On This Day: January 9

Henry Loveday 1848
Daniel Harrwitz 1884
Kornelis Boersma 1891
Elof Wikstroem 1902
Baruch Lender 1913
Eugene Albert 1930
Anna Akhsharumova 1957
Kenneth Solja 1957
Yuri Roslov 1963
Ladislav Prokes 1966
Viktor Laznicka 1988
Urfan Sevdimaliyev 1989
Mikhail Bryakin 1997
Shreyas Royal 2009


1998: Karpov defeats Anand to win FIDE championship