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May 2 in Chess History

12 birthdays, 1 match, tournament or game and 4 deaths from chess history on May 2.

May 2, 1930: Isidor Gunsberg died. On this day in chess history.

193096 years ago today

Isidor Gunsberg died

Hungarian-born British chess player

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Matches, tournaments and games

2013U.S. Chess Championship 2013Began · won by Gata Kamsky

Born on May 2

1886Peter PotemkineRussian chess player
1896Árpád VajdaChess player
1919Josefa GurfinkelUSSR and Russian chess player
1949Vladimir RaičevićYugoslavian-Serbian chess player
1957Jaime Sunye NetoBrazilian chess grandmaster
1963Vivian Ramón PitaCuban chess player
1978Igor-Alexandre NatafFrench chess player
1982Lázaro BruzónCuban-American chess player
1984Svetlana CherednichenkoUkrainian chess player
1997Guillaume LamardFrench chess player
2007Zsóka GaálHungarian chess player
2010Andy WoodwardAmerican chess player

Died on May 2

1930Isidor GunsbergHungarian-born British chess player
1941Ignatz von PopielPolish-Ukrainian chess player
1971Olaf BardaNorwegian chess player
1988Berthold KochChess 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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