On This Day: December 27

Max Judd 1851
Gustav von Broecker 1854
Frank Martindale 1854
Alexander Rueb 1882
Walter Grimshaw 1890
Allard Eerkes 1911
Robert Worters 1915
Carl Schlechter 1918
Mikhail Klinkov 1934
Oleg Mazur 1936
Alexandr Kislyak 1938
Eduard Mazel 1943
Ofer Comay 1957
Emory Tate Jr. 1958
Raset Ziatdinov 1958
Spartaco Sarno 1964
Genrikh Kasparyan 1995
Kateryna Lagno 1989
Mahel Boyer 2004


1939: USCF founded
2000: Anand wins FIDE KO championship