|
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 |
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 |
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.
Played in the World Women's Championship,
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
1924, 1934. |
|
1887 |
First
Brooklyn Chess club
Championship. |
|
1887 |
Columbia Chess
Club Championship,
New York,
Koehler first. |
|
1887 |
London Chess
league formed (metropolitan Chess club
competition). |
|
1887 |
First
national Championship for
Women, England. Ladies Challenge
Cup (BCM 1981,403) |
|
1887 |
Second
Australian Championship won by Charlick
in Adelaide. |
|
1887 |
50 bd Yorkshire vs Lancashire
first to use Chess
clocks.
|
|
1887 |
Barry, George wins 13th Canadian Championship
in Montreal.
|
|
1887 |
French Chess Association
formed. |
|
1887 |
Judd defeats A. Hodges 5-2. Judd claims he
is US Champion.
|
|
1887 |
Mackenzie wins 5th German Championship
in Frankfurt (15-5) ahead of
20 masters.
|
|
1887 |
Russian candidate for the Bulgarian crown is
Prince Dadian (BCM
1980,600). |
|
1887 |
Van Foreest wins 15th Netherlands Championship,
Amsterdam. |
|
1887 |
02/21 Tartakower born,
Rostov-on-Don. Polish & French Champion.
GM
1950. |
|
1887 |
02/24 Kostic born,
Vrsac. Yugoslav Champion 1935, 1938. GM
1950. |
|
1887 |
02/26 Batik,
Frantisek born in Chotusice, Czechoslovakia. IMC 1959. |
|
1887 |
04/21 Altschul,
Frank born in San Francisco, CA. Problem book
publisher. |
|
1887 |
04/23 Hromadka,
Karel born in Gross Weikersdorf, Austria. Elo: 2440.
Hromadka Defense. |
|
1887 |
07/11 Start of 4th
Scottish Championship, Edinburgh. |
|
1887 |
07/15 Mills wins
4th Scottish Championship. |
|
1887 |
07/28 Duchamp,
Marcel born in Rouen, France. Famous avant-garde
painter. |
|
1887 |
08/15 Berlin Chess
Club Jubilee, Max Harmonist first. |
|
1887 |
08/31
Second Australian
Championship, Adelaide, Charlick first. |
|
1887 |
09/10 Johner born
Zurich. Won Swiss Championship
six times. Brother
won 12 times. |
|
1887 |
09/18 Basterot,
Barthelemy died in Torino, Italy. |
|
1887 |
09/21 London Chess
League founded under the name Metropolitan
Chess Club Competition. |
|
1887 |
10/10 Banks,
Newell born in Detroit. |
|
1887 |
11/29 Start of
second British Amateur Championship
in London. |
|
1887 |
1212 Locock wins second
British Amateur
Championship |
|
1888 |
First
International correspondence
Chess tournament organized. |
|
1888 |
Lipschutz adds 122-page addendum to Gossip's
"Chessplayer's
Manual". |
|
1888 |
Loman wins 16th Netherlands Championship,
Rotterdam. |
|
1888 |
MacLeod wins 14th Canadian Championship
in Quebec. |
|
1888 |
Showalter wins first
US
Championship, Cincinnati. Judd takes last
place. (6 players) |
|
1888 |
US Chess Association formed. |
|
1888 |
Verlinsky, Boris born. |
|
1888 |
03/30 Mongredien
died. Pres of the London CC and Liverpool CC. |
|
1888 |
04/26 Friess, Hans
died in Germany. Friess variation. |
|
1888 |
05/18 Hirschbach,
Hermann died in Leipzig. Hirschbach variation. |
|
1888 |
06/20 Zukertort died,
London of a cerebral hemorrhage after a Chess
game. |
|
1888 |
07/16 Start of 5th
Scottish Championship, Glasgow.
