|
Year
|
1900
to 1920
1921 to 1940
1941 to 1960 1961 to 1980
1981 to 1999 |
|
1921 |
Gumpel,
Charles, builder of Mephisto, died in England. |
|
1921 |
Alekhine
introduces Alekhine's Defense in Budapest. |
|
1921 |
Breyer set new
blindfold record, 25 opponents (+15=7-3). |
|
1921 |
French Chess
Federation founded. |
|
1921 |
02/06
Kazic born. Journalist, arbiter. |
|
1921 |
02/10
Levy, Louis born. |
|
1921 |
02/16
Fichtl, Jiri born in Brno, Czechoslovakia. Czech
Champion 1950,
1960. IM 1959. |
|
1921 |
02/20
Shocron, Ruben born. |
|
1921 |
03/15
Lasker-Capablanca World
Championship match, Havana. |
|
1921 |
03/24
Smyslov born. |
|
1921 |
04/09
Puc, Yugoslavian IGM, born. IM 1950. |
|
1921 |
04/10
Wade born, Dunedin, NZ. British
Champion 1952, 1970. 3-time NZ
Champion. |
|
1921 |
04/28
Capablanca beats Lasker, 9-5, Havana. |
|
1921 |
04/30
Ilivitsky born. USSR IM 1955. |
|
1921 |
04/30
Lasker writes that the end of Chess is
in sight (BCM 1980, 613). |
|
1921 |
06/
Capablanca-Lasker match, won by Capablanca. Lasker
Champion
for 26.8 yrs. |
|
1921 |
06/27
Reshevsky plays 20-game simultaneus in
LA. |
|
1921 |
07/04
Szilagyi born, Hngarian IM 1956. |
|
1921 |
08/
US Open, Cleveland, Ed Lasker First. |
|
1921 |
09/04
Adams, John born in England. IMC 1976. |
|
1921 |
09/22
Nadareishvili, Soviet IGM of
Chess compositions, born. |
|
1921 |
10/20
Lehmann born, West
German IM 1961. |
|
1921 |
11/09
Breyer, Gyula Hungarian master, died in Bratislava,
Czechoslovakia. Heart attack. |
|
1921 |
12/03
Sajtor born, Czech IM 1950. FIDE VP in
1956. |
|
1922 |
Australian
Chess Federation formed. |
|
1922 |
Grunfeld
introduces the Grunfeld defense against Kolisch at Teplitz. |
|
1922 |
Saavedra,
author of the most famous of all studies, died. A monk. |
|
1922 |
Hutton pairing
system first used in Britain in Counties
correspondence
Championship. |
|
1922 |
Lucena proved
to be the author of the Gottingen manuscript. |
|
1922 |
Scheve,
Theodor von died. German player. |
|
1922 |
Visserman,
Eeltje born. One of first four to be
awarded IGCC when it
was introduced in 1972. |
|
1922 |
Marshall Chess
Club incorporated. |
|
1922 |
01/
Marshall played 155 games simultaneously in Montreal; won 126,
drew 21, lost 8. |
|
1922 |
02/
Benima, Levi died in Amsterdam. Dutch champion in 1881, 1883. |
|
1922 |
02/04
Capa plays 103 players, winning 102, drawing 1, in Cleveland. |
|
1922 |
02/04
Sliwa, Polish IGM (1987), born. Polish Champion
1946, 51, 52,
53,
54, 60.
IM 1953. |
|
1922 |
02/08
Averbakh, Yuri born in Kaluga, Russia. IM 1951; GM 1952. IJComp
1956; IA 1969; USSR
Champion 1954. Prez of USSR Chess Fed,1973-78. |
|
1922 |
02/16
Teschner, German master and author, born. W German
Champion
1951. IM 1957. |
|
1922 |
02/25
Borisenko, Georgy born in Kharkov, Ukraine.
Second in 4th World
Champion 1962-4. IMC 1961; GMC
1966. |
|
1922 |
03/02
Ahues, Herbert born in Berlin. IJComp 1962; IMComp 1976. GM
Comp 1989. |
|
1922 |
03/14
Arnlind, Eric born in Arnas, Sweden. IMC 1959; GMC 1968. |
|
1922 |
04/09 Brglez, Francek born in Cadram,
Yugoslavia. IA 1970; IMC 1974;
GMC 1979. |
|
1922 |
05/
Watkinson elected pres. of Huddersfield CC. First
elected in 1853. |
|
1922 |
07/25 Edwards, Joseph died in Dunedin,
New Zealand. |
|
1922 |
08/
US Open, Louisville, Factor First. |
|
1922 |
08/
Smederevac born. Yugoslavia
IM 1965. |
|
1922 |
09/02
Christoffel, Martin born. Swiss Champion
1942, 43, 45,
48, 52. IM
1952. |
|
1922 |
09/08
Rossetto, Argentine IGM born. IM 1950. GM 1960. |
|
1922 |
10/08
Hunter, Charles born in England. British
Champion 1961.
World's
fastest speaker. IMC 1967. |
|
1922 |
10/25
Averby, Rune born in Sweden. 1973 Swedish
Champion. |
|
1923 |
Koltanowski
wins Belgium Championship. |
|
1923 |
Milner-Berry
becomes First British Boy Champion. |
|
1923 |
Thomas is
British Chess Champion and British
Badminton Champion. |
|
1923 |
Duchamp
abandoned art for Chess. |
|
1923 |
Marshall
successfully defended his title in a match with Edward Lasker
by a score of 5-4. |
|
1923 |
01/01
Khenkin, Victor born, Russian. HGM 1992. |
|
1923 |
02/02
Gligoric born in Belgrade. 12-time Yugoslavian
Champion. IM
1950; GM
1951. |
|
1923 |
02/15
Hasin born. USSR IM 1964. |
|
1923 |
04/19
Dombrovskis, Alfreds born in Aizpute, Latvia. IJ
Composer, 1956. |
|
1923 |
04/21
Estrin, Yakov born in Moscow. World Champion
1975. IMC 1965;
GMC 1966; IM 1975; GM 1984. |
|
1923 |
05/09
Durkin, Robert born in Milwaukee. Durkin opening. |
|
1923 |
06/01
Shamkovich, Leonid born in Rostov-Don, USSR. IM 1962. GM
1965. Left USSR in 1974. |
|
1923 |
06/02
Beni, Alfred born in Vienna. IM 1951. |
|
1923 |
06/14
Pfeiffer born. West
German Champion 1964. IM 1957. |
|
1923 |
07/06
Cleland, Robert died in Dunedin, New Zealand. Won the 12th NZ
Championship
in 1899. |
|
1923 |
07/08
Janosevic, Yugoslavian IGM, born. IM 1964. GM 1965. |
|
1923 |
07/15
Alapin, Simon died in Heidelberg. Elo: 2500. |
|
1923 |
08/
US Open, San Francisco, Whitaker & Mlotkowski
first. |
|
1923 |
08/29
Marco (born 1863) died in Vienna. |
|
1923 |
09/26
Boren, Per died in Malarhojden, Sweden. Boren variation. |
|
1923 |
10/13
Foguelman, Alberto born in Buenos Aires. IM 1963. |
|
1923 |
12/04
Nedeljkovic born. Yugoslav IM 1950. |
|
1923 |
12/19
Watkinson died. Founder of the British Chess Magazine. |
|
1923 |
12/24
Pilnick, Carl born. |
|
1923 |
12/30
Hanham, James died in New York City. Introduced the Hanham
variation in 1889. Major, USA. |
|
1924 |
First
use of the term Indian defense, coined by Tartakower. |
|
1924 |
USSR; The
State takes over the control of Chess in
the USSR. |
|
1924 |
First American to beat
Soviet player in international comp. -
Marshall. |
|
1924 |
First
World Amateur Championship.
