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October 31 in Chess History

12 birthdays, 3 matches, tournaments and games and 6 deaths from chess history on October 31.

October 31, 1892: Alexander Alekhine was born. On this day in chess history.

1892134 years ago today

Alexander Alekhine was born

4th World Chess Champion

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Card photo: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

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Matches, tournaments and games

19921992 Ukrainian Chess ChampionshipEnded · won by Vladislav Borovikov
1998U.S. Chess Championship 1998Began · won by Nick de Firmian
200436th Chess OlympiadEnded

Born on October 31

1836Adolf SchwarzAustro-Hungarian chess player
1892Alexander Alekhine4th World Chess Champion
1931Iivo NeiEstonian chess player and sportsperson
1936Milorad KneževićSerbian chess player
1943Katarina BlagojevićSerbian chess player
1955Vladas GefenasLithuanian chess player
1976Stanley ChumfwaZambian chess player
1980Tomáš PetríkSlovak chess player
1983Alexander GrischukRussian chess player
1992Roberto Garcia PantojaColombian chess player
1996Dinara SaduakassovaKazakhstani chess player
2001Jergus PechacChess player

Died on October 31

1947František TreybalCzech chess player
1971Alexander ZaitsevRussian chess grandmaster
1995Mario NapolitanoItalian chess player
2003Antonio MedinaChess player
2011Boris de GreiffColombian chess player and writer
2023German KhodosSoviet 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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