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May 22 in Chess History

18 birthdays, 0 matches, tournaments and games and 4 deaths from chess history on May 22.

May 22, 1798: Alexander McDonnell was born. On this day in chess history.

1798228 years ago today

Alexander McDonnell was born

Irish chess master

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Born on May 22

1798Alexander McDonnellIrish chess master
1893Max RomihItalian chess player
1908Walter KornAmerican chess book author
1932Arinbjörn GuðmundssonIcelandic chess player
1943Władysław SchinzelPolish chess player
1947Gennady NesisRussian chess player
1956Roland EkströmSwedish chess player
1962Darcy LimaBrazilian chess player
1962John CoxBritish chess player
1962Alexander SchneiderChess player
1972Konstantin LandaRussian chess grandmaster
1979Tihomir DovramadjievBulgarian chess-boxer
1984Yuri DrozdovskijUkrainian chess player
1984Myroslava HrabinskaUkrainian chess player
1985Elshan MoradiIranian-American chess player
1988Amir ZaibiTunisian chess player
1989David Lariño NietoSpanish chess player
2006Eline RoebersDutch chess player

Died on May 22

1982Aleksandr GerbstmanRussian chess composer
2014Dragoljub VelimirovićSerbian chess grandmaster
2016Stanislav GaliakberovRussian chess player
2017Viktor KupreichikBelarusian 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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