|
Year
|
|
|
1876 |
First
Russian Chess magazine, published by
Tchigorin. |
|
1876 |
"Chess
Theory and Practice",
published by Wormald (and Staunton). |
|
1876 |
Kling, pioneer endgame analyst, died. |
|
1876 |
Mephisto first
exhibited at Westminster Aquarium in London. |
|
1876 |
Pauly, Wolfgang born. Greatest problemist of
Romania. |
|
1876 |
Royal Library in The Hague buys the Van Der
Linde collection. |
|
1876 |
Sanderson wins 4th Canadian Championship
in Hamilton. |
|
1876 |
Vogel wins 4th Netherlands Championship
in Gouda. |
|
1876 |
Brilliancy
prize, first. Tournament in NY. |
|
1876 |
03/27 London
(cigar divan), Blackburne first. |
|
1876 |
05/17 Hamppe, Carl
died in Gersau, Switzerland. Elo: 2410. Hamppe
Opening. |
|
1876 |
05/28 Allen,
George died in Worcester, MA. |
|
1876 |
05/29 Holzhausen,
Walther born in Opava, Czechoslovakia. Elo: 2410.
Holzhausen Attack. |
|
1876 |
07/21 Lowenthal died,
Hastings. Strong British player. |
|
1876 |
08/ New York (Cafe
international), Mackenzie first. |
|
1876 |
08/17 Start of the
4th American Chess Congress. First to
attract foreign
Masters. |
|
1876 |
08/31 4th American
Chess Congress, Philadelphia, Mason first
(not US
citizen) |
|
1876 |
09/
First attempt to copyright a
Chess game. |
|
1876 |
09/01 1st
brilliancy prize, a silver cup, awarded to Bird over Mason, NY. |
|
1876 |
09/20 New York (NY
Clipper tournament), Mason first. |
|
1876 |
11/23 Heinrichsen,
Arved born in Vilnius, Lithuania. Heinrichsen
Opening. |
|
1877 |
German National Body formed; Germany becomes
leading Chess
nation. |
|
1877 |
Leonhardt born. |
|
1877 |
Cranston, T.G. born in Dublin. Irish
Champion 1922,
1931. |
|
1877 |
Daniels wins 5th Netherlands Championship
in The Hague. |
|
1877 |
Heath, Christopher born in London. 1923-4
Scottish Champion. Heath
variation. |
|
1877 |
Shinkman invents the first
mutate of a block position problem. |
|
1877 |
01/31 Green,
Valentine died in London. Green variation. |
|
1877 |
08/10 Marshall born
NY. Ger. Champion, 1906, 1908.
Challenger 1907.
US Champion,
1909. |
|
1877 |
09/27 Gelbfuhs,
Oscar died in Tesin, Czechoslovakia. Tie-breaking
method. |
|
1877 |
12/01
First meeting of the Manhattan Chess
Club (37 people).
|
|
1878 |
First
East German Championship, Konigsberg, Hasford
first. |
|
1878 |
First
appearance of Mephisto by Gumpel. |
|
1878 |
First
time the sealed move introduced, in Paris. |
|
1878 |
London (Lowenthal Cup),
Wayte first. |
|
1878 |
Barasz, Zsigmond born in Hungary. Analysed
the Budapest Defense.
Elo: 2440. |
|
1878 |
Chess Strategy
by Loyd published. Contains 500 of his problems. |
|
1878 |
Counties' Chess Association
Handicap tournament won by Mephisto
(Gunsberg). |
|
1878 |
MacDonnell withdraws from tourney unless
Mephisto player identified. |
|
1878 |
Sprega wins second
Italian Championship in Livorno. |
|
1878 |
Swiderski, Rudolf born. |
|
1878 |
Van't Kruijs wins 6th Netherlands Championship
in Amsterdam. |
|
1878 |
Worrall, Thomas died. British Commissioner
in Mexico. |
|
1878 |
01/ Telephone
Chess first played. |
|
1878 |
01/25
First documented Telephone
match, in Derbyshire. Between F.
