Chess History, 1961-
1961
Ault wins US Jr ch for 3rd consecutive year.
1961
BLIND; 1st blind olympiad, Meschede, W Germany. Won by Yugoslavia (7
teams).
1961
Benko wins US Open in San Francisco.
1961
CHESS LIFE from newspaper to monthly magazine form.
1961
Fischer become us champion for 4th time.
1961
Lane appears on what's my line and cover of Sports Illustrated.
1961
OLY; Women's olympiad abandoned because DDR team unable to obtain
visa.
1961
Scrivener, Robert won Mississipi state ch at age 80.
1961
Ratings: Fischer-2641; Reshevsky-2632; Lombardy-2555; Byrne R-2535
1961.01.07
Vera, Reynaldo born. Cuban GM 1988.
1961.01.08
Arkell, Keith born in Birmingham, England. IM 1985.
1961.01.09
Heinbuch, Detlef born in Bochum. IM 1986.
1961.01.17
Chiburdanidze, Maia born in Kutaisi, Russia. WIM 1974; WGM 1977; IM
1978; GM 1984. Women's World Ch 1978-91.
1961.01.21
Aronoff, Irene born in USA. WFM.
1961.02.03
McNab, Colin born. Scottish GM 1992.
1961.02.08
Akesson, Ralf born. IM 1981. Swedish ch 1985.
1961.02.09
Levenfish (b. 1889), Soviet IGM, died. GM 1950.
1961.02.10
Canda, Danilo born in Nicuaraga. IM 1986.
1961.02.11
Petrosian wins 28th USSR Ch, Moscow.
1961.02.27
Eng, Holger born in Neuenhaus, Germany. IM 1984.
1961.03.04
Bany, Jerzy born in Bytom, Poland. IM 1983.
1961.03.10
Agusto, Obafunmilayo born in Nigeria. FM.
1961.03.14
Rubinstein (b. 1882), Polish IGM, died in Anvers.
1961.03.15
Tal-Botvinnik match starts, Moscow.
1961.03.15
Brown, Timothy born.
1961.03.26
Rizzitano, James born.
1961.03.31
Pigusov, Evgeny born. GM 1988.
1961.04.17
Brooks, Michael born in Chicago. FM 1982.
1961.04.21
Danailov, Silvio born in Sofia, Bulgaria. IM 1984.
1961.04.26
Tangborn, Eric born.
1961.05.05
Douven, Rudy born in Heerlen, Netherlands. FM 1985; IM 1986.
1961.05.10
Heath, Christopher died in London. 1923-4 Scottish Ch. Heath var.
1961.05.12
Botvinnk defeats Tal to regain world championship.
1961.06.09
Bischoff, Klaus born in Ulm, Germany. IM 1982; GM 1990.
1961.06.17
Damljanovic, Branko born in Novi Sad, Yugoslavia. IM 1982; GM 1989.
1961.07.13
Franke, Heribert born in Bad Cannstatt,Germany. IM 1986.
1961.07.16
Fischer-Reshevsky match starts in NY.
1961.08.21
Barbero, Gerardo born in Argentina. IM 1986; GM 1988.
1961.09
Tal wins at Bled. Fischer 2nd.
1961.09
Parma wins World Jr Ch, at The Hague.
1961.09.12
Guzman, Ricardo born in the Philippines. IM 1982.
1961.09.12
de Guzman, Ricardo born in the Philippines. IM 1982.
1961.09.19
Alvarez-Ibarra, Rafael born in Bilbao, Spain. IM 1986.
1961.10.10
Cvitin, Ognjen born in Siberik, Yugoslavia. World jr ch 1981. IM 1982;
GM 1987.
1961.10.12
Whitehead, Jay born.
1961.10.31
Benedict, Clare died in Lucerne, Switzerland. Chess patron.
Granddaughter of Fenimore Cooper.
1961.11.07
Glek, Igor born. GM
1961.11.16
Sergeant d. Kingston-on-Thames. London ch 1951.
1961.11.29
Gertler, David born in Camden, NJ. FM 1985.
1961.12
Lane, Lisa drops out of Hastings 1961/62 because she is in love.
1961.12.07
Gurieli, Nina born in Russia. WIM 1979; WGM 1980.
1962
CAPA; 1st Capablanca Memorial in Cuba.
1962
Evans wins US championship.
1962
GM; 1st GM of over-the-board and corres. chess - O'Kelly.
1962
Gresser wins US women's ch.
1962
Rejfir died. Born in 1909. Czech IM 1956.
1962
Worst team: Cyprus, 0/20 at Varna ol 1962. Ioannidis went 0/20.
1962.01.10
Hammond, Alex died in England. Chess set collector.
1962.02.06
Antunes, Antonio born in Lisbon. IM 1985.
1962.02.12
Gobet, Fernand born in Romont, Switzerland. IM 1985.
1962.02.12
Ioseliani b. Tbilisi. 2-time USSR women's ch.
1962.03
Living chess played between Botvinnik & Smyslov, Moscow.
1962.03.11
Ragozin, Vyacheslav died. Former world corr. ch.
1962.04
Stockholm Interzonal, Fischer wins 2.5 points ahead of the field.
1962.04.03
Grunfeld, Ernst died in Vienna. German ch 1927. GM 1950. Elo: 2550.
1962.04.10
Khouzman, Alexander born. GM
1962.04.12
Cuijpers, Frans born in Heerlen, Netherlands. IM 1984.
1962.04.18
Watson, William, born.
1962.04.23
Graves, Frank died in Fort Worth, TX. USCF President 1954.
1962.05.02
CANDIDATES; Start of Curacao Candidates tourney.
1962.05.22
Schneider, Alexander born.
1962.05.23
Novikov, Igor born. GM 1990.
1962.06.09
Youngworth, Perry born.
1962.06.13
Motwani b. Glasgow. World under-16 ch 1978. Scottish ch 1978.
1962.06.26
Petrosian wins Curacao Candidates (Fischer is 4th).
1962.06.28
Gauglitz, Gernot born in Meissen, Germany. IM 1986.
1962.07.31
Brustman, Agnieszka born in Warsaw. WIM 1979; WGM 1985.
1962.08
CANDIDATES; Curacao Candidates; Petrosiam 1st; Fischer 4th.
1962.08.17
Wilder, Michael born.
1962.08.20
Fischer accuses Russians of cheating in Sports Illustrated.
1962.08.25
Medina wins US Open, San Antonio.
1962.08.25
Nenachev, Alexander born.
1962.09.17
Broder, Iris born in Halle, Germany. WIM 1986.
1962.09.17
Wilder, Michael born.
1962.09.20
Adam, William born.
1962.09.24
Tischbierek, Raj born. German GM 1990,
1962.10.09
Vidmar, Milan died.
1962.10.14
Ehlvest, Jaan born in Estonio. IM 1982; GM 1987. European Jr Ch
1982-3.
1962.10.18
Fernandes, Antonio born in Pamphilosa da Serra, Portugal. IM 1985.
1962.10.25
Turner, Abe stabbed to death.
1962.11.18
Gurvich, Abram died in Moscow. IJComp 1956.
1962.11.21
London, Dimitri born.
1962.11.30
Bernstein, Ossip died in France. GM 1950; IA 1952. Elo: 2590.
1962.12.06
Drasko, Milan born in Capljina, Yugoslavia. IM 1984.
1963
COLLEGE; Brooklyn college wins us intercollegiate ch in Philadelphia.
1963
CORR; Br Postal Federation formed.
1963
Fischer wins US championship ahead of Bisguier.
1963
Fischer wins Western Open.
1963
US Open in Chicago; Lombardy wins. (266 players)
1963.01.01
Winats, Luc born. Belgium GM 1993.
