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March 6 in Chess History

16 birthdays, 1 match, tournament or game and 6 deaths from chess history on March 6.

March 6, 1838: Szymon Winawer was born. On this day in chess history.

1838188 years ago today

Szymon Winawer was born

Polish chess player

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Card photo: Schumann, Fritz, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

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Matches, tournaments and games

2010European Individual Chess Championship 2010Began · won by Ian Nepomniachtchi

Born on March 6

1838Szymon WinawerPolish chess player
1843Arthur Napoleão dos SantosBrazilian musician
1898Horace BigelowAmerican chess player
1908Henk van SteenisDutch chess player and politician
1910Rudolf PalmeAustrian chess player
1914Theo van ScheltingaDutch chess player
1920Francisco LupiPortuguese chess player
1926Ken WhyldBritish chess writer
1959Javier Benito Campos MorenoChilean chess player
1960Alexander CherninHungarian chess player
1966Maurice AshleyAmerican chess grandmaster
1980Davit ShengeliaGeorgian chess player
1988Gudmundur KjartanssonIcelandic chess player
1991Luka PaichadzeGeorgian chess player
1995Loltyler1American streamer and Internet personality
1998Iulija OsmakUkrainian chess player

Died on March 6

1942Sergey BelavenetsRussian chess player
1965Sonja GrafGerman-born American chess player
1974Eugenio SzabadosHungarian-Italian chess player
1982Gleb ZakhodyakinRussian chess composer
1993Valentina BorisenkoChess player
2003Luděk PachmanCzechoslovak-German chess grandmaster

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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