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August 1 in Chess History

12 birthdays, 2 matches, tournaments and games and 5 deaths from chess history on August 1.

August 1, 2014: 41st Chess Olympiad began. On this day in chess history.

201412 years ago today

41st Chess Olympiad began

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Matches, tournaments and games

201441st Chess OlympiadBegan
2014Women's Chess Olympiad 2014Began

Born on August 1

1843Emil SchalloppGerman chess player
1875Vladimir SourninRussian-American chess player
1915Enrique ReedChilean chess player
1917Maurizio CorgnatiItalian film director and screenwriter
1920Raul RenterEstonian economist and chess player
1932Triantafyllos SiaperasGreek chess player
1957Philip CorbinBarbadian chess player
1972Vadim MilovIsraeli-Swiss chess player
1976Liviu-Dieter NisipeanuRomanian-German chess grandmaster
1987Samy ShokerEgyptian chess player
1988Mackenzie MolnerAmerican chess player
2003Mahammad MuradliChess player

Died on August 1

1936Spencer CrakanthorpAustralian chess player
1947Ehrhardt PostGerman chess player
1983Meir RauchIsraeli chess player
1991Kārlis KlāsupsLatvian chess player
2021Fiorentino PalmiottoItalian 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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