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April 11 in Chess History

17 birthdays, 3 matches, tournaments and games and 1 death from chess history on April 11.

April 11, 1986: Tatiana Kosintseva was born. On this day in chess history.

198640 years ago today

Tatiana Kosintseva was born

Russian chess player

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Card photo: karpidis from Piraeus, Greece, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

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Matches, tournaments and games

19241924 Ukrainian Chess ChampionshipEnded · won by Yakov Vilner
2017Women's European Individual Chess Championship 2017Began · won by Nana Dzagnidze
2019Croatian Chess Championship 2019Ended · won by Marin Bosiočić

Born on April 11

1843Johannes MinckwitzGerman chess player
1845Johann BergerAustrian chess player
1880Paula Wolf-KalmarAustrian chess player
1905Joseph PlatzGerman-American chess player
1908Aristide GromerFrench chess player
1917Aatos FredFinnish chess player
1955Nikolay LegkyUkrainian-born French chess player
1958Alex YermolinskyAmerican chess player
1968Vladimir DimitrovBulgarian chess player
1977Arusiak GrigorianArmenian chess player
1980Stelios HalkiasGreek chess player
1986Tatiana KosintsevaRussian chess player
1986Chitumbo MwaliZambian chess player
1988Karl McPhillipsIrish chess player
1997Bodda PratyushaIndian chess player
2002Jana SchneiderGerman chess player
2004Anastassia SinitsinaRussian chess player

Died on April 11

1908Henry BirdEnglish chess player

Dates from Wikidata (CC0). Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited on each card. Dates can differ between sources, especially before 1918 when Russia used the old calendar.

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