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November 8 in Chess History

10 birthdays, 4 matches, tournaments and games and 1 death from chess history on November 8.

November 8, 1910: World Chess Championship 1910 began, won by Emanuel Lasker. On this day in chess history.

1910116 years ago today

World Chess Championship 1910 began

Won by Emanuel Lasker

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Card photo: Frank Eugene, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

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Matches, tournaments and games

1910World Chess Championship 1910Began · won by Emanuel Lasker
1989World Team Chess Championship 1989Ended · won by Soviet Union
1998Greek Chess Championship 1998Began · won by Ioannis Papaioannou
2024European Individual Chess Championship 2024Began · won by Aleksandar Inđić

Born on November 8

1818Benjamin RaphaelAmerican physician
1898Arsène LouviauBelgian chess player
1931Nikolay MinevBulgarian chess player
1933Werner GolzGerman author and chess player
1935Dimitrije BjelicaSerbian chess player
1961Dragan PaunovićChess player
1970Aleksei HolmstenFinnish chess player
1974Todor TodorovBulgarian chess player born 1974
1983Enrique Rodríguez GuerreroSpanish chess player
1986Aleksandr KharitonovRussian chess player

Died on November 8

1980Octav TroianescuRomanian 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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