August 17 in Chess History

16 birthdays, 4 matches, tournaments and games and 6 deaths from chess history on August 17.

August 17, 1911: Mikhail Botvinnik was born. On this day in chess history.

1911115 years ago today

Mikhail Botvinnik was born

6th World Chess Champion

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Matches, tournaments and games

  1. 1908World Chess Championship 1908Began · won by Emanuel Lasker
  2. 19363rd unofficial Chess OlympiadBegan
  3. 2014French Chess Championship 2014Began · won by Laurent Fressinet
  4. 2019French Chess Championship 2019Began · won by Maxime Lagarde

Born on August 17

  1. 1832Max LangeGerman chess master, bookseller and writer
  2. 1854Louis van VlietDutch chess master
  3. 1909Olaf BardaNorwegian chess player
  4. 1910Evgeny ZagorjanskySoviet chess player
  5. 1911Mikhail Botvinnik6th World Chess Champion
  6. 1933Alexandros AngosGreek chess player
  7. 1947Vladislav VorotnikovSoviet/Russian chess player
  8. 1960Thomas ErnstSwedish chess grandmaster, winner of the Swedish 1993 Chess Championship
  9. 1962Michael WilderAmerican chess grandmaster
  10. 1974Iepe RubinghDutch chess boxer
  11. 1984András FlumbortHungarian chess player
  12. 1986Hipólito Asis GargatagliSpanish chess player
  13. 1986Daniel SemcesenSwedish chess player
  14. 1988Wojciech MorandaPolish chess player
  15. 1989Karina AmbartsumovaChess player
  16. 1990Ivan ŠarićCroatian chess player

Died on August 17

  1. 1872Ignazio CalviItalian chess player
  2. 1913Wilhelm CohnGerman chess player
  3. 1930Leó ForgácsHungarian chess player
  4. 1986Bengt EkenbergSwedish chess player
  5. 1997Fotis MastichiadisGreek engraver, cartoonist and chess player
  6. 2017Corvin RadoviciRomanian chess player

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