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August 12 in Chess History

12 birthdays, 2 matches, tournaments and games and 4 deaths from chess history on August 12.

August 12, 1900: Wilhelm Steinitz died. On this day in chess history.

1900126 years ago today

Wilhelm Steinitz died

1st World Chess Champion

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Matches, tournaments and games

1946Groningen 1946 chess tournamentBegan · won by Mikhail Botvinnik
2001French Chess Championship 2001Began · won by Étienne Bacrot

Born on August 12

1821Preston WareAmerican chess player
1863Moritz LewittGerman chess player
1878Hans DuhmChess player
1913Alexander KotovSoviet chess player
1931Bela BergerChess player
1947William HartstonBritish chess player and author
1959Praveen ThipsayIndian chess player
1972Dimitri ReindermanDutch chess player
1973José González GarcíaMexican chess player
1983Niala Collazo Hidalgo-GatoCuban chess player
1989Vishnu Prasanna VasanthanIndian chess player
2008Aksel Bu KvaloyNorwegian chess player

Died on August 12

1892Edward ChamierFrench chess player
1900Wilhelm Steinitz1st World Chess Champion
1966Rudolf ElstnerGerman author and chess player
2015Lev OmeltchenkoUkrainian 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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