Chess Trivia of 7 January
On 7 January Hans Johner (1889), Paul Keres (1916), Reynaldo Vera (1961), Krishnan Sasikiran (1981) and Luke McShane (1984) were born. Today in 1985 Harry Golombek passed away. On 7 January 1910 the world championship match between Emanuel Lasker and Carl Schlechter started. The match ended balanced after Lasker had won the last game. In doing so he retained his title.>> earlier trivia
