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October 4 in Chess History

13 birthdays, 5 matches, tournaments and games and 6 deaths from chess history on October 4.

October 4, 2010: 39th Chess Olympiad ended. On this day in chess history.

201016 years ago today

39th Chess Olympiad ended

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Matches, tournaments and games

19201920 USSR Chess ChampionshipBegan · won by Alexander Alekhine
201039th Chess OlympiadEnded
2010Women's Chess Olympiad 2010Ended
2019Chess World Cup 2019Ended · won by Teimour Radjabov
2021chess at the 2021 Pekan Olahraga NasionalBegan

Born on October 4

1840Viktor KnorreAstronomer
1894Frans G. BengtssonSwedish writer
1907Bjørn NielsenDanish chess player
1924Jacques PlanteFrench film producer and chess player
1938Zvonko VranesicCanadian chess player and professor of computer engineering
1947Elena FatalibekovaRussian chess player
1947Alexandru SegalBrazilian chess player
1950Nicolas GiffardFrench chess player
1951Sverre HeimNorwegian physician and professor
1965Tatiana ShumiakinaRussian chess player
1977Bartłomiej MaciejaPolish chess player
1999Miguel Santos RuizSpanish chess player
2003Svitlana DemchenkoCanadian chess player

Died on October 4

1896Philipp HirschfeldGerman chess player
1939Ludvig CollijnChess author
1947Hans Gebhard-ElsaßGerman composer
1972Kenneth HarknessAmerican chess player
1982Lev AroninChess player
2015John MolesEnglish university lecturer

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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