On This Day: May 13

Josef Plachutta 1827
Nikolay Ivanovsky 1913
Ratmir Kholmov 1925
Rudolf Maric 1927
Andrija Fuderer 1931
Andrzej Filipowicz 1938
Anatoly Sinyov 1947
Martin Hoffmann 1951
Vilimantas Satkus 1952
Eckhard Schmittdiel 1960
Lubomir Siran 1960
Niaz Murshed 1966
Eckart Kummer 1969
Erich Zepler 1980
Sandro Mareco 1987
Luka Lenic 1988
Vladimir Antoshin 1994
Kazybek Nogerbek 2004
Burt Hochberg 2006
Valery Grechikhin 2008


1954: Botvinnik draws Smyslov to retain world championship title