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June 3 in Chess History

13 birthdays, 2 matches, tournaments and games and 7 deaths from chess history on June 3.

June 3, 1974: Rashid Nezhmetdinov died. On this day in chess history.

197452 years ago today

Rashid Nezhmetdinov died

Soviet chess player

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Matches, tournaments and games

19881988 Ukrainian Chess ChampionshipBegan · won by Valeriy Neverov
2020Lindores Abbey Rapid ChallengeEnded · won by Daniil Dubov

Born on June 3

1923Alfred BeniAustrian chess player
1930Wulff-Dieter HeintzGerman astronomer and chess teacher
1947Ján BáňasSlovak chess player
1961Beat ZügerSwiss chess player
1963Jonathan LevittBritish chess player
1969Genrieta LagvilavaBelarusian chess player
1972Oleksandr SulypaUkrainian chess player
1980Alik GershonIsraeli chess player
1987Deepan ChakkravarthyIndian chess player
1993Nils GrandeliusSwedish chess grandmaster
1994Yuanling YuanCanadian chess player
1994Pablo Salinas HerreraChilean chess player
2011Yağız Kaan ErdoğmuşTurkish chess player

Died on June 3

1887Eugène-Louis LequesneFrench sculptor
1899George Alcock MacDonnellIrish chess player
1944Adolf ZinklCzech/Austrian chess player
1974Rashid NezhmetdinovSoviet chess player
1991Osmo KailaFinnish chess player
1991Sergiu SamarianRomanian chess player and coach
2001Friedl RinderGerman 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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