1963.01.06
Adams, Weaver, died in Cedar Grove, New Jersey.
1963.01.06
Helms, Hermann died in Brooklyn. IA 1954. Dean of American chess.
1963.02.01
Garbarino, Rodolfo born in Argentina. IM 1982.
1963.02.08
Hjartarson, Johann born in Reykjavik. IM 1984; GM 1985. Icelandic ch
1980, 1984.
1963.02.12
Root, Doug born.
1963.03.09
Carvajal, Ana born in Cuba. WIM 1978.
1963.03.15
Botvinnik-Petrosian match, Moscow.
1963.03.20
Sokolov, Andrey, Soviet IGM (1984) born. World Jr Ch 1982.
1963.03.24
Morovic-Fernandez, Ivan born. Chilean GM 1986.
1963.04.13
Kasparov, world chess champion, born in Baku.
1963.04.23
Cramling, Pia born. WGM 1982; IM 1983.
1963.05.22
Petrosian defeats Botvinnik to become world champion.
1963.05.27
Rozentalis, Eduardas born.
1963.06.03
Levitt, Jonathan born. English GM 1991.
1963.06.14
Hjorth, Gregory born in Melbourne. IM 1984.
1963.06.16
Schroer born.
1963.07.25
Hodgson, Julian born in St Asaph, Wales. IM 1983; GM 1988. British ch
1991.
1963.07.25
Stoltz (b. 1904), Swedish Grandmaster, died.
1963.07.27
1st Piatigorsky cup in Los Angeles; won by Petrosian and Keres.
1963.08.28
King, Dan born. English GM 1989.
1963.09.01
An, Yang born in China. WIM.
1963.09.18
Hertneck, Gerald born. IM 1985; GM 1991.
1963.09.26
Yedidia, Jonathan born.
1963.10.30
Milos, Gilberto born. Brazil GM 1988.
1963.11.03
Kostic (b. 1887), died in Belgrade. IM 1950.
1963.11.14
Krasenkov, Mikhail born. GM.
1963.12.06
Hawksworth, John born in England. IM 1986.
1963.12.20
Ardaman, Miles born.
1963.12.22
Sacconi d. Born 1895. Italian ch 1935. IM 1951.
1963.12.28
Ardaman, Miles born.
1964
1st game with 5 knights on board, Szabo-Ivkov, Belgrade.
1964
BLIND; 2nd blind olympiad, East Germany. Yugoslavia won. 9 countries.
1964
BRAILLE; International Braille Chess Assn affiliated with FIDE.
1964
CLOCK; 1st electronic clock manufactured in Kiev.
1964
Draw can only be proposed before a move.
1964
En passant sound magazine for the blind founded.
1964
Fischer sweeps US ch with 11-0 score.
1964
Lane opens her chess emporium, 'Queen Pawn,' in NY.
1964
MEYER; John Meyer wins US Junior championship.
1964
RATINGS; 1st international rating list by elo. Fischer and Petrosian
(2690).
1964.01.23
Khasanova b. USSR. Women's jr ch 1983. WIM 1984.¦
1964.01.26
Chow, Albert born in Chicago. FM 1984.
1964.02.13
Hector, Jonny born in Sweden. GM 1992.
1964.02.17
Kipping d. Composed over 7,000 problems.
1964.03.01
Ronanovsky d. Moscow. USSR ch 1923, 1927. IM 1950. Born 1982.
1964.03.08
Lalic, Bogdan born. Yug GM 1964.
1964.03.11
Benjamin, Joel born in Brooklyn. IM 1980; GM 1986. US Ch 1987.
1964.04.17
Greenfeld, Alon born in New York City. Israeli IM 1983; GM 1989.
1964.05.10
Graf, Sonja won US Women's Ch, New York.
1964.05.20
Amsterdam Interzonal started.
1964.05.26
Salov, Valery b. GM 1986. World under 16 ch in 1980.
1964.05.29
Reinfeld died in New York.
1964.05.31
Kotlyar, Gregory born.
1964.06.16
Griego, David born.
1964.06.21
Neverov, Valery born. GM 1992.
1964.06.23
Barbulescu, Dan-Catalin born in Bucharest. IM 1984.
1964.07.20
Colman, Eugene died in London. Colman var. discovered while POW in
Japan.
1964.08.13
Horvath, Jozsef born in Budapest. IM 1986; GM 1990.
1964.08.25
Kotronias, Vasilios born. Greek GM 1990.
1964.08.29
Benko wins US Open in Boston (229 players).
1964.08.31
Glueck, David born in Boston. FM 1986.
1964.09.15
Goglidze, Victor died in Tbilisi, Georgia. IM 1950. Elo: 2430.
1964.09.18
Hansen, Curt born in Bov, Denmark. IM 1982; GM 1985. World Jr Ch 1984.
Danish ch 1983, 1984, 1985.
1964.09.23
Tolnai, Tibor born. Hungarian GM 1990.
1964.09.27
Stohl, Igor born. Czech GM 1992.
1964.10.24
Dokhoian, Yuri born in Russia. GM 1988.
1964.11.07
Oll, Lembit born. GM 1990.
1964.12.21
Renet, Oliver born. GM 1990.
1965
1st National Open, Las Vegas; Reshevsky wins (138 players)
1965
1st university to introduce course on chess, Moscow. 2,000 attended.
1965
CORR; Start of the 1st Women's World Corr. Chess Ch.
1965
EG; 1st chess magazine devoted to studies, EG, founded by Roycroft.
1965
Gresser wins us women's ch.
1965
Kurajica won world jr ch. IM before even a master.
1965
Mecking wins Brazilian ch at age 13.
1965
Paros gets IM for chess composition for helpmates only.
1965
Soltis repeats as NY city jr. champion.
1965
Street wins US amateur (242 players).
1965.01
Keres wins at Hastings.
1965.02.11
Chekhover, Vitaly died in Leningrad. IM 1950; IJComp 1956; IMComp 1961
1965.02.12
Condie, Mark born in Scotland. IM 1984.
1965.02.27
Goldin, Alexander born. GM 1989.
1965.03.06
Graf-Stevenson, Sonja died in New York. WIM 1950. US Women's ch 1964.
1965.03.07
Abarca Aguirre, Manuel born in San Antonio, Chile. FM 1986.
1965.03.16
Adianto, Utat born in Jakarta, Indonesia. IM 1985; GM 1986. 1st INDO
GM. World Jr Ch
1965.04
CANDIDATES; 1st Candidates matches: Spassky beats Keres; Geller
defeats Smyslov.
1965.04.16
Hickl, Jorg born. German IM 1986; GM 1988.
1965.04.17
Adelman, Charles born.
1965.06.01
Short, British IGM (1984), born.
1965.07
Candidates match: Tal defeats Portisch; Larsen defeats Ivkov
1965.07
EG; 1st issue of EG magazine.
1965.07.11
1st chess tournament in Greenland.
1965.07.11
Yepishin, Vladimir born. IGM 1990. (Epishin)
1965.07.24
Root, Alexey born.
1965.07.31
Laucks, E. Forry died. Founder of Log Cabin Chess Club.
1965.08.06
US Open held in Puerto Rico. 1st time outside the US. Benko, Lombardy
tie.
1965.08.16
Mozetic, Dejan born. IM rated at 2585.
1965.08.25
Start of Capablanca Memorial in Cuba. Fischer played by teletype. 1st
time
1965.09.01
CORR; Start of 1st women's world cr ch.
1965.11.05
Dus-Chotimirsky, Fedor died in Moscow. IM 1950.
1965.11.21
Abelardo-Roldan, Adrian born in Argentina. IA 1986.