|
|
1888 |
07/21 Mackenzie
wins 5th Scottish Championship. |
|
1888 |
08/06 Start of the
third British Amateur Championship
in Bradford. |
|
1888 |
08/18 Guest wins
third British Amateur Championship. |
|
1888 |
10/06 Hammond,
Alex born in England. Chess set collector. |
|
1888 |
10.06 Steinitz becomes naturalized U.S.
citizen. |
|
1888 |
10/28 Blackmar,
Armand died in New Orleans. American music
publisher. |
|
1888 |
11/19 Capablanca y
Graupera, Jose born in Havana. World Chess
Champion 1921-1927. Elo: 2725. |
|
1888 |
12/28 Lederer
born. |
|
1889 |
Kolisch died in Vienna. Chess patron. |
|
1889 |
First
Switzerland Championship, Pestalozzi &
Poplawski first; Zurich. |
|
1889 |
4th Irish Championship
held in Dublin. Nobody knows who won. |
|
1889 |
Best game prize, first. Gunsberg over Mason,
New York 1889 |
|
1889 |
Blathy composes longest problem - mate in
290 moves. |
|
1889 |
Flemming, Richard wins 15th Canadian Championship
in Montreal. |
|
1889 |
Pillsbury learns the game of
Chess. |
|
1889 |
Rotlewi, Gerz born. Polish player. |
|
1889 |
Schiffers is first
Russian to deliver a course of lectures on Chess. |
|
1889 |
Sonneborn is writing about
Chess scoring methods. |
|
1889 |
Tarrasch wins 6th German Championship
in Breslau. |
|
1889 |
Van Foreest wins 17th Netherlands Championship,
Gouda. |
|
1889 |
01/ Ollivier wins
second New Zealand Championship,
Christchurch. |
|
1889 |
01/07 Johner born
Basel. Swiss Champion 12 times. Brother
won it 6
times. |
|
1889 |
01/20 Start of
second World
Championship match, Steinitz-Tchigorin,
Havana. |
|
1889 |
02/
First brilliancy prize for match game,
awarded to Steinitz. (300 fr.) |
|
1889 |
02/04 Steinitz defeats Tchigorin, 10.5 - 6.5
in second World
Championship match, Havana. |
|
1889 |
02/22 Ohio
Championship, Cincinnati, George Smith
first. |
|
1889 |
03/ Hanham
introduced the Hanham variation of the Philidor Defense. |
|
1889 |
03/09 Levenfish born,
Poland. USSR Champion 1934, 1937. GM
1950. |
|
1889 |
03/25 Start of 6th
American Chess Congress, New York, Tchigorin &
Weiss first. |
|
1889 |
03/25 Tchigorin
won the most games in a single tournament:
27. |
|
1889 |
03/25 Top US
player in the New York
International was S. Lipschutz. |
|
1889 |
04/14 Bogoljubow,
Efim born in Kiev. Ger. and USSR Champion
1925.
Challenger 1929, '34. Elo: 2610 |
|
1889 |
04/
First game prize awarded to Gunsberg
against Mason.1889 |
|
1889 |
05/01 Lokvenc born
Vienna. Ger. Champion 1943. Austrian
Champion
1951, 1953. |
|
1889 |
05/28 Reti born in
Bratislava. Czechoslovakia Champion 1925. |
|
1889 |
07/29 Asztalos,
Lajos born in Pecs, Hungary. IM 1950; IA 1951. Elo: 2480
Hungary
Champion 1913. |
|
1889 |
07/29 Start of 6th
Scottish Championship, Edinburgh. |
|
1889 |
08/02 Marshall
wins 6th Scottish Championship. |
|
1889 |
08/09
Second U.S. Chess Association, Haller
first. |
|
1889 |
08/21 Chandler,
Guy born in Weymouth, England. Founder of the British
Chess Problem Society. |
|
1889 |
08/25 MacLeod lost
31 games in a single tournament. |
|
1889 |
09/22 Swiss Chess
Association founded. |
|
1889 |
10/ Grand meeting
of all Japanese Chessplayers in Tokyo.
