On This Day: September 18

Oskar Korschelt 1853
Ottavio Stocchi 1906
Ivan Halic 1910
Kurt Laib 1912
Rainer Ehlers 1963
Gerald Hertneck 1963
Wong Meng Kong 1963
Curt Hansen 1964
Jens Pedersen 1968
Frank Ross Anderson 1980
Roberts Skuja 1984
Andrey Zhigalko 1985
Gabor Nagy 1994
Nodirbek Abdusattorov 2004
Michael Valvo 2004
Reino Heiskanen 2007
Nodirbek Abdusattorov 2014


2008: Alexandra Kosteniuk wins Women’s Championship