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August 4 in Chess History

14 birthdays, 2 matches, tournaments and games and 5 deaths from chess history on August 4.

August 4, 1989: Wang Hao was born. On this day in chess history.

198937 years ago today

Wang Hao was born

Chinese chess player

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Card photo: GFHund, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

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Matches, tournaments and games

1870Baden-Baden 1870 chess tournamentEnded · won by Adolf Anderssen
19731973 Pekan Olahraga NasionalBegan

Born on August 4

1859Kasimir de WeydlichPolish chess player
1903Karl RubenDanish chess master
1910Carlos MadernaArgentine chess player
1915Daan de LangeNorwegian chess player
1950Fernando SilvaPortuguese chess player
1958Cezary BalickiPolish bridge player
1959Vladimir GurevichUkrainian chess player
1961Bhagyashree ThipsayIndian chess player
1963Vidmantas MališauskasLithuanian chess player
1980Fabian DöttlingGerman chess player
1981Nelly AginianChess player
1984Maria MickiewiczPolish chess player
1989Wang HaoChinese chess player
2001Anastasia KeinänenFinnish-Russian chess player

Died on August 4

1955Rafael Blanco EsteraCuban painter
1996Vladimir LiberzonIsraeli chess player
2001Claude BloodgoodAmerican chess player
2011Mark PasmanLatvian chess player
2018Erwin NievergeltSwiss chess player and economist

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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