On This Day: May 12

Igor Bondarevsky 1913
Nikolay Budkov 1928
Badea Duta 1934
Dragoljub Velimirovic 1942
Nikolay Belchikov 1947
Zenon Franco 1956
Andrey Frolkin 1957
Aleksa Strikovic 1961
Tejas Bakre 1981
Ľudovit Lehen 2014
Paul Valois 2014


1961: Botvinnik defeats Tal to regain world championship