|
Year
|
|
|
1851 |
Chess Player's
Chronicle published. |
|
1851 |
Anderssen, A. is world Chess
Champion; A. Anderson is world
Checker
Champion. |
|
1851 |
Boden introduces the Boden-Kieseritzky
Gambit. |
|
1851 |
Chess Studies,
(208 studies) by Kling and Horwitz published. |
|
1851 |
Hunt, Joseph born in Canada. Hunt
Opening. |
|
1851 |
Lowenthal becomes Secretary of the St.
George Chess Club. |
|
1851 |
Scheve, Theodor von born. German player. |
|
1851 |
The Immortal Game, Anderssen-Kieseritzky,
played in the Divan. |
|
1851 |
01/31 Butrimov,
Ivan died in St Petersburg. Published First
Russian
Chess book in 1821. |
|
1851 |
03/21 Brodsky,
Adolf born in Taganrog, Russia. Brodsky variation. |
|
1851 |
04/14 Crane,
William born in Castle Hill, Australia. Australian
Champion
1888, 1897. |
|
1851 |
05/07 Opening day
of the First ever International
tournament, London. |
|
1851 |
07/09 Englisch,
Berthold born in Holtzenplatz, Austria.
German
Champion 1879. Elo: 2520. |
|
1851 |
07/15 End of
First International
tournament began in London, organized
by Staunton. |
|
1851 |
07/28 All-play-all
tournament, first was London International on this day. |
|
1851 |
08/ Anderssen wins
the London International. Only 1 prize, a silver cup. |
|
1851 |
08/
"The Chess Player",
weekly magazine, edited by Kling & Horwitz. |
|
1851 |
12/27 Judd;
Max Judd born. US Open winner in 1903. Was US consul in
Vienna. |
|
1852 |
Horwitz appointed Chess
professional in Kling's coffee house. |
|
1852 |
Lichtenhein emigrates to the US;
he was a Prussian officer. |
|
1852 |
Quevedo; Leonardo
Quevedo born. Inventor of the First
Chess playing
machine. |
|
1852 |
"The
Chess Tournament", London 1851,
published by Staunton. |
|
1852 |
Williams; Elijah Williams publishes book
about The Divan. 150 games
included. |
|
1852 |
Wittek, Alexander born. Austrian player,
Architect. |
|
1852 |
Time
limit of 20 minutes per move introduced in Harrwitz-Lowenthal. |
|
1852 |
11/09 Gelbfuhs,
Oscar born in Sternberg, Czechoslovakia. Tie-breaking
method. |
|
1852 |
12/26 Babson,
Joseph born in Pigeon Cove, MA. Chess composer. |
|
1853 |
First
game played using signals at sea between ships. |
|
1853 |
Evergreen game between Anderssen and
Dufresne played. |
|
1853 |
Fleissig, Bernhard born in Hungary. Fleissig
var. |
|
1853 |
Vezin, Charles died. One of the best players
in the country. |
|
1853 |
01/ Dufresne wins
the First Berlin
tournament. |
|
1853 |
Williams edited a Chess
column in "The
Field". |
|
1853 |
05/18 Kieseritzky
died. Committed to a mental home in Paris. |
|
1853 |
08/02 Hall, John
born in Bradford, England. Hall var. |
|
1853 |
09/ Staunton plays
several players in Belgium. |
|
1854 |
First
problem-solving Chess contest, held in
London, won by Grimshaw.
|
|
1854 |
Williams, E. died of cholera in London.
Editor of the Field column. |
|
1854 |
Cleland, Robert born in New Zealand. Won the
12th NZ Ch in 1899. |
|
1854 |
Danish Gambit First
analyzed in a German Chess magazine. |
|
1854 |
Fyfe, Peter born in Scotland. Fyfe gambit. |
|
1854 |
Helpmate invented by Max Lange. |
|
1854 |
Lowenthal writes a Chess
column for "The Era" magazine for 13
years. |
|
1854 |
Staunton sold the Chess
Player's Chronicle
to R. B. Brien. |
|
1854 |
The Max Lange attack analysed by Max Lange. |
|
1854 |
Uedemann, Louis born. |
|
1854 |
05/16 Forsyth,
David born in Alness, Scotland. New Zealand
Champion
1901. Invented notation. |
|
1854 |
06/13 Gledhill,
Walter born in Leeds, England. Gledhill Attack. |
|
1854 |
07/04 Branch,
William born in Hastings. Chess historian. |
|
1854 |
07/05 Turk
destroyed by fire in a Chinese Museum in Philadelphia. |
|
1854 |
07/21 Gattie,
Walter born in London. Won first Br.
Amateur Ch 1886. |
|
1854 |
11/02 Gunsberg,
Isidor born in Budapest. German Champion
1885.
