May 6 in Chess History

15 birthdays, 4 matches, tournaments and games and 5 deaths from chess history on May 6.

May 6, 1895: Martin Severin From died. On this day in chess history.

1895131 years ago today

Martin Severin From died

Danish chess master

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Matches, tournaments and games

  1. 1928Danish Chess Championship 1928Ended · won by Jacob Gemzøe
  2. 1962Women US Championship 1962Ended · won by Gisela Kahn Gresser
  3. 19661966 Ukrainian Chess ChampionshipBegan · won by Yuri Sakharov
  4. 19721972 Ukrainian Chess ChampionshipBegan · won by Lev Alburt

Born on May 6

  1. 1906André ThiellementFrench colonial administrator
  2. 1916Povilas TautvaišasLithuanian-American chess player
  3. 1942Edward W. FormanekAmerican mathematician and chess player
  4. 1948Tim HardingBritish chess player and writer
  5. 1954Marios SchinisCypriot chess player
  6. 1969Federico MancaItalian chess player
  7. 1972Jesse KraaiAmerican chess player
  8. 1974Jens-Uwe MaiwaldGerman chess player
  9. 1983Pascal CharbonneauCanadian chess player
  10. 1986Vladimir SveshnikovLatvian chess player
  11. 1988Yang KaiqiChinese chess player
  12. 1998Manuel PetrosyanArmenian chess player
  13. 1998Maksim VavulinRussian chess player
  14. 1998Kayden TroffAmerican chess player
  15. 2009Anna ShukhmanRussian chess player

Died on May 6

  1. 1895Martin Severin FromDanish chess master
  2. 1948Florence Hutchison-StirlingScottish chess player
  3. 1992Pere Cherta i ClosSpanish chess player and writer
  4. 2000Eleazar JiménezChess player
  5. 2026Joachim ThomassenNorwegian 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.