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May 1 in Chess History

10 birthdays, 1 match, tournament or game and 5 deaths from chess history on May 1.

May 1, 1956: Candidates Tournament 1956 ended. On this day in chess history.

195670 years ago today

Candidates Tournament 1956 ended

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1956Candidates Tournament 1956Ended

Born on May 1

1894Wilhelm OrbachGerman chess player
1899Josef LokvencAustrian chess player
1910Alexander TolushSoviet chess grandmaster
1952Josif DorfmanUkrainian and French chess player
1956Alexander IvanovSoviet-born American chess grandmaster
1964Vladimir SergeevUkrainian chess player
1974Ziaur RahmanBangladeshi chess player
1979Ruud JanssenDutch chess player
1983Jonathan HawkinsBritish chess player
1999Murali KarthikeyanIndian chess player

Died on May 1

1922Fernando SaavedraPriest and chess player
1925Emil KeményHungarian-American chess player
1929Aleksandr LevinRussian chess player
2021Yves CheylanFrench chess composer
2024Juzefs PetkēvičsSoviet and Latvian 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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