World Challenger 1891. Elo: 2560.
|
|
1855
|
|
1855 |
First
Black American Chessplayer, T. Thompson,
born. |
|
1855 |
First
world problem tournament, organized by Charles Stanley. |
|
1855 |
Cavallotti, Mattia born in Milan. Cavallotti
Countergambit. |
|
1855 |
Ancient
Chessmen of conventional shape
discovered in India. |
|
1855 |
The Chess Association, founded in Britain by
George William. |
|
1855 |
Gauss died. Chessplayer. Solved 8
Queens problem. |
|
1855 |
02/14 Grundy,
James born in Manchester, England. |
|
1855 |
04/18 Rowland;
Frideswide Beechey Rowland born.
First woman to win
a prize for Chess
problems & Chess column. |
|
1856 |
Chess Player's
Chronicle ends because of financial loss. |
|
1856 |
Guest, Antony born in Staines, England. Br.
amateur ch 1888. |
|
1856 |
01/02 Falkbeer
wins London knock-out, McDonnell Chess
club.
|
|
1856 |
03/15 Last
Chess column in the Albion, by Stanley. |
|
1856 |
03/28
First game by telegraph between clubs,
Liverpool vs Manchester. |
|
1856 |
07/06 The Immortal
Problem composed by Conrad Bayer. |
|
1856 |
08/11 Bachmann,
Ludwig born in Kulmbach, Germany. The Chess
Herodotus. Chronicler of
Chess. |
|
1856 |
09/09 Hruby,
Vincenz born in Krivsoudov, Czechoslovakia. Elo: 2480 |
|
1856 |
11/19 Alapin,
Simon born in Vilnius. =First at St.
Petersburg 1878. |
|
1857 |
First
demonstration board, designed by Lowenthal. |
|
1857 |
First
national body in Great Britain, The Chess Association, formed. |
|
1857 |
Buckle publishes "History
of Civilization" |
|
1857 |
Edwards, Joseph born in New Zealand. NZ Champion
1894. |
|
1857 |
Fiske edits "Chess
Monthly (1857-1860) (co-edited by
Morphy). |
|
1857 |
Fiske wrote the dance tunes
"Chess Polka". |
|
1857 |
Horwitz appointed professional at the
Manchester Chess Club. |
|
1857 |
Mitchell, previous owner of the Turk, writes
article on how it operates. |
|
1857 |
Weis, Max born. |
|
1857 |
01/ Montgomery and
D. Fiske propose a National Chess Congress. |
|
1857 |
01/01
First U.S.
Chess magazine, "American
Chess Monthly,
published. |
|
1857 |
01/13 Szen died in
Hungary. Founded Budapest Chess Club. |
|
1857 |
01/15 Fritz,
Alexander born in Kirchlotheim, Germany. Elo: 2350. Fritz
var. |
|
1857 |
04/10 Dudeney,
Henry born in Mayfield, England. England's King
of
puzzle makers. |
|
1857 |
06/11 Narraway,
James born. Canadian Champion
1893, 1897, 1898. |
|
1857 |
08/11 Lowenthal
wins Manchester knockout ahead of Anderssen. |
|
1857 |
10/ Paulsen played
four blindfold games simultaneously in
NY. |
|
1857 |
10/06
First American Chess Congress is
first true tournament in the New
World. |
|
1857 |
10/06
First American Chess Congress opens -
New York, won by Morphy. |
|
1857 |
11/10
First American Chess congress won by
Morphy (16 players) |
|
1857 |
12/ Stanley's daughter born. Named Pauline
after Paul Morphy. |
|
1858 |
Boston Chess Club founded. |
|
1858 |
Fiske edits Chess
column in the NY Saturday Press
(1858-1860). |
|
1858 |
Frere's Chess Handbook
published. Describes 4-handed Chess. |
|
1858 |
Houdin; Robert-Houdin write chapter in his
magic book about
Automata. |
|
1858 |
Morphy plays the Duke of Brunswick & a Count
at the Paris Opera. |
|
1858 |
Paulsen is First US
Opening theoritician; 1st to analyze
Goring Gambit. |
|
1858 |
"The Life of Philidor"
published by George Allen. |
|
1858 |
06/09 Morphy sails
from New York
on board the S.S. Arabia. |
|
1858 |
06/21 Morphy
First landed in England (Liverpool). |
|
1858 |
08/27 Lowenthal
wins BCA Congress knockout, Birmingham. |
|
1859 |
First
Russian magazine "Shakhmatny
Listok", published. |
|
1859 |
Vienna tournament: Hamppe
first, Jenay second, Steinitz
third. |
|
1859 |
Allen, George reveals how Turk operates, in
Book of First American
Chess Congress. |
|
1859 |
Chess Player's
Chronicle reappears by Kolisch,
Zytogorski, Kling. |
|
1859 |
Fiske writes "Book
of the First American
Chess Congress", NY. |
|
1859 |
Lowenthal begins Chess
editor of the Illustrated News for 17 years. |
|
1859 |
Moehle; Charles Moehle born. Operated Ajeeb
in the United States. |
|
1859 |
Paulsen played 15 players blindfold. |
|
1859 |
Problem published that has 47 ways to
Mate in one - a record. |
|
1859 |
Stanley publishes
"Morphy's Match Games. |
|
1859 |
Stanley publishes "The
Chess Player's Instructor". |
|
1859 |
01/04
Paul Morphy defeats Karl Anderssen in
Paris. |
|
1859 |
02/03 Blake,
Joseph born in Farnborough. British.