1965.11.28
Georgiev, Kiril born in Petrich, Bulgaria. IM 1983; GM 1985. World Jr
Ch 1983. Bulgarian ch 1984, 1986, 1989.
1965.11.28
Dautov, Roustam born. GM.
1965.11.28
1st American Open; won by Benko in Santa Monica. 124 players
1965.12.03
Illescas-Cordoba, Miguel born. Spanish GM 1988.
1965.12.30
Fischer (2734) repeats as US Champion.
1966
BLIND; 1st World Blind Ch, Timmendorfer Strand, W Germany. Won by
Cabarkapa.
1966
Benko captures National Open.
1966
CENSUS; USSR census shows 3,540,000 registered chess players.
1966
Colias, William born.
1966
COMPUTER; 1st serious chess program, mac hack, became operational.
1966
COMPUTER; MacHack VI computer played in Boston Amateur Ch; Score 1/2-4
1/2.
1966
Fischer wins his 7th us championship, ahead of Evans.
1966
Golombek awarded the OBE for his service to chess.
1966
Journal of Gerontology that chess players peak at 36. (Elo)
1966
Largest display. 6840 boards, 300 experts, played 20 players; Havana
1966
Latest castling. Bobotsov-Ivkov, move 46.
1966
Longest game without capture. Filipowicz-Smederavac, 70 moves.
1966
OLY; Havana olympiad, ussr 1st, us 2nd.
1966
Prokes, Ladislav died.
1966
Rohland elected uscf president.
1966
Sultan Khan, Mir died.
1966
kaufman wins american open in santa monica.
1966.01.18
Khalifman, Alexander b. European ch 1985. IM 1986. GM.
1966.01.29
Dlugy, Maxim born in Moscow. IM 1982; GM 1986. World Jr Ch 1985. USCF
President 1990.
1966.01.29
Joshi, Sandeep born.
1966.03.06
Ashley, Maurice born. IM 1993. 1st Afro-American IM.
1966.03.15
Petrosian-Spassky match, Moscow.
1966.03.30
Grivas, Efstratios born in Egio, Greece. IM 1984.
1966.04.11
Start of Petrosian-Spassky World Championsip match.
1966.04.25
Mir Sultan Khan died of TB in Pakistan.
1966.05.11
Gresser and Lane becomes us women's co-champions.
1966.05.13
Murshed, Niaz born. Bangladesh GM 1986.
1966.05.21
Kozul, Zdenko born. Yug GM 1989.
1966.05.29
Petrosian defeats Spassky, 12.5-11.5, Moscow.
1966.06.26
1st us jr invitational; won by Browne. Held in new York. 8 players.
1966.08.15
Spassky wins 2nd Piatagorsky Cup; 2nd is Fischer.
1966.08.15
Piatigorsky Cup over. Spassky wins.
1966.08.26
Benko and R. Byrne share 1st in 67th US Open, Seattle.
1966.10.27
Barua, Dibyendu born in Chittagong, Bangladesh. India IM 1984; GM
1991.
1966.10.66
Berg, Theodore died in Riga, Latvia. Berg variation.
1966.11.21
Bareev, Evgeny born in Moscow. IM 1986; GM 1989. 1982 World Under-16
ch.
1966.11.23
COMPUTER; Start of 1st computer match between USSR and US.
1966.12.19
Anderson, Magnus died in Melbourne. Book collector.
1967
Andorra Chess Federation formed.
1967
COMPUTER; 1st international match between USSR & US computers. USSR
won.
1967
COMPUTER; Machack VI is 1st computer to play in human chess tourney.
1967
Fischer 1st in Monaco.
1967
Gresser wins US Women's championship.
1967
Lohrman wins US Amateur in Philadelphia, 222 players.
1967
Matera wins US Jr Invitational.
1967
Matulovic takes back move against Bilek at Sousse. Game drawn.
1967
OSCAR; 1st Chess Oscar.
1967
RATINGS; USCF ratings: Fischer (2762), Benko (2592), Evans (2582).
1967
US Open, Atlanta; won by Benko.
1967
USCF moves its headquarters from New York City to Newburgh.
1967
World student tourney in Czechoslovakia, USSR 1st, US 2nd.
1967.01.10
Engels, Ludwig died in Sao Paulo, Brazil. Strong German player.
1967.01.28
Shtern, Igor born.
1967.02
Creevey, James died in Dublin. Irish ch 1933, 1934.
1967.02.05
Rechlis, Gad born. Israeli GM 1990.
1967.02.25
Granda-Zuniga, Julio born in Peru. IM 1984; GM 1986.
1967.03.01
Conquest, Stuart born in Ilford, England. World under-16 ch 1981. IM
1985.
1967.04.09
Litvinchuk, Jon born.
1967.04.17
Greenfeld, Alon born. GM.
1967.04.22
Flear, Christine (ne Leroy) born in France. WIM 1986.
1967.05.03
Fazekas, Stefan died in London. Oldest British player. Born in 1898.
Br ch 1957. IMC 1964.
1967.05.15
Agdestein, Simen born in Norway. IM 1983; GM 1985. Soccer player.
1967.05.17
Howell, James born in Brent, England. IM 1985.
1967.05.26
Stahlberg died in Leningrad. Born 1908. GM 1950.
1967.05.29
Brunner, Lucas born in Bern, Switzerland. IM 1986.
1967.05.30
Brinckmann, Alfred died in Kiel, Germany. IA 1951; IM 1953; Elo: 2470.
1967.06.06
Klinger, Josef born. Austrian GM 1988.
1967.07.21
Arencibia-Rodriguez, Walter born in Holguin, Cuba. IM 1986; GM 1990.
1986 World Jr Ch.
1967.09.12
Shabalov, Alexander born. GM.
1967.10.19
Izumikawa, Burt born.
1967.10.22
Mohr, Stefan born. German GM 1989.
1967.10.25
Halberstadt, Vitaly died in Paris. IJComp 1957. Paris ch 1925.
1967.10.25
Vajda d. Budapest as a result of a gas leak from a faulty oven.
1967.12.24
Strugatsky, Vladimir born.
1968
BYRNE; D Byrne wins Atlantic Open; 329 players, an open tournament
record.
1968
Benko wins National Open in Lake Tahoe.
1968
Berliner wins the 5th world correspondence championship.
1968
Daly, Harlow won Maine championsip at age 85.
1968
Evans wins US championship.
1968
Gelfand, Boris born in Byelorussia. GM 1989. World Jr Ch 1988.
1968
JAPAN; 1st Japanese national federation.
1968
Kaplan of Puerto Rico wins world jr ch.
1968
Korchnoi defeats Reshevsky in Amsterdam candidates match.
1968
Larsen scores 11-1 to win US Open in Snowmass, Colorado.
1968
QUEENS; Greatest number of queens appear on board, 7.
Konopleva-Schmidke.
1968
Spann, former USCF president, dies.
1968.01.21
Smirin, Ilia born. GM.
1968.01.26
Wahls, Matthias born. German GM 1989.
1968.02.15
Wolff, Patrick born. GM.
1968.03.10
Carr, Neil born in Newham, England. FM 1985.
1968.04.25
Neely, Elizabeth born.
1968.05.08
Fishbein, Alexander born. FM 1986.
1968.06.05
Horvath, Csaba born in Hungary. IM 1986.
1968.06.06
Klinger born. Austrian ch 1985. GM 1988.
1968.06.13
Sokolov, Ivan born. Bosnian GM 1987.
1968.06.22
Blatny, Pavel born in Brno, Czechoslovakia. IM 1986.
1968.06.24
Gelfand, Boris born. GM.
1968.09.25
Simagin died. Born 1919. IM 1950. GM 1962.