First = Mattison (Latvia). |
|
1924 |
Atkins wins
his 8th British Championship; Southport. |
|
1924 |
01/01
Junge, German Champion, born.
Conception, Chile. German
Champion 1941. |
|
1924 |
01/08
Guidelli, Giorgio died in Rome of pneumonia. Composer. |
|
1924 |
01/22
Sarapu born. Narva. Won New Zealand
Championship 16 times.
IM 1966. |
|
1924 |
01/31
Bardeleben, Curt died in Berlin. Jumped out window;
Suicide. |
|
1924 |
02/01
Baird (Winter Wood), Edith died in Paignton, England. |
|
1924 |
02/12
Van den Berg born. Dutch IM 1963. Died
1971. |
|
1924 |
02/16
Barendregt, Johan born in Nieuwerkerk, Netherlands. IM 1962.
Profesor
of psychology. |
|
1924 |
02/19
Bronstein, David born near Kiev. GM 1950. USSR Champion
1948,
49. IJ
Comp 1961. |
|
1924 |
03/16
New York
International. |
|
1924 |
03/21
Reti beats Capablanca. Undefeated since
2/10/1916 in 63 games
(+40=23). |
|
1924 |
04/19
Lasker wins NY International. Capablanca
Second; Alekhine 3rd. |
|
1924 |
05/11
Pachman, Ludek born. Bela pod Bezdezem.
7-time Czech
Champion. West
German Champion
1978. |
|
1924 |
07/20
FIDE; Federation Internationale des Echecs (FIDE) founded in
Zurich. |
|
1924 |
08/
US Open, Detroit, Torre First. |
|
1924 |
09/01
Blackburne, Joseph died in London. Played in 53 tournaments
in
52
years. Born 1841. |
|
1924 |
09/15 Chatard, Eugene died in La
Varenne, France. Chatard variation. |
|
1925 |
First
International tourney to be financed from government
funds,
Moscow. |
|
1925 |
First
film to deal exclusively with Chess,
"Chess Fever".
USSR film
comedy. |
|
1925 |
Marseillaise
Chess invented. Player plays 2 moves at
a time. |
|
1925 |
Nimzovich
publishes "My system." |
|
1925 |
Romanian Chess
Federation founded. |
|
1925 |
Baden-Baden. First
international tourney in Germany after WWI.
Alekhine won. |
|
1925 |
Suer born.
Turkish IM 1975. |
|
1925 |
01/29
Guest, Antony died in London, England. British
amateur
Champion 1888. |
|
1925 |
03/02
Geller, Efim born in Odessa. USSR Champion
1955, 1979. IM 1951;
GM 1952. World Senior Champion
1992. |
|
1925 |
03/26
Yanofsky born. Brody, Poland. 8-time
Canadian Champion. British
Champion 1953. |
|
1925 |
04/01
Wexler born. Argentine
Champion 1959. IM 1959. |
|
1925 |
04/25
Belkadi, Ridha born in Tunis. IM 1974. IA 1982. |
|
1925 |
05/13
Kholmov born. IM 1954. GM 1960. |
|
1925 |
05/23
Henneberke, Franciscus born in Amsterdam. Dutch IM 1962. |
|
1925 |
06/12
Teichmann (born. 1868), German master,
died. |
|
1925 |
06/23
Husak, Karel born in Beroun, Czechoslovakia.
Second in world
Championship 1968. IMC 1965; GMC
1968. |
|
1925 |
06/25 Heilemann, Paul born in Lahn,
Germany. IMC 1967; GMC 1984. |
|
1925 |
06/26
Unzicker born. Pirmasens. 7-time West
German Champion. |
|
1925 |
06/29 Zagorovsky, Vladimir IGM
correspondence player (1965), born. |
|
1925 |
08/
US Open, Cedar Point, Kupchik First. |
|
1925 |
09/02
Eisen born. Top corr. player. |
|
1925 |
10/11
Davies, Marry born in Barry, Wales. 1974 Wales women's
Champion. |
|
1925 |
10/20
Milic born. Yugoslav IM 1951. |
|
1925 |
10/26
Holladay, Edgar born in Cleveland. IJComp 1956; IMComp 1977. |
|
1925 |
10/29
Divinsky, Nathan born in Winnipeg,
Author. |
|
1925 |
11/16 Acketa, Tihomir born in
Yugoslavia. IA 1966. |
|
1925 |
11/25
Burn, Amos died in London. German Champion
1898. Elo: 2530. |
|
1926 |
Khan;
Sir Umer Hayat Khan discovers Mir Sultan Khan in India. |
|
1926 |
Menchik wins
first world jr. women's
Championship (under 21) in
England. |
|
1926 |
01/07
Saunders Pritchard born. World jr
women's Champion at 10.
British
Champion at 13. |
|
1926 |
01/24
Flamberg, Aleksander died in Warsaw. |
|
1926 |
02/
Menchik; Vera Menchik wins first Girl's
Open in London. |
|
1926 |
02/07
Taimanov born. |
|
1926 |
02/24
Karaklajic born. Yugoslav
Champion 1955. IM 1955. Disc jockey in
Belgrade. |
|
1926 |
03/26
Schwartz, German Chess author, born. |
|
1926 |
06/07
Balanel, Ion born in Bucharest. Romanian Champion
1950, 53, 55,
58. IM 1954. |
|
1926 |
07/
Third FIDE Congress in Budapest. Little
Olympiad of 4 nations.
Hungary first. |
|
1926 |
08/
US Open, Chicago, Stolzenberg first. |
|
1926 |
09/20 Spence, American
Chess author, born in Omaha, Nebraska. |
|
1926 |
10/21
Eretova, Kveta born in Prague. WIM 1957; WGM 1986. |
|
1926 |
11/16
Suetin born. IM 1961. GM 1965. |
|
1926 |
12/
National Chess Federation of the U.S.A. founded. |
|
1927 |
First
women's world Championship, London.
