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Chess Players Birthdays in April

Chessbox sends happy birthday wishes to all chess players born in the month of April. Happy Birthday to all the chess grandmasters and chess players who’ve left an indelible mark on the game. Join us in wishing Happy Birthday to all chess players.

Indian Chess players birthdays in April

Rohini Khadilkar- Rohini Khadilkar was born on 1 April 1963 in Mumbai, India. She won Woman International Master in 1981.
Current Rating : 2215

Vasanti Khadilkar – Vasanti Khadilkar was born on was born on 1 April 1961 . She won in 1974 the inaugural Indian Women’s Championship.

Bodda Pratyusha – Bodda Pratyusha was born on 1 April 1997 in Tuni, India. In 2020, she became the third Telugu woman to earn the Woman Grandmaster title, after Koneru Humpy and Dronavalli Harika.
Current Rating : 2211

Sayantan Das– Sayantan Das was born on 8 April 1997 in Kolkata, India. He won the Grandmaster title in 2023. He is India’s 81st grandmaster.
Current Rating : 2507

Kiran Manisha Mohanty – Kiran Manisha Mohanty was born on 9 April 1989 in Bhubaneswar, India. She holds the title of Woman Grandmaster from 2010.
Current Rating : 2036

K. Jennitha Anto – K. Jennitha Anto was born on 10 April 1987 in Tiruchirappalli, India. Shw won Woman International Master in 2013.
Current Rating : 2001

Fenil Shah– Fenil Shah was born on 20 April 1995 in Ahmedabad, India. He won International Master in 2018.
Current Rating : 2352

Ramachandran Ramesh – R. B. Ramesh was born on Apr 20, 1976 in Chennai, India. He won the 2002 British Championship and the 2007 Commonwealth Championship. He is a licensed FIDE Senior Trainer since 2016.
Current Rating : 2472

Subramanian Arun Prasad – Subramanian Arun Prasad was born on 21 April 1988 in Salem, India. In 2008 he became India’s 18th chess Grandmaster.
Current Rating : 2507

Jayshree Khadilkar- Jayshree Khadilkar was born on 25 April 1962 in Mumbai, India. She was awarded the FIDE title of Woman International Master in 1979.
Current Rating : 2120

International Chess players birthdays in April

Tatiana Kosintseva– Tatiana Kosintseva was born on 1 April 1986 in Arkhangelsk, Russia. She won the Grandmaster (GM) title in 2009.
Current Rating: 2475

Kirsan Ilyumzhinov– Kirsan Ilyumzhinov was born on 5 April 1962 in Elista, Russia. He was the president of FIDE, the chess international governing body, from 1995 to 2018.

Konstantin Sakaev– Konstantin Sakaev was born on 13 April 1974 in Saint Petersburg, Russia. He was awarded Grandmaster (GM) title in 1993 .
Current Rating: 2558

Garry Kasparov– Garry Kasparov was born on 13 April 1963 in Baku, Azerbaijan. He is a Russian chess grandmaster. He won Grandmaster title in 1980. Currently he is number 2 player in the world.
Current Rating: 2812

Sergei Shipov– Sergei Shipov was born on 17 April 1966 in Murom, Russia. He was awarded the title Grandmaster by FIDE in 1996.
Current Rating: 2541

Valentina Kozlovskaya– Valentina Kozlovskaya was born on 18 April 1938 in Essentuki, Russia. She was awarded the title of Woman Grandmaster by FIDE in 1976.

Daniil Dubov– Daniil Dubov was born on 18 April 1996 in Moscow, Russia. He achieved his final norm for the Grandmaster title at the age of 14 years, 11 months, 14 days in 2011.
Current Rating: 2707

Mark Bluvshtein– Mark Bluvshtein was born on 20 April 1988 in Yaroslavl, Russia. He became the youngest Canadian ever to achieve the title of Grandmaster in 2004, at the age of 16.
Current Rating: 2590

Yakov Estrin– Yakov Estrin was born on 21 April 1923 in Moscow, Russia.

Alexandra Kosteniuk– Alexandra Kosteniuk was born on 23 April 1984 inPerm, Russia. She won the Grandmaster (GM) title in 2004.
Current Rating: 2501

Carl Jaenisch– Carl Jaenisch was born on 11 April 1813 in Vyborg, Russia. He was among the top players in the world during 1840s.

Maya Jalloul- Maya Jalloul was born on 16 April 1990 in Lebanon.

Alexey Kim– Alexey Kim was born on April 1986 in Tashkent, Uzbekistan. He is the only South Korean to hold the FIDE title of Grandmaster. He won the Grandmaster (GM) title in 2004.
Current Rating: 2465

Tatiana Shadrina– Tatiana Shadrina was born on 20 April 1974 in Kstovo, Russia. She was awarded Woman Grandmaster (WGM) title in 1999.
Current Rating: 2320

Lora Yakovleva– Lora Yakovleva was born on 21 April 1932 in Perm, Russia. She holds the ICCF title of Lady Grandmaster (LGM). She was the second ICCF Women’s World Champion.

Dmitry Gordievsky – Dmitry Gordievsky was born on 24 April 1996 in Moscow, Russia. He was awarded Grandmaster (GM) title in 2017.
Current Rating: 2522

Ekaterina Kovalevskaya – Ekaterina Kovalevskaya was born on 17 April 1974 in Rostov-on-Don, Russia. She was awarded International Master (IM)title in 2004 .
Current Rating: 2281

Gennadij Timoscenko– Gennadij Timoscenko was born on 27 April 1949 in Chelyabinsk, Russia. He was awarded Grandmaster (GM) title in 1980. He has FIDE Senior Trainer lifelong licence since 2010.