Chess History, 1990-
1990
Berliner inducted in US Hall of Fame
1990
Wolski wins Memorial Day Classic in LA
1990
Beliavsky wins OHRA tournament in Amsterdam
1990
Book, Eero died in Finland. IM 1950. IA 1981; HGM 1984. Finnish ch.
1990
Chicco, Adriano died. IJComp 1956; IMComp 1967. Historian and
problemist.
1990
Fishbein awarded Samford Fellowhip
1990
Gaprindashvili wins women's Interzonal in Malasia
1990
Gurevich, D. wins National Open in Las Vegas
1990
USSR wins chess summit in Reykjavik
1990
,03.15 US Masters Open in Chicago - won by Miles
1990.01.11
Wijk aan Zee - won by Nunn
1990.02.02
Karpov plays Deep Thought and wins at Harvard
1990.02.18
Linares, Spain - won by Kasparov
1990.03.08
Karpov-Timman Candidates Final in Kuala Lumpur - Karpov wins
1990.03.09
US Amateur Team Ch - won by East
1990.04.08
NY Open - Khalifman wins NY Open
1990.04.27
National HS championship in Kansas City - won by Feldman
1990.05.10
US championship playoff in SF - Miles and deFirmian qualify
1990.05.23
GMA Final Tournament in Moscow - 5 way tie for 1st
1990.05.30
women's interzonal in Moscow - won by Kakhiani, Galliamova
1990.06.01
World Youth ch begins in Singapore
1990.06.04
Women's Interzonal B in USSR; won by Galliamova & Kakiani
1990.06.16
US Cadet championship in NY - Bobby Seltzer wins
1990.06.26
US Amateur - McCormick wins US Amateur Ch in Somerset, NJ
1990.06.29
Canadian Open in New Brunswick - won by Timoshenko
1990.06.29
INTERZONAL; Manila Interzonal
1990.06.30
World Open in Philadelphia - Igor Glek wins
1990.07
Biel (cat 15) - won by Karpov
1990.07.01
Women's Interzonal A in Malasyia; won by Gaprindashvili
1990.07.13
US Junior Ch in Bloomington, IL; won by Gurevich
1990.07.14
World Youth Chess Festival for Peace held in Fond du Lac, Wisconsin
1990.07.21
Kasparov defeats Psakhis in Murcia, Spain
1990.07.29
OHRA in Holland (Cat 14); won by Beliavsky
1990.08
Plaskett wins British ch
1990.08.05
Denker HS Ch in Jacksonville - 4 way tie
1990.08.05
US Closed Championship in Jacsonville - Alburt wins
1990.08.05
US Open in Jacksonville, Florida - Seirawan wins
1990.08.11
Dlugy wins US Open Blitz Championship
1990.08.19
US Women's ch in Spartanburg, SC - won by Elena Donaldson
1990.09.16
Armed Forces Championship at Fort Belvoir, Virginia
1990.09.24
Ivanchuk and Kamsky tie at Tilburg (Category 16)
1990.09.25
Larsen wins Watson, Farley, & Williams in new York (Cat 11)
1990.09.26
England and the USSR tie in the 1990 World Chess Probelm Solving Ch
1990.10.08
World Chess Championship in New York - Kasparov-Karpov
1990.10.12
US Class Ch in Columbus, Ohio
1990.10.26
Garcia-Gonzales, Guillermo of Cuba dies in car accident in Mexico.
3-time Cuban ch. GM 1976. IM 1974.