Thompson and J. Cooper. |
|
1878 |
02/15
First New York State Championship, Cox
first. |
|
1878 |
03/02 Bernard,
Henry born in Devon, England. Problemist. |
|
1878 |
03/02 Cochrane,
John died in London. Scottish player. Founder of the
romantic style. |
|
1878 |
06/18 Paris,
Zukertort first. |
|
1878 |
08/12 Duhm, Hans
born in Gottingen, Germany. 1901 Switzerland co-
Champ. |
|
1878 |
10/11 Colman,
Eugene born in Merton, England. Colman variation,
discovered while P.O.W.
in Japan. |
|
1878 |
11/20 Collijn,
Ludvig born in Stockholm. Chess patron. President of the
Swedish Chess Association
from 1917 to 1939. |
|
1879 |
Second
New York State Championship, Auburn, Richmond
first. |
|
1879 |
Chess Monthly published by Zukertort..
Stopped in 1896. |
|
1879 |
College Chess Club,
a Women's Chess
Club formed. Disbanded after
marriages (BCM 1981,403). |
|
1879 |
Dupre, C. wins 7th Netherlands Championship
in Rotterdam. |
|
1879 |
Pope wins 7th Canadian Championship
in Ottawa. |
|
1879 |
01/ Ascher wins
6th Canadian Championship in Montreal. |
|
1879 |
01/15 St
Petersburg, Tchigorin first. |
|
1879 |
03/13 Anderssen,
Adolf died in Breslau from a heart ailment. Elo: 2600 |
|
1879 |
04/02 Goring, Carl
died in Eisenach, Germany. Goring Gambit. |
|
1879 |
04/23 Walker,
George died. Chess columnist in London. |
|
1879 |
07/20
First German Chess Federation, Leipzig,
Englisch first. |
|
1879 |
08/ City of London
Chess Club Championship, Bird first. |
|
1879 |
08/19
First New Zealand Championship,
Christchurch, Hookham first. |
|
1879 |
09/26
Dus-Chotimirsky, Fedor born in Kozel, Russia. IM 1950. |
|
1879 |
11/27 Hundsdorfer,
Wolfgang born in Munich. Problemist. |
|
1880
|
|
1880 |
First
Chess Club in
Russia, organized by Tchigorin. |
|
1880 |
First
Intercontinental Telegraph
match. Two games played between
Liverpool and Calcutta. Code by
Rutherford. |
|
1880 |
Andreaschek, Karl born in Czechoslovakia.
Gambit named after him. |
|
1880 |
Bird wins 8th Netherlands Championship
in Gouda. |
|
1880 |
Flamberg, Aleksander born in Warsaw. Elo:
2480. Warsaw ch. 1910. |
|
1880 |
Mackenzie defeats Max Judd of St Louis
(+7-5=3). |
|
1880 |
Paulsen wins strong tournament in Brunswick,
Germany. |
|
1880 |
Perlis, Julius born. Viennese player. |
|
1880 |
Przepiorka, Dawid born. Polish player. |
|
1880 |
Van der Linde published his
second book on history of
Chess. |
|
1880 |
01/06 Start of the
5th American Chess Congress (10 players). |
|
1880 |
01/26 5th American
Chess Congress was the 1st to have a tie and playoff
for an American title. |
|
1880 |
01/26 5th American
Chess Congress, New York,
Mackenzie 1st (tb) and
Grundy. |
|
1880 |
02/11 Durand,
Philippe died in Lisieux, France. Wrote 1st book devoted
to the practical endgame. |
|
1880 |
03/03 White;
Alain White born. |
|
1880 |
06/21
Third New York
Championship, Syracuse, Calthrop first. |
|
1880 |
07/03 Barnes,
Albert publishes analysis of the Barnes Defense in
Canada. |
|
1880 |
09/16 Carls, Carl
born in Varel, Germany. German Champion
1934. IM
1951. Elo:
2450. |
|
1880 |
11/11 Collijn,
Gustaf born in Stockholm. With his brother, Ludvig, wrote
"Larobok". |
|
1880 |
12/03
First French
Championship, Paris. Rosenthal
first. |
|
1881 |
Blackmar Gambit
first analysed and published. |
|
1881 |
Cavalotti introduces the Albin Countergambit
against Salvioli, Milan. |
|
1881 |
"Kleines
Lehrbuch Des Schachspiels"
by Dufresne published. |
|
1881 |
Preti, Jean-Louis died. Chess writer.
