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September 2 in Chess History

5 birthdays, 10 matches, tournaments and games and 1 death from chess history on September 2.

September 2, 1957: Women's Chess Olympiad 1957 began. On this day in chess history.

195769 years ago today

Women's Chess Olympiad 1957 began

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Card photo: Wim van Rossem for Anefo, CC BY-SA 3.0 nl, via Wikimedia Commons

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Matches, tournaments and games

1895Hastings 1895 chess tournamentEnded · won by Harry Nelson Pillsbury
1925French Chess Championship 1925Began · won by Robert Crépeaux
1926French Chess Championship 1926Began · won by André Chéron
19291929 USSR Chess ChampionshipBegan · won by Boris Verlinsky
1932French Chess Championship 1932Began · won by Maurice Raizman
1938French Chess Championship 1938Began
1957Women's Chess Olympiad 1957Began
20092009 FIDE World Women's Team ChampionshipBegan
2013Chess World Cup 2013Ended · won by Vladimir Kramnik
2017Chess World Cup 2017Began · won by Levon Aronian

Born on September 2

1901Imre KönigHungarian chess player
1906Alexander KazantsevSoviet science fiction writer and ufologist
1929Mario BertokCroatian chess master
1941Anatolijs ŠmitsLatvian chess player
1987Viktor ErdősHungarian chess player

Died on September 2

2022Mišo CebaloCroatian chess grandmaster

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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