200 players. |
|
1889 |
11/25 Wainright
wins 4th British Amateur Championship in
London. |
|
1889 |
11/28 Dawson,
Thomas born in Leeds, England. Created 6,400
problems. Pioneer of fairy
Chess. |
|
1889 |
12/08 Max Lange
died. |
|
1890 |
Cafe de la Regence
Championship, Paris, Goetz
first. |
|
1890 |
Albin Attack introduced by Albin against
Csank, Vienna. |
|
1890 |
Albin was the only player to get a prize,
Vienna, 1890. |
|
1890 |
Az-Rah automaton exhibit closed by Bordeaux
police (BCM 1978,407). |
|
1890 |
Brunet published
"El Ajedrez" in
Barcelona. |
|
1890 |
El Ajedrejista,
first true automaton, shown by Quevedo. |
|
1890 |
Loman wins 18th Netherlands Championship,
The Hague. |
|
1890 |
Pestalozzi and Poplawski win
second Swiss Championship,
Winterthur. |
|
1890 |
Short wins 16th Canadian Championship
in Quebec. |
|
1890 |
Showalter defeats Lipschutz in a match,
Louisville.
|
|
1890 |
"Theorie
Und Praxis Der
Endspiele" by Berger published. |
|
1890 |
Tchigorin beats Steintz in a
Telegraph match. |
|
1890 |
Traxler variation introduced by Peter
Traxler. |
|
1890 |
01/29 Ware died. |
|
1890 |
02/ Showalter wins
second US
Championship, St Louis. Called the 3rd
Congress of the US Chess Association. |
|
1890 |
04/09 Whitaker,
Norman born in Philadelphia. |
|
1890 |
04/14 Start of 7th
Scottish Championship, Dundee. |
|
1890 |
04/18 Walker wins
7th Scottish Championship. |
|
1890 |
07/26 Berlin,
Bertold Lasker & Emannuel Lasker first. |
|
1890 |
08/25 Start of 5th
British Amateur Championship in
Manchester. |
|
1890 |
09/30 Mills wins
5th British Amateur Championship. |
|
1890 |
11/ Showalter
loses a match to Judd, 7-3. |
|
1890 |
12/
First city of London
Championship, Loman first. |
|
1890 |
12/09 Start of
third World
Championship match, Steinitz-Gunsberg,
NY. |
|
1890 |
12/27 Grimshaw,
Walter died in Whitby, England. |
|
1891 |
First
article on Chessplayer ratings published
in the BCM by Brumfitt. |
|
1891 |
Bachmann first
publishes a yearbook on Chess. Ended in
1930. |
|
1891 |
Davison wins 17th Canadian Championship
in Montreal. |
|
1891 |
Loman wins 19th Netherlands Championship,
Utrecht. |
|
1891 |
Rabinovich, Ilya born. |
|
1891 |
Showalter wins third
US Championship, Lexington (4th
Congress). |
|
1891 |
Sturgis, George born. President of USCF. |
|
1891 |
01/ Barnes wins
4th New Zealand Championship,
Wellington. |
|
1891 |
01/01 Campbell,
Joseph died in London. Problemist. |
|
1891 |
01/03 Brinckmann,
Alfred born in Kiel, Germany. IA 1951; IM 1953; Elo:
2470. |
|
1891 |
01/22 Steinitz
(+6=9-4) beats Gunsberg, 10.5-8.5, in third
World
Championship, NY. |
|
1891 |
04/05 Bauer,