First = V. Menchik. |
|
1927 |
Duchamp
marries. Divorced 3 months later because of his
Chess. |
|
1927 |
International
Correspondence Chess Association founded by FIDE.
Replaced in 1946 by ICCF. |
|
1927 |
First
use of figurine algebraic notation in a magazine - Belgium. |
|
1927 |
First original
book in the Russian language devoted to the endgame by
Rabinovich. |
|
1927 |
Weis, Max
died. |
|
1927 |
Zappas, Byron,
leading Greek problemist born. |
|
1927 |
01/15
Janowski (born. 1868) died of
tuberculosis in Hyeres, France, just
before a tourney. |
|
1927 |
02/21
Sunnucks, British woman Champion and
author, born. British
Ladies Champion 1957,
58, 64. |
|
1927 |
02/22
Campomanes, Florencio, FIDE president since 1982, born in
Manila. IA 1958. |
|
1927 |
03/23
Capablanca wins NY International. |
|
1927 |
03/23
Damjanovic, Mato born in Djeletovci, Yugoslavia. IM 1962; GM
1964. |
|
1927 |
06/
Alekhine-Capablanca match, won by Alekhine. |
|
1927 |
06/06
Bobotsova, Antonia (ne Ivanova) born in Sofia, Bulgaria. WIM
1954; IA 1972; WGM 1983. |
|
1927 |
07/
OLYMPIAD; First Olympiad, the London
Olympiad, Hungary first. 16
teams. |
|
1927 |
07/06
Donner, Johannes (Jan) born in The Hague, Netherlands. IM 1952;
GM 1959. Dutch
Champion 1954, 1957, 1958. |
|
1927 |
07/07
Goldschmeding, Cornelius born in Amsterdam. IJ
Comp 1958; IM
Comp 1971; GM
Comp 1988. |
|
1927 |
08/
US Open, Kalamazoo, Margolis first. |
|
1927 |
08/02
Duckstein, Andreas, Austrian IM, born. IM 1956. Austrian
Champion 1954, 1956. |
|
1927 |
09/16
Capablanca-Alekhine world Championship,
Buenos Aires. |
|
1927 |
10/09
Gaige, Jeremy, american Chess archivist,
born in New York City. |
|
1927 |
10/17
Angelov, Petko born in Bulgaria. IMC 1973. |
|
1927 |
11/19
Bourne, Brian born in London. 1956 Wales
Champion. |
|
1927 |
11/29
Alekhine (+6=25-3) beats Capablanca,
18.5-15.5, Buenos Aires. |
|
1927 |
11/29
Alekhine defeats Capablanca to become world Champion. |
|
1928 |
IFBS;
International Association for Correspondence Chess, IFSB,
formed. |
|
1928 |
Sultan Khan
wins All-India Championship (BCM 1978,
519). |
|
1928 |
White, John
died. Founder and donor of the world's largest
Chess
library. |
|
1928 |
Yates wins his
5th British Championship, at Tenby. |
|
1928 |
01/03
Anderson, Frank Ross born in Edmonton. 3-time Canadian
Champion (1953, 1955). IM 1954.
Should have been a GM. |
|
1928 |
02/28
Chajes, Oscar died in New York City. Elo: 2440. |
|
1928 |
03/11
Hybl, Jaroslav born. 2nd in world cr Championship 1968. IMC
1965; GMC 1968. |
|
1928 |
03/17
Giustolisi, Alberto born in Rome. Italian
Champion 1961, 64,
66.
IM 1962. |
|
1928 |
03/30
Anton, Aurel born in Salbagel, Romania. IMC 1980. |
|
1928 |
04/20
Byrne, Robert born in Brooklyn. US Champion
1972. IM 1952; GM
1964. |
|
1928 |
05/10
Schmid, Lothar born. Rudebeul. GM 1959.
GMC 1959. 2nd in 1959
cr Championship. |
|
1928 |
05/10 Schmidt, West German IGM (1959) &
book collector, born. IM 1951. |
|
1928 |
05/12
Fuller, John born in England. 1954 British
Champion. |
|
1928 |
06/09
Bibuld, Jerome born in New York City. IA 1980. |
|
1928 |
06/25
Jimenez, Eleazor born in Cuba. IM 1963. |
|
1928 |
07/15 Benko, Pal born in Amiens, France.
5-time US Open Champion.
IM 1950; GM 1958. |
|
1928 |
08/
Euwe wins second (and last) world
amateur Championship. |
|
1928 |
08/
Hague Olympiad, Hungary first. Only
amateurs allowed. Second
Olympiad. |
|
1928 |
08/
US Open, South Bend, Stolzenberg first. |
|
1928 |
08/30
Porreca born. Italian
Champion 1950, 56. IM 1957. |
|
1928 |
10/
White (born. 1845), book collector, died
in Jackson Lake, Wyoming. |
|
1928 |
10/
Lasker; Berthold Lasker dies. |
|
1928 |
10/
Temple, inventor of Kriegspiel, died. |
|
1928 |
10/14
Robatsch, Austrian IGM, born. IM 1957. GM 1961. |
|
1928 |
10/27
Filip, Czech IGM, born. IM 1953. GM 1955. Czech
Champion 1950,
52, 60. |
|
1928 |
10/27
Filip, Miroslav born in Prague. IM 1953; GM 1955; IA 1978. Czech
Champion 1950,
52, 60. |
|
1929 |
Draw;
Minimum of 30 moves before draw agreed rule (abolished in
1952). |
|
1929 |
Sultan Khan
brought to England. Won British
Championship 1932, 1933. |
|
1929 |
First
international codification of rules. |
|
1929 |
Breazu, Mihai
born in Deva, Romania. IMC 1974; GMC 1985. |
|
1929 |
My System by
Nimzovich first published in English. |
|
1929 |
01/21
Brodsky, Adolf died in Manchester, England. Brodsky variation. |
|
1929 |
01/27
Berliner, Hans born in Berlin. GMC 1968. 5th World
Champion
(1965-8). |
|
1929 |
03/13 Slater born.