1968.10.01
Duchamp, Marcel died in Neuilly, France. Famous avant-garde painter.
1968.10.03
Norwood, David born. English GM 1989.
1968.10.26
Erdelyi, Stefan died in Resita, Romania. Im 1950.
1968.11.06
Collijn, Gustaf died in Stockholm. With his brother, Ludvig, wrote
LAROBOK.
1968.12
Ballet, Pawn to King 5, presented by John Chesworth.
1968.12.31
Ahues, Carl died in Hamburg. IM 1950. German Ch 1929. Elo: 2490.
1969
Benko 1st at Atlantic Open in NY (376 players).
1969
Benko wins US Open in Lincoln, Nebraska.
1969
CHECKS; Record 38 checks in succession, Westerinen-Keres, Tallinn.
1969
CHESS LIFE and CHESS REVIEW merge to form CHESS LIFE AND REVIEW.
1969
CHESS LIFE begins to use algebraic notation
1969
Fischer's my 60 memorable games, published by Simon and Schuster.
1969
Gresser wins us women's ch.
1969
Ivanchuk, Vassily born.
1969
JAPAN; 1st Japanese national tournament.
1969
RATINGS; USCF ratings: fischer (2745)
1969
Resevsky wins US championship.
1969
Samisch loses 13 games on time, Linkoping.
1969
Samisch lost all 15 of his games on time at Berlin.
1969
Sokolsky, Alexei died.
1969
USCF membership: 12,580
1969.01.01
Jarecki, John born.
1969.01.15
Henneberger, Walter died in Zurich. Henneberger var.
1969.01.27
Piket, Jeroen born. Netherlands GM 1989.
1969.01.28
Hellers, Ferdinand born in Stockholm. IM 1985; GM 1989. European Jr Ch
1984-5.
1969.01.30
Dreev, Alexei born in Russia. FM 1985; GM 1989. World Under-16 Ch
1983, 1984.
1969.02.28
Edelman, Danny born.
1969.03.03
Tolush died.
1969.03.15
Petrosian-Spassky match, Moscow.
1969.03.18
Ivanchuk, Vasily born. GM.
1969.03.69
Lief, Adam born.
1969.04.19
Polgar, Zsusza born.
1969.04.22
Sagalchik, Gennadij born.
1969.05.17
Abhyankar, Anupama born in Bombay, India. WIM 1985.
1969.05.25
Spassky defeats Petrosian, 12.5-10.5, Moscow.
1969.06.17
Spassky defeats Petrosian to become world ch.
1969.06.28
Yu, Peter born.
1969.09.06
Finegold, Benjamin born in Detroit. FM 1986.
1969.09.08
Ceriani, Luigi died in Milan, Italy. Problemist.
1969.09.26
Rachels, Stuart born.
1969.10.22
Rojas-Sepulveda born. World under-16 ch 1985.
1969.12.11
Anand, Viswanathan born in Madras, India. IM 1985; GM 1988. World Jr
Ch 1987.
1969.12.29
Richter, German International Master, died.
1970
COMPUTER; 1st us computer ch, held in ny, won by a machine from
northwestern.
1970
Kupchik (b. 1892), American Master, died.
1970
Larsen wins US Open, Boston (303 players).
1970
OLY; Siegen Olympiad; USSR 1st, US 4th.
1970
Rodl d. Born in 1907. W German IM 1953.
1970
Rogoff wins us jr ch.
1970
SPACE; 1st time chess played in space - Sevastianov.
1970
US wins world student ch.
1970
USSR vs rest of the world match in Yugoslavia.
1970.01.06
Castaldi, Vincenzo died in Firenze, Italy. Italian Ch 1936. IM 1950.
Born 1916.
1970.03.19
Abel, Herbert died. Founded American Open.
1970.05.04
Alterman, Boris born. GM.
1970.05.06
Fischer wins at Rovinj-Zagreb, 13 out of 17.
1970.09
RATINGS; 1st international ratings. Used the Elo system.
1970.10
Xie Jun born.
1970.10.09
Rao, Vivek born.
1970.11.22
Barucker, Claudia born in Zerbst, Germany. East German corr. ch.
1970.12.13
Fischer wins palma de majorca interzonal.
1971
1st European junior championship.
1971
1st Statham masters event, won by Evans.
1971
BLIND; 1st US championship for the blind, won by James Slagle.
1971
Browne and Evans win US Open in Ventura (402 players)
1971
Capps, Carrol died. Chess benefactor.
1971
Christiansen is 1st jr-high school player to win the nation HS ch.
1971
Fischer defeats Petrosian, 6.5-2.5, in Buenos Aires.
1971
Fischer wins Manhattan club 5-minute ch.
1971
Richter d. Born in 1894. Czech ch 1948. IM 1951.
1971
Spasov, Vasily born. IGM 1990. World Jr Ch 1989.
1971.02.01
Sherzer, Alex born.
1971.02.08
Braude, Mikhail born.
1971.02.24
Lutz, Christopher born. German GM 1992.
1971.02.28
Mueller died. Born in 1896. Austrian ch 1947. IM 1950.
1971.04.04
Harksen, Alfred died in Ystad, Sweden. Harksen Gambit.
1971.05.02
Barda, Olaf died in Oslo. 6-time Norwegian ch. IM 1952; GMC 1953
1971.06.02
Fischer beats Taimanov 6-0, in candidates match in Vancouver, BC.
1971.06.21
Aladiova, Katrin born in Bulgaria. WFM 1986.
1971.06.30
Van den Berg d. Born 1924. Dutch IM 1963.
1971.07
RATINGS; 1st publication of the International Rating List, 600 names.
1971.07.01
FIDE; 1st official rating list.
1971.07.12
Akopian, Vladimir born. FM 1986; GM 1991. World Under-16 Ch 1986.
World Jr Ch 1991.
1971.07.25
Fischer beats Larsen in Denver 6-0 (1st world ch candidates in US)
1971.09.27
Bely, Miklos died in Gyor, Hungary. Hungarian IM 1956.
1971.10.26
Fischer defeats Petrosian in candidates match in Buenos Aires.
1971.10.31
Zaitsev, Alexander died of thrombosis after having a leg lengthened.
1971.11.17
Adams, Michael born in England. GM 1989. British Ch. 1989.
1971.12.14
Bologan, Viktor born. GM.
1972
Aronson and Marilyn win us women's ch.
1972
Browne wins US Open, Atlantic City.
1972
COLLEGE; Columbia U wins pan-am intercollegiate, Toronto (233
players).
1972
Church's fried chicken international tournament won by Petrosian.
1972
GM; 1st British GM title, to Comins Mansfield (for chess composition).
1972
GM; 1st Corr. GM of the Blind awarded to R. Bonham.
1972
GM; Title of grandmaster for chess composition 1st awarded.
1972
Gligoric wins 2nd Statham tourney in Lone Pine.
1972
Pilnick wins 7th American Open, Santa Monica (306 players)
1972
RATINGS; USCF ratings: fischer (2825), kavalek (2573).
1972
Skoff elected USCF president.
1972
Velimirovic, Jovanka born. Yugoslavia's 1st woman ch. D. Velimirovic's
mother.
1972.02.08
Gurevich, Ilya born in Kiev. FM 1985. World Jr Ch 1990.
1972.03.20
Lisitzin d. USSR IM 1950.
1972.03.21
Turtel, Evan born.
1972.07.04
Shirov, Alexey born. GM.
1972.07.11
Fischer-Spassky world ch match.
1972.07.23
THOMAS; Sir George Thomas died.
1972.09.02
Fischer defeats Spassky to become world champion.
1972.09.09
Edelsberg, Alexander died in South Carolina. 5-time South Carolina Ch.
