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August 18 in Chess History

8 birthdays, 3 matches, tournaments and games and 10 deaths from chess history on August 18.

August 18, 1891: Louis Paulsen died. On this day in chess history.

1891135 years ago today

Louis Paulsen died

German chess player

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Card photo: The original uploader was Miastko at German Wikipedia., Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

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Matches, tournaments and games

1888Bradford 1888Ended · won by Isidor Gunsberg
2003French Chess Championship 2003Began
2018French Chess Championship 2018Began · won by Tigran Gharamian

Born on August 18

1886István AbonyiChess player
1889Gersz RotlewiPolish chess player
1894Arvīds KalniņšLatvian chemist and politician
1970Alexander StripunskyAmerican chess player
1973Dorian RogozenkoRomanian chess player
1975Alexandre LesiègeCanadian chess player
1976Vadim ZvjaginsevRussian chess grandmaster
2008Gordey KolesovRussian chess player

Died on August 18

1873Karl II, Duke of BrunswickDuke of Brunswick
1891Louis PaulsenGerman chess player
1947Stefano Rosselli del TurcoItalian chess player
1949Amos PokornýCzech chess player
1957Amédée GibaudFrench postmaster and chess player
1983Dekabrina KazatskerSoviet chess player
2014Levente LengyelHungarian chess player
2017Mirosława LitmanowiczPolish chess player
2021Evgeny SveshnikovLatvian-Russian chess player
2026Vereslav EingornUkrainian 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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