1990.11
Beliavsky, Yudasin, Bareev, Vyzmanavin tie for 57th USSR Ch
1990.11.09
OLY; start of 29th chess olympiad in Novi Sad, Yugoslavia
1990.11.10
US Senior Open in Miami - won by Mark Lanin
1990.11.22
American Open in Los Angeles - won by Browne and Ivanov
1990.11.22
Kasparov-Karpov match in Lyon, France
1990.12
Hastings 1990-91
1990.12.04
USSR win the 29th Chess Olympiad in Novi Sad; USA takes 2nd
1990.12.07
New Delhi tournament; cat 11 (2513)
1990.12.21
Anand and Kamsky tie for first in New Delhi (Category 11)
1990.12.21
Seirawan defeats Timman 4-2 in the annual KRO match
1990.12.23
National Chess Congress - won by Dzindzichashvili
1990.12.27
Pan-American championship, Cambridge
1990.12.30
Harvard wins Pan American Ch
1990.12.31
Kasparov wins world championship 12.5 - 11.5 and $1.7 million
1991
Nahareishvili, Gia died.
1991.01
Bareev wins Hastings 1990/91
1991.01
IVANOV; Igor Ivanov wins 8th Grand Prix
1991.01.09
REGGIO; start of 8th Reggio Emilia tourney; Cat 16
1991.01.11
Alter, Ladislav of Czechoslovakia died.
1991.01.18
WIJK AAN ZEE; start of 53rd Hoogovens in Wijk aan Zee; cat 14 (2584)
1991.01.20
Karpov wins Reggio Emilia A
1991.02.02
San Francisco International
1991.02.02
Women's Candidates Final between Maric and Jun, Belgrade
1991.02.03
Nunn wins at Wijk aan Zee (Cat 14-2584)
1991.02.09
Tuggle died; USCF most active player from 1985 to 1990
1991.02.22
Linares - 2nd strongest tourney ever; cat 17 (2658)
1991.03.12
McCormick (1914-1991) died, New Jersey
1991.03.14
Torre wins 1991 Pan-Pacific International
1991.03.15
Ivanchuk wins at Linares
1991.03.24
Shirazi and Zaltsman win 114th annual Manhattan CC Ch.
1991.03.31
Goldin won 1991 New York Open
1991.04.05
US AMATEUR; The Old Gang won the 1991 US Amateur Team Ch, via modem
1991.04.14
Rohwer won the National Jr High Ch, Dearborn, MI
1991.04.21
US ACTION; 5 tie at US Action Ch, New Haven, CT
1991.05.03
Waitzkin won National High School Ch, Atlanta
1991.05.09
COMPUTER; The ChessMachine won the Microcomputer World Ch, Vancouver,
BC
1991.05.13
Short, Salov tie at 5th Euwe Memorial, VSB-Amsterdam (Cat 16)
1991.05.27
COLLINS; Dave Collins (1955) won the 1991 US Amateur Ch, Hackettstown,
NJ
1991.05.27
MEMORIAL; 4 tie at 12th Memorial Day Classic, Santa Monica (Gurevich
on tb)
1991.06
GUREVICH; Ilya Gurevich is the 5th annual Samford Fellow
1991.06
Waitzkin won 1991 US Cadet Ch (under 16)
1991.06.01
Fried, Sydney died, age 72.
1991.06.06
NATIONAL OPEN; 5 tie at 1991 National Open, Chicago (Browne on
tie-break)
1991.06.11
PHILIPPINES; 3 tie at Philippine Open International, Manila
1991.06.19
ARMED FORCES; Bobby Moore wins 32nd Armed Force Ch, Quantico, VA
1991.06.21
BLIND; Start of US Blind Ch, Columbus, OH; won by William Gibson,
Kennedy
1991.06.26
Sherzer won the 1991 US Junior Closed Ch, Bloomington, IL
1991.06.26
Tsemekhman won the US Jr Open, Bloomington, IL
1991.07
Benjamin wins 19th World Open, Philadelphia
1991.07
Powell (1944-1991) died in San Francisco
1991.07
Waitzkin won the US Under 16 Ch, Bronxville, NY
1991.07.13
Kaminski wins World Ch for Boys under 14, Warsaw, Poland
1991.07.19
Gross wins 11th US Senior Open, San Diego
1991.07.30
Kramnik wins World Ch for Boys under 18, Guarapuava, Brazil
1991.08.09
Kamsky wins US Ch in Los Angeles
1991.08.09
Rohde wins US Open, Los Angeles
1991.08.24
Levitina and Epstein win US Women's Ch, Highland Beach, Florida
1991.08.25
Candidates Quarterfinals in Brussels (SWIFT)
1991.08.26
Shirov won 15th Annual Lloyds Bank Masters, London
1991.09
Akopian, Vladimir won 1991 World Jr Ch, Mamaia, Romania
1991.09
Browne wins 14th US Class Ch, San Francisco
1991.09.02
Fedorowicz wins 114th NY State Ch
1991.09.09
OLY; Soviets win World Student Olympiad, Maringa, Brazil
1991.10
Smyslov wins 1st Open Senior World Ch, Bad Worishofen
1991.10
Xie Jun wins World Women's Ch in Manila at age 20.
