May 20 in Chess History

12 birthdays, 8 matches, tournaments and games and 7 deaths from chess history on May 20.

May 20, 1901: Max Euwe was born. On this day in chess history.

1901125 years ago today

Max Euwe was born

5th World Chess Champion

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Matches, tournaments and games

  1. 1923Carlsbad 1923 chess tournamentEnded
  2. 1950Candidates Tournament 1950Ended
  3. 1963World Chess Championship 1963Ended · won by Tigran Petrosian
  4. 200637th Chess OlympiadBegan
  5. 2006Women's Chess Olympiad 2006Began
  6. 20072007 FIDE World Women's Team ChampionshipBegan
  7. 2012U.S. Chess Championship 2012Ended · won by Hikaru Nakamura
  8. 2014U.S. Chess Championship 2014Ended · won by Gata Kamsky

Born on May 20

  1. 1901Max Euwe5th World Chess Champion
  2. 1937Iuri AkobiaChess composer
  3. 1947Avrahams KaldorsIsraeli chess player
  4. 1966Magaram MagomedovRussian chess player
  5. 1972Francisco Hernández BasanteCosta Rican chess player
  6. 1974Marko TratarSlovenian chess player
  7. 1978Hristos BanikasGreek chess player
  8. 1979Dalia Blimke-DereńPolish chess player
  9. 1985Marani Rajendran VenkateshIndian chess player
  10. 1988Marta BartelPolish chess player
  11. 1992Gao RuiChinese chess player
  12. 2000Xiongjian PengChinese chess player

Died on May 20

  1. 1901Johannes MinckwitzGerman chess player
  2. 1921Alexander HalprinRussian-Austrian chess player
  3. 1938Reginald Pryce MichellBritish chess player
  4. 1971Iosif PogrebysskyUkrainian chess player
  5. 1975Norman T. WhitakerAmerican chess player
  6. 1993Dragoljub JanoševićSerbian chess grandmaster
  7. 2012Palle RavnDanish 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.