|
Year
|
|
|
1800
|
Brede, Ferdinand born in Stettin, Poland.
Problemist. |
|
1800
|
Grimm, Vincent born in Vienna. Grimm Attack. |
|
1800
|
Stalemate; Last time Stalemate
is a win for the side whose King is
Stalemated in England. |
|
1800
|
Schlumberger
born in Mulhouse. Teacher of St Amant. Operated the
Turk. |
|
1800
|
Basterot,
Barthelemy born in Dublin. |
|
1800
|
Saint-Amant born at Cheteau Latour.
Leading French player. |
|
1801
|
Del Rio
completed another Chess book, which
remained unpublished. |
|
1802
|
Del Rio, Ercole died.
Nicknamed the anonymous Modenese. |
|
1802
|
First American
Chess
book - "Chess Made Easy", published in
Philadelphia.
|
|
1803
|
Anastasia's
mate, with Knight & Rook, published by Heinse, Wilhelm
(1746-1803). |
|
1803
|
Bryan, Thomas born in Philadelphia. Bryan
variation.
|
|
1803
|
Turk; Anthon exhibits Turk
in London. |
|
1803
|
03/13
Walker, George born. English
Chess writer and organizer. |
|
1803
|
06/22 Heinse, Wilhelm died in
Aschaffenburg, Germany. Wrote about
Anastasia's mate. |
|
1804 |
First authenticated correspondence match - The Hague vs.
Breda. (BCM
1974,141) |
|
1804 |
Napoleon Bonaparte plays the Alekhine's Defense. |
|
1804 |
Philidor;
The name 'Philidor's Legacy', first used
in book by Pruen. |
|
1804 |
Verdoni died. Italian player. |
|
1804 |
03/26
Kempelen, inventor of the first automaton, Turk, died.
Aulic
Counselor on Mechanics to the
Royal Chamber. |
|
1804 |
05/15 d'Orville, Pierre born in St
Petersburg. Problemist. |
|
1805
|
|
1805 |
Book;
First original American
Chess book published in Boston. |
|
1805 |
Szen born in Pesth, Hungary. Founded Budapest Chess Club. |
|
1805 |
Maelzel buys the Turk
from Kempelen' son. |
|
1805 |
Sarratt reputedly the best player in England until his death in
1819. |
|
1806 |
01/01
Kieseritzky b. Tartu. Strong French
player of his day. |
|
1807 |
Stalemate becomes a draw in England after persuasion by Sarratt. |
|
1807 |
Club;
London Chess Club founded. |
|
1807 |
Worrall, Thomas born. British Commissioner in Mexico. |
|
1807 |
03/17
Mongredian born. President of London CC
and Liverpool CC. |
|
1807 |
07/11
Atwood, George died in London. Played Philidor and recorded
Philidor's games. |
|
1808 |
Sarratt;
Treatise on the game
of Chess by J. Sarratt,
published. |
|
1808 |
Sarratt is Chess pro at Salopian
Coffee House,
London. |
|
1808 |
05/10
Horwitz, Bernhard born in Neustrelitz, Germany. One of the
Pleiades. |
|
1808 |
12/17 Allen, George born in Milton
Township, VT. Chess author and
nephew of Ethen Allen. |
|
1809 |
Zurich Chess Club,
oldest Chess Club
in Europe, founded. |
|
1809 |
Turk; The Turk (Allgaier) defeats
Napoleon at Schonbrunn. (game - CR
1/47, 16) |
|
1809 |
06/09
Bruhl, John (Hans) died in London. |
|
1810
|
|
1810 |
Williams; Elijah Williams b. Bristol.
English Chess master. |
|
1810 |
Eon de Beaumont,
Charles died. (d'eon) Transvestite. |
|
1810 |
Rousseau, Eugene born. French player. |
|
1810 |
02/02
Hanneken, Hermann von, born in Viecheln,
Mecklenburg.
Prussian
General. Hanneken Defense. |
|
1810 |
03/ Staunton b.
