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June 22 in Chess History

15 birthdays, 0 matches, tournaments and games and 4 deaths from chess history on June 22.

June 22, 1837: Paul Morphy was born. On this day in chess history.

1837189 years ago today

Paul Morphy was born

US chess player

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Born on June 22

1837Paul MorphyUS chess player
1884Giovanni MartinolichItalian chess player
1885Milan VidmarSlovenian chess player
1907Leon Tuhan-BaranowskiPolish-Belarusian chess player
1957Leonid YaroshRussian chess composer
1968Pavel BlatnýCzech chess player
1971Lluís Comas i FabregóSpanish chess player
1972Từ Hoàng ThôngVietnamese chess master
1976Inna GaponenkoUkrainian chess player
1976Martin StaszkoCzech sportsman
1977Evgeniy NajerRussian chess player
1978Petra SochorováCzech chess player
1988Beata AndrejczukPolish chess player
1989Tomasz WarakomskiPolish chess player
1997Kirill AlekseenkoRussian chess player

Died on June 22

1874Howard StauntonEnglish chess master and Shakespearean scholar
1937Ludwig BachmannGerman historian and chess player
1943Ernst KriegerGerman chess composer
2005Igor PolovodinRussian chess player

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