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September 13 in Chess History

13 birthdays, 3 matches, tournaments and games and 1 death from chess history on September 13.

September 13, 2000: Chess World Cup 2000 ended, won by Viswanathan Anand. On this day in chess history.

200026 years ago today

Chess World Cup 2000 ended

Won by Viswanathan Anand

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Card photo: GFHund, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

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Matches, tournaments and games

1936French Chess Championship 1936Ended · won by Maurice Raizman
2000Chess World Cup 2000Ended · won by Viswanathan Anand
2022Grand Chess Tour 2022Ended · won by Alireza Firouzja

Born on September 13

1754Moses HirschelGerman chess player
1929Eliso KakabadzeGeorgian chess player
1930Ken SmithAmerican chess player
1958Jean-Marc LoustauFrench chess composer
1959Vladimir FeldmanAustralian chess player
1960Marc Santo-RomanFrench chess player
1973Yudania Hernández EstévezSpanish chess player
1974Salvador AlonsoArgentine chess player
1975Anna GershnikAmerican and Israeli chess player
1992Alvar Alonso RosellSpanish chess player
1998Thomas BeerdsenChess player
2002Pa IniyanIndian chess player
2004Jan ŠubeljSlovene chess grandmaster

Died on September 13

2002Alexander KazantsevSoviet science fiction writer and ufologist

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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