On This Day: January 23

Luigi Ceriani 1894
Leon Fontaine 1900
Stig Bjorklund 1917
Christoph Johannessohn 1917
Hugh Myers 1930
Grigori Shmulenson 1931
Victor Cioana 1939
Miroslav Stosic 1949
Bo Jonsson 1950
Henrique Mecking 1952
Rolando Kutirov 1962
Rogelio Barcenilla 1972
Ernesto Fernandez 1983
Vojtech Plat 1994
Pavlo Vorontsov 1998
Milos Tomasevic 2002
Nodirbek Yakubboev 2002
Hector Rossetto 2009
Alexander Lastin 2015
Elisabeta Polihroniade 2016


2002: Ponomariov wins FIDE KO championship title