Lionel Adalbert Felix Kizeritsky (1806-18.05.1853), one of the strongest Estonian chess players of his time. While his real immortality was provided by his loss in the “immortal” game to Anderssen in London 1851.
Davide Marotti (1881-18 .07.1940), an Italian Master, a professor of literature and philosophy. In 1921, Marotti won the first Italian Championship.
Klaus Junge (1924-17. 04.1945), the most talented German player since Lasker born in Chile. Came first equal with Alekhine at Prague 1942. Unfortunately, he perished during WWII.
Kazimierz Makarczyk (1901-27.05.1972), a Polish International Master who won five team medals at the Olympiads: one gold (1930), two silver (1931, 1936), and two bronze (1928, 1935).
Nikolai (Nikolay) Zubarev (10.04.1894 –1951), Soviet International Master who finished 4th at the 1924 USSR championship.
Faruk Bistric (1958), a Bosnian Grandmaster.
Khalifa Al Hitmi (1960), a FIDE officer, Asian President, Quatar chess federation president.
Luc Winants (1963) a Belgian Grandmaster and columnist who was the Belgian Champion in 1986.
Dragisa Blagojevic (1966), a Montenegran Grandmaster who won four national championships.
Roman Slobodjan (1975), a German Grandmaster who was, World Junior Champion in 1995.

Alexander Finkel (1975), an Israeli Grandmaster.
Dagne Ciuksyte (1977), an English-Lithuanian International Master and Woman Grandmaster.

Alexey Vyzmanavin (1960-2000), a Russian grandmaster played twice for the national team 1992 and 1995. His dead at 40 years old is still not clear.

Igor Lysyj (1987)  a Russian chess Grandmaster.
Nana Dzagnidze (1987), a  Georgian Grandmaster and Woman Grandmaster. She is the best Georgian female player since the retirement of Maya Chiburdanidze.

Tornike Sanikidze (1989), a Georgian Grandmaster who won the Georgian Championship in 2009.
Nino Batsiashvili (1987). an Georgian International Master and Woman Grandmaster who was the Women’s Georgian Champion in 2015. The same year she drew one game with Magnus Carlsen at the Qatar Open.
Salem, A.R. Saleh Salem (1993), a Grandmaster from UAE who was the Arab Champion in 2008 and the Asian Champion in 2015.
Kivanc Haznedaroglu (1981), a Turkish Grandmaster who became the Turkish Champion in 2003.
Guramishvili, Sopiko (1991), an Georgian Woman Grandmaster (1991), World U16 Girls Champion in 2006. She is married to the Dutch GM Anish Giri.
Vitay Sivuk, Vitaly (1992), a Ukrainian Grandmaster.

1853 England, The Field published its first chess column and the British Chess Review its first issue.

1857 USA. The first number of the American Chess Monthly is published.

1868 Chess Players’Quarterly Chronicle.

1881 England. The first issue of the British Chess Magazine, the oldest magazine without a break. Watkinson is the editor.

1885 First issue of the International Chess Magazine with the world champion Steinitz as editor.

1893 Netherland. Dutch Federation monthly magazine Schakend Nederland founded.

1909 USA. The last number of the Lasker’s chess magazine is published.

1933 USA. The first number of Chess Review with I. Kashdan as editor.

1990 Switzerland, a FIDE ban on smoking came into effect. Smoking was not longer allowed in the playing hall for the duration during play.
1991 The Chess Federations of Federal Republic of Germany and the German Democratic Republic were united.

0045 BC Julian Calendar is introduced

1515 Death of Louis XII, King of France

1531 Rio de Janerio, Brazil is discovered

1863 The Emancipation Proclamation, declared the previous September by Abraham Lincoln, took effect. It declared freedom for slaves in all areas of the Confederacy that were still in rebellion against the Union.

1901 The Commonwealth of Australia was proclaimed.

1956 Sudan gained its independence.

1958 Treaties establishing the European Economic Community went into effect.

1959 Fidel Castro led Cuban revolutionaries to victory over Fulgencio Batista.

1986 Soviet television aired a five-minute greeting from President Reagan and Americans got the same from Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev in the first such exchange between the superpowers.

1997 Kofi Annan assumed the title of United Nations secretary-general.

1999 The euro, the new single currency of eleven European countries, officially came into existence with the start of the New Year.

2002 Twelve European nations adopted the euro in the most ambitious currency changeover in history.

2007 Bulgaria and Romania officially join the European Union. Slovenia joins Eurozone

2011 Estonia becomes the 17th member of the Eurozone.

2014 Latvia becomes the 18th member of the Eurozone.