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July 17 in Chess History

12 birthdays, 2 matches, tournaments and games and 2 deaths from chess history on July 17.

July 17, 1978: Anna Zatonskih was born. On this day in chess history.

197848 years ago today

Anna Zatonskih was born

Ukrainian-born American chess player

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Matches, tournaments and games

1887Frankfurt 1887 chess tournamentBegan · won by George Henry Mackenzie
20162016 Dortmund Sparkassen Chess MeetingEnded · won by Maxime Vachier-Lagrave

Born on July 17

1814Alexander Beaufort MeekAmerican politician
1884Stefan IzbinskyUkrainian chess master
1930Giuseppe Mifsud BonniciMaltese Chief Justice, judge at the European Court of Human Rights, professor of philosophy and president of Malta's football association
1958Ilze RubeneLatvian chess player
1959Jesus NogueirasChess player
1961Xavier Mateu i PalauSpanish architect, chess player and writer
1978Anna ZatonskihUkrainian-born American chess player
1983Marcin DziubaPolish chess player
1987Veronika SchneiderHungarian chess player
1994Viacheslav TilicheevRussian chess player
2000Roven VogelChess player
2002Marjona MalikovaUzbek chess player

Died on July 17

1917Arturo ReggioItalian chess player
1952Vasily PlatovRussian chess composer

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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