1972.10.04
Harkness, Kenneth died in Yugoslavia. Developed rating system.
1972.10.07
Van Wely, Loek born. GM.
1972.10.26
Bain (Weiser), Mary died in New York City. Challenger 1937. US women's
ch 1951-3.
1972.11
Fischer on the Bob Hope Show.
1973
1st World Open; Browne 1st (732 players).
1973
Association of US Journalists is established.
1973
Bisguier wins Lone Pine.
1973
Rogard, Bror died. 2nd president of FIDE.
1973
WEINSTEIN; Norman Weinstein 1st at US Open, Chicago.
1973.01
Panov died. Born in 1906. IM 1950.
1973.01.18
Horowitz, Al died in New York City. IM 1950; IA 1951.
1973.02.13
Kmoch died in New York.
1973.02.14
Tiviakov, Sergei born. GM.
1973.04.12
Lautier, Joel born. French GM 1990.
1973.04.26
Tal played 86 games without defeat (+47=39) starting in July, 1972.
1973.06.12
Levitan, Yuliya born.
1973.07.04
STEIN; Leonid Stein died.
1973.11.16
Anderson, Peter died in Glasgow, Scotland. 1954 Scottish ch.
1973.12.06
Rabar died. Born 1919. Yug ch 1951. IM 1950.
1974
BOOK; 1st book employing algebraic issued by a major american
publisher.
1974
Benko and Hort share US Open, New York (549 players).
1974
Bronowski, Jacob died. Board 3 at Cambridge.
1974
Browne wins Lone Pine.
1974
Browne wins us ch.
1974
CADET; 1st world cadet (under 16) championship. Won by Mestel.
1974
COLLEGE; U of Chicago wins Pan-am intercollegiate, Atlanta (73 teams).
1974
COMPUTER; 1st computer world championship held in Stockholm. Won by
Caissa.
1974
Fischer resigns his title.
1974
Karff wins us women's ch, St. Petersberg.
1974
Korchnoi defeats Mecking in Augusta.
1974
Nezhmetdinov, Rashid died. Wrote 1st Tatar chess book in 1953.
1974
RATINGS; USCF rating list: Byrne (2618), Kavalek (2570), Browne.
1974
Spassky beats Byrne in 1/4-finals, San Juan.
1974
USCF annual dues are raised to $15.
1974.02.15
Alexander, Conel died in Cheltenham, England. Cracked Enigma.
1974.04.02
Lokvenc d. St. Polten. German ch 1943. 2-time Austrian ch.
1974.06.02
Kamsky, Gata born. GM.
1974.07.03
Grob, Henry died in Zollikon, Switzerland. IM 1950. Swiss ch 1939,
1951.
1974.10.02
Tsemekhman, Vadim born.
1974.11.02
POLGAR; Zsofia Polgar born. Performance rating of 2900 in Feb, 1989
1975
1st time U.S. finished 1-2 in international event - Portugal.
1975
Antal, Aladar died in Hungary. Antal Defense is the Pirc Defense.
1975
BOOK; 1st chess book issued by american press using algebraic, by
Kane.
1975
Benko and Lombardy share US Open Ch, Lincoln.
1975
Benko and Trefler win World Open (815 players)
1975
Browne wins US Ch, Oberlin, Ohio.
1975
Koltanowski elected USCF president.
1975
Largest us exhibition ever of chess manuscripts, etc, in NY.
1975
Liberzon wins Lone Pine (22 gms).
1975
Makarczyk d. Polish ch 1948. IM 1950. Born 1901.
1975
Miles & Reuben agree to draw without making a move. 1st time allowed
1975
Savereide wins us women's ch.
1975
Vukovic died. Born 1898. Yug IM 1951.
1975.03.03
Fabel, Karl died in Pischertshofen, Germany. Famous problemist. IJComp
1964; IMComp 1967.
1975.03.15
Topolov, Vesseline born. GM.
1975.04
Fischer forfeits his title, Karpov becomes world champion.
1975.04.03
1st time world ch. without having won the title by playing.
1975.04.03
Karpov proclaimed world champion.
1975.04.22
STEINER; Lajos Steiner (b. 1903), Hungarian IM, died.
1975.04.75
Sidelnikov, Alexander born.
1975.04.30
Zaderman, Yuri born.
1975.05.20
Whitaker, Norman died in Phoenix City, Alabama.
1975.06.05
Keres (born 1916) died.
1975.06.21
Clarke, Richard, creator of the British system of grading, died in
London.
1975.06.25
Kramnik, Vladimir born. GM.
1975.07.24
Rossolimo, owner of greenwich village chess studio, died in New York.
1975.07.29
Seltzer, Robert born.
1975.08.16
Saemisch died.
1975.09.09
Stein, Alan born.
1975.09.30
Bagby, Charles died in San Francisco, CA.
1975.11.16
Opocensky died. Born 1892. Czech ch 1927,28,38,44. IM 1954.
1975.12.02
Johner died. B. in 1889. Swiss ch
1908,23,28,29,31,32,34,35,37,38,47,50. IM 1950. Directed Zurich
Philharmonic Orchestra.
1975.12.19
Paros died. Born 1910. Leading helpmate composer.
1976
Browne, Seirawan, Pike are co-winners of American Open.
1976
COMPUTER; 1st chess-playing computers for popular use came on the
market.
1976
Diesen and Rohde share US jr invitational.
1976
LASKER; Ed Lasker played in telex match between London and NY at age
90.
1976
Lein and Shamkovich share US Open, Fairfax.
1976
Lein and Zuckerman win World Open.
1976
Model, Abram died. Botvinnik's chess trainer.
1976
Morrison appointed USCF executive director.
1976
OLY; US wins olympiad, Haifa.
1976
Petrosian wins Lone Pine; he & Smyslov are 1st Soviets to play there.
1976
Savereide wins US women's ch in Teton Village, Wyoming.
1976
Smoking banned at major national events.
1976
Szily d. Born 1913. Hungarian IM 1950.
1976
Wilder (13) becomes youngest US Master since Fischer.
1976.01
1st national chess league; d.c. plumbers win.
1976.01.29
Klein, Erez born.
1976.02.19
Loshinsky died.
1976.03.18
Garber, Stanislav born.
1976.04.08
Byrne, Donald died in Philadelphia. US Open ch 1953, 57. IM 1962
1976.06.07
Kreiman, Boris born.
1976.07.22
Manion, Josh born.
1976.07.23
POLGAR; Judith Polgar born. GM 1991. Younget GM at 15 yrs, 5 mths.
1976.08.06
Piatigorsky died.
1976.08.29
Almasi, Zoltan born. GM.
1976.10.09
1st National Chess Day, proclaimed by President Ford.
1976.10.24
OLY; Haifa olympiad starts. 1st time Swiss System used in olympics.
1976.11
WGM; International Woman GM title created by FIDE.
1976.11.10
OLY; US wins Haifa Olympiad.
1976.11.17
Arnett, David born.
1976.12.04
Waitzkin, Joshua born.
1976.12.13
Gorgiev, Tigran died in Dnepropetrovsk, Russia. IJComp 1956; IMComp
1969.
1976.12.18
Benjamin, Dan born.
1977
1st World Problem Solving Ch. Won by Finland.
1977
1st telechess olympiad. Won by USSR.
1977
1st time a woman won a "men'" tournament - Gaprindashvili/Lone Pine.
1977
1st untitled player to become GM - Christiansen.
1977
1st world cadet ch for under-17.
1977
Balashov, Gaprindashvili, Panno, Sahovic win Lone Pine.
1977
Browne wins US ch, Mentor, Ohio.
1977
COMPUTER; Sneaky Pete becomes 1st computer to play in a u.s. open.
