September 10 in Chess History

15 birthdays, 9 matches, tournaments and games and 6 deaths from chess history on September 10.

September 10, 2012: 40th Chess Olympiad ended. On this day in chess history.

201214 years ago today

40th Chess Olympiad ended

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Matches, tournaments and games

  1. 1929French Chess Championship 1929Began · won by André Chéron
  2. 1931French Chess Championship 1931Began · won by André Muffang
  3. 1938French Chess Championship 1938Ended
  4. 1984World Chess Championship 1984Began
  5. 1995Classical World Chess Championship 1995Began · won by Garry Kasparov
  6. 201240th Chess OlympiadEnded
  7. 2012Women's Chess Olympiad 2012Ended
  8. 2015Chess World Cup 2015Began · won by Sergey Karjakin
  9. 202445th Chess OlympiadBegan

Born on September 10

  1. 1887Paul JohnerSwiss chess player
  2. 1892János BaloghHungarian chess player
  3. 1930Aino KukkEstonian chess player
  4. 1936Margareta PerevoznicRomanian chess player
  5. 1941Rosendo Balinas Jr.Filipino chess player
  6. 1944Jambaldoo LhagvaChess player
  7. 1952Werner HugSwiss chess player
  8. 1961Andrzej Mikołaj DeraPolish politician
  9. 1969Václav Klaus Jr.Czech teacher and politician
  10. 1974Valery PopovRussian chess player
  11. 1990Mauricio Flores RíosChilean chess player
  12. 1995Léon MonsGerman chess player
  13. 2003Carissa YipAmerican chess player
  14. 2003Elizaveta SolozhenkinaRussian chess player
  15. 2004Ning KaiyuChinese chess player

Died on September 10

  1. 1920Józef DominikPolish chess player
  2. 1938Paul JohnerSwiss chess player
  3. 1983Victor CiocâlteaRomanian chess player
  4. 1987Boris RõtovRussian-Estonian chess player and chess journalist
  5. 2001Alexey SuetinChess player
  6. 2007David GodoyChilean 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.