On This Day: August 28

Jan Dobrusky 1853
Thomas Billington 1865
Gerhard Latzel 1912
Hans Schudel 1915
Viktor Shum 1946
Jeremy Silman 1954
Edhi Handoko 1960
Mircea Lupu 1962
Daniel King 1963
Kostas Prentos 1966
Frans Hansson 1968
Sergey Vokarev 1970
Matej Sebenik 1983
Aleksandr Rakhmanov 1989
Ruben Gunawan 2005
Hans Selb 2014
Andreas Duckstein 2024


1936: Botvinnik and Capablanca tie for first at Nottingham
1999: Khalifman wins FIDE KO world championship