1991.10.14
Karpov and Ivanchuk tie at Reykjavik GMA World Cup (Cat 16-2627)
1991.11
Benjamin wins American Open, Los Angeles
1991.11
STEIN; Alan Stein won 7th Arnold Denker Tournament of State HS
Champions
1991.11.03
China wins 9th Asian Ch in Penang, Malaysia
1991.11.04
Kasparov wins Tilburg, Category 17 (2666)
1991.11.08
1st National School Grade Ch starts in Stamford, CT
1991.11.11
Timman wins 2nd Immopar Trophy in Paris (25 minute games)
1991.11.13
Minasian wins 58th USSR Ch (2nd time a Swiss), Moscow
1991.11.25
Gaprindashvili and Zhaoqin tie at Women's Interzonal, Subotica, Yug
1991.11.29
Gelfand wins Investbanka Tournament in Belgrade (Cat 15)
1991.12
Polgar, Judith is GMN at 15 years, 4 months, 28 days
1991.12.19
Short wins the Duncan Lawrie English Chess Ch in Hammersmith
1991.12.27
Reggio Emilia; 1st Category 18 (2676) tourney
1991.12.30
U of Illinois wins 1991 Pan-American Intercollegiate Ch in Chicago
1992.01
IVANOV; A. Ivanov wins 1991 Novag Grand Prix
1992.01.06
Anand wins Reggio Emilia Category 18 (2676) tourney
1992.01.30
Bernstein, Sidney died in New York City. Author.
1992.04
CANDIDATES; Linares, Spain; Short beats Karpov; Timman beats Yusupov
1992.04.04
Reshevsky died in NY.
1992.04.15
NY OPEN; Start of 10th NY Open
1992.04.26
National Elementary Ch (1992), Knoxville; won by Petersen
1992.05.10
National HS Ch (1992), Lexington; won by Eisen
1992.06
Sanakoev wins 12th World Corr. Chess Ch
1992.06.07
Fedorowicz wins 1992 National Open, Las Vegas
1992.06.14
Kennedy wins 1992 US Blind Ch, San Antonio
1992.06.25
Olympiad (30th) in Manila; Russia, Uzbekistan, Armenia
1992.06.26
Tsemekhman wins 1992 US Jr Ch, Bloomington, IN
1992.06.28
Tal died.
1992.07
World Youth Ch (1992), Duisburg GE.
1992.07.05
Kaidanov wins 1992 World Open, Philadelphia
1992.07.12
Manion and Zlotnik win 1992 US Junior Open, Bedford PA.
1992.07.23
Shaked wins 1992 US Cadet Ch, New York.
1992.07.27
Ratings: Kamsky 2739, Kaidanov 2694, Dlugy 2684, A Ivanov 2679
1992.08.14
Kaidanov wins 1992 US Open, Dearborn, MI
1992.08.30
Levitina wins 1992 US Women's Ch, Waltham, MA.
1992.09.01
Falconer wins 1992 US Senior Open, Alaska.
1992.09.30
Fischer-Spassky match starts.