British Chess
patron. |
|
1929 |
03/15
Ajeeb destroyed by fire at Coney Island. |
|
1929 |
04/18
Shipman, Walter born. |
|
1929 |
05/14
Antoshin born in Moscow. IM 1963. GM 1964. |
|
1929 |
05/17
Vladimirov born. IM 1963. |
|
1929 |
06/
Alekhine-Bogoljubov match. |
|
1929 |
06/01
Kozma born. Czech
Champion 1957. IM 1957. |
|
1929 |
06/06
Reti (born. 1889) died of scarlet fever
in Prague. |
|
1929 |
06/17
Petrosian, former world Chess
Champion, born. |
|
1929 |
06/20
Crown, Gordon born in Liverpool. |
|
1929 |
07/25
Roycroft, English study composer and author, born. |
|
1929 |
08/
US Open, St Louis, Hahbohm first. |
|
1929 |
08/15
Kramer, George born in NY. Won New York
Championship in 1945
at the
age of 16. |
|
1929 |
08/20
Barden, Leonard born in London. British
Champion 1954. Tied for
first in 1958. |
|
1929 |
09/02
Bertok, Mario born in Zagreb. Yugoslavia
IM 1957. |
|
1929 |
09/05
Cobo-Arteaga, Eldis born in Cuba. IM 1967. |
|
1929 |
09/05
Dunphy, William born in Australia. Irish
Champion 1957. |
|
1929 |
09/16
Bouwmeester, Henk born in Haarlem, Netherlands. IM 1954; GMC
1981. |
|
1929 |
09/16
Nedeljkovic-Jovanovic born. Yug Woman
Champion 1951-53,
58,
65. |
|
1929 |
09/26
Alekhine-Bogoljubov match, Germany. |
|
1929 |
10/08
Bisguier, Arthur born in the Bronx. US jr
Champion 1948. US
Champion 1954-58. IM 1950; GM
1957. |
|
1929 |
10/25
Milev born. Bulgarian
Champion 1952, 60,
61. IM 1952. |
|
1929 |
11/12
Alekhine (+11=9 -
5) beats Bogoljubov, 15.5 -
9.5, Holland. |
|
1929 |
12/03
Hutton, George died in Edinburgh, Scotland. Devised the Hutton
pairing method for teams. Born in
1866. |
|
1929 |
12/05
Onat born. Turkish IM 1975. |
|
1929 |
12/20
Babson, Joseph died in Seattle, WA. Chess composer. |
|
1930 |
Rittner, Horst
born. ICCG 1961. Won the 6th World Championship. |
|
1930 |
Turover gives
500 lire brilliancy prize at San Remo. |
|
1930 |
01/23
Myers, American Chess author, born. |
|
1930 |
02/06
Soos born. IM 1967. Romanian
/ West German. |
|
1930 |
02/13
Greiff, Boris born in Medillin, Columbia. IM 1957; IA 1978. |
|
1930 |
02/13
de Greiff, Boris born in Medillin, Columbia. IM 1957; IA 1978. |
|
1930 |
04/24
Dudeney, Henry died in Lewes, England. England's King of
puzzle
makers. |
|
1930 |
05/02
Gunsberg, Isidor died in London. German
Champion 1885. World
Challenger 1891. Elo: 2560. |
|
1930 |
05/16
Backlund, Ake born in Vaasa, Finland. IMC 1980. |
|
1930 |
05/23
Matanovic, born. Belgrade. GM 1955.
3-time Yugoslav Champion.
IM 1951. |
|
1930 |
06/
Chess Amateur ends. |
|
1930 |
06/
Chambers, John died in Cardiff, Wales. |
|
1930 |
06/12
Byrne, Donald born in New York City. US Open
Champion 1953,
57. IM 1962. |
|
1930 |
07/22
Krogius, soviet IGM, born. IM 1963. GM 1964. Psychologist. |
|
1930 |
08/
Hamburg Olympiad, Poland first. |
|
1930 |
08/
US Open, Chicago, Whitaker & Factor
first. |
|
1930 |
08/17
Fleishmann, Leo (also Forgacs) died in Berettyoujfalu, Hungary.
Elo: 2520 Hungary
Champion 1907. |
|
1930 |
08/20
Kaminsky, Oleg born. |
|
1930 |
09/13
Smith, Ken American Chess master, born
in Olney, Texas. |
|
1930 |
10/17
Asenova, Venka born in Bulgaria. WIM 1965; HWGM 1986. |
|
1930 |
10/24
German, Eugenio born in Belo Horizonte, Brazil. IM 1952. |
|
1930 |
10/25
Durao, Joaquim born in Lisbon, Portugal. IM 1975.
10/25
Honfi, Karoly born in Budapest. Hungarian IM 1962. |
|
1930 |
12/21
Pietzsch, born Wittgendorf, DDR. GM
1965. 4-time DDR Champion
IM 1961. |
|
1931 |
Alekhine wins
at Bled, 5 1/2 points more than second
place. |
|
1931 |
Jones, Ernest
publishes 'The Problem of Paul Morphy.' |
|
1931 |
Weenik, Henri
died. Dutch composer, player and author. |
|
1931 |
01/08
Minev, Nikolay international master, born. Bulgarian
Champion
1953, 65, 66.
IM 1960. |
|
1931 |
02/05
Holuj-Radzikowska, Krystina born in Lvov, Russia. WIM 1954;
WGM 1984. |
|
1931 |
02/22
Doda, Zbigniew born in Poznan, Poland. Polish
Champion 1964,
67. IM 1964. |
|
1931 |
03/07
Fleissig, Bernhard died in Vienna. Fleissig variation. |
|
1931 |
03/23
Korchnoi born. Leningrad. GM 1956. |
|
1931 |
03/28
Lein, Anatoly born in Leningrad. |
|
1931 |
04/06
Douthwaite, Brian born in Cardiff, Wales. 1958 Welsh
Champion. |
|
1931 |
05/13
Fuderer, Andrija born in Subotica, Yugoslavia. IM 1952; HGM 1990. |
|
1931 |
08/
Prague Olympiad, USA
first. |
|
1931 |
08/
US Open, Tulsa, Reshevsky first. |
|
1931 |
08/12
Berger, Bela born in Szombathely, Hungary.
Hungarian/ Australian
IM 1954. |
|
1931 |
09/01
Pomar-Salamanca, Spanish IGM, born. 7-time Spanish
Champion.
IM 1950. GM 1962.
Champion of Balearic Isles at 11. |
|
1931 |
09/09
Bhend, Edwin born. Swiss IM 1960. Swiss
Champion 1957. |
|
1931 |
09/30
Bobotsov, Milko born in Plovdiv, Bulgaria. IM 1960; GM 1961.
Bulg. Champion 1958.
First GM Bulgarian. |
|
1931 |
10/03
Martinovsky, Eugene born. |
|
1931 |
10/08
Toran born. Spanish
Champion 1951, 53. IM 1954. |
|
1931 |
11/14
Curdo, John, American Chess master, born
in Lynn, MA. |
|
1931 |
11/15
Bogdanovic, Rajko born in Vares, Yugoslavia. IM 1963. |
|
1931 |
12/17
Brandreth, Dale born in Phoenixville, PA. Bibliophile. |
|
1932 |
Canadian Chess
Federation replaces Canadian Chess Association. |
|
1932 |
Takacs died. |
|
1932 |
01/
Noteboom died in England. Age 22. |
|
1932 |
01/16
Ciocaltea, Victor born in Bucharest. Romanian
Champion 1952,
59, 61,
62, 70,
71. IM 1957; GM 1979. |
|
1932 |
02/07
Grabczewski born in Warsaw. IM 1972. |
|
1932 |
03/01
Geet, Dirk born in the Netherlands. IM 1965; GMC 1986. |
|
1932 |
03/08
Finn, Kate died in London. First
British women's
Champion. Won
in 1904, 1905. |
|
1932 |
03/10
Kupper born. Swiss
Champion 1954, 57,
62. IM 1955. |
|
1932 |
03/22
Evans, Larry Melvyn born in Manhattan. 4-time US
Champion. IM
1952; GM 1957. |
|
1932 |
04/20
Colle, Edgar died in Ghent, Belgium. Died after operation of
gastric ulcer.
