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May 17 in Chess History

11 birthdays, 2 matches, tournaments and games and 5 deaths from chess history on May 17.

May 17, 1948: World Chess Championship 1948 ended, won by Mikhail Botvinnik. On this day in chess history.

194878 years ago today

World Chess Championship 1948 ended

Won by Mikhail Botvinnik

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Card photo: Post of USSR, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

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Matches, tournaments and games

1900Paris 1900 chess tournamentBegan · won by Emanuel Lasker
1948World Chess Championship 1948Ended · won by Mikhail Botvinnik

Born on May 17

1892Alexander EvensonUkrainian chess player
1911Albéric O'Kelly de GalwayBelgian chess grandmaster
1962Francisco SantosPortuguese poet, swimmer and writer
1967James HowellEnglish chess grandmaster and author
1969Anupama GokhaleChess player
1969Anjelina BelakovskaiaUkrainian-born American chess player
1975Andreea BollengierRomanian-born French chess player
1980Alexander MoiseenkoUkrainian chess player
1986Tex de WitDutch television presenter and chess player
1990Daniil LintchevskiRussian chess player
2006Jack MizziMaltese chess player

Died on May 17

1876Carl HamppeSwiss-Austrian chess player
1987Józsa LángosHungarian chess player
2014Ján ŠefcSlovak chess player
2020Tatjana LematschkoSwiss and Bulgarian chess player
2021Olavo YépezEcuadorian 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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