1992.10.28
Adams, Michael wins Tilburg
1992.11
Category 18 tourney in Moscow - won by Gelfand and Amand
1992.11.05
Fischer beats Spassky in Yugoslavia (10 wins, 5 losses, 15 draws)
1992.11.13
National School Grade Ch (2nd); Gilbert, Az
1992.11.15
Kasparov wins Trophee Immopar in Paris
1992.11.22
Geller wins World Senior Ch, Bad Worishofen, GE
1992.11.22
USA Junior Chess Olympics, Bradford, PA
1992.11.24
Interzonal, Women's in Shanghai; won by Z Polgar; 2nd Ioseliani
1992.11.29
Ramayrat wins American Open, Long Beach
1992.12
Ratings: Kamsky 2753, Kaidanov 2736, Yermolinsky 2690
1992.12.20
US Ch, Durango, CO - Wolff wins
1993.
Williams, Kenneth died. Author of Real American Wilkes Barre.
1993.01.08
Short-Timman match starts; ended 30 Jan; Short won 7.5-5.5 and
$124,000
1993.01.31
Spassky-Judith Polgar match begins in Budapest; Polgar wins
1993.03.14
Kasparov wins at Linares; category 18; 11 of the top 14 there
1993.03.23
FIDE forfeits Kasparov and Short as World Champ and Challenger
1993.03.28
Fine, Reuben died in New York.
1993.05.21
Collins, Ethel Boyd died.
1993.06.13
Kamsky wins 1993 National Open in Las Vegas
1993.06.22
Bosnia-Herzegovina chess players shot and killed; 1st to die while
playing
1993.07.05
Yermolinsky wins 1993 World Open in Philadelphia
1993.07.13
Waitzkin and Kreiman win 1993 US Jr Ch in New York
1993.07.15
Interzonal at Biel starts
1993.07.17
World Youth Championship, Slovakia; Bacrot, Mont-Reynaud
1993.07.31
Interzonal at Biel finished; Gelfand, Adams, Kamsky, Khalifman,
Kramnik, Lautier, Salov, Sterren, Yudasin
1993.07.31
Women's Interzonal, Jakarta; Arakhama
1993.08.07
US Open, Philadelphia; Shabalov, Alexander wins
1993.08.09
Weldon, Charles died. Born in 1939.
1993.08.11
Searching for Bobby Fischer movie released by Paramount
1993.08.25
US Women's Championship, Illinois; Donaldson, Levitina
1993.08.26
US Cadet Championship, Washington,DC; Sharma
1993.09.06
Karpov-Timman FIDE Championship match starts in the Netherlands,
Jakarta (12.5-8.5)
1993.09.07
Kasparov-Short PCA World Championship starts in London (12.5-7.5)
1993.09.26
US Senior Open, Reno; Wagner, Margulis, Gross
1993.10
World Team Championship, Lucerne; USA
1993.10.24
Kasparov wins PCA World Ch.
1993.11.04
Colias, William died. Born in 1966.
1993.11.06
Harvard Cup. Benjamin 6-0. Humans vs Computers (27-9).
1993.11.12
Denker, Nina died at age 78.
1993.11.15
FIDE Congress in Brazil. I. Gurevich awarded GM.
1993.11.17
World Women's Ch in Monaco; Xie Jun (8.5-2.5)
1993.11.21
Taimanov wins World Senior Ch in Bad Wilbad, Germany
1993.11.28
American Open; Long Beach; Loek Van Wely
1993.12.02
US Championship starts in Long Beach (2589 ave rating)
1993.12.02
World Junior Ch; Igor Miladinovic
1993.12.14
Shabalov and Yermolinsky tie for US Ch.
1993.12.18
PCA Interzonal starts in Groningen, Holland
1993.12.19
Cunningham, George died. Born in 1909.
1993.12.25
Kogan, Boris died. Born in 1940.
