February 4 in Chess History

18 birthdays, 1 match, tournament or game and 5 deaths from chess history on February 4.

February 4, 1987: Nikita Vitiugov was born. On this day in chess history.

198739 years ago today

Nikita Vitiugov was born

Russian chess player

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Matches, tournaments and games

  1. 2014Zurich Chess Challenge 2014Ended

Born on February 4

  1. 1798John CochraneScottish lawyer and chess player
  2. 1824Max BezzelGerman chess player
  3. 1916Octav TroianescuRomanian chess player
  4. 1922Bogdan ŚliwaPolish chess grandmaster
  5. 1932Gerhard HundGerman mathematician, computer scientist and chess player
  6. 1933Raúl SanguinetiArgentine chess grandmaster
  7. 1959Darryl JohansenAustralian chess player
  8. 1964Roman PrymulaCzech epidemiologist, physician, politician and chess player
  9. 1969Wu ShaobinSingaporean chess player
  10. 1970Gilberto Hernández GuerreroMexican chess player
  11. 1970Upi Darmayana TaminIndonesian chess player
  12. 1975Wang LeiChinese chess player
  13. 1978Harriet HuntBritish chess player
  14. 1987Nikita VitiugovRussian chess player
  15. 1987Tsegmed BatchuluunMongolian chess player
  16. 1989Valentina GuninaRussian chess player
  17. 1993Stanislav BogdanovichUkrainian chess player
  18. 2015Roman ShogdzhievRussian chess player

Died on February 4

  1. 1984Albert Sidney PinkusAmerican chess player, naturalist and scientific collector
  2. 1999Ken SmithAmerican chess player
  3. 2003Jaroslav ŠajtarChess player
  4. 2009Raaphi PersitzChess player
  5. 2025Stewart ReubenBritish 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.