Westmoreland. Leading player of the 1840's. |
|
1810 |
07/15
Lowenthal b. Budapest. Strong British player. |
|
1811 |
First time the openings written in
tabular form, in Allgier's book. |
|
1811 |
Beauharnais,
Napoleons's stepson, buys the Turk for 30,000 francs. |
|
1811 |
Kling b. Mainz. Composer and pioneer endgame analyst. |
|
1811 |
Last known copy of the
first practical Chess
book (1495) destroyed. |
|
1811 |
08/03 Hanstein, Wilhelm born in Berlin.
Magazine founder. Hanstein
Gambit. Elo: 2480. |
|
1812 |
02/29
Hirschbach, Hermann born in Berlin. Hirschbach var. |
|
1813 |
Sarratt publishes the works of Damaino, Ruy Lopez, and Salvio. |
|
1813 |
07/09
First newspaper Chess
column in "Liverpool Mercury." Ran until
1819. |
|
1813 |
08/23 Jaenisch born. Resigned his army
commission to play Chess. |
|
1814 |
Wyvill, Marmaduke born.
Placed 2nd in the London 1851 tournament. |
|
1814 |
Shastri writes
"Essays
on Chess", Bombay. Known as the Brahmin.
First
Indian problems.
|
|
1815
|
|
1815 |
Hamppe, Carl born in Vienna.
Elo: 2410. Hamppe Opening
|
|
1815 |
07/08
Howe, Henry born in Guildford, England. Canadian Champion
1877. |
|
1815 |
09/21
Bilguer, Paul born in Ludwigslust, Germany. Wrote Handbuch
Des
Schachspiels. A
Pleides. |
|
1816 |
Maelzel supposedly invents the
Metronome; swiped from Winkel. |
|
1816 |
11/17 Hicks,
William born in Portsmouth, England. Canadian Champion
1874. |
|
1817 |
Schliemann born. Played the Schliemann
Defense in the 1860s. |
|
1817 |
Maelzel repurchases the Turk. Exhibits in
Paris. |
|
1817 |
Sarratt publishes works on Gianutio and
Selenius. |
|
1817 |
10/10 Dubois,
Serafino born in Rome. Elo: 2550 |
|
1818 |
Lasa; Tassilo von
der Lasa born. Conceived of a German Opening
handbook. |
|
1818 |
07/06 Anderssen,
Adolf born in Breslau (now Wroclaw), Germany. |
|
1818 |
09/ Turk in
London. Operator is William Lewis, Champion of England. |
|
1818 |
10/17 Heydebrand
un der Lasa, Tassilo born in Berlin. |
|
1818 |
Kenny, W.S. publishes his
"Practical Chess Grammar." |
|
1819 |
Allgaier publishes detailed analysis of the
Allgaier Gambit. |
|
1819 |
Brunet y Bellet, Jose born in Barcelona. |
|
1819 |
Williams, then Mouret operate the Turk. |
|
1819 |
06/27 Falkbeer,
Ernst born in Brno, Czechoslovakia. Edited The
Chess
Players' Magazine.
Elo: 2410. |
|
1819 |
09/ Stanley born
in Brighton. Strong American master. Died in 1901. |
|
1819 |
11/06 Sarratt died
impoverished. Strongest English player
of his day. |
|
1820
|
|
1820 |
Kann; Marcus Kann
born in Vienna. Published analysis of Caro-Kann in
1886.
|
|
1820 |
Turk; Robert
Willis published a book in which he analyzed the Turk.
|
|
1820 |
01/ Bayer, Aloys
displays his Bavarian Boy automaton in Munich. |
|
1820 |
12/08 Frere,
Thomas born in New York City. Wrote Chess
handbook. |
|
1821 |
Butrimov; First
Russian manual on Chess published, by
Butrimov. |
|
1821 |
New Treatise
of Chess by
Sarratt is first to have a beginner's
section. |
|
1821 |
Twiss, Richard died. Chess author. |
|
1821 |
Weber; Albrecht
Weber born. First to investigate Indian
literature for
references
to Chess. |
|
1821 |
Willis, Robert published an article about a
hidden operator in the Turk
in "The
Edinburgh Philosophical Journal." |
|
1821 |
08/12 Ware;
Preston Ware born in Boston. Played in the US ch in 1880.
President
of The American Chess
Foundation. |
|
1821 |
11/24 Buckle,
Henry born in Kent. Historian and leading British player.
