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October 7 in Chess History

9 birthdays, 3 matches, tournaments and games and 6 deaths from chess history on October 7.

October 7, 1974: Women's Chess Olympiad 1974 ended. On this day in chess history.

197452 years ago today

Women's Chess Olympiad 1974 ended

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Matches, tournaments and games

1974Women's Chess Olympiad 1974Ended
2000U.S. Chess Championship 2000Ended · won by Joel Benjamin
20132013 Kings TournamentBegan · won by Fabiano Caruana

Born on October 7

1809Elijah WilliamsBritish chess player
1914Alexander TsvetkovChess player
1918Milda LauberteLatvian chess player
1933Jonathan PenroseEnglish chess player
1940Liu WenzheChinese chess player
1972Loek van WelyDutch chess player
1980Andrei DeviatkinRussian chess player
1983Robert MarkušSerbian chess player
1990Daria CharochkinaRussian chess player

Died on October 7

1566Marco Girolamo VidaItalian bishop
1850Karl SchornGerman artist
1978Claude HugotFrench chess player
1989Růžena SucháCzezch chess player
2014Ioganess VeltmanderRussian chess player
2022Jerzy KubieńPolish 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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