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May 27 in Chess History

9 birthdays, 2 matches, tournaments and games and 6 deaths from chess history on May 27.

May 27, 1963: Eduardas Rozentalis was born. On this day in chess history.

196363 years ago today

Eduardas Rozentalis was born

Lithuanian chess player

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Card photo: karpidis from Piraeus, Greece, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

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Matches, tournaments and games

18896th American Chess CongressEnded · won by Mikhail Chigorin
20242024 Norway ChessBegan · won by Magnus Carlsen

Born on May 27

1899Johannes TürnEstonian chess player, draughts player and sportsperson
1936Raimundo GarciaArgentine chess player
1938Igor Zaitsev1938-, Russian chess player
1960Ulrich SiegGerman historian and chess player
1963Eduardas RozentalisLithuanian chess player
1974Svetlana PetrenkoMoldovan chess player
1978Natalia StraubGerman chess player
1983Meelis KanepEstonian chess player
2010Sina MovahedIranian chess player

Died on May 27

1950Maurice WertheimAmerican investment banker
1972Kazimierz MakarczykPolish chess player
1974Gottlieb MachateGerman chess player
2005Dragoslav AndrićSerbian writer, playwright and lexicographer
2020Krzysztof ŻołnierowiczPolish chess player
2026Karel MokrýSlovak 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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