On This Day: May 11

Emil Palkoska 1871
Johann Schneider 1905
Anatoly Ufimtsev 1914
Ludek Pachman 1924
Raymond Gevers 1954
Hans-Peter Reich 1967
Normunds Miezis 1971
Aleksej Aleksandrov 1973
Mihajlo Stojanovic 1977
Spyridon Kapnisis 1981
Yusup Atabayev 1994
Jozsef Tafferner 1997
Visvaldis Veders 1997
Jan Mortensen 2003
Andreas Adorjan 2023


1951: Botvinnik draws Bronstein to retain world championship title
1997: IBM’s DeepBlue defeats Kasparov
2010: Anand defeats Topalov to retain world championship title