October 8 in Chess History

15 birthdays, 4 matches, tournaments and games and 5 deaths from chess history on October 8.

October 8, 1990: World Chess Championship 1990 began, won by Garry Kasparov. On this day in chess history.

199036 years ago today

World Chess Championship 1990 began

Won by Garry Kasparov

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Matches, tournaments and games

  1. 1927USSR women's chess championship 1927Ended · won by Olga Rubtsova
  2. 1986World Chess Championship 1986Ended · won by Garry Kasparov
  3. 1990World Chess Championship 1990Began · won by Garry Kasparov
  4. 2000Classical World Chess Championship 2000Began · won by Vladimir Kramnik

Born on October 8

  1. 1874Hugo SüchtingGerman chess player
  2. 1903Georgy GeshevBulgarian chess player
  3. 1908Viacheslav RagozinSoviet chess grandmaster
  4. 1916Inge JohanssonSwedish chess player
  5. 1929Arthur BisguierAmerican chess player
  6. 1931Román Torán AlberoSpanish chess player
  7. 1934Ennio ContediniItalian chess player
  8. 1956Rita KasHungarian and German chess player
  9. 1969Željko BogutBosnia and Herzegovina chess player
  10. 1972Hichem HamdouchiMoroccan and French chess player
  11. 1972Roger Finjord
  12. 1979Kenny SolomonSouth African chess grandmaster
  13. 1987Batkhuyagiin MöngöntuulMongolian chess player
  14. 1987Susanto MegarantoIndonesian chess player
  15. 2001Bogdan-Daniel DeacRomanian chess player

Died on October 8

  1. 1881Theophilus ThompsonAmerican chess player
  2. 1913David Graham BairdAmerican chess player
  3. 1969Luigi CerianiItalian entrepreneur
  4. 2014Gerardo BudowskiGerman-Venezuelan chess player
  5. 2021Grigory SanakoevRussian 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.