Johann died in Gortz, Austria of tuberculosis. |
|
1891 |
04/14 MacKenzie died
in New York
hotel room from TB. Born in 1837. |
|
1891 |
04/14 Steinitz
claims Mackenzie killed himself with an overdose of
morphine. |
|
1891 |
07/20 Start of 8th
Scottish Championship, Glasgow. |
|
1891 |
07/25 Chambers,
John wins 8th Scottish Championship. |
|
1891 |
08/18 Paulsen died
in Germany. |
|
1891 |
10/10 Kipping
born. Most famous problem editor of all time. |
|
1891 |
12/12
First long distance Telephone
match in Great Britain, Liverpool vs
London. |
|
1891 |
12/25 Kubbel
born, St Petersburg. Problem &
Endgame studies
composer. |
|
1892 |
Kupchik born. |
|
1892 |
Torre, V. wins 6th Italian Championship
in Turin. |
|
1892 |
First
time PxP or P-KKt4 used (rather than spell it out). |
|
1892 |
Corrodi, Oswald (died in 1893) and Fahrni
win third Swiss
Championship,
Basel. |
|
1892 |
Falkener publishes "Games
Ancient and Oriental"
in London. |
|
1892 |
Hicks, William died in Montreal. Canadian
Champion 1874. |
|
1892 |
Lipschutz wins 4th US
Championship in a match against Showalter (7-1,
7 draws) |
|
1892 |
Roberts wins first
South African Championship, Cape Town. |
|
1892 |
Steinitz ends International Chess Magazine. |
|
1892 |
Tarrasch wins 7th German Championship
in Dresden. |
|
1892 |
Van den Berg wins 20th Netherlands Championship,
Amsterdam. |
|
1892 |
Weenik, Henri born. Dutch composer, player
and author. |
|
1892 |
01/ Siedeberg wins
5th New Zealand Championship, Auckland. |
|
1892 |
01/02 Start of
World Championship
match, Steinitz-Tchigorin, Havana. |
|
1892 |
02/07 Opocensky
born. IM 1950. 4 time Czech
Champion. |
|
1892 |
02/28 Steinitz
(+10=5-8) beats Tchigorin, 12.5-10.5, in World
Championship match. |
|
1892 |
03/07
First day of the last meeting of the
British Chess Association at
British CC, London. |
|
1892 |
03/07 Start of 6th
British Amateur Championship in London. |
|
1892 |
03/15 Kupchik,
Abraham born in Brest-Litovsk, Russia. Manhattan CC
Champion. |
|
1892 |
03/18 Jones and
Bateman win 6th British Amateur Championship. |
|
1892 |
04/14 Start of 9th
Scottish Championship, Edinburgh. |
|
1892 |
04/19 Mills wins
9th Scottish Championship. |
|
1892 |
06/19 Ahlhausen,
Carl died in Berlin. Adopted 1.
g4 as his Opening. |
|
1892 |
07/29 Romanovsky born,
St Petersburg. USSR Champion 1923, 1927.
IM
1950. |
|
1892 |
09/03 Southern
Counties' Chess Union formed. |
|
1892 |
09/10 Balogh,
Janos born in Tirgu Secuiesc, Romania. IMC 1953.
Introduced the Balogh Defense. |
|
1892 |
10/31 Alekhine,
Alexander born in Moscow. Elo: 2690. |
|
1892 |
11/26 Bohatirchuk,
Fedor born in Kiev. USSR Champion 1927.
IM 1954.