Belgium Champion 1924. Elo: 2490. |
|
1932 |
04/22
Fritz, Alexander died in Alsfeld, Germany. Elo: 2350. Fritz var. |
|
1932 |
04/22
Nikolac born. Yugoslav IM 1975. |
|
1932 |
06/10
Albulet, Maria born in Braila, Romania. WIM 1957; WGM
(emeritus) 1985. |
|
1932 |
06/15
Bartolovic, Vojko born in Zagreb. IJ
Comp. 1956; IM
Comp. 1967;
GM Comp.
1980. |
|
1932 |
07/28
Capelan, Gunter born in Wermelskirchen, Germany.
IM 1968. |
|
1932 |
08/
US Open, Minneapolis, Fine first. |
|
1932 |
08/10
Partos born. Romanian IM 1975. |
|
1932 |
08/11
Bilek, Istvan born in Budapest. 3-time Hungarian
Champion. Ex
wife also Hungarian
Champion. IM 1958; GM 1962. |
|
1932 |
10/
LYONS; William Lyons of Kentucky died at age 83. One of the
first
Chess book dealers. |
|
1932 |
11/01
Kraidman, Israeli IGM (1976), born. IM 1965. |
|
1932 |
11/11
Yates (born 1884), English master, died
from a gas leak. |
|
1932 |
11/16
Mattison died, Riga. World amateur
Champion 1924. Latvian
Champion 1924. |
|
1932 |
11/27
Weinberger, Tibor born. |
|
1932 |
12/01
Lazarevic born. WGM 1976. |
|
1932 |
12/07
Brasket, Curt born in Tracy, MN. FM 1984. |
|
1933 |
First
British Boys'
Championship, Hastings. |
|
1933 |
First issue of Chess Review, edited by
Isaac Kashdan. |
|
1933 |
Alekhine
visits Shanghai and gives simuls. |
|
1933 |
Braille Chess
Association founded. |
|
1933 |
01/
First issue of 'Chess
Review' by Kashdan and Horowitz. |
|
1933 |
01/11
Haag, Ervin born in Mosonmagyarovar, Hungary. Hungarian IM
1961; IMC 1961. |
|
1933 |
01/14
Englund, Fritz died in Stockholm. Englund Gambit. |
|
1933 |
01/18
Popovych, Orest born. |
|
1933 |
01/22
Branch, William died in Cheltenham, England. Chess historian. |
|
1933 |
01/22
Burger, Karl born in New York City. IM 1980. |
|
1933 |
02/03
Sanguinetti born. Argentina
Champion 1956,
57, 62, 65. IM
1957.
GM 82. |
|
1933 |
02/05
Lutikov, Soviet IGM, born. IM 1967. GM 1974. |
|
1933 |
02/18
Alaikov, Venelin born in Shumen, Bulgaria. IJ
Comp. 1977; IM
Comp.
1988. |
|
1933 |
02/23
Mikhalchisin, Adrian born. Yugoslav IM
1963. |
|
1933 |
02/28
Spiridinov born. Bulgarian
Champion 1969. GM 1979. |
|
1933 |
03/05
Vasiukov born. 6-time Moscow Champion.
IM 1958. GM 1961. |
|
1933 |
03/07
Gottschall, Hermann died in Gorlitz, Germany. Elo: 2400. Author
and editor. |
|
1933 |
03/18
Clarke, Peter born in London. Second in
British Championship
5
times. IMC 1976; IA 1976; GMC
1980; FM 1984. |
|
1933 |
04/03
Navarovsky born. Hungarian IM 1965. |
|
1933 |
04/06
Bakcsi, Gyorgy (ne Bartok) born in Budapest. IM
Comp. 1967; IJ
Comp.
1979; GM Comp.
1980. |
|
1933 |
04/06
Bartok, Gyorgy born in Budapest. IM Comp
1967; GM Comp 1980. |
|
1933 |
04/06
Diez del Corral, Jesus born in Saragosa, Spain. Spanish
Champion 1955, 1965. GM 1974. IM
1967. |
|
1933 |
04/16
Honfi, Lujza (ne Gurszky) born in Budapest. WIM 1969; WIMC
1977. |
|
1933 |
04/26
Djurasevic, Bizidar born in Belgrade. Yugoslav IM 1957. |
|
1933 |
05/25
Shinkman (born 1847),
Chess composer, died. |
|
1933 |
05/29
Padevsky, Bulgarian IGM, born. 4-time Bulgarian
Champion. IM,
GM 1964. |
|
1933 |
06/13
Lengyl, Hungarian IGM (1964), born. IM 1962. |
|
1933 |
07/07
Nun born. Czech IM 1976. |
|
1933 |
08/
Folkestone Olympiad, USA
first. |
|
1933 |
08/
US Open, Detroit, Fine
first. |
|
1933 |
09/30
Flesch, Janos, IGM (1980), born. Hungary. Blindfold player. IM
1963. |
|
1933 |
10/07
Penrose born, Colchester. 10-time
British Champion
(6 in a row).
IM 1961. Psychologist. |
|
1933 |
10/17
Berger, Johann died in Graz. Strong player, editor, and author.
Elo: 2495. |
|
1933 |
10/21
Dijk, Nils born in Indonesia. IM Comp.
1961; IJ Comp.
1966. |
|
1933 |
10/22
Hochberg, Burt born in New York City. |
|
1933 |
10/23
Scafarelli born. Italian IM 1957. |
|
1933 |
10/25
Sherwin, American Chess master, born. IM
1958. |
|
1933 |
11/12
Ivkov, Yugoslav IGM, born. First World
jr Champion 1951. GM
1955. IM 1954. |
|
1933 |
11/13
Gurgenidze, Bukhuti born in Surami, Georgia. IM 1966. GM 1970. |
|
1933 |
11/28
Addison, William born in Baton Rouge, LA. IM 1967. |
|
1934 |
American Chess
Federation founded. |
|
1934 |
First Soviet
Chess player to be awarded Honored
Master of Sport -
Romanovsky. |
|
1934 |
Kolty plays 34
games blindfold (+24=10). |
|
1934 |
Leonhardt died
of a heart attack while playing a game of
Chess. |
|
1934 |
Palestine
Chess Federation founded. |
|
1934 |
Pauly,
Wolfgang died. Greatest problemist of Romania. |
|
1934 |
01/
Log Cabin Chess Club founded by E. Forry Laucks. |
|
1934 |
01/12
Oswald, Don born in Ottawa, Kansas. Book dealer. |
|
1934 |
01/24
Ghitescu, Romanian IGM, born, Bucharest. Romanian
Champion
1963. IM 1961; GM 1986. |
|
1934 |
02/17
Tarrasch (born 1862), German master,
died, Munich. |
|
1934 |
02/18
Chepizhny, Victor born in Dnepropetrovsk, Russia. IJ
Comp. 1965;
IM Comp.
