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June 2 in Chess History

15 birthdays, 2 matches, tournaments and games and 6 deaths from chess history on June 2.

June 2, 1974: Gata Kamsky was born. On this day in chess history.

197452 years ago today

Gata Kamsky was born

American chess player

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Matches, tournaments and games

19571957 Ukrainian Chess ChampionshipEnded · won by Salo Flohr
19581958 Ukrainian Chess ChampionshipEnded · won by Efim Geller

Born on June 2

1863Beniamino VerganiItalian chess player
1901Thorsten GauffinFinnish chess player
1927Ladislav AlsterCzech chess player
1940István Csom(1940–2021) Hungarian chess player
1945Harri HurmeFinnish chess player
1946Luis BronsteinArgentinian chess player
1950Hope Arthurine AndersonJamaican chess champion
1965Paul TruongAmerican chess player, trainer, promoter, and organizer
1974Gata KamskyAmerican chess player
1983Yannick GozzoliFrench chess player
1985Bella IglaChess player
1990Jon Ludvig HammerNorwegian chess grandmaster
1991Tamás FodorHungarian chess player
1999Wei YiChinese chess player
2003Nurgyul SalimovaBulgarian chess player

Died on June 2

1946Jenő Székely
1980Vasja PircSlovenian chess player
1985Izak AloniChess player
1999Robert SobelAmerican historian
2011Leonid YurtaevKyrgyzstani chess grandmaster
2024Uzi GellerIsraeli 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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