IMC
1967. |
|
1893 |
First of a series of famous
Cable matches between the U.S. and
England. |
|
1893 |
Albin introduces the Albin
Counter-Gambit
against Lasker, NY. |
|
1893 |
Mason writes "The
Principles of
Chess". Sold 13,000 copies. |
|
1893 |
Narraway wins 19th Canadian Championship
in Quebec. |
|
1893 |
Popoff wins 4th Swiss
Championship, Bern. |
|
1893 |
Van Foreest and Loman win 21st Netherlands
Championship,
Groningen. |
|
1893 |
Walbrodt and Bardeleben win 8th German Championship
in Kiel. |
|
1893 |
Wallace wins 4th Australian
Championship in Sydney. |
|
1893 |
01/ Siedeberg wins
6th New Zealand Championship,
Christchurch. |
|
1893 |
01/01 Dutch
Federation monthly magazine "Schakend
Nederland"
founded. |
|
1893 |
01/06 Antal,
Aladar born in Jaszladany, Hungary. Wrote a book on
Openings. |
|
1893 |
02/23 Anderson,
Gerald Frank born in Newcastle, South Africa. British
Chess problemist. IJComp 1960;
IMComp 1975. |
|
1893 |
04/10 Start of
10th Scottish Championship, Dundee. |
|
1893 |
04/13 Dufresne
died. German player and writer. Elo: 2370. |
|
1893 |
04/14 Walker wins
10th Scottish Championship. |
|
1893 |
04/30 Breyer,
Gyula born in Budapest. Hungarian Champion
1912. Elo:
2500. |
|
1893 |
09/30 New York
International, Lasker first; Albin 2nd;
Showalter 3rd |
|
1893 |
10/ New
York tourney;
First Pillsbury; Second Hodges;
Third Showalter. |
|
1893 |
11/21 Grunfeld,
Ernst born in Vienna. German Champion
1927. GM 1950.
Elo: 2550. |
|
1894 |
Ilyin-Genevsky born. |
|
1894 |
Davson wins 20th Canadian Championship
in Montreal. |
|
1894 |
"Encheiridion
Zatrikion" by Olivier,
first Greek work on Chess,
Athens. |
|
1894 |
Loman wins 22nd Netherlands Championship,
Rotterdam. |
|
1894 |
Tarrasch wins 9th German Championship
in Leipzig. |
|
1894 |
Tarrasch publishes his 300 Games of Chess. |
|
1894 |
Wyllie; James Wyllie, Checker Champion
for 40 years, loses to James
Ferrie. |
|
1894 |
Wittek, Alexander born. Austrian player,
Architect. |
|
1894 |
01/ Women's
Chess club formed in New
York, by Eliza Foote.
Thirty
members. Lasted until 1949. |
|
1894 |
01/23 Ceriani,
Luigi born in Milan, Italy. Problemist. |
|
1894 |
02/ Showalter
beats Hodges 8-6. |
|
1894 |
03/15 Start of
Steinitz-Lasker World
Championship match, New York. |
|
1894 |
03/23 Start of
11th Scottish Championship, Glasgow. |
|
1894 |
03/27 Spens wins
11th Scottish Championship. |
|
1894 |
04/07 Apsenieks,
Fricis born in Tetele, Latvia. Elo: 2430. Latvian
Champion 1926-7, 1934 |
|
1894 |
05/18 Adam, Edmund
born in Sonneberg, Germany. Introduced the
Adam variation in 1939. |
|
1894 |
05/26 Steinitz is
oldest World Champion
at 58 years, 10 days. |
|
1894 |
05/26 Lasker
defeats Steinitz, 12-7, to become World
Champion. |
|
1894 |
07/25 Kmoch born
in Vienna. IM 1950. Chess author. |
|
1894 |
08/ Hodges defeats
Showalter 5-3; recognized as US Champion. |
|
1894 |
10/20 New York,
Steinitz first;
Albin second; Showalter
third. |
|
1894 |
12/28 Mattison born,
Riga. Latvian Champion 1924. World
amateur
Champion 1924. |
|
1895 |
First
cable match, between the British Chess
club and Manhattan.
