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July 30 in Chess History

15 birthdays, 2 matches, tournaments and games and 2 deaths from chess history on July 30.

July 30, 1927: 1st Chess Olympiad ended. On this day in chess history.

192799 years ago today

1st Chess Olympiad ended

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Matches, tournaments and games

19271st Chess OlympiadEnded
19491949 Ukrainian Chess ChampionshipEnded · won by Isaac Lipnitsky

Born on July 30

1931Stanislav GaliakberovRussian chess player
1935Győző Forintos(1935–2018) Hungarian chess player
1946Roberto CosulichItalian chess player
1955Peter ScheerenDutch chess player
1957Craig Van TilburyAmerican guitarist and chess player
1964Mirjana MedićCroatian chess player
1970Artur FrolovUkrainian chess player
1975Tomasz MarkowskiPolish chess player
1987Ermes Espinosa VelozChess player
1992Fabiano CaruanaItalian-American chess player
1993Sabrina LatrecheAlgerian chess player
1995Jorge CoriPeruvian chess player
1996Laura StoeriSwiss chess player
2003Gergana PeychevaBulgarian chess player
2004Rudik MakarianRussian chess player

Died on July 30

1871Max BezzelGerman chess player
1994Theo van ScheltingaDutch 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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