Champion, 1922. |
|
1859 |
02/06 Cohn,
Wilhelm born in Berlin. Elo: 2450. Professional player. |
|
1859 |
02/22 Baird
(Winter Wood), Edith born in Brixton, England. Composed
over 2,000 problems. |
|
1859 |
04/12
First day of the match Morphy vs
Anderssen, Hotel Breuteuil,
Paris: Morphy won (7 wins, 2
losses, 2 draws) |
|
1859 |
04/20 Morphy
played 8 blindfold simultaneous games at
St George's CC,
London. Won 5, drew 3. |
|
1859 |
04/26 Morphy plays
5 masters simultaneously at St James CC, London. |
|
1859 |
12 Morphy gives up serious
Chess. |
|
1860
|
|
1860 |
Hamppe wins Vienna tournament, Steinitz
second. |
|
1860 |
First
Chess book written by a woman,
"ABCs of Chess"
by Cook (BCM
1981,402) |
|
1860 |
First helpmate by
Loyd. Black moves first. |
|
1860 |
Boden's mate, mate by 2 Bishops, played by
Boden in London. |
|
1860 |
Code of rules published by Staunton in his
"Chess Praxis". |
|
1860 |
"History
of Chess" published by D. Forbes. History of Oriental
Chess. |
|
1860 |
Lowenthal writes
"Morphy's Games of Chess" with Morphy's assistance. |
|
1860 |
Makovetz, Gyula born. Edited Hungary's first
Chess Magazine. |
|
1860 |
Stanley edits a Chess
column in the "Manchester
Weekly" (1860-62). |
|
1860 |
Staunton publishes "Chess
Praxis", his 4th and final book in Bohn's
series. |
|
1860 |
02/05 Showalter born
in Minerva, Kentucky. US ch
1888,'90,'91,'95, 1906. |
|
1860 |
02/05 Showalter
developed baseball's curve ball. |
|
1860 |
06/20 Shipley
born. |
|
1860 |
08/11 Blathy, Otto
born in Tata, Hungary. Created longest Chess
problem, 290 moves. |
|
1860 |
08/28 Kolisch wins
Cambridge knock-out. |
|
1861 |
First
game played by means of underwater cable, Liverpool-Dublin. |
|
1861 |
First match with
timed moves (by Sandglass: 24/2),
Anderssen-Kolisch. |
|
1861 |
Wilhelm Steinitz
wins Vienna tournament. |
|
1861 |
MacKenzie resigns his Army commission to
become Chess pro. |
|
1861 |
The Chess Association renamed to British
Chess Association (BCA). |
|
1861 |
03/04 Bardeleben,
Curt born in Berlin. German Champion
1893, 1904.
Elo: 2510
|
|
1861 |
06/01 Stanley wins
Leeds knockout. |
|
1861 |
06/30 Bauer,
Johann born in Prague. Strong Viennese Master.
Elo: 2460 |
|
1861 |
07/21 Hodges,
Albert born in Nashville. Operated Ajeeb. Won US ch
1894. Elo: 2450
|
|
1861 |
09/14 Paulsen wins
Bristol knockout. |
|
1861 |
09/22
First West German Chess Congress,
Dusseldorf, won by Vitzthum. |
|
1861 |
10/06
First day of the First
American Chess Congress, at New York. |
|
1861 |
10/26 Telegraph
match between Liverpool CC and Dublin CC. |
|
1862 |
First
study-composing tournament, orgnized by Lowenthal,won by
Horwitz. |
|
1862 |
British Chess Association formed. |
|
1862 |
Analysis of From's Gambit
first appears in "Schachzeitung". |
|
1862 |
Mackenzie wins a handicap tournament in
London, defeating
Anderssen. |
|
1862 |
03/05 Tarrasch born,
Breslau. German Champion: 1889, 1892,
1894.
