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September 22 in Chess History

14 birthdays, 3 matches, tournaments and games and 3 deaths from chess history on September 22.

September 22, 2024: 45th Chess Olympiad ended. On this day in chess history.

20242 years ago today

45th Chess Olympiad ended

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Matches, tournaments and games

1963Women's Chess Olympiad 1963Began
19651965 Dutch chess championshipEnded · won by Lodewijk Prins
202445th Chess OlympiadEnded

Born on September 22

1869Magnus SmithCanadian chess player
1883Samuel FactorPolish-American chess player
1909Josef RejfířCzech chess player
1909Gunnar FriedemannEstonian chess player
1910Suren AbrahamyanSoviet chess player
1921Gia NadareishviliSoviet chess player
1949John MolesEnglish university lecturer
1955Alius MikėnasLithuanian chess player
1968Ronen LevIsraeli chess player
1976Yannick PelletierSwiss chess player
1995Pouya IdaniIranian chess player
2000Olena MartynkovaChess player
2002Kirill ShevchenkoUkrainian chess player
2002Danila PavlovChess player

Died on September 22

1964Victor GoglidzeSoviet chess player
2009Romanas ArlauskasLithuanian chess player
2016Atanas KolarovBulgarian 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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