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August 29 in Chess History

13 birthdays, 1 match, tournament or game and 3 deaths from chess history on August 29.

August 29, 1976: Zoltán Almási was born. On this day in chess history.

197650 years ago today

Zoltán Almási was born

Hungarian chess player

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Matches, tournaments and games

1998French Chess Championship 1998Ended · won by Josif Dorfman

Born on August 29

1849Daniel Yarnton MillsScottish chess master
1901Louis Betbeder MatibetFrench chess player
1927Anatoly KrutianskyRussian chess player
1929Guy MazzoniFrench physician and chess player
1942Coen ZuidemaDutch chess player
1951Klaus WockenfußGerman chess master
1953Marija PetrovicSerbian chess player
1957Maria Cristina B. De OliveiraBrasil chess player
1967Angela BorsukIsraeli chess player
1976Zoltán AlmásiHungarian chess player
2000Nilufar YakubbaevaUzbekistani chess player
2000Nikita AfanasievChess player
2003Dominik HorvathAustrian chess player

Died on August 29

1885Bernhard HorwitzGerman-British chess player
1914G. S. CarrBritish mathematician
1923Georg MarcoAustrian 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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