Read 12 languages. Elo: 2480 |
|
1822 |
Allen; L. Allen writes Chess
in Europe
during the 13th
Century |
|
1822 |
Divan, famous Chess
room in London, founded by Samuel Ries. |
|
1823 |
First
Chess column to appear in a periodical,
by Walker for Lancet. |
|
1823 |
01/03 Allgaier,
Johann died in Vienna of dropsy. Strong master from
Vienna.
|
|
1823 |
04/29 Harrwitz,
Daniel born in Breslau, Poland. Strong German player
of his day. Elo: 2520. |
|
1823 |
09/30 Gottschall,
Rudolf born in Breslau, Poland. Founder of the
German Chess
Federation. |
|
1824 |
Evans discovered the Evans Gambit. |
|
1824 |
Herzfeld, Sebastian born in Austria.
Physician. Herzfeld defense. |
|
1824 |
Beauharnois, Prince Eugene died. Bought the
Turk for a brief time. |
|
1824 |
04/ Scotch opening
named from the Edinburgh-London match. |
|
1824 |
04/23
First matches between London &
Edinburgh. Edinburgh won in
July 1826. |
|
1824 |
10/22 Hookham,
Henry born in London. New Zealand Champion 1890. |
|
1825
|
|
1825 |
Barnes, Thomas born in Falmouth, England.
Scored more wins than
anyone else against Morphy. |
|
1825 |
Ben Oni by Reinganun, published in
Frankfurt. First mention of Benoni. |
|
1825 |
Benoni named after book published by Aaron
Reinganum. |
|
1825 |
Parsloe's, a famous Chess
club in London, closed. |
|
1825 |
09/25 Hooper,
Charles Alfred, creater of Ajeeb, born in Bristol, England. |
|
1825 |
12/20 Maelzel
sails for America with Turk to escape debts and lawsuits
(BCM 1977,401) |
|
1826 |
Schlumberger arrives in America. |
|
1826 |
02/03 Maelzel
landed in New York with the Turk. |
|
1826 |
04/04 Boden,
Samuel born in Hull. Morphy considered him strongest
English player. |
|
1826 |
04/13 Turk first exhibition in the US, in
New York. Operator is a French
woman. |
|
1826 |
05/30 Blackmar,
Armand born in Bennington, VT. Originated the
Blackmar Gambit in 1881. |
|
1826 |
07/ Edinburgh won
first Chess
match against London. Started in 1924. |
|
1826 |
09/13 Turk
exhibited in Boston. |
|
1826 |
10/01 Schlumberger
arrives in Boston to operate the Turk.
|
|
1826 |
12/22 The Turk
arrives in Philadelphia. |
|
1827 |
First
Chess club in Philadelphia formed after
the Turk visits the city. |
|
1827 |
Owen, John ('Alter') born. Strong English
player. |
|
1827 |
05/ Two youths
observe the operator emerge from the Turk. |
|
1827 |
Urusov, Sergei born. Chess-playing Russian
prince. |
|
1827 |
05/ Walker; Daniel
Walker builds an automaton, The American
Chessplayer. |
|
1827 |
05/30 Brown, John
born in Bridport, England. Problemist. |
|
1827 |
06/01 Carroll,
Charles age 84, plays The Turk. Signed Declaration
of
Independence. |
|
1827 |
06/01 Baltimore
Gazette revealed how the Turk operated with a hidden
operator.