1977
Fedorowicz and Henley win World Open.
1977
Fedorowicz and Ken Regan tie for 1st in US jr invitational, Denver.
1977
First world chess solving tourney.
1977
Mukhin died. Born in 1948. IM 1975.
1977
Problem published that is mate in 69, all checks (longest all checks)
1977
Savereide and Rachel Grotto become US women's co-champions.
1977
Shamkovich wins US Open in Columbus, Ohio.
1977
Slagle wins US blind ch.
1977
Woman Grandmaster (WGM) introduced.
1977
Yakimchik, Vitold died. Soviet chess composer.
1977.01.13
Santasiere died.
1977.02.15
Boleslavsky, Isaak died in Minsk. GM 1950.
1977.02.17
Banks, Newell died in Detroit.
1977.03.11
Gelman, Geoffrey born.
1977.04.24
Hort played 550 players, 201 simultaneously, =477=63-10, Iceland.
1977.07.02
Nabokov died.
1977.07.18
Morosewitsch, Alexander born. IM rated at 2590.
1977.08
Worst simul. J. Hayden challenged 180. 20 showed (+2-18).
1978
1st time woman awarded "men'" gm title - Gaprindashvili.
1978
Bisguier wins 12th National Open, Charleston.
1978
Biyiasas wins World Open, Philadelphia (1,063 players).
1978
Bradford wins US Open, Phoenix.
1978
COLLEGE; 1st time a college establishes a minor in chess studies -
Mass.
1978
COMPUTER; Belle wins 9th North American Computer Chess Ch.
1978
Chinese player 1st beats a GM - Liu Wen Che beat Donner in Buenos
Aires.
1978
FM; Title introduced, Fide Master (fm).
1978
Kaufman appointed exec director of American Chess Foundation.
1978
Kavalek wins US Ch, Pasadena. 1st US ch on west coast.
1978
Larsen 1st at Lone Pine.
1978
Longest world ch game, Korchnoi-Karpov, game 5, stalemate in 124.
1978
OLY; 1st Swiss System olympiad - Buenos Aires.
1978
OLY; US 3rd in Buenos Aires olympiad.
1978
Poutianen died. Born in 1952. Finnish ch 1974. IM 1976.
1978
Professional Chess Association is formed; Peters is 1st president.
1978
Sperling elected USCF president.
1978
Strauss and P. Whitehead tie in American Open.
1978
Student team ch renamed to world youth team championship (under-26)
1978
Visserman, Eeltje died. One of 1st four to be awarded IGCC when it was
introduced in 1972.
1978.02.05
Shaked, Tal born.
1978.03.17
Furman, Semen died in St Petersburg. IM 1954; GM 1966. Leningrad ch
1954, 1957.
1978.03.19
TORRE; Carlos Torre (born 1904), Mexico's 1st IGM (1977), died.
1978.07.18
Karpov-Korchnoi match, Baguio City.
1978.08.30
WREN; Fred Wren died in St. Louis.
1978.10.17
Karpov defeats Korchnoi, 16.5-15.5, Baguio City.
1978.11.12
Spence died in Omaha, Nebraska.
1978.12.12
KAN; Ilya Kan died.
1979
Bastrikov, Georgy died in Russia.
1979
Bilek agreed to 10 short draws out of 10. 125 moves in 109 minutes.
1979
Bisguier wins the grand prix.
1979
Dullea appointed USCF executive director.
1979
GRAND PRIX; USCF starts Church's fried chicken grand prix.
1979
Gheorghiu wins US Open, Chicago (563 players).
1979
LONE PINE; 4 tie at Lone Pine.
1979
RESIGN; 2 players in the Wyoming state ch resigned at exactly the same
moment
1979
Seirawan wins US jr invitational in Hollywood, California.
1979
Sherwin elected President of American Chess Foundation.
1979.03.12
Zamora, Jorge born.
1979.03.18
Murshad wins Bangladesh ch at age 12, 309 days. Youngest ever.
1979.05.06
Karpov and Tal tie in Montreal International.
1979.05.26
Korchnoi wins at Johannesburg.
1979.06.14
Bondarevsky, Igor died in Piatigorsk, Russia. USSR ch 1940. GM 1950;
IA 1954; GMC 1961
1979.06.27
Dunkelblum, Arthur died in Anvers, Belgium. Belgian ch 1949. IM 1957.
1979.07.08
Daly, Harlow died in Framington, MA.
1979.08.15
Abbott, Hedley died in Cashmere, New Zealand. 1936-37 Ch. Born in
1904.
1979.09.08
Leko, Peter born.
1979.11.06
PUDRY; C.J.S. Purdy died.
1979.11.12
Veresov, Gavril died.
1980
Benjamin wins US jr ch., Hollywood, Ca.
1980
CADET; 1st world cadet championship (under-16).
1980
Dzindzichashvili wins Lone Pine.
1980
Dzindzihasvili wins Grand Prix.
1980
Gheorghiu, Fedorwicz win US Open, Atlanta.
1980
Lommer died.
1980
OLY; US team is 4th in Malta olympiad.
1980
RATINGS; USCF rating list: alburt (2623), kavalek (2606), tarjan
(2550).
1980
Slowest move. Trosi took 2 hrs, 20 minutes to make his 7th move.
1980
Vidmar, Milan Jr. died. Yug IM (1950) and son of Milan Vidmar.
1980
Xepler, Eric, German composer died.
1980.03.15
Abrahams, Gerald died in Liverpool.
1980.04.16
Longest decisive game. Stepak beat Mashian in 193 moves (24.5 hrs).
1980.05.23
Enevoldsen, Jens died in Denmark. Danish ch 1940,43,47,48,60. IM 1950.
IA 1960.
1980.05.28
Chandler, Guy died in Surrey, England. Founder of the British Chess
Problem Society.
1980.06.02
PIRC; Vasja Pirc died.
1980.06.05
Akerblom, Axel died in Odakra, Sweden. IJComp 1956; IMComp 1967.
1980.09.12
Balogh died in Budapest, Hungary.
1980.09.12
Cheron, Andre died in Leysin, Switzerland. Fr ch 3 times. Authority on
endgame studies. IJComp 1957; IMComp 1959.
1980.09.18
Anderson, Frank Ross died in San Diego, CA. IM 1954
1980.10.03
O'Kelly de Galway, Belgian player, died.
1980.12.08
Trifunovic, Yugoslav IGM (1953), died.
1981
Browne and Seirawan win US Ch, South Bend, Indiana.
1981
COMPUTER; 1st computer program to win a state ch. - Cray Blitz in
Mississipi.
1981
Korchnoi wins Lone Pine.
1981
Redman elected USCF president.
1981
Savereide wins US women's ch,
1981
Standard notation (algebraic notation) established by FIDE.
1981
US OPEN; 5 tie for US Open, Palo Alto (704 players).
1981
Watson and deFirmian wins American Open (390 players).
1981.01
Sarapu wins New Zealand ch for the 16th time.
1981.01.08
Kotov died.
1981.02.14
Canal, Esteban died in Varese, Italy. Hungarian ch 1933. IM 1950. HGM
1977.
1981.03.23
LASKER; Edward Lasker died.
1981.04.25
Ahman, Ernst died in Sweden. 1948 Swedish ch.
1981.05
Fischer arrested in Pasadena under suspicion of a bank robber.
1981.05.20
Gedult, David died in Paris.
1981.05.29
Altschul, Frank died in Stamford, CT. Problem book publisher.
1981.08.02
Breuer, Johann died in Reichshof, Germany. IJComp 1957; IMComp 1973
1981.08.03
Heidenfeld, Wolfgang died in Ulm, Germany. S African ch 8 times; Irish
ch 6 times.
