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September 4 in Chess History

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

September 4, 1954: 11th Chess Olympiad began. On this day in chess history.

195472 years ago today

11th Chess Olympiad began

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Matches, tournaments and games

1927French Chess Championship 1927Began · won by André Chéron
1936French Chess Championship 1936Began · won by Maurice Raizman
1945USA vs. USSR radio chess match 1945Ended
195411th Chess OlympiadBegan
2025FIDE Grand Swiss Tournament 2025Began · won by Anish Giri
2025FIDE Women's Grand Swiss Tournament 2025Began · won by Vaishali Rameshbabu

Born on September 4

1702Legall de KermeurFrench chess player
1829William WayteEnglish chess master
1876Harold SaundersBritish chess player
1897Storm HersethNorwegian chess player
1911John MontgomerieScottish chess player
1939Ferenc PortischHungarian chess player
1951Jean-Luc SeretFrench chess player
1953Michael SteanBritish chess grandmaster
1954Francisco Javier Ochoa de EchagüenSpanish chess player
1956Thomas PähtzGerman chess player
1966Piotr StaniszewskiPolish chess player
1985Matthieu CornetteFrench chess player
1986Stephen J. GordonBritish chess player

Died on September 4

1949Allan NilssonSwedish chess player
1957Max PaveyAmerican chess player
1984Fedir BohatyrchukUkrainian chess player
2020Dmitry SvetushkinMoldovan chess player
2025Jacob MureyIsraeli 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.

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