16 birthdays, 4 matches, tournaments and games and 7 deaths from chess history on August 11.
194185 years ago today
Alla Kushnir was born
Russian-Israeli chess player
Card photo: W. Punt for Anefo, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons
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Matches, tournaments and games
- 19251925 USSR Chess ChampionshipBegan · won by Efim Bogoljubov
- 1946Polish Chess Championship 1946Ended · won by Bogdan Śliwa
- 2013French Chess Championship 2013Began · won by Hichem Hamdouchi
- 2025Saint Louis Rapid & Blitz 2025Began · won by Levon Aronian
Born on August 11
- 1810Carl MayetGerman chess player
- 1856Ludwig BachmannGerman historian and chess player
- 1860Ottó BláthyHungarian mechanical engineer
- 1932István BilekHungarian chess player
- 1937Roman PeltsUkrainian chess player
- 1941Alla KushnirRussian-Israeli chess player
- 1942Lincoln Maiztegui CasasUruguayan journalist and writer
- 1948George Francis KaneAmerican chess player
- 1954Roland BaierSwiss chess player
- 1969Annemarie BenschopDutch chess player
- 1971Gennadi GinsburgUkrainian and German chess player
- 1972Hasan AbbasifarIranian chess International Grandmaster
- 1973Karel van der WeideDutch writer and chess player
- 1982Ehsan Ghaem-MaghamiIranian chess player
- 1999Razvan PreotuCanadian chess grandmaster
- 2000Parham MaghsoodlooIranian chess player
Died on August 11
- 1869Amalie Paulsen
- 1939Katarina BeskowSwedish chess player
- 1950Movsas FeiginsLatvian chess player
- 1984Paul Felix SchmidtEstonian chess player and chemist
- 1994Markus TreppSwiss chess player
- 2019Shelby LymanAmerican chess player
- 2024Petko PetkovBulgarian chess composer
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