May 5 in Chess History

13 birthdays, 3 matches, tournaments and games and 10 deaths from chess history on May 5.

May 5, 1995: Mikhail Botvinnik died. On this day in chess history.

199531 years ago today

Mikhail Botvinnik died

6th World Chess Champion

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Matches, tournaments and games

  1. 19581958 Ukrainian Chess ChampionshipBegan · won by Efim Geller
  2. 20132013 European Individual Chess ChampionshipBegan · won by Alexander Moiseenko
  3. 2017Croatian Chess Championship 2017Ended · won by Marin Bosiočić

Born on May 5

  1. 1868Leo NardusDutch Olympic fencer and art dealer-collector, plundered by Nazis because Jewish
  2. 1883Rudolf SpielmannAustrian chess player
  3. 1910Eileen Betsy TranmerBritish chess player and clarinetist
  4. 1911Andor LilienthalHungarian chess player
  5. 1920Gertrude SchoißwohlAustrian chess player
  6. 1925Nina Hrušková-BělskáCzechoslovak chess player
  7. 1940Sandagdorj HandsurenMongolian chess player
  8. 1944Roman DzindzichashviliSoviet-Israeli-American chess player
  9. 1961Rudy DouvenDutch chess player
  10. 1969Olav SeppEstonian chess player
  11. 1970Lasha JanjgavaGeorgian chess player
  12. 1985Konstantine ShanavaGeorgian chess player
  13. 1988Magdalena KozakPolish chess player

Died on May 5

  1. 1866Wincenty BudzyńskiPolish political agent and chess player
  2. 1940Willi SchlageGerman chess master
  3. 1986Louis Betbeder MatibetFrench chess player
  4. 1992Adele RiveroAmerican chess player
  5. 1995Mikhail Botvinnik6th World Chess Champion
  6. 2009Helmuth LuikEstonian chess player
  7. 2014Alejandro Maccioni SeisdedosChilean chess player and pediatrician
  8. 2019Alexander VaismanSoviet chess player
  9. 2022José VillarrealMexican chess player
  10. 2026Oscar QuiñonesPeruvian 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.