1969; GM Comp.
1989. |
|
1934 |
02/24
Darga, Klaus born in Pankow, Germany. 2-time FRG
Champion
GM 1964. IM 1957. |
|
1934 |
03/02
Kolarov born Bulgarian IM 1957. |
|
1934 |
03/15
Brady, Frank born in New York City. IA 1972. Wrote Profile of a
Prodigy. |
|
1934 |
03/19
Andersen, Borge born in Denmark. 4-time Danish
Champion (won in 1967, 1968). IM 1964. |
|
1934 |
03/23
Bachtiar, Arovah born in Banjarmasin, Indonesia. IM 1977. |
|
1934 |
04/01
Alekhine-Bogoljubov world Championship,
Germany. |
|
1934 |
04/30
Bikhovsky, Anatoly born in Izhevsk, Russia. IM 1982. |
|
1934 |
05/16
Boey, Jozef born in Anvers, Belgium. IM 1973; IMC 1974; GMC
1975. Belgium
Champion 1959, 1964, 1971. |
|
1934 |
06/13
Engel, Klaus born in Berlin. IMC 1966; GMC 1983. |
|
1934 |
06/14
Alekhine (+8=15-3) beats Bogoljubov, 15.5
- 10.5, Germany. |
|
1934 |
06/27
Cafferty, Bernard born in Blackburn, England.
British Champion
1960. FM 1984. BCM editor from 1981. |
|
1934 |
07/05
Dely born. Hungarian
Champion 1970. IM 1962. |
|
1934 |
07/20
Aarseth, Erling born in Norway. IMC 1981. |
|
1934 |
08/
US Open, Chicago, Reshevsky & Fine
first. |
|
1934 |
09/28
Fuchs, Reinhart born in Berlin. IM 1962. |
|
1934 |
10/05
Blumenfeld, Rudy born in Bucharest. FM. |
|
1934 |
10/11
Haygarth, Michael born in Leeds, England.
British Champion
1964. |
|
1934 |
10/18
Drimer, Dolfi born in Iasa, Romania. IM 1961; IA 1986. |
|
1934 |
10/30
Hanken, Jerome born in Cincinnati. |
|
1934 |
11/12
Stein, Leonid born. 3-time USSR Champion.
GM 1962. |
|
1934 |
11/20
Polugaevsky born. 3-time USSR
Champion. |
|
1935 |
First
Olympiad. Hungary won; 17 teams. |
|
1935 |
First
explanation of the Swiss system by Ranneforth in Schackalendar. |
|
1935 |
CHESS founded
by B. H. Wood in Sutton Coldfield. |
|
1935 |
Flohr gets
married. |
|
1935 |
Keres wins
Estonian Championship at 19. |
|
1935 |
Klovan
born, USSR IM 1976. |
|
1935 |
Pearl of
Zandvoort games. 26th game between Euwe and Alekhine. |
|
1935 |
Stevenson;
Agnes, wife of Stevenson, killed in Poland by propeller of
plane. |
|
1935 |
Sanakoyev,
Grigory born. 12th World Chess Championship. |
|
1935 |
Ufimtsev,
Anatoly born. Developed the Pirc in 1934. Born Ufintsev, but
secret police took his father
away. |
|
1935 |
Vladimirov,
Yakov born. IGCC 1988. |
|
1935 |
01/14
Yukhtman born. |
|
1935 |
01/26
Nikolic; Stanimir Nikolic born. Yugoslav
IM 1967. |
|
1935 |
01/26
Olafsson, Fridrik, first Icelandic IGM
(1958), born. IM 1956. |
|
1935 |
02/05
Showalter died in Lexington, Kentucky.
5-time US Champion
Born 1860. |
|
1935 |
03/04
Larsen born at Tilsed in Jutland. |
|
1935 |
03/16
Nimzovich (born 1886) died of pneumonia
in Copenhagen. |
|
1935 |
03/17
Panno, born. Buenos Aires. World jr
Champion 1953. GM 1955. IM
1954. |
|
1935 |
03/23
Grigoriou, Miltiadis born in Athens, Greece. Greek IM 1975. |
|
1935 |
03/29
Uhlmann born. Dresden. 8-time East
German
Champion. |
|
1935 |
05/23
Matanovic, Alexander born, GM 1955. |
|
1935 |
05/28
Barasz, Zsigmond died in Budapest. Analysed the Budapest
Defense. Elo: 2440. |
|
1935 |
06/
Euwe-Alekhine is first world
Championship match to officially have
seconds. |
|
1935 |
06/10
Matulovic, born Belgrade.
2-time Yugoslav Champion, GM
1965. |
|
1935 |
06/15
Zaitsev, Alexander, Soviet IGM (1967), born. |
|
1935 |
07/24
Osnos born. IM 1965. |
|
1935 |
07/30
Forintos, Gyozo, Hungarian IGM, born. IM 1963. GM 1974. |
|
1935 |
08/
US Open, Milwaukee, Fine
first. |
|
1935 |
08/
Warsaw Olympiad, USA
first. |
|
1935 |
08/09
Holzhausen, Walther died in Magdeburg, Germany. Elo: 2410.
Holzhausen Attack. |
|
1935 |
09/08
Baumbach, Friedrich born in Weimer, Germany.
East German
Champion 1970. IMC 1967; GMC 1973. 11th World Champion (1986-89). |
|
1935 |
09/22
Eszik, Lajos born in Sweden. 1985 Swedish
Champion. |
|
1935 |
09/22
Rudensky
born. World blind Champion 1975. |
|
1935 |
09/25
Purdy, John b Sydney. Him, Father and grandfather were
Australian
Champion. |
|
1935 |
10/03
Alekhine-Euwe match, Holland. |
|
1935 |
10/16
Curtis, Donald born in Cardiff, Wales. 1959 Welsh
Champion. |
|
1935 |
11/08
Bjelica, Dimitrije born in Vrbica, Yugoslavia. |
|
1935 |
11/12
Ciric, Dragoljub, Yugoslav IGM, born. IM 1961. GM 1965. |
|
1935 |
12/05
Bettmann, Henry died in Cincinnati. Chess problemist. |
|
1935 |
12/08
Zatulovskaya born. |
|
1935 |
12/15
Euwe defeats Alekhine, 15.5-14.5, to become world
Champion. |
|
1935 |
12/20
Feuerstein, Arthur born. |
|
1935 |
12/30
Aaron, Manuel born in Toungoo, Burma. First
Indian IM. IM 1961.
