February 15 in Chess History

22 birthdays, 3 matches, tournaments and games and 2 deaths from chess history on February 15.

February 15, 1977: Isaac Boleslavsky died. On this day in chess history.

197749 years ago today

Isaac Boleslavsky died

Soviet chess player

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Matches, tournaments and games

  1. 1935Moscow 1935 chess tournamentBegan
  2. 19561956 USSR Chess ChampionshipEnded · won by Mark Taimanov
  3. 2026FIDE Freestyle Chess World Championship 2026Ended

Born on February 15

  1. 1815Eugène-Louis LequesneFrench sculptor
  2. 1874Emīls MelngailisLatvian composer
  3. 1897Mikhail KlyatskinRussian chess player
  4. 1913Erich EliskasesAustrian-Argentinian chess player
  5. 1922Éva KarakasHungarian chess women grandmaster
  6. 1923Abram KhasinRussian chess player
  7. 1940Yousof SafvatChess Player
  8. 1952Arno NickelGerman chess player
  9. 1958Mark HebdenBritish chess player
  10. 1958Juan Mario Gómez EstebanSpanish international chess grandmaster
  11. 1960Margeir PéturssonIcelandic chess grandmaster
  12. 1968Patrick WolffAmerican chess grandmaster
  13. 1968Thorsten Michael HaubGerman chess player
  14. 1970Dragan KosićChess player
  15. 1972René SternGerman chess player
  16. 1976Daniel FridmanGerman chess player
  17. 1979Anna DorofeevaRussian chess player
  18. 1986Tamara ChistiakovaRussian chess player
  19. 1990Hovik HayrapetyanArmenian chess player
  20. 1991Davit BenidzeGeorgian chess player
  21. 1998Titas StremavičiusLithuanian chess player
  22. 2000Nomin-Erdene DavaademberelMongolian chess player

Died on February 15

  1. 1974Conel Hugh O'Donel AlexanderBritish cryptanalyst, chess player, and chess writer
  2. 1977Isaac BoleslavskySoviet chess player

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