May 19 in Chess History

17 birthdays, 3 matches, tournaments and games and 4 deaths from chess history on May 19.

May 19, 1904: 1904 Cambridge Springs International Chess Congress ended, won by Frank Marshall. On this day in chess history.

1904122 years ago today

1904 Cambridge Springs International Chess Congress ended

Won by Frank Marshall

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Matches, tournaments and games

  1. 19041904 Cambridge Springs International Chess CongressEnded · won by Frank Marshall
  2. 1935Polish Chess Championship 1935Began · won by Savielly Tartakower
  3. 2020Lindores Abbey Rapid ChallengeBegan · won by Daniil Dubov

Born on May 19

  1. 1874Willem SchelfhoutDutch chess player
  2. 1883Walter HennebergerSwiss chess player
  3. 1895Karel VaněkChess player
  4. 1907Boris VanshteinSoviet chess player
  5. 1914Abram KhavinUkrainian chess player
  6. 1930Vladlen ZurakhovUkrainian chess player
  7. 1956Ventzislav InkiovBulgarian chess player
  8. 1970Regina NarvaEstonian chess player
  9. 1976Jonathan ParkerBritish chess player
  10. 1983Sergei AzarovBelarusian chess player
  11. 1992Bhakti KulkarniIndian chess player
  12. 1994Arthur PijpersChess player
  13. 1995Hovhannes GabuzyanArmenian chess player
  14. 1996Janelle Mae FraynaChess player
  15. 1999Sergey DrygalovChess player
  16. 2001Sergei LobanovRussian chess player
  17. 2003Lance Henderson de La FuenteSpanish chess player

Died on May 19

  1. 1874Theodor LichtenheinAmerican chess player
  2. 1888Herrmann HirschbachGerman author and chess player
  3. 2009Alexander PanchenkoRussian chess Grandmaster
  4. 2016Dragan PaunovićChess 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.