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February 26 in Chess History

15 birthdays, 2 matches, tournaments and games and 5 deaths from chess history on February 26.

February 26, 2004: Bibisara Assaubayeva was born. On this day in chess history.

200422 years ago today

Bibisara Assaubayeva was born

Kazakhstani chess player

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Matches, tournaments and games

19601960 USSR Chess ChampionshipEnded · won by Viktor Korchnoi
1984Polish Chess Championship 1984Ended · won by Aleksander Sznapik

Born on February 26

1884Alberto BatoriItalian chess player and chess composer
1905Maurice RaizmanMolovan-French chess player
1908Antonio RicoSpanish chess player
1910Daniël NoteboomDutch chess player
1927Bo LindgrenSwedish chess composer
1944Pedro Donoso VelascoChilean chess player
1950Alexander MalevinskyRussian chess player
1967Petr VeličkaCzech chess player
1980Elisa MaggioloArgentine chess player
1984Leonid KritzGerman chess player
1986Levan PantsulaiaGeorgian chess player
1987Ioana-Smaranda PădurariuRomanian-Dutch chess player
1997Ni ShiqunChinese chess player
2004Bibisara AssaubayevaKazakhstani chess player
2004Sıla ÇağlarTurkish chess player

Died on February 26

1903Samuel TinsleyBritish publisher and chess player
2013Adrian HollisEnglish classical scholar and chess player
2019Alfreda HausnerAustrian chess player
2024Gabriele JustGerman chess player
2025Corry VreekenDutch 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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