June 17 in Chess History

17 birthdays, 3 matches, tournaments and games and 4 deaths from chess history on June 17.

June 17, 1929: Tigran Petrosian was born. On this day in chess history.

192997 years ago today

Tigran Petrosian was born

9th World Chess Champion

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Matches, tournaments and games

  1. 19441944 USSR Chess ChampionshipEnded · won by Mikhail Botvinnik
  2. 1969World Chess Championship 1969Ended · won by Boris Spassky
  3. 20172017 FIDE World Women's Team ChampionshipBegan

Born on June 17

  1. 1929Tigran Petrosian9th World Chess Champion
  2. 1938Vladimir KarasyovRussian chess player
  3. 1942Dušan RajkovićSerbian chess player
  4. 1951Andrey LobusovRussian chess composer
  5. 1961Branko DamljanovićSerbian grandmaster
  6. 1965Richard PolaczekBelgian chess player
  7. 1972Péter HorváthHungarian chess player
  8. 1976Peter SvidlerRussian chess player
  9. 1976Nguyễn Thị Thanh AnVietnamese chess player
  10. 1977Andrei BelozerovRussian chess player
  11. 1979Alexander MotylevRussian chess player
  12. 1980Martin SenffGerman chess player
  13. 1983Lilit GalojanArmenian chess player
  14. 1986Rolando Alarcón CasellasCuban chess player
  15. 1997Ottomar LadvaEstonian chess player and poker player
  16. 2002Arjun KalyanIndian chess player
  17. 2003Patrycja WaszczukPolish chess player

Died on June 17

  1. 1906Harry Nelson PillsburyAmerican chess player
  2. 1991Alexej KopninRussian chess composer
  3. 1992Jacob LevinAmerican chess player
  4. 2012Nathan DivinskyCanadian mathematician, chess master, chess writer, chess official

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.