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August 25 in Chess History

12 birthdays, 4 matches, tournaments and games and 6 deaths from chess history on August 25.

August 25, 1903: Arpad Elo was born. On this day in chess history.

1903123 years ago today

Arpad Elo was born

Hungarian American physicists, developer of the Elo rating

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Matches, tournaments and games

1890Manchester 1890Began · won by Siegbert Tarrasch
2001French Chess Championship 2001Ended · won by Étienne Bacrot
2011French Chess Championship 2011Ended · won by Maxime Vachier-Lagrave
2019French Chess Championship 2019Ended · won by Maxime Lagarde

Born on August 25

1903Arpad EloHungarian American physicists, developer of the Elo rating
1905Wilhelm ErnstChess player from Germany
1935Wolfram BialasGerman chess player
1948Marilyn SimmonsChess player
1962Alexander GrafGerman chess player
1962Helen MilliganScottish/New Zealand chess master
1964Vasilios KotroniasGreek chess player
1966Noam ElkiesAmerican mathematician
1968Satea HusariSyrian chess player
1979Adina-Maria HamdouchiFrench chess player/ International Arbiter/ FIDE Trainer
1996Susanna GaboyanArmenian chess player
1997Jonas LampertChess player

Died on August 25

1836Julius MendheimGerman chess player
1919Viktor KnorreAstronomer
1984Max BlauSwiss chess player
2008Roza LallemandFrench chess player
2013Jose Bademian OrchanianUruguayan chess player
2019Pal BenkoHungarian-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.

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