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June 15 in Chess History

13 birthdays, 2 matches, tournaments and games and 4 deaths from chess history on June 15.

June 15, 1893: Ferenc Erkel died. On this day in chess history.

1893133 years ago today

Ferenc Erkel died

Hungarian composer, conductor and pianist

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Matches, tournaments and games

1969Women US Championship 1969Began · won by Gisela Kahn Gresser
2015Grand Chess Tour 2015Began · won by Magnus Carlsen

Born on June 15

1853Chaim JanowskiPolish chess player and organizer
1898Harry BorochowCalifornian chess national master
1912Jindřich FritzCzech chess composer
1932Hrvoje BartolovićCroatian chess problemist
1935Alexander ZaitsevRussian chess grandmaster
1946Alvis VītoliņšLatvian chess player
1959Alexander FominyhRussian chess player
1973Frode ElsnessNorwegian chess player
1986Alexander AreshchenkoUkrainian chess player
1990Aslan AitbayevKazakhstani chess player
1995My Linh TranGerman table football player
2002Ádám KozákHungarian chess player
2009Ihor SamunenkovChess player

Died on June 15

1893Ferenc ErkelHungarian composer, conductor and pianist
1902Stanislaus SittenfeldPolish-French chess player
1932Louis van VlietDutch chess master
2014Andrei KharlovRussian chess grandmaster

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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