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June 4 in Chess History

13 birthdays, 5 matches, tournaments and games and 5 deaths from chess history on June 4.

June 4, 2006: 37th Chess Olympiad ended. On this day in chess history.

200620 years ago today

37th Chess Olympiad ended

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Matches, tournaments and games

19841984 Ukrainian Chess ChampionshipBegan · won by Mikhail Gurevich
19851985 Ukrainian Chess ChampionshipBegan · won by Valeriy Neverov
19871987 Ukrainian Chess ChampionshipBegan · won by Wiktor Moskalenko
200637th Chess OlympiadEnded
2006Women's Chess Olympiad 2006Ended

Born on June 4

1863S. LipschützAmerican chess player
1882Mary GilchristBritish chess player
1904Henri GrobSwiss chess player, International Master
1935Ernest PogosyantsSoviet chess problemist
1938Alexander VaismanSoviet chess player
1941Eduard BukhmanRussian chess player
1944Silvino García MartínezCuban chess player
1979Micheil MtschedlischwiliGeorgian chess player
1984Vinay BhatAmerican chess player
1984Johannes MabuselaSouth African chess player
1990Camila ColomboUruguayan chess player
1991Olga GiryaRussian chess player
1999Aryan TariNorwegian chess player

Died on June 4

1769Giambattista LolliItalian chess player
1995Alfred BeniAustrian chess player
2008Rafael Saborido i CarnéSpanish chess player
2011Bo LindgrenSwedish chess composer
2025Rachel CrottoAmerican 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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