Started La Strategie. |
|
1881 |
Salvioli wins third
Italian Championship in Milan. |
|
1881 |
Shaw wins 8th Canadian Championship
in Ottawa. |
|
1881 |
Van der Linde publishes his
third book on history of
Chess. |
|
1881 |
01/01
First British
Chess Magazine,
oldest magazine without a break.
Watkinson is editor. |
|
1881 |
01/17 Napier born
London. British
Champion 1904. Married Pillsbury's
niece. |
|
1881 |
02/16 Neumann died
in Allenberg. Suffered from mental illness. |
|
1881 |
03/24 Platov;
Vasily Platov born. |
|
1881 |
04/02 Howell,
Clarence born in New York City. Howell Attack. |
|
1881 |
06/ Manhattan
Chess Club Championship, Teed
first. |
|
1881 |
06/14 Thomas;
Sir George Thomas born, Istanbul. British
Champion
1923, 1934. London Champion 1946. |
|
1881 |
07/ Brentano's
Chess Monthly published in NY. |
|
1881 |
08/29
Second German Chess Federation,
Berlin, Blackburne first. |
|
1881 |
10/05 Fleischmann,
Leo (also Forgacs) born in Budapest. Elo: 2520
Hungary
Champion, 1907. |
|
1881 |
12/03 Sergeant born
Gateshead. London Champion 1951. |
|
1881 |
12/15 du Mont,
Julius born in Paris. |
|
1882 |
First
Italian Chess column in the Enganeo, a
Padua paper. |
|
1882 |
First
time NimzoIndian Defense played, by Englisch against Steinitz. |
|
1882 |
First
time in England of Sonneborn-Berger tiebreaker in Liverpool CC. |
|
1882 |
Beechey;
Frideswide Beechey is first
Woman to win prize as composer
of Chess
problems. |
|
1882 |
Journaud, French Chess
editor died. |
|
1882 |
Mason made 72 consecutive Queen moves
against Mackenzie, London. |
|
1882 |
Messemaker wins 10th Netherlands Championship
in the Hague. |
|
1882 |
01/ Sanderson wins
9th Canadian Championship in Quebec. |
|
1882 |
01/13 Boden,
Samuel died of scarlet fever in London. Elo: 2470 |
|
1882 |
05/11 Longest
winning streak, 25 wins, Steinitz. Began on 4 Aug, 1873. |
|
1882 |
05/28 Edge,
Frederick died in London. Journalist. |
|
1882 |
06/26 Vienna,
Steinitz & Winawer first (18 players). |
|
1882 |
07/ Moscow Chess
Club Championship, Durnovo & Schmidt
first. |
|
1882 |
10/02 Bernstein,
Ossip born in Jitomir, Ukraine. GM 1950; IA 1952. Elo:
2590. |
|
1882 |
10/12 Rubinstein born,
Stawiski. Champion of 4 countries. GM
1950. |
|
1882 |
10/30 Duras,
Oldrich born in Prague. Czech Champion
three times and
German
Champion. GM 1950. Elo: 2580 |
|
1882 |
12/ Beechey is
first Woman to
write a Chess column. |
|
1882 |
12/11 Graves,
Frank born in Alvarado, TX. USCF President 1954. |
|
1882 |
12/27 Rueb,
Alexandre born in La Haye. First FIDE
President. |
|
1883 |
Manhattan Chess Club Handicap, Simonson
first. |
|
1883 |
1st Forsyth notation for giving positions in
the Glasgow Weekly Herald. |
|
1883 |
First
International Problem Tourney for Ladies, by Frideswide Beechey.
(BCM 1981,403). |
|
1883 |
Winawer wins third
German Championship in Nuremberg. |
|
1883 |
Zannoni wins 4th Italian Championship
in Venice. |
|
1883 |
Play
published called "Mate"
by Charles Jolliet.
|
|
1883 |
01/ Ascher and
Howe win 10th Canadian Championship in
Montreal. |
|
1883 |
04/26
First day of the London International
Tournament, 1st tourney in
which clocks were used. |
|
1883 |
05/05 Spielmann born,
Vienna. Nordic Champion 1919. German
Champion 1927, Died.
20 Aug 1942.
|
|
1883 |
05/10 Hennig,
Heinrich born in Germany. Hennig-Schara Gambit.
