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August 30 in Chess History

6 birthdays, 2 matches, tournaments and games and 6 deaths from chess history on August 30.

August 30, 1985: Anna Ushenina was born. On this day in chess history.

198541 years ago today

Anna Ushenina was born

Women's World Chess Champion

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Card photo: Andreas Kontokanis from Piraeus, Greece, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

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Matches, tournaments and games

2003French Chess Championship 2003Ended
2020FIDE Online Olympiad 2020Ended · won by Russia

Born on August 30

1866Constant Ferdinand BurilleAmerican chess player
1871Leopold Löwy, Jr.Austrian chess player
1927Giorgio PorrecaItalian chess player
1953Paul LamfordWelsh gaming and gambling expert, author, publisher, and company director
1985Anna UsheninaWomen's World Chess Champion
1989Sabina-Francesca FoisorRomanian-American chess player

Died on August 30

1974Eino HeilimoFinnish chess player
1990Adriano ChiccoItalian chess composer
1995Lev PolugaevskyChess player
1995Herbert SeidmanAmerican chess player
1998Wiktor BalcarekPolish chess player
2010Mark OusatchiUkrainian 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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