On This Day: November 12

Mikhail Chigorin 1850
Arvid Kubbel 1889
John Barrow 1890
Jozsef Bajtay 1902
Charles Wermelinger 1922
Borislav Ivkov 1933
Dragan Ivkovic 1933
Leonid Stein 1934
Dragoljub Ciric 1935
Hanka Radzewska 1946
Gennady Kozyura 1955
Ion Murarasu 1955
Mikhail Rytshagov 1967
Pablo Zarnicki 1972
Jeno Ban 1979
Gavriil Veresov 1979
Herman Pilnik 1981
Jean-Pierre Boyer 1986
Tony Miles 2001
Dragutin Sahovic 2005


1929: Alekhine defeats Bogoljubow to retain world championship