|
|
1895 |
Ajeeb returns to Coney Island; Sam Gonotsky
is hidden operator. |
|
1895 |
Bachmann wins 5th Swiss
Championship, Zurich. |
|
1895 |
Hooper sells Ajeeb to James Smith, who
returns it to London. |
|
1895 |
Model, Abram born. Botvinnik's
Chess trainer. |
|
1895 |
Olland wins 23rd Netherlands Championship,
Arnhem. |
|
1895 |
Only 1 Chess
periodical in Russia, Chakmatny Bulletin. |
|
1895 |
Potter, William died. Leading English player
of the 1870s. |
|
1895 |
Showalter wins 5th US
Championship in a match against Lipschultz (7
4). |
|
1895 |
Wallace wins 5th Australian
Championship in Melbourne. |
|
1895 |
01/ Mackay wins
8th New Zealand Championship,
Wellington. |
|
1895 |
01/ Women's
Chess club formed in London. |
|
1895 |
04/12 Start of
12th Scottish Championship, Edinburgh. |
|
1895 |
04/16 Mills wins
12th Scottish Championship. |
|
1895 |
05/06 From, Martin
died in Copenhagen. From's Gambit named after
him. |
|
1895 |
05/18 Saavedra
publishes an underpromotion solution of a problem to
win. |
|
1895 |
06/15 Swiss System
pairings, invented by J. Muller, 1st used in Zurich. |
|
1895 |
08/05 Start of
Hastings International. |
|
1895 |
08/05
Women's Chess
tournament, Hastings, won by Lady Thomas. (not
the first) |
|
1895 |
08/14 Grigoriev,
Nikolay born in Moscow. Elo: 2440. Moscow
Champion
1921, 1922, 1923-4, 1929. Endgame analyst. |
|
1895 |
08/19 Start of 7th
British Amateur Championship in
Hastings. |
|
1895 |
08/24 Atkins wins
7th British Amateur Championship. |
|
1895 |
09/02 Pillsbury
wins at Hastings (16.5 - 4.5). Tchigorin 2nd, Lasker 3rd. |
|
1895 |
09/25 Cheron,
Andre born in Colombes, France. French
Champion three
times. Authority on endgame studies. IJComp.
1957; IMComp. 1959. |
|
1895 |
12/13 St
Petersburg; start, Lasker first. |
|
1895 |
12/16 Barbier,
Georges died in France. |
|
1896 |
Sozin born. |
|
1896 |
Wyvill, Marmaduke died. |
|
1896 |
Austrian Attack introduced in
Tarrasch-Charousek, Nuremberg. |
|
1896 |
Bachmann and H. Duhm win 6th Swiss Championship,
Lucerne. |
|
1896 |
Bleijkmans wins 24th Netherlands Championship,
Leiden. |
|
1896 |
Jacobi publishes History
of Chess in Sanskrit literature. |
|
1896 |
Only game played with 5 Queens
on board, Tresling-Benima,
Winschoten. |
|
1896 |
Wallace wins 6th Australian
Championship in Sydney. |
|
1896 |
Showalter defeats Kemeny and Barry to retain
US Championship. |
|
1896 |
Price, Edith founded the Gambit Chess Rooms. |
|
1896 |
01/ Meldrum wins
9th New Zealand Championship, Wanganui. |
|
1896 |
01/27 Lasker wins
at St Petersburg. Stenitz second. |
|
1896 |
03/13 1st
Anglo-American cable match - US 4.5, UK 3.5. Newnes trophy. |
|
1896 |
04/03 Start of
13th Scottish Championship, Dundee. |
|
1896 |
04/09 Mills wins
13th Scottish Championship. |
|
1896 |
04/19 Canal,
Esteban born in Chiclayo, Peru. Hungarian
Champion
1933. IM 1950. HGM 1977 |
|
1896 |
05/02 Vajda born,
Rimavska Sobota. Hungarian Champion
1928. IM
1950. |
|
1896 |
06/14 Mansfield
born. Chess problemist. |
|
1896 |
09/05 Becker,
Albert born in Vienna. Austrian Champion
1925, 1937. IM
1953. |
|
1896 |
09/14 Freeborough,
Edward died in Hull, England. Author. |
|
1896 |
09/20 Samisch born,
Berlin. Austrian Champion, 1921. |
|
1896 |
11/07 Start of
Lasker-Steinitz World
Champion match, Moscow. |
|
1896 |
12/01 Mueller
born. Austrian Champion 1947. Developed
the Austrian
Attack. |
|
1897 |
First
reference to lightning Chess. |
|
1897 |
Linde; Antonius
van der Linde, Dutch Chess
Historian, died in
Weisbaden. |
|
1897 |
Tromovsky born. |
|
1897 |
First
Nordic Championship won by S. Svensson
in Stockholm. |
|
1897 |
Second
Anglo-American match. GB 5.5, US 4.5. |
|
1897 |
Barulin, Mikhail born in Russia. Fostered
Chess problems in Russia. |
|
1897 |
German book on History
of Chess published in Leipzig by von der
Lasa. |
|
1897 |
Jacobsen wins 8th Australian
Championship in Sydney. |
|
1897 |
Lasa encourages Murray to write
History of Chess. |
|
1897 |
Lasa publishes History
of Chess, Leipzig. |
|
1897 |
Laucks, Forry born. Founder of Log Cabin
Chess Club. |
|
1897 |
Loman wins 25th Netherlands Championship,
Utrecht. |
|
1897 |
Narraway wins 21st Canadian Championship
in Orilla.
