Brief notes on the History of Chess  -  by Bill Wall
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Year

    1800 to 1850

1851 to 1875         

1876 to 1899

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  Del Rio completed another Chess book, which remained unpublished.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

  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

  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

  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

  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

  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

  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

  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

  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

  05/ Staunton began writing a Chess column in the New Court Gazette.

1840

  09/16 Bilguer, Paul died (age 27) in Berlin. A Lt. in the Prussian Army.

1840

  11/ Turk given to Chinese Museum in Philadelphia.

1840

  12/ Staunton ends writing a Chess column in the New Court Gazette.

1840

  12/13 Bourdonnais, Louis Charles de la, died in London.

1840

  12/13 de Labourdonnais, Louis died in London.

1840

  12/13 la Bourdonnais died. London, of dropsy. World class player.

1841

  First Chess Association formed, the Yorkshire Chess Association.

1841

  First Chess periodical, Chess Player's Chronicle, by Staunton. Lasted
  until 1854.

1841

  Tournament first used a Chess term at Leeds.

1841

  Walker's "New Treatise" is first popular Chess book sold at a low price.

1841

  01/30 Loyd born in Philadelphia. Most famous American composer.

1841

  02/18 Ascher, Jacob born in Plymouth, England.

1841

  04/28 Goring, Carl born in Bruheim, Germany. Goring Gambit.

1841

  09/12 Delmar, Eugene born in New York City. Elo 2420. Delmar var.

1841

  11/26 Leonard; James Leonard born NY. Played 8 games blindfolded.

1841

  12/ St Amant revived Le Palamede, a monthly magazine until 1847.

1841

  12/ Stanley beats Staunton in a match (BCM 1982,365).

1841

  12/06 Gossip, George born in NY. He was last place in many
  tournaments. Elo: 2310.

1841

  12/10 Blackburne, Joseph born in Manchester. British. Champion. 1868,
  1914. German Champion 1881. Elo: 2570.

1842

  First Openings analyses on modern lines published.

1842

  Anderssen publishes a collection of Chess problems.

1842

  Chambers, John born in Scotland.

1842

  Hoffer, Leopold born in Budapest. Editor of the Chess Monthly.

1842

  Rousseau emigrates to the US; defeats B. Oliver and J. Schulten in
  matches.

1842

  Stanley emigrates from London to New York to work in the British
  Consulate.

1842

  06/25 First appearance of The Illustrated London News, oldest Chess
  column.

1842

  09/07 Zukertort born, Lublin. World Championship challenger in 1886.

1843

  First edition of Bilguer's 'Handbuch des Schachspiels.'

1843

  First known photograph of Chessplayers.

1843

  Benoni First played by St Amant against Staunton. Called Staunton def.

1843

  Chess Player's Chronicle becomes a shilling monthly magazine.

1843

  Jaenisch publishes analysis of Chess.

1843

  Minckwitz, Johannnes born. Chess author.

1843

  Sonneborn, William born.

1843

  Stanley emigrates to New York.

1843

  Staunton Gambit actually played by St Amant against Staunton.

1843

  Staunton plays 1. c4, and becomes known as The English Opening.

1843

  Walker; George Walker founded St George's CC at Hanover Square.

1843

  Wilson, Thomas Bright born. Invented First Chess clock.

1843

  04/18 Beechey, Frideswide born. Woman composer.

1843

  07/ St Amant (+2=1-2) beats Staunton in London and wins 1 guinea.

1843

  08/01 Schallopp born. German player and stenographer of the
  Reichstag.

1843

  11/14 First use of seconds for Staunton (Wilson,Evans, Worrell) and St
  Amant.

1843

  11/14 Staunton-St Amant match, at Cafe de la Regence, Paris.

1843

  12/18 Cordel, Oscar born in Ascherslebben, Germany. Cordel var.

1843

  12/20 Staunton defeats St Amant, 11 wins, 6 losses, 4 draws, in Paris
  match. Wins 100 pounds.

1843

  12/20 Staunton's victory over St Amant marks the end of French
  supremacy.

1844

  First Telegraph match played between Washington and Baltimore.

1844

  First Boden's mate (mate with 2 Bishops), Horwitz-Popert, Hamburg.

1844

  Ghulam Kassim died in India. Ghulam Kassim Gambit. Co-author of 1st
  Openings monograph.

1844

  Popert, H. died. One of the strongest players of his day.

1844

  Rothschild, Albert born. Chess patron.

1844

  Stanley beats Schulten twice.

1844

  Walker's Chess Studies contains 1,020 games from 1780 to 1844.

1844

  Telegraph Chess first played between Washington and Baltimore.

1844

  02/24 Barbier, Georges born in Besancon, France.

1845

  First 2-dimensional pocket Chess set devised by Peter Roget.

1845

  Defeat of Paris in a correspondence match ends French supremacy.

1845

  The "Indian" problem, published in CPC, starts Chess compositions.

1845

  White; John White, book collector, born.

1845

  Pocket set first designed by Peter Mark Roget (1779-1869).

1845

  Stakes - first game for national Championship is Stanley-Rousseau for
  stakes of $1,000.

1845

  Williams becomes editor of the Field column.

1845

  Staunton writes most influential column in "Illustrated London News".

1845

  02/06 Rudge; Mary Rudge born. Won First International Women's
  tourney, 1897.

1845

  02/14 Vere; Cecil de Vere (Valentine Brown), born. Torquay. Br ch 1866,
  1868, 1872.

1845

  02/14 de Vere, Cecil (ne Brown) born in England. Elo: 2450. Winner of
  first British Championship, 1866.

1845

  03/01 First US Chess column in "The Spirit of The Times, NY, by Stanley.

1845

  First Chess problem to in the US appears in "The Spirit of The Times".