1993.12.27
Pan-American Intercollegiate Ch, Florida; won by Manhattan CC
1993.12.30
PCA Interzonal over; Anand, Adams, Kamsky, Kramnik, Tiviakov, Gulko,
Romanishin
1993.12
Feld, Fritz dies.
1994.01
Elo ratings: Kasparov 2810; Karpov 2740; Anand 2715; Ivanchuk 2710
1994.01.16
Candidates Matches start in Wijk aan Zee
1994.01.27
Akins, Claude died in LA at age 75. Chessplayer.
1994.01.30
Leko, Peter becomes GM at 14 years, 4 months, 22 days
1994.01.31
Candiates matches over in Wijk aan Zee; Timman, Gelfand, Kamsky,
Salov, Anand, Kramnik
1994.03.15
Karpov wins Linares (2685 ave rating); 2985 performance rating
1994.03
Siaperas, Triantafilos died; born in 1932.
1994.04.13
Mont-Reynaud, Jordy becomes youngest master at 10 years, 7 months.
1994.04
New York Open (12th); won by Oll and Ehlvest
1994.04.24
Anand wins 1st Intel World Chess Grand Prix, Moscow
1994.05.01
National Open, Las Vegas; Browne, Kaidanov, Akopian, Ehlvest,
Mortazavi
1994.05.24
Oswald, Don dies. Ran THE CHESS HOUSE books sales.
1994.06.12
Saenz wins 1994 US Amateur Ch
1994.06.18
Intel World Ch Quarterfinals - Kamsky, Anand, Adams, Short
1994.07.04 Minasian wins World Open
1994.07.29 Waitzkin wins 1994 US Junior Ch in Bloomington, IL
1994.07.31 Tsemekhman wins 1994 US Junior Open in Bloomington, IL
1994.08 Salov, Gelfand, Kamsky win their FIDE matches in India
1994.08 World Youth Chess Festival, Szeged, Hungary
1994.08.05 Donaldson, Elena wins 1994 US Women's Ch in Bloomington, IL
1994.08.06 Taimanov wins 4th World Senior Ch at Biel.
1994.08.18 Orlov wins 95th US Open in Chicago.
1994.09.03 Intel Grand Prix III, London. Won by Ivanchuk.
1994.09.15 Gretarsson, Helgi wins World Jr Ch in Brazil. Becomes GM.
1994.09.16 Ault, Robin died in Newton, MA; win US Jr 3 times in row
1994.10.02 Benjamin wins 5th Harvard Cup. WChess outperformed GMs.
1994.10.06 Kamsky and Anand advance to PCA finals after winning at Linares
1994.10.26 Gulko wins US Ch in Key West, FL. $8,000 first place prize.
1994.11.24 American Open starts in Long Beach
1995.01.07 Golombek, Harry died (born 1 mar 1911)
1995.05.05 GM Mikhail Botvinnik dies in Moscow. Born Aug 17, 1911.
1995.06.30 GM Mario Monticelli dies in Milan. Born in 1902.
1995.08.22 Gilles Andruet, French Champion, murdered.
1995.08.30 Lev Polugaesky dies.
1995.10.10 Kasparov defeats Anand in New York to win the PCA World Chess Championship.
1995.11.24 Campomanes steps down as FIDE President.
1995.11.24 Krisan Iljumzhinov is new FIDE President.
1995.11 Pablo Moran, chess author, dies in Spain. Born Jan 1, 1926.
1995.12.04 Wolfe wins US Chess Championship on tie-break over De Firmian and A. Ivanov.
1995.12.27 Genrikh Kasparian dies.
1996.01.06 Ulf Andersson played 310 boards simultaneously in Alvsjo, Sweden
and won 268, drew 40, lost 2 in 15 hours and 23 minutes.