|
|
1828 |
Ranken, Charles born. First president of the
Oxford University Chess
Club. |
|
1828 |
Tolstoy, Leo born. Russian
Chess novelist and Chess
fanatic. |
|
1828 |
04/15 From, Martin
born in Nakskov, Denmark. From's Gambit named
after him. |
|
1828 |
09/ Turk returns
to Europe. |
|
1828 |
11/10 Bayer,
Conrad born in Olomouc, Czechoslovakia. Prize-winning
problemist. |
|
1829 |
First book
entirely devoted to one Opening,
published in India. |
|
1829 |
Abbazia Defense of the Kings's Gambit 1st
published by Silberschmidt. |
|
1829 |
Cochrane, James and Kassam wrote
"The Muzio
Gambit", Madras 1829. |
|
1829 |
Correspondence between Madras and Hyderabad. |
|
1829 |
02/14 Dufresne,
Jean born. German player and writer. Elo: 2370 |
|
1829 |
04/ Turk returns
to US. |
|
1829 |
04/21 Crosskill,
Alfred born in Beverley, England. Endgame analyst. |
|
1830
|
|
1830 |
Hamburger Schachklub, oldest
Chess club in Germany, founded. |
|
1830 |
05/ Campbell,
Joseph born in Cookstown, Ulster. Problemist |
|
1830 |
05/04 Riviere
born. Strongest French player in the 1860s. |
|
1830 |
05/04 de Riviere,
Jules born in Nantes, France. Elo: 2450. |
|
1830 |
05/19 Cook, Eugene
born in New York City. First American
composer of
note. |
|
1830 |
05/29 Edge,
Frederick born in London. Journalist. |
|
1830 |
07/14 Bird, Henry
born in Portsea, Hampshire. Leading British amateur
player. Elo: 2440 |
|
1830 |
08/08 Cochrane,
James died in Cheltenham, England. Wrote a book on
the Muzio Gambit in 1829. |
|
1830 |
08/16 MacDonnell,
George b. Dublin. Chess columnist and author. |
|
1830 |
08/18 Freeborough,
Edward born in Hull, England. Author. |
|
1831 |
Fraser, George born in Scotland. Scottish
Champion
1898; Fraser
Attack. |
|
1831 |
Lewis Chessmen
discovered on the isle of Lewis (67
pieces). Oldest
complete set. |
|
1831 |
"Progressive
Lessons" by W. Lewis published. |
|
1831 |
Westminster Chess
club at Huttman's founded by George Walker. |
|
1831 |
11/11 Fiske,
Daniel born in Ellisburg, NY. American
editor, writer, and
bibliophile. |
|
1831 |
12/27 Green,
Valentine born in Knipton, England. Green variation. |
|
1832 |
Boultbee, William born in England. 1892
Canadian Champion. |
|
1832 |
Madden writes "Historical
Remarks on the
Chessmen discovered
in the
isle of
Lewis" |
|
1832 |
"New
Treatise on Chess"
by G. Walker published. |
|
1832 |
Petrov analyses the Petrov's Defense. |
|
1832 |
03/12 Grimshaw,
Walter born in Dewsbury, England. |
|
1832 |
08/07 Max Lange
born in Leipzig. Suggested the Max
Lange attack in
1854. |
|
1833 |
Linde; Antonius
van der Linde, Dutch Chess historian,
born. |
|
1833 |
Henry, W.R. born. Pseudonym of William Russ.
American archivist. |
|
1833 |
Mortimer, James born. Chess journalist. |
|
1833 |
01/15 Paulsen b.
Lippe-Detmold, Germany, Master player. |
|
1833 |
02/05 Watkinson;
John Watkinson born. Founder of the British Chess
Magazine. |
|
1834 |
First match of
consequence, the La Bourdonnais-McDonnell match. |
|
1834 |
Labourdonnais wins overall in series of 6
matches against McDonnell. |
|
1834 |
Mouret, former operator of the Turk, sells
the secret to a magazine.
(BCM 1977,373);
First authentic revelation of the Turk. |
|
1834 |
Start of match between Westminster
Club and Cafe de la Regence. |
|
1834 |
Tennison, Otto born. Tennison
Gambit. Civil war commander. |
|
1835
|
|
1835 |
Gumpel, Charles, builder of
Mephisto, born in England. |
|
1835 |
Staunton Chessmen
designed by Nathaniel Cook. |
|
1835 |
Ahlhausen, Carl born in Germany. Librarian
of the Berlin Chess Assn. |
|
1835 |
Pratt, Peter died. Chess author. |
|
1835 |
Walker starts as editor of
Chess column in Bell's Life for 38
years. |
|
1835 |
Congdon, James born in New York. Elected
President of the National
Chess Association in 1874. |
|
1835 |
01/04
First appearance of G.
Walker's "Bell's Life in London." |
|
1835 |
01/23 Fiske,
William born in Ellisburg, NY. Chess player, musician, and
Chess columnist. |
|
1835 |
09/14 McDonnell d.