Challenger 1908. |
|
1862 |
05/29 Buckle,
Henry died in Damascus of typhoid fever. Historian and
leading British player. Read
twelve languages. Elo: 2480 |
|
1862 |
06/01
First Round Robin pairings, London 1862. |
|
1862 |
06/01
First time hourglasses
were used as clocks (2 hours/20 moves) -
London. |
|
1862 |
06/01 Lowenthal
organizes world's second
International tournament,
London. |
|
1862 |
06/16 Anderssen
wins London International, first Round
Robin. |
|
1862 |
07/05 Caro,
Horatio born in Newcastle, England. Published analysis of
the Caro-Kann in 1886. Elo: 2470. |
|
1862 |
08/
"Chess Player's Chronicle",
Chess magazine ceases publication. |
|
1862 |
09/07
Second West German Chess Congress,
Dusseldorf, won by Max
Lange. |
|
1862 |
09/26 Leonard;
James Leonard died in the Civil War. Strong American
Master. |
|
1862 |
10/16 Gottschall,
Hermann born in Posen, Poland. Elo: 2400 Author and
editor. |
|
1862 |
10/24 Salwe born,
Warsaw. Strong Polish player. 4th Russian ch 1906. |
|
1862 |
12/16 Hume, George
born in Edinburgh, Scotland. Problemist and
collector. |
|
1863 |
Allen, George writes
"Life of Philidor", Philadelphia. |
|
1863 |
Basterot writes "Traite
Elementaire Du
Jeu Des Echecs",
Paris. |
|
1863 |
Mackenzie arrives in America to fight on the
Union side. |
|
1863 |
Popiel; Ignacy Popiel born. Analyzed the
Blackmar-Diemer Gambit. |
|
1863 |
01/
First issue of "The
Chess Player's Magazine",
by Falkbeer and
Lowenthal. |
|
1863 |
07/04 Lipschutz born,
Ungvar. US Champion 1892 by defeating
Showalter. |
|
1863 |
08/31
Third West German Chess Congress,
Dusseldorf, won by Max
Lange. |
|
1863 |
11/17 Brown, John
died in Bridport, England of tuberculosis. Problemist. |
|
1863 |
11/29 Marco born
in Czernowitz. Chess Journalist. |
|
1864 |
Gay writes "Bibliographie
Anecdotique Du
Jeu Des Echecs",
Paris
|
|
1864 |
Georgetown, British Guiana
Chess club founded. |
|
1864 |
"Neue
Berliner Schachzeitung"
(1964-67), edited by Anderssen &
Neumann. |
|
1864 |
08/29 4th West
German Chess Congress, Dusseldorf, won by Max Lange. |
|
1864 |
11/11 d'Orville,
Pierre died in Regensburg, Germany. Problemist. |
|
1865
|
|
1865 |
Counties' Chess Association (CCA) founded. |
|
1865 |
Hooper builds copy of Turk, names it Ajeeb. |
|
1865 |
Kelling, F.K. born in New Zealand. Grand old
man of New Zealand
Chess. |
|
1865 |
Rynd wins first
Irish Championship in Dublin. |
|
1865 |
Staunton publishes Great Schools of England. |
|
1865 |
Anderssen get honorary doctorate at Breslau
University for his Chess. |
|
1865 |
02/27 Mieses born.
Longest career of any master, 60 years (1888-1948). |
|
1865 |
First
issue of "The Chess World" monthly
magazine, edited by
Staunton. |
|
1865 |
08/29 German
Congress, Berlin, won by Neumann (34/34). First
100%
score. |
|
1865 |
09/15
First Counties Chess Association,
Redcar, won by Skipworth. |
|
1865 |
09/26
Wilhelm Steinitz wins in Dublin. |
|
1866 |
First
match with mechanical clocks, Anderssen-Steinitz. |
|
1866 |
Mackenzie defeats G. Reichhelm for the US
title (5 wins, 1 draw) |
|
1866 |
Henry, W.R. died. Pseudonym of William Russ.
American archivist. |
|
1866 |
01/17 Traxler born
in Czechoslovakia. Introduced Traxler var. 1890. |
|
1866 |
02/21 Hutton,
George born in Cranshaws, England. Introduced pairing
for team events. |
|
1866 |
03/14 Troitzky born
in St. Petersburg. |
|
1866 |
03/18 Heyde,
Albert born in Braunschweig, Germany. Editor. Heyde var. |
|
1866 |
06/20
First British Ch. London, won be de
Vere. Won 28 guineas. |
|
1866 |
06/20 Steinitz
wins London knockout. |
|
1866 |
06/21 Atkinson,
Walter born in Hull. Introduced the Atkinson variation. |
|
1866 |
08/10 Steinitz
defeats Anderssen, 8-6, to become recognized World
Champion. |
|
1866 |
08/11
Second Counties Chess Association,
Redcar, won by De Vere. |
|
1866 |
08/30 Burille,
Constant Ferdinand born in Boston. Operated Ajeeb in the
United States. |
|
1867 |
First
issue of "La Strategie", French
Chess magazine. Ended in 1940.
Edited by Preti. |
|
1867 |
Danish Gambit
introduced generally by von der Lasa. |
