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May 26 in Chess History

15 birthdays, 3 matches, tournaments and games and 3 deaths from chess history on May 26.

May 26, 1894: World Chess Championship 1894 ended, won by Emanuel Lasker. On this day in chess history.

1894132 years ago today

World Chess Championship 1894 ended

Won by Emanuel Lasker

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Card photo: Schumann, Fritz, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

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Matches, tournaments and games

1851London 1851 chess tournamentBegan · won by Adolf Anderssen
1894World Chess Championship 1894Ended · won by Emanuel Lasker
20252025 Norway ChessBegan

Born on May 26

1905Paulino FrydmanPolish chess player
1933Yuri SimkinUkrainian scientist
1944Ljuba KristolIsraeli chess player
1950Jorge SzmetanArgentine chess player
1954Yaacov ZilbermanIsraeli chess grandmaster
1964Valery SalovRussian chess grandmaster
1965Friso NijboerDutch chess player
1967Roberto Martín del CampoMexican chess player
1975Mikuláš ManíkSlovak chess player
1987Łukasz SchreiberPolish politician and deputy
1987Grigor GrigorovBulgarian chess player
1992Lara StockCroatian chess player
1998Vahap ŞanalTurkish chess grandmaster
1998Jordan FordAmerican basketball player
2000Teodora InjacSerbian chess player

Died on May 26

1967Gideon StåhlbergSwedish chess player
2016Arturo PomarSpanish chess player
2018Zbigniew KsięskiPolish 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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