Admiral. |
|
1883 |
05/19 Henneberger,
Walter born in Ennenda, Switzerland. Henneberger
variation. |
|
1883 |
06/01
First mechanical double-faced clock
(Wilson) - London (15
moves/hour). |
|
1883 |
06/23 London,
Zukertort First, Steinitz
second. |
|
1883 |
08/31 Balla,
Zoltan born in Budapest. Elo: 2450 |
|
1883 |
10/27 Harley,
Brian born in Saffron Walden, England. Composer. |
|
1883 |
12/02 Daly, Harlow
born in Dorchester, MA. |
|
1883 |
12/26 Ahues, Carl
born in Bremen. German Champion. 1929. IM 1950.
Elo: 2490. |
|
1884 |
First
Manhattan Chess Club Championship, Ryan
first. |
|
1884 |
First
patent for Chess clock by A.
Schierwater. |
|
1884 |
Philadelphia Chess Club
Championship, Michaelis first. |
|
1884 |
Scottish Chess Association, oldest in the
world, founded. |
|
1884 |
First
Womens' Chess
tourney, sponsored by the Sussex Chess Assn.
(BCM 1981,403) |
|
1884 |
"Chess Studies
and Endgames", by Horwitz, published.
427 positions. |
|
1884 |
First Chess
patent, for a clock. |
|
1884 |
Golden Gate Chess
club formed in San Francisco. |
|
1884 |
Lambert wins 11th Canadian Championship
in Ottawa. |
|
1884 |
Messemaker wins 12th Netherlands Championship
in Gouda. |
|
1884 |
Prokes, Ladislav born. |
|
1884 |
01/
First photo in BCM. |
|
1884 |
01/09 Harrwitz,
Daniel died in Bozen, Italy. Strong German player of his
day. Elo: 2520. |
|
1884 |
01/16 Yates born
Leeds. British Champion 6 times. |
|
1884 |
01/18 Wisker died
from bronchitis & consumption in Melbourne. |
|
1884 |
03/01 Cohn, Eric
born in Berlin. Elo: 2480. Medical doctor. |
|
1884 |
03/18
First Telephone
Chess match between Cardiff and Swansea. |
|
1884 |
06/05 Blumenfeld,
Beniamin born in Volkovisk, Russia. Russian Chess
Theortician. Elo: 2390 |
|
1884 |
07/10
Paul Morphy died in New Orleans of apoplexy
at the age of 47. |
|
1884 |
07/21 Start of the
first Scottish Championship
in Glasgow. |
|
1884 |
07/24 British
Chess Assn inaugurated. Pres, Churchill; VP, Tennyson
(BCM 1974,174) |
|
1884 |
07/25
First Scottish
Championship, Glasgow, Crum first. |
|
1884 |
08/27
Znosko-Borovsky born. Alexandrovitch. |
|
1884 |
09/16 Anderson,
Magnus born in Melbourne. Collected 6,000 Chess
books. |
|
1884 |
11/28
Ilyin-Genevsky born, St Petersburg.
Leningrad Champion. 1925,
1926, 1929. |
|
1885
|
|
1885 |
Krylenko born. |
|
1885 |
First
Australian Championship. Melbourne. Won
by Esling, defeating
Gossip. |
|
1885 |
Ajeeb makes its debut in the United States
(New York). |
|
1885 |
American Association
of Chess editors formed. |
|
1885 |
Churchill; Lord Randolph Churchill elected
Vice President of the BCF. |
|
1885 |
Gunsberg wins 4th German
Championship in Hamburg. |
|
1885 |
Havana Chess Club formed. Site of 3 world
Chess Championships,
1889,
1892, 1921. |
|
1885 |
Hereford Times confers 1.
