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August 7 in Chess History

10 birthdays, 1 match, tournament or game and 2 deaths from chess history on August 7.

August 7, 1989: Turkan Mamedyarova was born. On this day in chess history.

198937 years ago today

Turkan Mamedyarova was born

Azerbaijani chess player

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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

1899First International Chess TournamentBegan · won by Henry Ernest Atkins

Born on August 7

1864Andreas RosendahlDanish chess player
1868Aleksander WagnerPolish lawyer, chess player, journalist and chess theorist
1928Romà Bordell i RosellSpanish chess player
1971Atle GrønnNorwegian chess player
1985José Carlos Ibarra JerezSpanish chess player
1989Turkan MamedyarovaAzerbaijani chess player
1992Tal BaronIsraeli chess player
1996Cristobal Henriquez VillagraChilean chess grandmaster
1997Batuhan DaştanTurkish chess player
2000Mobina AlinasabIranian chess player

Died on August 7

1939Paul KrügerGerman chess player
1981Gunnar UusiEstonian 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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