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July 26 in Chess History

11 birthdays, 2 matches, tournaments and games and 5 deaths from chess history on July 26.

July 26, 1931: 4th Chess Olympiad ended. On this day in chess history.

193195 years ago today

4th Chess Olympiad ended

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Matches, tournaments and games

1867Paris 1867 chess tournamentEnded · won by Ignatz Kolisch
19314th Chess OlympiadEnded

Born on July 26

1934Raaphi PersitzChess player
1955Stefan ĐurićSerbian chess player
1957Nick de FirmianAmerican chess player
1966Eirik T. GullaksenNorwegian chess player
1982Eva MoserAustrian chess player
1990Helgi Dam ZiskaFaroe Islands chess player
1991Aleksey GoganovRussian chess player
1996CDawgVAWelsh streamer and YouTuber
2000Fahim MohammadouFrench chess player
2001Aryan GholamiIranian chess player
2006Aleksey GrebnevChess player

Died on July 26

1916Henry CharlickAustralian chess player
1992Yasuharu ŌyamaJapanese shogi player
2006Jessie GilbertBritish chess player
2018Aloyzas KveinysLithuanian chess player
2024Ján BáňasSlovak 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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