f4 as Bird's Opening. |
|
1885 |
Krejcik born. |
|
1885 |
Pollock wins second
Irish Championship in Dublin. |
|
1885 |
Trabue; Col Trabue to hold tourney funded by
pineapples in Florida
(BCM 1980,599) |
|
1885 |
Tchigorin edits Achackmatni Vestnik. |
|
1885 |
Tennyson, Poet Laureate, becomes President
of the BCF. |
|
1885 |
Van Foreest wins 13th Netherlands Championship
in The Hague. |
|
1885 |
01/ Steinitz edits
"The International
Chess Magazine" until Dec, 1891. |
|
1885 |
05/11
Second Manhattan Chess
Club Championship,
Delmar first. |
|
1885 |
06/15
First Congress of British Chess
Association, London; Gunsberg 1st. |
|
1885 |
06/22 Vidmar,
Milan born in Ljubljana. Nordic Champion
1909. Yug
Champion 1939. GM 1950. |
|
1885 |
08/03 Start of
second Scottish Championship,
Edinburgh. |
|
1885 |
08/08 Mills wins
second Scottish Championship. |
|
1885 |
08/29 Horwitz,
Bernhard died in London. Leading player and composer
of his day. Elo: 2420 |
|
1885 |
10/17
First Irish Chess
Association, Dublin, Pollock
first. |
|
1885 |
12/ Franklin
Chess Club
Championship, Philadelphia, Newman
first. |
|
1885 |
12/03 Lasker, Ed
born in Poland. |
|
1885 |
12/14 Falkbeer,
Ernst died in Vienna. Chess editor. Edited "The
Chess
Players' Magazine".
Elo: 2410. |
|
1886 |
First
Chess clock marketed in Liverpool (BCM
1980,599). |
|
1886 |
Analysis of Caro-Kann appear in the
Chess magazine, "Bruderschaft". |
|
1886 |
Helsinki Chess Club formed. |
|
1886 |
Hooper ships Ajeeb to Eden Museum, New
York City. |
|
1886 |
Kann; Marcus Kann
died. |
|
1886 |
MacLeod wins 12th Canadian Championship
in Quebec. |
|
1886 |
Mackenzie beats S. Lipschutz (5-3, 5 draws). |
|
1886 |
Pollock wins third
Irish Championship in Belfast. |
|
1886 |
Sonneborn and J. Berger publicize the
Sonneborn-Berger method. |
|
1886 |
Thomson; Florence Thomson born,
Glasgow. Scottish Champion. World
Women's Champion,
1937. |
|
1886 |
Van Foreest wins 14th Netherlands Championship,
Utrecht. |
|
1886 |
Zannoni wins 5th Italian Championship
in Rome. |
|
1886 |
01/
First Telephone
match, between Manchester and Liverpool. |
|
1886 |
01/ Issue No. 86
of Dubuque Chess Journal. Issue No. 85 appeared in
1878. |
|
1886 |
01/11
First use of a demonstration board in a
world Championship
match. |
|
1886 |
01/11
First world
Championship match, Steinitz-Zukertort, New York,
begins. |
|
1886 |
01/23
First meeting of the Yorkshire Chess
Club. |
|
1886 |
02/17 British
Chess Club, London, first Blackburne. |
|
1886 |
03/29 Steinitz
(+10=25-5) defeats Zukertort, 12.5-7.5, New Orleans. |
|
1886 |
04/05 Start of
third Scottish Championship,
Glasgow. |
|
1886 |
04/09 Barbier wins
third Scottish Championship. |
|
1886 |
07/29
First British Amateur
Championship, London, Gettie first
(ended in
October). |
|
1886 |
07/29 London,
Blackburn & Burn first. |
|
1886 |
08/08
First Bavarian
Championship, Munich, Neustadtl first. |
|
1886 |
08/18 Abonyi,
Istvan born in Budapest, Hungary. Invented the Abonyi
Gambit. |
|
1886 |
09/03
First New York Summer Congress,
Cooperstown, Shipley first. |
|
1886 |
09/06 Hanneken,
Hermann von, died in Neunahr, Germany. Prussian
General. Hanneken Defense. |
|
1886 |
09/26 Harksen,
Alfred born in Ystad, Sweden. Harksen Gambit. |
|
1886 |
10/ Gattie wins
first British Amateur
Championship and the Newnes
Cup. |
|
1886 |
11/ Berlin
Chess Club
Championship, Schallopp
first. |
|
1886 |
11/ Telegraphic
match between London and St Petersburg. Code
invented by Gringmuth (Udeman
notation). |
|
1886 |
11/03 Blumich,
Reinhold Max born in Germany. Blumich variation. |
|
1886 |
11/07 Nimzovich born,
Riga. Russian Champion 1914. Nordic
Champion
< |
