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June 9 in Chess History

13 birthdays, 6 matches, tournaments and games and 1 death from chess history on June 9.

June 9, 1966: World Chess Championship 1966 ended, won by Tigran Petrosian. On this day in chess history.

196660 years ago today

World Chess Championship 1966 ended

Won by Tigran Petrosian

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Matches, tournaments and games

1935Polish Chess Championship 1935Ended · won by Savielly Tartakower
1942Salzburg 1942 chess tournamentBegan
1966World Chess Championship 1966Ended · won by Tigran Petrosian
20112011 Ukrainian Chess ChampionshipBegan
2016Grand Chess Tour 2016Began · won by Wesley So
2021Grand Chess Tour 2021Began · won by Wesley So

Born on June 9

1862Julius Leigh JacobsenEnglish-born Australian chess player
1889Marian SteiferPolish association football player and military officer
1919Isaac BoleslavskySoviet chess player
1947Nick PattersonAmerican computational geneticist
1947Andrew WhiteleyEnglish chess player
1948Radoslav SimicSerbian chess player
1960Attila GrószpéterHungarian chess player
1961Klaus BischoffGerman chess player
1961Mejdi KaabiTunisian chess player
1968Petra SchuurmanDutch chess player
1982Radosław JedynakGrandmaster chess player
1988Joanna Majdan-GajewskaPolish chess player
2000Igor JanikPolish chess player

Died on June 9

2008Karen AsrianArmenian 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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