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August 6 in Chess History

11 birthdays, 3 matches, tournaments and games and 3 deaths from chess history on August 6.

August 6, 1983: Viktorija Čmilytė-Nielsen was born. On this day in chess history.

198343 years ago today

Viktorija Čmilytė-Nielsen was born

Lithuanian chess player and politician

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

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Matches, tournaments and games

1888Bradford 1888Began · won by Isidor Gunsberg
1910Hamburg 1910 chess tournamentEnded
2021Chess World Cup 2021Ended · won by Jan-Krzysztof Duda

Born on August 6

1859Nicolai JasnogrodskyUkrainian-American chess player
1860Fernando CanonFilipino revolutionary general, inventor
1943Helmut PflegerGerman chess player and author
1951Emilis ŠlekysLithuanian chess player
1952Christophe BernardFrench chess player
1982Jana JackováCzech chess player
1983Viktorija Čmilytė-NielsenLithuanian chess player and politician
1984Vladimir BelovRussian chess player
1985Viktoria BaškiteEstonian chess player
1995Konstantin NikologorskiyRussian chess player
1996Kiprian BerbatovBulgarian chess player

Died on August 6

1846Ludwig BledowGerman chess player
1957Alberts MelnbārdisLatvian lawyer and chess player
2000Raúl SanguinetiArgentine chess grandmaster

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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