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August 3 in Chess History

13 birthdays, 2 matches, tournaments and games and 5 deaths from chess history on August 3.

August 3, 2021: Women's Chess World Cup 2021 ended, won by Alexandra Kosteniuk. On this day in chess history.

20215 years ago today

Women's Chess World Cup 2021 ended

Won by Alexandra Kosteniuk

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Matches, tournaments and games

1887Frankfurt 1887 chess tournamentEnded · won by George Henry Mackenzie
2021Women's Chess World Cup 2021Ended · won by Alexandra Kosteniuk

Born on August 3

1811Wilhelm HansteinGerman chess player
1827Sergey UrusovRussian chess player
1876Moritz BillecardFrench chess player
1954Mária GroschChess player
1958Aye LwinBurmese chess player
1961Félix Izeta TxabarriSpanish chess player
1979Aimen RizoukAlgerian chess player
1979Andrey RychagovRussian chess player
1996Ulviyya FataliyevaAzerbaijani chess player
1996Daria-Ioana VisanescuRomanian chess player
2000Daniel BarrishSouth African chess player
2001K PriyankaIndian chess player
2005Meruert KamalidenovaKazakh chess player

Died on August 3

1872William Davies EvansWelsh navy captain, inventor and chess player
1930Grigory HelbachRussian chess player
1981Wolfgang HeidenfeldSouth African chess player
2004Bryon NickoloffCanadian chess player
2005Alexander HildebrandEstonian-Swedish chess player and sports journalist

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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