August 21 in Chess History

15 birthdays, 4 matches, tournaments and games and 7 deaths from chess history on August 21.

August 21, 1956: Women's World Chess Championship 1956 began, won by Olga Rubtsova. On this day in chess history.

195670 years ago today

Women's World Chess Championship 1956 began

Won by Olga Rubtsova

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Matches, tournaments and games

  1. 1911Carlsbad 1911 chess tournamentBegan · won by Richard Teichmann
  2. 1956Women's World Chess Championship 1956Began · won by Olga Rubtsova
  3. 20162016 Dutch chess championshipBegan · won by Jorden van Foreest
  4. 2021European Women’s Chess Championship 2021Ended

Born on August 21

  1. 1862Jan KotrčCzech chess player
  2. 1903William FairhurstBritish chess player and bridge designer
  3. 1909Edgars KrūmiņšLatvian chess player
  4. 1911Gedeon BarczaHungarian chess grandmaster
  5. 1913Werner SpeckmannGerman judge
  6. 1936Giora PeliIsraeli chess master
  7. 1940Rimma BilunovaRussian chess player
  8. 1945Lev AlburtUkrainian-American chess grandmaster
  9. 1961Gerardo BarberoArgentine chess player
  10. 1981Alina TarachowiczPolish chess player
  11. 1982Francisco Vallejo PonsSpanish chess player
  12. 1987Oluwafemi BalogunChess player
  13. 1988Anna JakubowskaPolish chess player
  14. 1991Dhyani DaveIndian chess player
  15. 1995Marina NiyazgulovaRussian chess player

Died on August 21

  1. 1942Vladimir SourninRussian-American chess player
  2. 1949Arthur John MackenzieScottish chess player
  3. 1953Pāvils DreijmanisLatvian politician and architect
  4. 2008Vladimir BukalCroatian chess master
  5. 2011Arne VinjeNorwegian chess player
  6. 2013Rodolfo Tan CardosoFilipino chess player
  7. 2020Miron SherSoviet-American 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.