March 3 in Chess History

15 birthdays, 3 matches, tournaments and games and 5 deaths from chess history on March 3.

March 3, 1870: Géza Maróczy was born. On this day in chess history.

1870156 years ago today

Géza Maróczy was born

Hungarian chess player

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Matches, tournaments and games

  1. 20132013 FIDE World Women's Team ChampionshipBegan · won by Ukraine women's national chess team
  2. 20142014 European Individual Chess ChampionshipBegan · won by Alexander Motylev
  3. 20232023 European Individual Chess ChampionshipBegan · won by Alexey Sarana

Born on March 3

  1. 1870Géza MaróczyHungarian chess player
  2. 1880Alain Campbell WhiteAmerican botanist and chess composer
  3. 1915Kazimierz PlaterPolish chess player
  4. 1917Alfred TarnowskiChess player
  5. 1936Vilhelmina KaušilaitėLithuanian chess player
  6. 1957Roberto MessaItalian chess player
  7. 1958Bachar KouatlyChess player; journalist, and activist
  8. 1961Diana SkibbeGerman politician
  9. 1975Christian GabrielGerman chess player
  10. 1977Abhijit KunteIndian chess player
  11. 1985Momchil NikolovBulgarian chess player
  12. 1988Timur GareevAmerican chess player
  13. 1997Lei TingjieChinese chess player
  14. 2001Lucas van ForeestDutch chess player
  15. 2002Abdimalik AbdisalimovChess player

Died on March 3

  1. 1969Alexander TolushSoviet chess grandmaster
  2. 1975Karl FabelGerman chess composer
  3. 2011Teodor SiliqiAlbanian chess player
  4. 2017Misha MengelbergDutch jazz pianist and composer
  5. 2022Bent SørensenDanish chess player and politician

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.