August 10 in Chess History

21 birthdays, 5 matches, tournaments and games and 2 deaths from chess history on August 10.

August 10, 2022: 44th Chess Olympiad ended, won by Ukraine women's national chess team. On this day in chess history.

20224 years ago today

44th Chess Olympiad ended

Won by Ukraine women's national chess team

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Matches, tournaments and games

  1. 1936Nottingham 1936 chess tournamentBegan · won by José Raúl Capablanca
  2. 195210th Chess OlympiadBegan
  3. 2009French Chess Championship 2009Began · won by Vladislav Tkachiev
  4. 2013Chess World Cup 2013Began · won by Vladimir Kramnik
  5. 202244th Chess OlympiadEnded · won by Ukraine women's national chess team

Born on August 10

  1. 1862Fermo ZannoniItalian chess player
  2. 1877Frank MarshallAmerican chess player
  3. 1890Solomon RosenthalLithuanian chess player
  4. 1904Karl HellingGerman chess player
  5. 1935Witold BalcerowskiPolish chess player
  6. 1936Carol PartoșRomanian and Swiss chess player
  7. 1939Sejer HolmDanish chess player
  8. 1946Sergio MariottiItalian chess player
  9. 1957Bogusław SygulskiPolish chess player
  10. 1959Marek HawełkoChess player
  11. 1961Edith SoppeArgentine chess player
  12. 1965Igor NaumkinRussian chess player
  13. 1973Vladislav BorovikovUkrainian chess player
  14. 1977Li ShilongChinese chess player
  15. 1979Irina TurovaRussian chess player
  16. 1983Magesh Chandran PanchanathanIndian chess player
  17. 1984Holden Hernández CarmenatesCuban chess player
  18. 1993Paul VeltenFrench chess player
  19. 1998Diptayan GhoshIndian chess player
  20. 2005PraggnanandhaaIndian chess player
  21. 2006Prin LaohawirapapThai chess player

Died on August 10

  1. 1918Artur PopławskiPolish chess player
  2. 2008Igor ZakharevichRussian chess grandmaster

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.