1981.09.29
Chernev, Irving died in San Francisco. Chess author.
1981.10.01
Karpov-Korchnoi match, Merano.
1981.10.24
Kevitz died.
1981.10.27
Endzelins, Lucius died in Adelaide. GMC 1959. 2nd in the World cr ch
1956-9. Australian ch 1961.
1981.11.12
Pilnik died.
1981.11.20
Karpov defeats Korchnoi, 11-7, Merano.
1981.11.26
Euwe, Max died in Amsterdam. Dutch ch 12 times. World ch 1935-37. GM
1950; IA 1951. FIDE President 1970-78.
1982
1st brother-sister to tie for 1st in a tournament - Chicago.
1982
1st time American beat a reigning world champ - Seirawan-Karpov.
1982
1st world under-20 championship for women.
1982
Aronin, Lev died. IM 1950. Moscow ch 1965.
1982
Browne and Henley tie in 1st lady international, Indonesia.
1982
OLY; Youngest olympiad player, Kien Tjing-Joe, age 12, for Surinam.
1982.01.02
Barendregt, Johan died in Gravenhage, Netherlands. IM 1962. Prof of
psychology.
1982.02.03
Frydman, Paulin died in Buenos Aires. IM 1955. Warsaw ch 1931, 1932,
1933, 1936.
1982.03.13
Fairhurst, William died in Howick, New Zealand. Br. ch 1937. Scottish
ch 11 times.
1982.04.02
Coles, Richard died in West Clandon, England. Author of chess
biographies.
1982.05.22
Herbstmann, Alexander, IM for chess compositions, died in Taby,
Sweden. IJComp 1956; IMComp 1959.
1982.05.26
Albrecht, Hermann died in Frankfurt. IJComp 1957.
1982.07.05
Hunter, Charles died in Horley, England. Br cr ch '61. World's fastest
speaker. IMC 1967.
1982.09.18
Bjelica played 301 opponents at Sarajevo (+258=36-7).
1982.10.21
Edmondson, Edmund died in Honolulu, Hawaii. USCF President 1963. USCF
executive director 1967.
1982.12
1st electronic chess game on a complete bulletin board.
1983
1st national hs individual champion, won by Patrick Wolff.
1983
1st time a microcomputer beats a master in tournament play.
1983
1st time computer gains an established master's rating.
1983
1st video chess cassette - Orson Welles, Seirawan, Christiansen.
1983
CANDIDATES; A tied candidates match was decided by a roulette wheel.
1983
Fischer publishes "I was tortured in the Pasadena Jailhouse."
1983
Martz dies, age 37.
1983
Yarosh, Leonid (1957- ) composed a direct mate orthodox Babson Task,
though impossible for 70 years.
1983.01.31
Statham died.
1983.07.18
Flohr, Salo, Soviet IGM, died in Moscow. GM 1950; IA 1963.
1983.08.16
Mont-Reynaud, Jordy born, Stanford, CA.
1983.08.23
Anderson, Gerald Frank died in Hove, England. IJComp 1960; IMComp
1975. Last person to play Alekhine.
1983.09.10
Ciocaltea, Victor died in Manresa, Spain. Romanian ch
1952,59,61,62,70,71. IM 1957; GM 1979.
1983.11.15
Dubinen, Peter died in Gorky. GMC 1962. 2nd in 1962 world cr ch. IM
1950. USSR Corr. Ch 1957.
1983.12.03
Aitken, James died in Cheltenham, England. Former Scottish & London
ch.
1983.12.09
Flesch, Janos, IGM (1980), died. IM 1963.
1984
1st satellite simul exhibition - London & New York (Kasparov)
1984
1st time a microcomputer won an event with mainframes, in Canada.
1984
Bolbochan, Jacobo died in Argentina. Argentina ch 1932, 1933. IM 1965.
1984
Chess Collectors International started.
1984
Doyle, Steve elected USCF President.
1984
Nunn has performace rating of 2886 at Thessaloniki (10 of 11).
1984
OLY; U.S. first win over USSR in olympiad at Thessaloniki.
1984
Shirazi goes .5 points in 17 games. Lost in 5 moves to Peters.
1984.03.16
Bonham, Reginald died in Worcester, England. Blind world ch 1958. Cr
ch 6 times.
1984.03.28
Mansfield died.
1984.04.08
Udovcic died.
1984.05.17
Becker, Albert died in Vicente Lopez, Argentina. Austrian ch 1925,
1937. IM 1953.
1984.05.19
Long, Roger & Graham Croft played 200 hours in Bristol.
1984.07.16
Cozens, William died in Taunton, england. Author.
1984.08.13
Petrosian (born 1929), former world chess champion, died.
1984.08.25
Blau, Max died in Bern, Switzerland. IM 1953. Swiss ch 1953,55,56,67.
1984.08.31
Czerniak, Moshe died in Tel Aviv. Palestine ch 1936. Israeli ch 1955.
IM 1952.
1984.09.04
Bohatirchuk, Fedor died in Ottawa. USSR ch 1927. IM 1954. IMC 1967.
1984.09.10
Karpov-Kasparov match, Moscow.
1984.10.06
Hort played 663 games in 32.5 hrs at Porz, West Germany.
1984.11.09
Fritz, Jindrich died in Prague. IJComp 1956; IMComp 1966; GMComp 1975.
1985
1st time a match for the world ch. abandoned.
1985
1st tournament of high school champions; won by Fishbein.
1985
NY OPEN; 6 tie for ny open. richest ($126,000) and largest (1070)
tournament.
1985
Seirawan becomes 1st us candidate since 1973.
1985
World open largest (1,251) and richest ($150,000).
1985
scholastic championships draw a record 1,572 players.
1985.01.26
Yukhtman died.
1985.02.15
Kasparov-Karpov match halted after 48 games.
1985.02.20
Kashdan (b. 1905), American GM, died.
1985.03
Dunphy, William died in Hastings. Irish ch 1957.
1985.08
Gurevich, Ilya wins world under-14 ch. (1st US player to do so)
1985.09.03
Karpov-Kasparov match, Moscow.
1985.09.16
KNOPPERT; Eric Knoppert played 500 games of 10-minute chess in 68
hours.
1985.10.01
Bron, Vladimir died in Sverdlovsk, Russia. IJComp 1956; IMComp 1966;
GMComp 1975.
1985.10.11
CANDIDATES; Start of Montpellier Candidates tournament.
1985.10.20
Batik, Frantisek died in Jaromer, Czechoslovakia. IMC 1959.
1985.11.03
Battell, Jack died. (American postal pioneer)
1985.11.03
Yusupov, Vaganian, Sokolov tie at Montpellier.
1985.11.09
Kasparov defeats Karpov to become world ch. Age 22 yrs, 210 days.
1985.11.27
1st world team ch tournament, won by USSR in Lucerne.
1985.12.05
Cuellar-Gacharna, Miguel died in Columbia. IM 1957.
1985.12.18
Dunst (b. 1907), American player, died in Lambertville, NJ.
1986
1st time there is a Soviet entrant in a U.S. Open.
1986
1st time world championship played in England.
1986
Agzamov, Georgy died in a fall from a cliff. IM 1982; GM 1984.
1986
Chikvaidze replaced Sevastionov as President of the Soviet Chess Fed.
1986
Harman, John died in England. Classified chess studies.
1986
POLGAR; Judith Polgar, 9, wins NY open, unrated section with 7.5-.5.
1986.01.24
Buschke, Albrecht died in New York City.
1986.02.27
Barcza, Gedeon died in Budapest. IM 1950; GM 1954; IMC 1966.
1986.03.05
Rudenko, Lyudmila died. World women's ch 1949-53. Challenger 1956.
