October 27 in Chess History

14 birthdays, 4 matches, tournaments and games and 6 deaths from chess history on October 27.

October 27, 2021: FIDE Grand Swiss Tournament 2021 began, won by Alireza Firouzja. On this day in chess history.

20215 years ago today

FIDE Grand Swiss Tournament 2021 began

Won by Alireza Firouzja

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Matches, tournaments and games

  1. 19731973 USSR Chess ChampionshipEnded · won by Boris Spassky
  2. 2016Russian Chess Championship 2016Ended · won by Alexander Riazantsev
  3. 2021FIDE Grand Swiss Tournament 2021Began · won by Alireza Firouzja
  4. 2021FIDE Women's Grand Swiss Tournament 2021Began · won by Lei Tingjie

Born on October 27

  1. 1867Kārlis BētiņšLatvian chess player
  2. 1890George PageScottish chess player
  3. 1907Isaias PleciArgentine chess player
  4. 1908Leonids DreibergsLatvian-American chess player
  5. 1908James Macrae AitkenScottish chess player
  6. 1927Juan Enrique LiraChilean photographer and sportsperson
  7. 1928Miroslav FilipCzech chess player
  8. 1942Janusz Korwin-MikkePolish far-right politician and publicist
  9. 1961Carlos Antonio Reyes NájeraGuatemalan chess player
  10. 1966Dibyendu BaruaIndian chess player
  11. 1967Irina PerevertkinaRussian Women ICCF Grandmaster
  12. 1972Andrei ShchekachevSoviet chess player
  13. 1972Tatiana BaklanovaChess player
  14. 1993Nazí PaikidzeRussian-born Georgian-American chess player

Died on October 27

  1. 1847Alexandre DeschapellesFrench chess player
  2. 1936Clarence HowellAmerican chess player
  3. 1981Lucijs EndzelinsLatvian-Australian chess player
  4. 1993Nils BergkvistSwedish chess player
  5. 2007Waltraud NowarraGerman chess player
  6. 2017Velimir KalandadzeGeorgian chess composer

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.