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May 21 in Chess History

14 birthdays, 1 match, tournament or game and 7 deaths from chess history on May 21.

May 21, 1853: Lionel Kieseritzky died. On this day in chess history.

1853173 years ago today

Lionel Kieseritzky died

Baltic German chess player

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Matches, tournaments and games

19441944 USSR Chess ChampionshipBegan · won by Mikhail Botvinnik

Born on May 21

1909Lucijs EndzelinsLatvian-Australian chess player
1927Rafael Saborido i CarnéSpanish chess player
1941Gertrude BaumstarkRomanian chess player
1946Larry ParrAmerican chess player
1960Zigurds LankaLatvian chess player
1960Liang JinrongChinese chess player
1966Zdenko KožulCroatian chess grandmaster
1966Russell DiveChess International Master
1966Vilma PaulauskienėLithuanian chess player
1969Nikolaj NinovBulgarian chess player
1971Alexandre DgebuadzeBelgian chess player
1986Gadir GuseinovAzerbaijani chess grandmaster
1997Rasmus SvaneGerman chess player
2002Lara SchulzeGerman chess player

Died on May 21

1853Lionel KieseritzkyBaltic German chess player
1949Bjørn NielsenDanish chess player
1975Remo CalapsoItalian chess player
2007Alexander RoshalSoviet chess writer
2015Joaquim DurãoChess player
2015César BouttevilleFrench-Vietnamese chess player
2026Jan AdamskiChess 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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