992: Ding Liren was born. On this day in chess history.

199234 years ago today

Ding Liren was born

17th World Chess Champion

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Matches, tournaments and games

19201920 USSR Chess ChampionshipEnded · won by Alexander Alekhine
2024U.S. Chess Championship 2024Ended · won by Fabiano Caruana

Born on October 24

1850Andria DadianiGeorgian chess player
1878Oskar AntzeGerman chess player
1900Robert CrépeauxFrench chess player
1910Mikhail KantardzhievBulgarian chess player
1929Milinka MerliniChess player
1930Eugênio GermanBrazilian chess player
1956Zlatko KlarićCroatian chess player
1959Jouni YrjöläFinnish chess player and author
1981Subbaraman MeenakshiChess player
1992Ding Liren17th World Chess Champion
1994Vidit GujrathiIndian chess player

Died on October 24

1981Alexander KevitzAmerican chess master
2004Maaja RannikuEstonian chess player
2025André LombardChess 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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