IA 1986. |
|
1936 |
Ajeeb tours
the USA playing checkers (operator is Jesse Hanson). |
|
1936 |
Keeble wins
Norfolk Championship. He won in 1884 (52
yrs). |
|
1936 |
Knezevic born.
Yugoslav GM 1976. |
|
1936 |
Over 10,000
women players took part in the eliminating sections of the
Russian Women's
Chess
Championship. |
|
1936 |
Trades Union
Championship of the USSR had 700,000 entries. |
|
1936 |
01/14
Hume, George died in Nottingham, England. Problemist and
collector. |
|
1936 |
02/21
Barczay, Laszlo born in Miskolc, Hungary. IM 1966; GM 1967; IMC
1973; GMC 1979. |
|
1936 |
02/23
Farre-Mallofre, Miguel born in Barcelona. Spanish IM 1959. |
|
1936 |
03/19
Gufeld, Eduard born in Kiev. IM 1964; GM 1967. |
|
1936 |
03/26
Blake, Percy died in Warrington, England. Problemist. |
|
1936 |
05/15
Traxler (born 1866), Czech problemist,
died. |
|
1936 |
05/27
Garcia, Raimundo born in Argentina. IM 1964. |
|
1936 |
07/
First U.S. Championship Tournament, New
York, Reshevsky
first. |
|
1936 |
07/06
Braun, Leslie born. |
|
1936 |
07/16
Schweber born, Argentinian IM 1961. |
|
1936 |
07/19
Keller born, Swiss
Chanpion 1958, 60,
61, 63. IM 1961. |
|
1936 |
08/
US Open, Philadelphia, Horowitz
first. |
|
1936 |
08/16
Bagirov, Vladimir born in Batumi, Georgia. IM 1963. GM 1978. |
|
1936 |
08/28
Botvinnik and Capablanca tie for 1st at Nottingham. |
|
1936 |
10/03 Sergievsky
born, IM 1966. |
|
1936 |
10/22
Lyman, S. Chess master and tv
personality, born. |
|
1936 |
10/27
Howell, Clarence died in New York City. Howell Attack. |
|
1936 |
10/31
Knezevic, Milorad born. Yugoslav GM
1976. |
|
1936 |
11/09
Tal born, Riga. 6-time
USSR Champion. World
Champion 1960
61.
Died 1992. |
|
1936 |
11/29
Malich, East German IGM, born. IM 1962. GM 1975. East German
Champion 1958. |
|
1936 |
12/04
Cuchi, Jose born in Segovia, Spain. IA 1986. |
|
1936 |
12/05
Johannsson born, Iceland IM 1963. |
|
1936 |
12/27
Buljovcic, Ivan born in Subotica, Yugoslavia. IM 1974. |
|
1937 |
First notable Chess
portrayal on stage. |
|
1937 |
Koltanowski
played 34 opponents blindfolded, in Edinburgh (+24=10). |
|
1937 |
01/03
Sydor born. |
|
1937 |
01/30
Spassky born, Leningrad. World
junior Champion
1955. World
Champion 1969-72. |
|
1937 |
02/07
Camara, Helder born in Fortaleza, Brazil. IM 1972. |
|
1937 |
02/08
Gipslis, Aivars born in Riga. 8-time Latvian
Champion, IM 1963.
GM 1967. |
|
1937 |
03/05
Minic, Dragoljub born. Yugo HGM 1990. |
|
1937 |
03/07
Langeweg born. Dutch IM 1962. |
|
1937 |
03/07
Tringov, Bulgarian IGM, born
in Plovdiv. 3-time
Bulgarian
Champion. IM 1962. GM 1963. |
|
1937 |
03/11
Vukcevich, Milan US IM and Chess
composer, born in Belgrade.
Nominee for Nobel Prize. |
|
1937 |
03/22
Mednis, Edmar born in Riga, USSR. |
|
1937 |
03/23
Liberzon, Israeli IGM, born in the
Soviet Union. IM 1963. GM 1965. |
|
1937 |
04/04
Portisch, Hungarian IGM, born in Zalaegerszeg, Hungary. |
|
1937 |
04/23
Andreeva, Olga born in Russia. WIM 1967. |
|
1937 |
05/16
Saidy, Anthony born. IM 1969. |
|
1937 |
06/15
1st ballet with a Chess theme,
"Checkmate" composed
by A.
Bliss. |
|
1937 |
06/22
Bachmann, Ludwig died in Munich. |
|
1937 |
07/04
Acevedo, Armando born in Mexico, FM. |
|
1937 |
07/14
Bloodgood, Claude born in La Paz, Mexico. |
|
1937 |
08/
Gilchrist, Mary plays for Scotland at the Stockhlom Olympiad. |
|
1937 |
08/
Stockholm Olympiad, USA first. |
|
1937 |
08/
US Open, Chicago, Polland first. |
|
1937 |
08/01
Barnes, Barry born in Brighton, England. IJComp,
1967; IMComp
1967. |
|
1937 |
08/27
Axt, Helga born in Bad Ems, Germany. WIM 1961. |
|
1937 |
09/14
den Ouden, A. born in the Netherlands. IMC 1971; GMC 1980. |
|
1937 |
10/05
Euwe-Alekhine, world
Championship match, Holland. |
|
1937 |
10/06
Gliksman, Darko born in Slavonski Brod, Yugoslavia. IM 1970. |
|
1937 |
10/17
Johannessen, S. born. Several times
Norwegian Champion. IM
1961. |
|
1937 |
12/02 Bukic, Enver born in Banja Luka,
Yugoslavia. IM 1964; GM 1976. |
|
1937 |
12/04
Lombardy, William born in the bronx. |
|
1937 |
12/16
Alekhine defeats Euwe to regain world
Championship. |
|
1937 |
12/22
BCM incorporated as a limited company. |
|
1937 |
12/25
Cardoso, Rodolfo born in Anda, Philippines. Philippine
Champion
1958, 1963. IM 1957. World Jr
Champion 1957. |
|
1937 |
12/25
Vaisman born, Romanian IM 1975. |
|
1938 |
AVRO
tournament in which the world's best 8 players competed. |
|
1938 |
Bruce, Ronald
lost to 2 world Champions (Alekhine &
Menchik) on the
same day. |
|
1938 |
Krylenko (born
1885), leading soviet Chess promoter,
executed. |
|
1938 |
Rudenko, GM
for Chess compositons, born. |
|
1938 |
Samisch lost
on time (45 moves/2.5 hrs) after 12 moves, Prague. |
|
1938 |
01/14
Marovic, Yugoslav GM, born. IM 1965. GM 1975. |
|
1938 |
01/17
Emma, Jaime born in Argentina. IM 1978. |
|
1938 |
01/24
Lang, Edith (Bilek) born in Hungary. IWM 1965. Hungarian
women's
Champion 1958, 1963. |
|
1938 |
02/02
Altrichter, Ulrich born in Austria. IMC 1982. |
|
1938 |
02/05
Gerusel, Mathias born in Elbing, Poland. IM 1968. |
|
1938 |
02/22
Ostojic, Yugoslav IGM, born. IM 1968. GM 1975. |
|
1938 |
02/27
Andersen, Eric died in Copenhagen. Won Danish
Championship
12 times. Elo: 2480. |
|
1938 |
03/06
Kuprejanov born, Canadian IM 1972. |
|
1938 |
03/23
Tatai born, Rome.
