Timeline Wednesday 23 May 1951

Events on Wednesday 23 May 1951 2

• 1951 – present Anatoly Karpov Positional World Chess Champion Anatoly Karpov dominated world chess during the 1970s and 1980s through precise positional style and strategic mastery.
• 1951 Tibet Signs the Seventeen Point Agreement with China Agreement formalizes Chinese sovereignty over Tibet Representatives of the Dalai Lama's government signed an agreement in Beijing accepting Chinese sovereignty over Tibet in exchange for promises of autonomy and religious freedom. The agreement was signed under military pressure following the People's Liberation Army's advance into Tibet in 1950. Tibetans later disputed its legitimacy, and it remains a central grievance in the Tibet-China dispute.