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June 8 in Chess History

14 birthdays, 0 matches, tournaments and games and 5 deaths from chess history on June 8.

June 8, 1954: Irina Levitina was born. On this day in chess history.

195472 years ago today

Irina Levitina was born

Russian-born American chess and bridge player

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Born on June 8

1837Jan KleczyńskiPolish musician and chess player
1867Ernst KriegerGerman chess composer
1904Mary BainAmerican chess player
1911Mikhail YudovichRussian chess master
1934Roman DworzyńskiPolish chess player
1954Irina LevitinaRussian-born American chess and bridge player
1957Daniela Nuțu-GajićAustralian chess player
1959Zurab SturuaChess player
1967Erika SzivaDutch chess player
1977Barbara JaraczPolish chess player
1989Davit JojuaGeorgian chess player
1993Thi Kim Phung VoVietnamese chess player
1994Yu YangyiChinese chess player
1999Anna KubickaPolish chess player

Died on June 8

1925Max PestalozziSwiss chess player
1966Patrick Brendan KennedyBorn: 20 July 1929 in Clarecastle, County Clare, Ireland; Died: 8 June 1966 in Nottingham, England
1995Heinz LehmannGerman chess player
2007Fenny HeemskerkDutch chess player
2024Sergei BeshukovRussian 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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