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June 5 in Chess History

12 birthdays, 2 matches, tournaments and games and 6 deaths from chess history on June 5.

June 5, 1975: Paul Keres died. On this day in chess history.

197551 years ago today

Paul Keres died

Estonian chess player and sportsperson

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Matches, tournaments and games

20152015 Norway ChessBegan · won by Veselin Topalov
20262026 Norway ChessEnded

Born on June 5

1883Mihails PlatovsChess composer
1902Georg KieningerGerman chess player
1908Sammi FajarowiczGerman chess player
1935Misha MengelbergDutch jazz pianist and composer
1939Fabio FinocchiaroItalian chess player
1943Juris MarkaussLatvian chess player
1964Vladimir LazarevRussian and French chess Grandmaster
1968Csaba HorváthHungarian chess player
1975Tigran NalbandianArmenian chess player
1979Natalia ZhukovaUkrainian chess grandmaster
1990Wouter SpoelmanDutch chess player
2002Milosz SzparPolish chess player

Died on June 5

1942István AbonyiChess player
1975Paul KeresEstonian chess player and sportsperson
2017Josef KupperSwiss mathematician and chess player
2022Aleksander NikitinRussian chess player, coach, and theorist
2023Vadim MalakhatkoUkrainian chess grandmaster
2026Evi Grünenwald-ReimerSwiss 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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