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September 29 in Chess History

11 birthdays, 1 match, tournament or game and 5 deaths from chess history on September 29.

September 29, 1919: Kira Zvorykina was born. On this day in chess history.

1919107 years ago today

Kira Zvorykina was born

Soviet chess player

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Card photo: Wim van Rossem for Anefo, CC BY-SA 3.0 nl, via Wikimedia Commons

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Matches, tournaments and games

2004Israel Chess Championship 2004Ended · won by Sergey Erenburg

Born on September 29

1910Isakas VistaneckisLithuanian chess player
1919Kira ZvorykinaSoviet chess player
1919Braslav RabarChess player
1936Tereza ŠtadlerYugoslav chess player
1949Evgenij ErmenkovBulgarian chess player
1953Georgios MakropoulosGreek chess player
1961Sergey IvanovRussian chess player
1977Vigen MirumyanArmenian chess player
1986Oliver BarbosaFilipino chess grandmaster
1986Andreas DiermairAustrian chess player
1995Alshaeby BoshraJordanian chess player

Died on September 29

1897Norman van LennepDutch chess player
1931Paula Wolf-KalmarAustrian chess player
1943Karl BerndtssonSwedish chess player
1981Irving ChernevUkrainean-American chess player
1981Kurt DreyerGerman-South African 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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