|
|
1897 |
Palmer, Marvin born in Cedar Rapids, IA. Won
Iowa Championship at
20. Won Missouri
Championship in 1922. Won Michigan
Ch. 5 times. |
|
1897 |
Roberts wins second
South African Championship, Cape Town. |
|
1897 |
Sack wins 7th Swiss Championship,
Aarau. |
|
1897 |
Steinitz and Lipschutz tie for New
York State Championship. |
|
1897 |
Steinitz plays 22 games blindfold (+17) in
Vienna at age 61. |
|
1897 |
Urusov, Sergei died. Chess-playing Russian
prince. |
|
1897 |
01/ Barnes wins
10th New Zealand Championship,
Christchurch. |
|
1897 |
01/14 Lasker
(+10=5-2) defeats Steinitz, 12.5-4.5, Moscow. |
|
1897 |
02/ Pillsbury wins
6th US Championship in a match against
Showalter
in New
York. Won 10-8, 3 draws.
|
|
1897 |
02/12 Gurvich,
Abram born in Russia. IJComp 1956. |
|
1897 |
03/14 Guidelli,
Giorgio born in Serravalle d'Asti, Italy. Composer. |
|
1897 |
03/23 Araiza, Jose
born in Mexico. Mexico Champion. Won 15
times in
a row. |
|
1897 |
04/16 Start of
14th Scottish Championship, Glasgow. |
|
1897 |
04/19 Mills wins
14th Scottish Championship. |
|
1897 |
05/10 Gedult,
David born in Warsaw. |
|
1897 |
05/18 Colle, Edgar
born in Ghent, Belgium. Belgium Champion
1924.
Elo: 2490. |
|
1897 |
05/31 Cable match
between the House of Commons & House of
Representatives. |
|
1897 |
06/23
First Women's
International tournament at Hotel Cecil,
London,
won by Mary Rudge. (BCM 1981,403) |
|
1897 |
07/24 Macdonnell
publishes Bana's Sanskrit reference to Chess
in the
"Athenaeum". |
|
1897 |
08/30 Start of 8th
British Amateur Championship in Southampton. |
|
1897 |
09/08 Atkins wins
8th British Amateur Championship. |
|
1897 |
09/28 Fraenkel,
Heinrich born in Germany. Assiac. |
|
1897 |
10/15 Bayer,
Conrad died in Olomouc, Czechoslovakia. Prize-winning
problemist. |
|
1897 |
10/19 Englisch,
Berthold died in Vienna. German Champion
1879. Elo:
2520.