1986.03.13
House of Reps passed resolution recognizing Fischer as world ch.
1986.05.25
Fraenkel, Heinrich died in London. Assiac.
1986.07.25
Kasparov-Karpov match, London.
1986.08.10
HALL OF FAME; Formation of the US chess hall of fame.
1986.10.08
Kasparov defeats Karpov, 12.5-11.5, Leningrad.
1986.10.31
COMPUTER; 6th world microcomputer championship, Dallas, Mephisto 3
1st.
1986.12.29
HASTINGS; 62nd Hastings, Chandler,Larsen,Lputian,Speelman 1st.
1986.12.30
Asenova, Venka died in Bulgaria. WIM 1965; HWGM 1986
1987
Kamsky wins US jr ch at age 12.
1987
Longest game. Martinovsky-Jansa, Gausdal 1987 (drawn after 194 moves
1987
Niemeijer, Meindert died. Dutch chess bibliophile.
1987
Winston elected USCF president.
1987.01.15
49th Hoogovens international, Wijk aan Zee, Korchnoi & Short 1st.
1987.01.29
Hartong, Jan died in Rotterdam. IMComp 1959.
1987.02
Reykjavik international, Short 1st.
1987.02.02
Estrin, Yakov died in Russia. World cr ch 1975. IMC 1965; GMC 1966; IM
1975; GM 1984.
1987.02.27
Lugano international, Seirawan 1st.
1987.03.01
COMPUTER; 1st national championship (us amateur ch) directed by
computer.
1987.03.15
National Open, Las Vegas, Maxim Dlugy 1st.
1987.03.26
Karpov defeats Sokolov in candidate's final match, Spain.
1987.04.09
New York Open, Seirawan & Adorjan 1st.
1987.04.25
Kasparov & Ljubojevic win 2nd SWIFT international, Brussels.
1987.05.27
US Amateur ch, Knoxvile, Kreitner 1st.
1987.06.26
Gulko wins World open.
1987.07
Calvo declared persona non grata by FIDE, Seville, Spain.
1987.08
Anand wins world jr ch, Baguio City.
1987.09.19
Yudovich died.
1987.10.12
Kasparov-Karpov match, Seville.
1987.12
Kasparov retains world championship, Seville.
1987.12.05
Avigad-Vernon, Ariel (7yrs, 237 days) beat expert Nick Dumyk.
1987.12.19
Kasparov draws with Karpov and ties match to retain title.
1988
Gurevich wins US Open, Boston.
1988
Hanauer, Milton died.
1988
Wilder wins us ch.
1988.06.24
Serotta wins US jr open, St Louis.
1988.07
Dlugy wins World Open, Philadelphia
1988.07.07
2nd world and peace festival, Romania.
1988.07.13
Dlugy wins US Open blitz ch, Boston.
1988.07.21
Grumette died.
1988.08
Gurevich, D. wins US Open, Boston (614 players)
1988.08
Kasparov & Karpov wins USSR ch (cat 14 - 2594)
1988.08
Mestel wins British Ch
1988.08
Speelman beats Short 3.5-1.5 in London for candidates match
1988.08.05
Fischer filed a patent for a digital chess clock
1988.09
Karpov wins Tilburg Interpolis (cat 15 - 2627)
1988.09.15
USAF wins armed forces ch.
1988.10
Kasparov wins Reykjavik (cat 15 - 2618)
1988.10
Lautier, Ivanchuk, Serper, Gelfand tie in world jr ch, Adelaide
1988.10
Wilder wins US Ch (cat 12 - 2546)
1988.11
Miles wins Software Toolworks Ch, Long Beach.
1988.11.27
Donner, Johannes (Jan) died. IM 1952; GM 1959. Dutch ch 1954, 1957,
1958.
1988.12
OLY; Hungary wins Thessaloniki women's olympiad (56 teams)
1988.12
OLY; USSR wins Thessaloniki Olympiad (107 teams)
1988.12.17
Karpov wins world action chess ch, Mazatlan, Mexico. (61 players)
1988.12.18
1st World Chess Congress: USSR vs world; Ussr wins (Madrid)
1988.12.30
Harvard wins Pan-am intercollegiate, New Jersey. (35 teams).
1989
Bikova, (Bykova) Elizaveta died in Russia. WIM 1950; IM 1953; WGM
1976; World ch 1953-6, 1958-62.
1989
Eisinger Jr, Max died in Germany.
1989
Haring, Jacobus died in the Netherlands. IJComp 1964; IMComp 1968.
Died of cancer.
1989
Wolff wins 3rd annual '89 Samford stipend ($30,000)
1989.01
RATINGS; USCF ratings: Seirawan (2725), Gulko (2697), deFirmian (2679)
1989.01.14
Short wins Hastings.
1989.02
Polgar, Zsofia achieves 2900 performance rating.
1989.02.04
Yusupov defeats Spraggett in quarterfinals in Quebec.
1989.02.05
Gurevich, D. wins 7th Bermuda international open.
1989.02.05
Karpov defeats Hjartarson in quarterfinals in Seattle.
1989.02.26
Benjamin wins Cannes Open.
1989.03.28
Fedorowicz wins 7th NY Open
1989.04.18
Cramer, Fred, past USCF president, died.
1989.04.20
Kasparov, Ljubojevic win 4th world cup tourney, Barcelona.
1989.05.31
Deep Thought is world computer champion, Edmondton, Alberta.
1989.06.11
Rohde wins National Open, Las Vegas.
1989.06.24
Timman wins the 5th world cup tournament, Rotterdam.
1989.07
Fide now comprised of 128 nations.
1989.07
Fide now comprised of 128 nations.
1989.07
Kakhiani (USSR) wins world junior girls ch, Columbia.
1989.07
Spasov (Bulgaria) wins world jr ch, Tunja, Columbia.
1989.07.05
Gurevich, M. wins World Open, Philadelphia.
1989.07.09
World Youth chess festival, Puerto Rico.
1989.07.13
Alburt, Lev won the 90th US Open, Chicago.
1989.07.16
Rudolph wins 1989 us women's ch, Spartanburg.
1989.07.16
Sherzer and Finegold tie for 1989 US Jr ch, Washington, D.C.
1989.07.21
Adams, Michael (age 17) becomes world's youngest GM.
1989.07.23
Bisguier wins 1989 Senior open, New Jersey.
1989.08.10
Beliavsky wins OHRA (cat 14), Amsterdam.
1989.09
Adams, Michael wins 76th British Ch (youngest ever to win).
1989.09.02
Karpov, Kasparov tie at Skelleftea, Sweden (last world cup event).
1989.09.02
Kasparov wins the CMA World Cup 1988-89.
1989.10
Vaganian wins USSR championship.
1989.10.02
Kasparov achieves highest rating in history: 2810
1989.10.02
Kasparov wins 13th Interpolis (cat 16), Tilburg, Netherlands.
1989.10.15
US Class Championship, Orlando
1989.10.17
Karpov beats Yusupov in semi-finals of world ch (London).
1989.10.17
Timman beats Speelman in semi-finals of world ch (London).
1989.10.22
Kasparov beats Deep Thought in 2 game match in New York.
1989.11.08
World team championship, Lucerne.
1989.11.26
25th American Open, Long Beach. Christiansen on tie-break (5 tied).
1989.11.26
National Chess Congress, Philadelphia.
1989.11.28
Ilivitsky died
1989.12.03
Soviet Union wins European National Team Championship (27 countries).
1989.12.03
US Championship, Long Beach. Won by Seirawan, Dzindzi, Rachels.
1989.12.06
Palma de Mallorca - won by Gelfand
1989.12.11
Deep Thought vs David Levy match - Deep Thought wins