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February 3 in Chess History

13 birthdays, 1 match, tournament or game and 9 deaths from chess history on February 3.

February 3, 1910: Moshe Czerniak was born. On this day in chess history.

1910116 years ago today

Moshe Czerniak was born

Polish-Israeli chess player

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Matches, tournaments and games

1974Hoogovens tournament 1974Ended

Born on February 3

1850Jakub HeilpernPolish mechanical engineer, chess player
1859Joseph Henry BlakeBritish chess player
1910Moshe CzerniakPolish-Israeli chess player
1911Blažena JanečkováCzech chess player
1916Emil KarastoichevBulgarian chess player
1943Fernando Visier SegoviaSpanish chess player
1954Natalia AlekhinaRussian chess player
1956Sergey KalinichevRussian chess player
1961Colin McNabBritish chess player
1969Julia DeminaRussian chess player
1974Tatiana MelamedGerman chess player
1983Anthony WirigFrench chess player
1986Luca ShytajChess player

Died on February 3

1886Marcus KannAustrian chess player
1922Levi BenimaDutch chess player
1944Albert HodgesAmerican chess champion
1960Charles PirieScottish chess player
1973Alexandru TyrolerChess player
1982Paulino FrydmanPolish chess player
2021Waldemar JagodzińskiPolish chess player
2022Lora YakovlevaRussian chess player
2024Rade MilovanovićBosnia and American 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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