September 3 in Chess History

18 birthdays, 2 matches, tournaments and games and 5 deaths from chess history on September 3.

September 3, 1985: World Chess Championship 1985 began, won by Garry Kasparov. On this day in chess history.

198541 years ago today

World Chess Championship 1985 began

Won by Garry Kasparov

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Matches, tournaments and games

  1. 1937French Chess Championship 1937Began
  2. 1985World Chess Championship 1985Began · won by Garry Kasparov

Born on September 3

  1. 1840Edward ChamierFrench chess player
  2. 1886Erwin VoellmySwiss chess player
  3. 1916Alexander KoblencsLatvian chess player, trainer, and writer
  4. 1929Kurt JungwirthAustrian politician
  5. 1939Włodzimierz JastrzębskiPolish historian
  6. 1945Zsuzsa MakaiRomanian and Hungarian chess player
  7. 1946Francisco TroisBrazilian chess player
  8. 1952Vladimir EginChess player
  9. 1969Vladislav NevednichyRomanian chess Grandmaster
  10. 1971Nataša BojkovićSerbian chess player
  11. 1975Alexander OnischukUkrainian-American chess player
  12. 1981Rashad BabaevAzerbaijani chess player
  13. 1983Gabriel SargissianArmenian chess player
  14. 1986Imre HéraHungarian chess player
  15. 1992Anna WarakomskaPolish chess player
  16. 1993Eric RosenAmerican chess player
  17. 2003Arjun ErigaisiIndian chess player
  18. 2010Tanitoluwa AdewumiNigerian-born chess player

Died on September 3

  1. 1941Alexander Ilyin-GenevskySoviet chess player
  2. 1942Leon SchwartzmannPolish-French chess player
  3. 1976Esteve Pedrol i AlbaredaSpanish association football player
  4. 2012Rui de Carvalho NascimentoPortuguese chess player and thinker
  5. 2016Jean-Christophe YoccozFrench mathematician

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