1996.02.01 Kasparov defeats Deep Blue, 4-2.
1996.02 Szuzsa Polgar defeats Xie Jun in Spain for the Women's World Chess Championship.
1996.06 Kramnik and Topalov tie for first at Dos Hermanas, Spain (cat 19).
1996.06.28 GM Julio Bolbochan dies in Caracas. Born in 1920.
1996.07.05 GM Predrag Ostojic dies in Mainz, Germany. Born on March 22, 1928.
1996.07 Karpov defeats Kamsky in Elista, Russia to retain FIDE World Title.
1996.07 Topolov wins 3rd Lord Novgorod tournament, cat 19.
1996.07.07 Yermolinsky and Goldin tie for 1st at World Open.
1996.07.29 Yermolinsky wins US Championship, Parsippany, NJ.
1996.07.29 Anjelina Belakovskaya wins US Women's Ch.
1996.08 Chris Ward wins British Ch.
1996.08 GM Gabriel Schwartzman, age 19, wins US Open.
1996.09 Russia wins Gold Medal at 32nd Chess Olympiad, Yerevan, Armenia.
Ukraine wins Silver, US wins Bronze.
1996.10.19 NM David Lees dies at age 53.
1996.12.01 Ex-world snooker champion Steve Davis is new President of British Chess Federation.
1996.12.15 Kasparov wins at Las Palmas, cat 21 (2757).
1997.01 Jennifer Shahade becomes youngest female US master at 15 years, 11 months.
1997.01 Nunn, Hebden, and Rozenthalis tie for 1st at Hastings.
1997.02.02 Grandmaster Erich Eliskases dies in Cordoba, age 83.
1997.03 Luke McShane becomes an International Master at 13 years, 2 months.
1997.03.22 Barry Spriro dies. US National Master.
1997.04 Etienne Bacrot becomes youngest GM ever, age 14 years, 2 months.
1997.05.11 Kasparov loses to Deeper Blue computer (2.5-3.5).
1997.07 Walter Korn dies.
1997.07.04 Miguel Najdorf dies in Malaga, Spain. Born in 1910.
1997.07.06 Alexander Shabalov wins World Open, Philadelphia. Scored 8/9.
1997.07.20 Julian Hodgson wins the 1997 Canadian Open, Winnipeg.
1997.07.27 Tal Shaked wins World Junior Chess Championship, Zagen, Poland.
1997.07.28 Anand wins 30th Biel Chess Festival, cat XVII (2661).
1997.08 Alexander Yermolinsky wins 98th US Open in Orlando, Florida. (10.5/12)
1997.08.15 Adams and Sadler tie in British Ch, Hove, England.
1997.08.20 Eugene Shapiro dies. Born in 1929.
1997.09 PCA ratings: Kasparov - 2827; Kramnik - 2774; Anand - 2765
1997.09.01 Esther Epstein wins US Women's Championship.
1997.09.01 Jay Bonin wins 119th New York State Championship.
This may be the longest running annual tournament in the world.
1997.09.05 George Shainswit dies. Born in 1918.
1997.09.10 Mestel gains GM in Problem Solving; 1st OTB GM to do so
1997.09.12 Joel Benjamin wins 1997 Interplay US Championship, Arizona.
1997.09 GM Lautier married WGM Almira Skripchenko.
1997.10 IBM announces that they ar scrapping Deep Blue.
1997.10.09 Fontys Tournament, Tilburg, Cat XVII (2667); Kasparov, Kramnik, and Svidler tie
1997.10.20 Rusian Ponomarov becomes world's youngest grandmaster at 14 years, 1 month.
1997.11.21 6th Investbanka Tournament, Belgrade, cat XVIII (2679); won by Anand and Ivanchuk
1997.11.23 Janis Klovans of Latvia wins 7th World Senior Chess Championship, Germany.
Gets GM title at age 62.
