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June 20 in Chess History

10 birthdays, 2 matches, tournaments and games and 3 deaths from chess history on June 20.

June 20, 1888: Johannes Zukertort died. On this day in chess history.

1888138 years ago today

Johannes Zukertort died

German chess master

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Matches, tournaments and games

20102010 Dutch chess championshipEnded · won by Jan Smeets
2020Chessable Masters 2020Began · won by Magnus Carlsen

Born on June 20

1846I. T. Savenkov
1929Gordon CrownBritish chess player
1932Boris KatalimovKazakhstani chess player
1972Carlos Pereira dos SantosChess player
1977Wojciech BartelskiPolish politician
1989Nargiz UmudovaAzerbaijani chess player
1989Olha KalininaUkrainian chess player
1991Guliskhan NakhbayevaKazakhstani chess player
1991Arkadiusz LeniartPolish chess player
2003Hans NiemannAmerican chess grandmaster

Died on June 20

1888Johannes ZukertortGerman chess master
1976Ilmari SolinFinnish chess player
2025Edwin BhendSwiss chess player and author

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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