June 25 in Chess History

17 birthdays, 2 matches, tournaments and games and 6 deaths from chess history on June 25.

June 25, 1975: Vladimir Kramnik was born. On this day in chess history.

197551 years ago today

Vladimir Kramnik was born

14th World Chess Champion

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Card photo: Vladimir Barskij, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

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Matches, tournaments and games

  1. 199230th Chess OlympiadEnded · won by Russia
  2. 2005Women's European Individual Chess Championship 2005Ended

Born on June 25

  1. 1830Albert ClercFrench chess master
  2. 1860Izidor GrossCroatian chess master and hazzan
  3. 1923Isaac LipnitskyUkrainian chess player
  4. 1928Eleazar JiménezChess player
  5. 1932Janusz SzuksztaPolish chess player
  6. 1933Israel ZilberLatvian chess player
  7. 1935Aleksej ShestoperovRussian chess player
  8. 1951Glenn BordonadaFilipino chess player
  9. 1962Sergio Estremera PañosSpanish chess player
  10. 1963Alexander ZlochevskijRussian chess player
  11. 1975Vladimir Kramnik14th World Chess Champion
  12. 1979Jan GustafssonGerman chess player
  13. 1981Aleksander KundinIsraeli chess player
  14. 1985Anton KorobovUkrainian chess player
  15. 1995Kamil DragunPolish chess player
  16. 1996Luis Paulo SupiBrazilian chess player
  17. 2002Kirill ChukavinEstonian chess player

Died on June 25

  1. 1838François-Nicolas-Benoît HaxoFrench general
  2. 1896Marmaduke WyvillBritish chess player and MP
  3. 1945Lazar ZalkindSoviet chess composer
  4. 1972Ado KraemerGerman chess player
  5. 1988Maurice FoxCanadian chess player
  6. 2009Jānis VitomskisLatvian 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.