1845

  04/09 Staunton & Kennedy in Gosport play Walker, Buckle, Evans in
  London by Telegraph.

1845

  04/11 Berger, Johann born in Graz. Strong player, editor, and author.
  Elo: 2495

1845

  07/08 Charlick, Henry, First Australian Chess champion (1887), born in
  London.

1845

  11/10 Fleissig, Max born in Csenger, Hungary. Fleissig Gambit.

1845

  12/01 Stanley wins, 15 wins, 8 losses, 8 draws. (BCM 1982,365)

1845

  12/01 Stanley-Rousseau match was First organized Chess event in the
  US.

1845

  12/01 US Championship held at the Sazerac Coffee House, New Orleans
  between Stanley and Rouseau.

1845

  US Championship was $1000 winner take all. First to win 15 games,
  draws not counting.

1846

  First time Chess notation with figurines appeared.

1846

  Chess Palladium, an American Chess monthly, come out.

1846

  First German magazine, published; oldest Chess mag. still in existence.

1846

  Anderssen joins the editorial staff of Schachzeitung Chess magazine.

1846

  Kieseritzky defeated Horwitz (+7=1-4) at London.

1846

  Sarratt; Mrs. Sarratt gave Chess lessons to the aristocracy in Paris.

1846

  Schulten beats Stanley.

1846

  Stanley publishes "31 Games of Chess", First US book on a Chess
  match.

1846

  Stanley writes "31 Games at Chess", the rarest of US Chess books; First
  match book in US.

1846

  "The Beauties of Chess" published. First large compilation of problems.

1846

  01/23 Clemenz, Hermann born in Tartu, Estonia. Clemenz Opening.

1846

  05/30 Wisker born. 1st to win British Championship twice in succession.

1846

  08/06 Bledow, Ludwig founder of the Pleiades, died in Berlin.

1846

  10/ First US Chess journal, American Chess Magazine, founded C.
  Stanley

1846

  10/ Second Chess magazine, "Chess Palladium & Mathematical
  Sphinx", by Marache & Wilson (BCM 1982,365)

1847

  Saavedra born, Seville. Discovered the Saavedra move.

1847

  Several womens' Chess clubs formed in the Netherlands.

1847

  Simpson's, room at 101 The Stroud, London, famous for Chess.

1847

  Stanley challenges any player except Staunton to a match.

1847

  Staunton First plays the Staunton Gambit against Horwitz.

1847

  07/ "Chess Player's Handbook" by Staunton published in Bohn's
  Scientific Library series.

1847

  09/ Last issue of "American Chess Magazine" by Stanley.

1847

  10/27 Deschapelles died in Paris. Gifted French player. French soldier.

1847

  12/ Last issue of "Le Palamede" monthly Chess magazine.

1847

  12/25 Shinkman born in Bohemia. The Wizard of Grand Rapids.

1848

  First Chess set and board for the blind made, by W. Wood.

1848

  First Chess column in a mowmen's magazine appeared in the Ladies
  Newspaper, London.

1848

  Hamppe of Vienna analyses the Vienna opening.

1848

  Stanley edits a Chess column in The Albion (1848-56).

1848

  09/14 Albin, Adolf born in Bucharest. Austrian theortician, Chess writer
  & journalist.

1848

  10/14 First Chess column in the US, in "The Spirit of the Times", ends.

1848

  11/02 Stanley starts Chess column in the Albion.

1848

  12/31 Burn, Amos born in Hull, England. German Champion 1898. Elo:
  2530.

1849

  1st time the word tournament applied to a real tournament - England.

1849

  "Chess Euclid" published by Kling, containing over 200 problems.

1849

  "Chess Player's Companion" by Staunton published in 1849.

1849

  Kieseritzky edited "La Regence" until 1851. Used an obscure notation.

1849

  Max Lange originally analyses the Kieseritzky Attack.

1849

  01/ Buckle wins Ries Divan (London) knockout. First modern Chess
  tourney.

1849

  03/ Cook; Nathaniel Cook register's his Chess design (Staunton
  design).

1849

  08/29 Mills; Daniel Mills born, Stroud. Scottish Champion 9 times. Br
  amateur Champion, 1890.

1849

  09/ Staunton recommends Cook's Chess pieces in "Illustrated London
  News.

1849

  11/19 Mason; James Mason born; Kilkenny, Ireland. Chess master and
  author.

1849

  12/15 Brede, Ferdinand died in Altona, Germany. Problemist.

1849

  12/29 Lowenthal arrives in NY. Political refugee.

1850

  Alexandre, Aaron died in London. Chess author and teacher.

1850

  Chatard, Eugene born in France. Chatard variation.

1850

  Cook, William born in Bristol, England. Wrote Opening book. Cook var.

1850

  Lowenthal establishes a cigar divan for Chess players on Cincinnati.

1850

  Staunton sold "Chess Players Chronicle".

1850

  Taubenhaus, Jean born. Operated Mephisto.

1850

  02/11 The "Great Match" between Stanley and J. Turner begins in
  Washington, D.C.

1850

  02/14 Stanley defeats Turner, 11 wins, 5 losses, 1 draw.

1850

  02/22 Rice born in Germany. American industrialist and Chess patron.

1850

  05/04 Schiffers born. Known as Russia's Chess Teacher.

1850

  10/14 Hanstein, Wilhelm died in Magdeburg. Magazine founder.
  Hanstein Gambit. Elo: 2480.

1850

  11/12 Chigorin, Mikhail born in St Petersburg. Elo: 2600.

1850

  11/12 Tchigorin born near St. Petersburg. Russian Champion 1899, 1901,
  1903.

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    1800 to 1850

1851 to 1875         

1876 to 1899               [up]

 
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