February 19 in Chess History

20 birthdays, 2 matches, tournaments and games and 5 deaths from chess history on February 19.

February 19, 1924: David Bronstein was born. On this day in chess history.

1924102 years ago today

David Bronstein was born

Soviet chess grandmaster

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Matches, tournaments and games

  1. 1927New York 1927 chess tournamentBegan · won by José Raúl Capablanca
  2. 19851985 USSR Chess ChampionshipEnded · won by Mikhail Gurevich

Born on February 19

  1. 1899Salome ReischerAustrian chess player
  2. 1910Géza FüsterHungarian-Canadian chess player
  3. 1911Artūrs ĶeirānsLatvian chess composer
  4. 1924David BronsteinSoviet chess grandmaster
  5. 1928Helmuth LuikEstonian chess player
  6. 1931Robert SobelAmerican historian
  7. 1938Valentin RudenkoSoviet chess composer
  8. 1942Vyacheslav ChebanenkoRussian chess player
  9. 1944Chen ZudeChinese Go player
  10. 1948Mikhail MukhinSoviet chess player
  11. 1949Zsuzsa VerociHungarian chess player
  12. 1957Annemarie Sylvia MeierGerman chess player
  13. 1962Rogelio Antonio Jr.Filipino chess player
  14. 1967Alexander BaburinRussian-Irish chess grandmaster
  15. 1977Mihaela SanduChess player
  16. 1987Ahmed AdlyEgyptian chess player
  17. 1987Anna BurtasovaRussian chess player
  18. 1989Iozefina WerleRomanian-Dutch chess player
  19. 1991Vladimir HamițeviciMoldovan chess player
  20. 1993Mitra HejazipourIranian-French chess player

Died on February 19

  1. 1976Lev LoshinskySoviet chess composer
  2. 1996Robert CoveyouAmerican mathematician
  3. 2010Jesús Díez del CorralSpanish chess player
  4. 2011Jeremy GaigeAmerican chess writer
  5. 2017Hillar KärnerEstonian 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.