|
|
1898 |
Kriegspiel invented by journalist Henry
Temple in London. |
|
1898 |
Vukovic, Vladimir born. |
|
1898 |
Third
Anglo-American match. GB 5.5, US 4.5. |
|
1898 |
Bachmann win 8th Swiss
Championship, Basel. |
|
1898 |
Berger edits "Deutsch
Schachzeitung" (1898-1911). |
|
1898 |
Burn wins 10th German Championship
in Cologne. |
|
1898 |
Culin published "Chess
and Playing Cards" in Washington. |
|
1898 |
Marco edits "Wiener
Schachzeitung", (1898-1916). |
|
1898 |
Narraway wins 22nd Canadian Championship
in Toronto. |
|
1898 |
Pillsbury operates Ajeeb until 1904. |
|
1898 |
Thomas, F. writes "The
Indian Game of Chess". |
|
1898 |
Trenchard scored 27 zeros (most ever), +1,
=8, at Vienna. |
|
1898 |
Tresling wins 26th Netherlands Championship,
The Hague. |
|
1898 |
Zepler, Eric, German composer born.
First Professor
of electronics. |
|
1898 |
01/ Barnes wins
11th New Zealand Championship, Auckland. |
|
1898 |
01/ Macdonell
writes "The Origin
and Early History of
Chess". |
|
1898 |
01/14 Fox, Maurice
born in the Ukraine. Won Canadian Championship
8
times. |
|
1898 |
02/25 Start of the
Pillsbury-Showalter US Championship
match, New
York. |
|
1898 |
03/23 Fazekas,
Stefan born in Staoraljaujhely, Hungary. Br.
Champion,
1957. IMC 1964. |
|
1898 |
04/01 Pillsbury
wins 7th US Champion in a match vs
Showalter. (+7,
3,=2). |
|
1898 |
04/09 Start of
15th Scottish Championship, Edinburgh. |
|
1898 |
04/16 Fraser wins
15th Scottish Championship. |
|
1898 |
09/11 Winter born,
Medstead. London Champion
five times. British
Champion 1935, 1936. |
|
1898 |
11/12 Harkness,
Kenneth born in Glasgow, Scotland. Developed rating
system. |
|
1898 |
11/24 Hookham,
Henry died in Christchurch. New Zealand
Champion
1890. |
|
1899 |
First
use of a flag on a Chess clock. |
|
1899 |
4th Anglo-American
match. US 6, GB 4. |
|
1899 |
Tassilo von der Lasa died,
Weisbaden. Chess Historian &
Theoretician. |
|
1899 |
First
Anglo-American University Cable match. |
|
1899 |
First
Oxford-Cambridge (3.5) vs American colleges (2.5) match. |
|
1899 |
Second
Nordic Championship, won by J. Moller in Copenhagen. |
|
1899 |
Atkins wins 27th Netherlands Championship,
Amsterdam. |
|
1899 |
Blackburne beat Lasker.
First time a British player beat
a reigning
Champion. |
|
1899 |
Branch publishes "A
Sketch History
of Chess" in BCM. |
|
1899 |
Henneberger win 9th Swiss
Championship, Lausanne. |
|
1899 |
King of Italy announces National
Chess Championship;
only 1
participant. |
|
1899 |
Koenig born, Kula,
Hungary. IM 1951. Chess author. |
|
1899 |
Michael wins third
South African Championship, Durban. |
|
1899 |
Paris Chess Club forbids discussion
political or religious subjects. |
|
1899 |
Rogard, Bror born. Second
President of FIDE. |
|
1899 |
Smith wins 23rd Canadian Championship
in Montreal. |
|
1899 |
01/15 Dubois,
Serafino died in Rome. Elo: 2550 |
|
1899 |
01/28 Northern
Counties' Chess Union formally inaugurated. |
|
1899 |
02/22 Koch born,
Berlin. IM 1950. East Germany
Champion 1951, 1952. |
|
1899 |
03/31 Start of
16th Scottish Championship, Stirling. |
|
1899 |
04/04 Mills wins
16th Scottish Championship. |
|
1899 |
04/23 Nabokov
born. |
|
1899 |
06/03 Macdonnell,
George died. |
|
1899 |
07/27 Heydebrand
un der Lasa, Tassilo died in Storchnest, Poland. |
|
1899 |
09/14
First All-Russian Chess
Championship, Moscow, Tchigorin
first. 14
players. (Chess
12/49,55)
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