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August 31 in Chess History

11 birthdays, 8 matches, tournaments and games and 4 deaths from chess history on August 31.

August 31, 1952: 10th Chess Olympiad ended. On this day in chess history.

195274 years ago today

10th Chess Olympiad ended

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Matches, tournaments and games

1876Philadelphia 1876 chess tournamentEnded · won by James Mason
1924French Chess Championship 1924Began · won by Robert Crépeaux
19356th Chess OlympiadEnded
1948Women US Championship 1948Ended · won by Gisela Kahn Gresser
195210th Chess OlympiadEnded
195612th Chess OlympiadBegan
2002French Chess Championship 2002Ended
2024Grand Chess Tour 2024Ended · won by Alireza Firouzja

Born on August 31

1883Zoltán von BallaHungarian chess player
1906Victor WinzChess player
1910Petar TrifunovićYugoslav chess grandmaster
1911Józsa LángosHungarian chess player
1915David Vincent HooperBritish chess player and writer
1974Cemil AğamaliyevTurkish-Azerbaijani chess player
1976Mónika GrábicsHungarian chess player
1984Jordi Fluvià PoyatosSpanish chess player
1987Sandra KregeGerman chess player
1994Juraj DruskaSlovak chess player
2010Ivan ZemlyanskiiChess player

Died on August 31

1795François-André Danican PhilidorFrench composer and chess player
1984Moshe CzerniakPolish-Israeli chess player
2003Péter SzékelyHungarian chess grandmaster
2018Philip ShortIrish 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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