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August 19 in Chess History

9 birthdays, 4 matches, tournaments and games and 2 deaths from chess history on August 19.

August 19, 1988: 1988 USSR Chess Championship ended, won by Garry Kasparov. On this day in chess history.

198838 years ago today

1988 USSR Chess Championship ended

Won by Garry Kasparov

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Card photo: Rob Bogaerts for Anefo, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons

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Matches, tournaments and games

19881988 USSR Chess ChampionshipEnded · won by Garry Kasparov
2002French Chess Championship 2002Began
2017French Chess Championship 2017Began · won by Étienne Bacrot
2022FIDE World Fischer Random Chess Championship 2022Began

Born on August 19

1914Baldur MöllerIcelandic chess player
1936Merike RõtovaEstonian chess player, coach and chess journalist
1942Milan VukićYugoslav chess grandmaster
1954Manfred GlienkeGerman chess player
1968Philipp SchlosserGerman chess player
1982Marisa ZurielArgentine chess player
1984Mohamed HaddoucheAlgerian chess player
1989Madina DavletbayevaChess player
1993Sahiti P. LakshmiChess player

Died on August 19

1951Ferenc ChalupetzkyHungarian chess player
2014Yuri SimkinUkrainian scientist

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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