March 4 in Chess History

19 birthdays, 3 matches, tournaments and games and 5 deaths from chess history on March 4.

March 4, 1958: World Chess Championship 1958 began, won by Mikhail Botvinnik. On this day in chess history.

195868 years ago today

World Chess Championship 1958 began

Won by Mikhail Botvinnik

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Matches, tournaments and games

  1. 1958World Chess Championship 1958Began · won by Mikhail Botvinnik
  2. 19871987 USSR Chess ChampionshipBegan · won by Alexander Beliavsky
  3. 2017Women's World Chess Championship 2017Ended · won by Tan Zhongyi

Born on March 4

  1. 1861Curt von BardelebenGerman chess player
  2. 1885Amédée GibaudFrench postmaster and chess player
  3. 1904Anneliese BrandlerGerman chess player
  4. 1910Alexander KonstantinopolskyChess player
  5. 1935Bent LarsenDanish chess grandmaster and author
  6. 1952Jaan EslonSwedish-Estonian chess player
  7. 1955John RødgaardFaroese chess player
  8. 1959Teresa Canela GiménezSpanish chess player
  9. 1960Tomasz SielickiPresident - ComputerLand SA
  10. 1964Ted HsuCanadian politician
  11. 1967Sanja VuksanovicSerbian chess player
  12. 1969Bettina TrabertGerman chess player
  13. 1969Vadim ShishkinUkrainian chess player
  14. 1975Olga SikorováCzech chess player
  15. 1983Anita GaraHungarian chess player
  16. 1985Yemi FawoleNigerian chess player
  17. 1989Tuuli VahtraEstonian chess player
  18. 1991Sue MaroroaNew Zealand-English chess player
  19. 1992Anton KovalyovCanadian chess player

Died on March 4

  1. 1980Luis PiazziniArgentine chess player
  2. 1986Lyudmila RudenkoWomen's World Chess Champion
  3. 2001Gerardo BarberoArgentine chess player
  4. 2008Semka Sokolović-BertokCroatian actress
  5. 2024Juhani SorriFinnish 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.