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July 24 in Chess History

12 birthdays, 2 matches, tournaments and games and 6 deaths from chess history on July 24.

July 24, 1986: Vugar Hashimov was born. On this day in chess history.

198640 years ago today

Vugar Hashimov was born

Azerbaijani chess grandmaster

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Matches, tournaments and games

19231923 USSR Chess ChampionshipEnded · won by Peter Romanovsky
2020FIDE Online Olympiad 2020Began · won by Russia

Born on July 24

1878Edward Plunkett, 18th Baron of DunsanyIrish writer and dramatist
1915David PollandAmerican chess player
1935Vyacheslav OsnosRussian chess player
1958Anthony C. KostenBritish-French chess player
1960Guntars AntomsLatvian chess player
1960Halina JałowiecPolish chess player
1963Stephen SolomonChess player
1965Alexey RootUSA chess player
1965Ludger KeitlinghausGerman chess player
1966Murat ZhunusovChess player
1984Tigran GharamianFrench chess player
1986Vugar HashimovAzerbaijani chess grandmaster

Died on July 24

1876Johann LöwenthalHungarian chess player
1975Nicolas RossolimoChess player
1977Ernst RojahnNorwegian chess player
1979Otto ZimmermannSwiss chess master
1995Peter LeepinSwiss chess player
2021Viktor ZheliandinovChess International Master

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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