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June 27 in Chess History

16 birthdays, 1 match, tournament or game and 5 deaths from chess history on June 27.

June 27, 1992: Mikhail Tal died. On this day in chess history.

199234 years ago today

Mikhail Tal died

8th World Chess Champion

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Card photo: Harry Pot for Anefo ]], CC BY-SA 3.0 nl, via Wikimedia Commons

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Matches, tournaments and games

19851985 Dutch chess championshipEnded · won by Paul van der Sterren

Born on June 27

1819Ernst FalkbeerAustria-Hungarian chess player
1864Hans SeybothBaltic German chess player
1901Endre SteinerHungarian chess player
1912Bengt EkenbergSwedish chess player
1934Bernard CaffertyBritish chess player
1951Ulf AnderssonSwedish chess player
1952Vlasta MačekCroatian chess player
1956Larry ChristiansenAmerican chess player
1967Anthony KerChess International Master
1973Watu KobeseSouth African chess player
1980Cemil GülbaşTurkish-Belgian chess player
1986Axel SmithSwedish chess player
1989Sabino BrunelloItalian chess player
1990Emilis PileckisLithuanian chess player
2000Matthew J WadsworthChess player
2005Sion Radamantys Galaviz MedinaChess player

Died on June 27

1941Aron ZabłudowskiPolish chess player
1992Mikhail Tal8th World Chess Champion
1994Robert LemaireBelgian chess player
2000Gerhard PfeifferGerman chess player
2015Gaguik OganessianArmenian 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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