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August 9 in Chess History

10 birthdays, 3 matches, tournaments and games and 3 deaths from chess history on August 9.

August 9, 1982: Lilit Mkrtchian was born. On this day in chess history.

198244 years ago today

Lilit Mkrtchian was born

Armenian chess player

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Matches, tournaments and games

2010French Chess Championship 2010Began · won by Laurent Fressinet
2015French Chess Championship 2015Began · won by Christian Bauer
2020Magnus Carlsen Chess Tour FinalsBegan · won by Magnus Carlsen

Born on August 9

1888Heinrich WagnerGerman chess player
1904Ugo CalàItalian chess player
1912Karlis OzolsLatvian-Australian chess player
1913Miklós BélyHungarian chess player
1943Lubomír KaválekCzech-American chess player
1959John van der WielDutch chess grandmaster
1959Daniel RoosFrench chess player
1972Sami KhaderJordanian chess player
1973Irina IonescuRomanian chess player
1982Lilit MkrtchianArmenian chess player

Died on August 9

1935Walther von HolzhausenGerman chess player
1946Jan F. EsserDoctor, chess master, art collector
2023Aleksandar MatanovićChess 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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