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May 30 in Chess History

12 birthdays, 1 match, tournament or game and 5 deaths from chess history on May 30.

May 30, 1985: Igor Kurnosov was born. On this day in chess history.

198541 years ago today

Igor Kurnosov was born

Russian chess grandmaster

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Matches, tournaments and games

2017European Individual Chess Championship 2017Began · won by Maxim Matlakov

Born on May 30

1759Johann Friedrich Wilhelm KochGerman botanist
1826Armand BlackmarAmerican music publisher
1846John WiskerEnglish chess player
1957N R Anil KumarIndian chess player
1970Mikhail GolubevUkrainian chess player and writer
1975Harmen JonkmanDutch chess player
1979Ilmārs StarostītsChess Grandmaster
1980Jana KrivecSlovenian chess grandmaster and psychologist
1981Mika KarttunenFinnish chess player
1985Igor KurnosovRussian chess grandmaster
1998Anastasya ParamzinaRussian chess player
1999Saparmyrat AtabayevTurkmen chess player

Died on May 30

1965Adolf StaehelinChess player
1967Alfred BrinckmannGerman chess International Master, author and functionary
1997Osvaldo BazánArgentine chess player
2005Vladimir SavonUkrainian chess player
2009Abo ShagalovichBelarusian 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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