1997.12.29 Galliamova-Ivanchuk wins FIDE Women's Candidates in Groningen.
1997.12.30 Anand wins FIDE World Chess Championship knockout in Groningen.
1998.01 PCA ratings: Kasparov - 2825; Anand - 2775; Kramnik - 2758.
1998.01 FIDE list: Kasparov (2825), Kramnik (2790), Anand (2770)
1998.01 60th Hoogovens Tournament, Wijk aan Zee, Cat XVII (2671); Anand and Kramnik tie for 1st
1998.01 Leslie Braun dies. Born in 1936.
1998.01.09 Karpov defeats Anand in Lausanne, Switzerland; retains FIDE World Chess Champion. (5-3)
1998.01.10 Mona Karff dies. Born in 1914. Seven-time US Women's Champ.
1998.01.11 Sadler wins 73rd Hastings Chess Congress.
1998.02 Airel Mengarini dies. born in 1919.
1998.02 Kasparov announces formation of the World Chess Counsel (WCC).
1998.02.22 New York Open, won by Artashes Minasian
1998.02.26 Hikaru Nakamura becomes youngest US master at 10 years, 79 days
1998.03.09 Linares, Cat 21 (2752); won by Anand
1998.03.27 7th Amber, Monte Carlo, Cat 18 (2680); won by Kramnik and Shirov
1998.03.29 Hodgson wins 1998 National Open, Las Vegas, on tie-break.
1998.05 Anand wins chess Oscar.
1998.05.01 WWW ratings: Kasparov - 2808; Anand - 2775; Kramnik - 2756
1998.05.03 David Hooper dies in Taunton, England. Born in 1915.
1998.05.22 Madrid, Cat 17 (2655); won by Anand
1998.06.01 Joan Targ, sister of Bobby Fischer, dies. Born in 1939.
1998.06.05 WCC Candidates Match, Spain; won by Shirov over Kramnik.
1998.06.21 Frankfurt Chess Classic, Cat 21 (2781); won by Anand
1998.07 FIDE ratings: Kasparov - 2815; Anand - 2795; Kramnik - 2780
1998.07 WCC ratings: Kasparov - 2808; Anand - 2778; Shirov - 2735
1998.07.05 Dortmund, Cat 18 (2699); Kramnik won on tiebreak over Adams, Svidler.
1998.07.05 Goldin wins World Open, Philadelphia (8.5/9)
1998.07.12 Schnieder wins by tie-break over V Bhat in US Cadet Ch.
1998.07.19 Shliperman wins US Junior Ch in New York.
1998.07.29 Gulko wins Saitek US Masters, Waikiki.
1998.08.08 Nigel Short wins British Chess Championship, Torquay.
1998.08.08 Morozevich wins 51st Russian Championship, St Petersburg.
1998.08.08 Laszlo Szabo dies. Born on March 19, 1917.
1998.08.09 Judit Polgar and Gulko wins 99th US Open, Hawaii.
1998.09.24 GM Rosendo Balinas dies of liver cancer. Was born on Sep 10, 1941.
1998.10.12 Russia wins Gold; USA wins Silver; Ukraine wins Bronze at 33rd World Chess Olympiad, Elista
1998.11.04 Tilburg Fontys tournament, cat 18 (2680); won by Anand
1998.11.17 GM Yefin Geller dies of cancer. Born March 2, 1925.
1998.11.08 Irena Krush, age 14, wins US Women's Championship.
1998.11.18 Nick DeFirmian wins US Championship, Denver.
1998.11.23 Vladimir Bagirov of Latvia wins 8th World Senior Chess Championship, Austria.
1999.08.15 Anjelina Belakovskaia wins the US Women's Ch, Salt Lake City.
1999.08.20 Alex Yermolinsky wins the US Open, Reno.
1999.08.23 Xie Jun won the Women's World Chess Ch, defeating Alisa Galliamova.
1999.08.29 Alexander Khalifman won the FIDE Chess Ch in Las Vegas.
1999.09.11 Gulko wins Interplay US Ch and playoff in Salt Lake City.
1999.09.17 Gary Koshnitsky died in Australia. Australian master.
1999.09.26 Joel Benjamin wins Manhattan CC Ch for the 6th time.
1999.09.30 Alexander Galkin won the World Jr Ch in Yerevan, Armenia.