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July 8 in Chess History

12 birthdays, 3 matches, tournaments and games and 4 deaths from chess history on July 8.

July 8, 1923: 1923 USSR Chess Championship began, won by Peter Romanovsky. On this day in chess history.

1923103 years ago today

1923 USSR Chess Championship began

Won by Peter Romanovsky

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Matches, tournaments and games

1922Danish Chess Championship 1922Ended · won by Egil Jacobsen
19231923 USSR Chess ChampionshipBegan · won by Peter Romanovsky
20182018 Dutch chess championshipEnded · won by Sergei Tiviakov

Born on July 8

1845Henry CharlickAustralian chess player
1892Isador Samuel TuroverChess master
1909Rafael Llorens LlorensSpanish chess player
1923Dragoljub JanoševićSerbian chess grandmaster
1945Jacques MaclèsFrench chess player
1949Stepanka MayerCzech and German chess player
1956Suchart ChaivichitThai chess player
1971Frank HolzkeGerman judge and chess player
1972Victor MikhalevskiIsraeli chess player
1991Emilio Córdova DazaPeruvian chess player
1997Joshua Daniel Ruiz CastilloColombian chess player
2002Olga BadelkaBelarusian chess player

Died on July 8

1942Emil ZinnerCzech chess master
1942Julio BalpardaUruguayan chess player
2014Olga AndreievaUkrainian chess player
2022Janez BarleSlovene 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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