ChessTerra.com

August 24 in Chess History

6 birthdays, 5 matches, tournaments and games and 3 deaths from chess history on August 24.

August 24, 1939: 8th Chess Olympiad began. On this day in chess history.

193987 years ago today

8th Chess Olympiad began

Facebook X WhatsApp RedditDownload square

Tap any entry to put it on the share card.

Matches, tournaments and games

1858Birmingham 1858 chess tournamentBegan · won by Johann Löwenthal
19398th Chess OlympiadBegan
2000French Chess Championship 2000Ended · won by Étienne Bacrot
2012French Chess Championship 2012Ended · won by Maxime Vachier-Lagrave
2023Chess World Cup 2023Ended · won by Magnus Carlsen

Born on August 24

1839Philipp MeitnerAustrian lawyer and chess player
1946Božidar IvanovićChess player
1967Jordi Magem BadalsSpanish chess grandmaster
1986Dina KagramanovCanadian chess player
1992Evandro Amorim BarbosaChess player
1995Aleksandar InđićSerbian chess player

Died on August 24

1907Adolf SternGerman chess player
1985Storm HersethNorwegian chess player
2020Wolfgang UhlmannGerman 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.

<div id="puzzlebot-container"></div>

<script src="https://code.jquery.com/jquery-3.6.0.min.js"></script>
<script src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/@chrisoakman/chessboardjs@1.0.0/dist/chessboard-1.0.0.min.js"></script>
<script src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/@chrisoakman/chessboardjs@1.0.0/dist/chessboard-1.0.0.js"></script>
<script src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/@chrisoakman/chessboardjs@1.0.0/dist/chessboard-1.0.0.polyfills.min.js"></script>

<script>
  var board = null;
  var game = new Chess();

  function onDragStart(source, piece, position, orientation) {
    // do not allow dragging when game is over
    if (game.game_over()) return false;

    // only allow white pieces to be dragged
    if (piece.search(/^b/) !== -1) return false;
  }

  function onDrop(source, target) {
    // see if the move is legal
    var move = game.move({
      from: source,
      to: target,
      promotion: "q" // always promote to a queen for example simplicity
    });

    // illegal move
    if (move === null) return "snapback";

    // update the board position
    board.position(game.fen());

    // get a random move from the engine
    window.setTimeout(makeRandomMove, 250);
  }

  // make a random move
  function makeRandomMove() {
    var possibleMoves = game.moves();

    // game over
    if (possibleMoves.length === 0) return;

    var randomIndex = Math.floor(Math.random() * possibleMoves.length);
    game.move(possibleMoves[randomIndex]);
    board.position(game.fen());
  }

  // initialize the chessboard
  function init() {
    var config = {
      draggable: true,
      onDragStart: onDragStart,
      onDrop: onDrop,
      position: 'start'
    };

    board = Chessboard('puzzlebot-container', config);

    makeRandomMove();
  }

  $(document).ready(init);
</script>

<script src="https://revolvermaps2.com/embed.js" data-site="z79wnx94gq4m" data-size="300" data-theme="custom" data-color="ffffff" data-land="d4a843" data-ocean="0f1a2e" async></script>