London of Bright's disease. Greatest Irish player.
|
|
1836 |
First
Chess magazine
'Le Palamede' published in Paris by La
Bourdonnais
and J Mery. |
|
1836 |
Kling publishes analysis of R and B vs. R
endgame in Le Palamede. |
|
1836 |
Schwarz, Adolf born. Hungarian-born player. |
|
1836 |
St Amant beats Walker in match at London CC. |
|
1836 |
St Amant is the first
to suggest a time limit to Chess. |
|
1836 |
Staunton on subscription list for collection
of MacDonnell's games by
Walker. |
|
1836 |
04/ Poe writes a
famous article in 'The Southern Literary Messenger' on
how the Turk operates. |
|
1836 |
05/14 Steinitz born
according to Dr Hermann Neustadtl (BCM 1974,76).
|
|
1836 |
1836.05/17
Wilhelm Steinitz born in Prague. World
champion 1886-1894.
Challenger 1897.
|
|
1837 |
First
comprehensive survey of openings published by Alexandre in
Paris. |
|
1837 |
Kolisch born.
Pressburg, Hungary. Chess patron. |
|
1837 |
Pleides, a group of Berlin players, formed. |
|
1837 |
Alexandre introduces standard notation and
the Castling symbol. |
|
1837 |
Benima, Levi born. Dutch Champion in 1881, 1883. |
|
1837 |
England's First
Chess magazine, The Philidorian
founded by Walker. |
|
1837 |
Liverpool Chess Club founded. |
|
1837 |
Mouret, Jacques died. Turk operator. Nephew
of Philidor. |
|
1837 |
Rosenthal, Samuel born. Journalist and
Chess teacher. |
|
1837 |
01/11 Holloway,
Alfred born in Bristol, England. Holloway Defense. |
|
1837 |
03/24 Mackenzie born.
North Kessock, Scotland. Ger. champion
1887.
Scottish champion
1888.
|
|
1837 |
04/30 Gilbert,
Ellen (ne Strong) born in Leverett, MA. Player
and Queen
of Chess. |
|
1837 |
06/22
Paul Morphy born in New Orleans. |
|
1837 |
11/09 Maelzel,
Schlumberger, and the Turk sailed for Havana. |
|
1838 |
First
use of the term Grandmaster in
connection with Chess. |
|
1838 |
The Philidorian discontinued after 6 issues. |
|
1838 |
Chessboard Companion
by Lewis published. Ran thru 9 editions. |
|
1838 |
Staunton joins Old Westminster CC. |
|
1838 |
01/16 Brentano,
Franz born in Marienburg, Germany. Published
analysis on openings.
|
|
1838 |
02/ Schlumberger
died. St Amant's teacher. The Turk
operator. Got
yellow fever while in Havana. |
|
1838 |
02/24
Guretzky-Cornitz, Bernhard born in Berlin. Endgame analyst. |
|
1838 |
03/05 Winawer born,
Warsaw. German Champion,
1883. |
|
1838 |
07/21 Maelzel
found dead in berth off Charleston; buried at sea. |
|
1838 |
07/25 Boren, Per
born in Linkoping, Sweden. Boren variation. |
|
1838 |
09/14 Maelzel's
property sold at public auction in Philadelphia. Ohl
buys Turk for $400. |
|
1838 |
12/15 Neumann born
in Gleinitz. Strong German master. |
|
1839 |
First
Chess magazine, Le Palamede, ends. |
|
1839 |
Budapest Chess Club founded by Josef Szen. |
|
1839 |
Kieseritsky wins a 100 game match against E.
Rousseau at the Cafe de
la Regeance. |
|
1839 |
New York Chess Club formed by James
Thompson. |
|
1839 |
Turk purchased by Dr John Mitchell. |
|
1840
|
|
1840 |
Penny postcard for Chess
led to a boom in Postal
Chess. |
|
1840 |
Staunton is Secretary of the Westminster CC. |
|
1840 |
Chess
Player's Chronicle
is first successful Chess
magazine in the
English language. |
|
1840 |
Othodox problem developed as an art form we
know today. |
|
1840 |
Potter, William born. Leading English player
of the 1870s. |
|
1840 |
Staunton beats Popert in London match. |
|
1840 |
Staunton bought magazine & converted into
Chess
Player's Chronicle. |
|
1840 |
01/04 Hanham,
James born in Woodville, MS. Introduced the Hanham
variation in 1889. Major, USA. |
|
1840 |
