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September 21 in Chess History

9 birthdays, 3 matches, tournaments and games and 5 deaths from chess history on September 21.

September 21, 1992: Mariya Muzychuk was born. On this day in chess history.

199234 years ago today

Mariya Muzychuk was born

Women's World Chess Champion

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Matches, tournaments and games

1957Women's Chess Olympiad 1957Ended
2011Chess World Cup 2011Ended · won by Peter Svidler
2022ShushaChess (2022)Began

Born on September 21

1815Paul Rudolf von BilguerGerman chess player
1922Martin ChristoffelChess player
1963Arnon GoldfingerFilmmaker
1965Robert ZelčićCroatian chess player
1982Oksana KrygerUkrainian-Danish chess player
1988Vasily PapinRussian chess grandmaster
1992Mariya MuzychukWomen's World Chess Champion
2004Mamikon GharibyanArmenian chess player
2006Yahli SokolovskyChess player

Died on September 21

1897Conrad BayerAustrian-Hungarian chess composer
1931Benjamin Glover LawsBritish chess composer
1973František Josef ProkopChess player and non-fiction writer
1990Alexander KonstantinopolskyChess player
2023Jeremy SilmanAmerican chess player and writer

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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