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October 9 in Chess History

10 birthdays, 1 match, tournament or game and 3 deaths from chess history on October 9.

October 9, 1993: Wesley So was born. On this day in chess history.

199333 years ago today

Wesley So was born

Filipino-American chess player

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Card photo: Frans Peeters, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

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Matches, tournaments and games

2002Chess World Cup 2002Began · won by Viswanathan Anand

Born on October 9

1787William LewisEnglish chess player and author
1866Charles Wreford-BrownEnglish cricketer
1911Kristian SköldSwedish chess player
1927Jeremy GaigeAmerican chess writer
1931Ursula WasnetskyGerman chess player
1968Joan Mellado TriviñoAndorran chess player
1992Hanne GoossensChess player
1993Wesley SoFilipino-American chess player
2001Vugar AsadliAzerbaijani chess player
2009Zarina NurgaliyevaChess player

Died on October 9

1962Milan VidmarSlovenian chess player
1987Vicente Almirall CastellSpanish chess player
2013Milan MatulovićYugoslav 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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