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August 13 in Chess History

11 birthdays, 2 matches, tournaments and games and 6 deaths from chess history on August 13.

August 13, 1984: Tigran Petrosian died. On this day in chess history.

198442 years ago today

Tigran Petrosian died

9th World Chess Champion

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Matches, tournaments and games

2012French Chess Championship 2012Began · won by Maxime Vachier-Lagrave
2016French Chess Championship 2016Began · won by Matthieu Cornette

Born on August 13

1900Nils BergkvistSwedish chess player
1909Ernst RojahnNorwegian chess player
1909Yosef DobkinIsraeli chess player
1913Aleksandr RotinyanSoviet electrochemist
1920Ed EdmondsonAmerican chess player and official
1964József HorváthHungarian chess player
1971Jean-Luc ChabanonFrench chess player
1981Rəsul İbrahimovAzerbaijani chess player
1983Chanda SandipanIndian chess grandmaster
1998Alan PichotArgentine chess player
1999Dmitrij KollarsGerman chess player

Died on August 13

1897Antonius van der LindeDutch chess player, librarian and historian
1934Erik MalmbergFinnish military officer and chess player
1953Géza NagyHungarian chess player
1984Tigran Petrosian9th World Chess Champion
2010Craig Van TilburyAmerican guitarist and chess player
2015Shlomo SmiltinerIsraeli 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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