9-time Italian Champion, IM
1966. |
|
1938 |
04.02
Vizantiades born, Greek.
IM 1968. |
|
1938 |
04/19
Erdeus, Gheorghe-Aurel born in Satu-Mare, Romania. IM 1986; IA
1986. |
|
1938 |
04/25
Hickey, Lisa (ne Lane) born in Philadelphia. WIM 1959. |
|
1938 |
05/13
Filipowicz born, Polish IM 1975. |
|
1938 |
05/13
Filipowicz, Andrzej born in Warsaw. Polish IM 1975. |
|
1938 |
05/27
Zaitsev, Igor born in Ramenskoe, USSR. Moscow
Champion 1969.
GM 1976. |
|
1938 |
06/17
Karasev born, USSR IM 1976. |
|
1938 |
07/
US Championship, New York, Reshevsky
first. |
|
1938 |
07/24
Cabarkapa, Milenko born in Krupice, Yugoslavia.
Blind world
Champion 1966-1970. IM 1986. |
|
1938 |
08/ US Open, Boston.
Horowitz & Kashdan
first. |
|
1938 |
08/10
Miagmasuren born. Mongolian IM 1966. |
|
1938 |
10/05
Kovacs born. Hungarian IM 1965. |
|
1938 |
11/10
Grigoriev, Nikolay died in Moscow. Elo: 2440. Moscow
Champion
1921, 1922, 1923-4, 1929. Endgame
analyst. Died after an operation for
appendicitis. |
|
1938 |
11/27
Fine and Keres tie for first in AVRO. Strongest event to date. |
|
1939 |
First
rating system, used by the CCLA. |
|
1939 |
Last (21st)
edition of Staunton's "Chess
Player's Handbook"
published. |
|
1939 |
Quevedo; Leonardo Torres y Quevedo
died. Created
Ajedrecista, a
Chess automaton. |
|
1939 |
Saunders; Elaine Saunders wins
British women's
Championship at age
Thirteen. |
|
1939 |
Cox, Thomas
died in Ireland.
Irish Champion in 1937, 1938. |
|
1939 |
Weldon,
Charles born. |
|
1939 |
01/07
Radulov, Bulgarian IGM, born. 4-time Bulgarian
Champion. IM
1968. GM 1972. |
|
1939 |
01/13
Adamski, Andrzej born in Warsaw. IM 1980. |
|
1939 |
01/29
Hecht, Hans born in Luckenwalde, Germany. IM 1969; GM 1973;
IMC 1980. |
|
1939 |
03/01
Dubeck, Leroy born in Orange, NJ. USCF President 1969. |
|
1939 |
03/12
Bednarski, Boguslaw born in Myslenice, Poland. IM 1964. Polish
Champion 1963. |
|
1939 |
05/28
Fahrni, Hans died in Ostermundingen, Switzerland. Elo: 2480. 1st
to play 100 simultaneously, 1911. |
|
1939 |
06/01
Atkinson, Walter died in St. Leonards-on-Sea, England.
Introduced the Atkinson
variation. |
|
1939 |
07/17
Bone, Eric born in Lebanon, Ohio. |
|
1939 |
07/24
Abdurahmanovic, Fadil born in Sarajevo, Yugoslavia. IJComp
1972; IMComp 1980. |
|
1939 |
07/26
Godes, Devis born in Russia. IMC 1983; GMC 1984. |
|
1939 |
08/
Buenos Aires Olympiad, Germany first. |
|
1939 |
08/
US Open, New York. Fine
first. |
|
1939 |
08/27
Uitumen born. Mongolian IM 1965. |
|
1939 |
09/04
Postisch, Ferenc
born. Hungarian IM 1975. |
|
1939 |
09/26
Blathy, Otto died in Budapest. Created longest problem, 290
moves |
|
1939 |
10/04
Collijn, Ludvig died in Stockholm. Chess patron. President of the
Swedish Chess Ass. from 1917 to
1939. |
|
1939 |
11/01
Bukal, Vladimir born in Zagreb. IM 1977. |
|
1939 |
12/12
Kestler born. West
German IM 1976. |
|
1939 |
12/27
American Chess Federation & National Chess Federation form
USCF. |
|
1939 |
12/27
Sturgis of Boston elected USCF (dues
$1). |
|
1940 |
Beasley, John
born in England. Problemist and computer consultant. |
|
1940 |
First USSR Chess
Championship. |
|
1940 |
Last issue of
"La Strategie". |
|
1940 |
Przepiorka,
Dawid died, Polish player. Died in a
concentration camp. |
|
1940 |
Rivero, Adele wins
US women's Championship. |
|
1940 |
Stahlberg
played 400 opponents on a replacement basis in Buenos
Aires. +379 in 36 hours. |
|
1940 |
01/01
Ahlers, Klaus born in Ahrensburg, Germany. West German
Champion 1980. |
|
1940 |
02/08
Kogan, Boris born. Died in 1993. |
|
1940 |
03/06
Hamilton, Charles died in St. Louis. |
|
1940 |
03/22
Deze, Anton born in Beocin, Yugoslavia. Yugoslav IM 1976. |
|
1940 |
04/09
Barry died. |
|
1940 |
04.09 Barry,
John died in West Roxbury, MA. |
|
1940 |
05/
Reshevsky wins US
Championship. |
|
1940 |
05/05
Bielecki, Carlos born in Argentina. World jr
Champion 1959. IM
1959. |
|
1940 |
06/
Adams, Weaver; "White to play and win"
by Weaver Adams is
published. |
|
1940 |
06/02
Csom, Istvan born in Satoraljaujhely, Hungary. IM 1967; GM 1973.
Hungarian
Champion 1972, 1973. |
|
1940 |
06/07
Belavenets, Ludmilla born in Moscow. WIM 1977; WIMC 1979; IMC
1979. Russian Women's
Championship 1975. |
|
1940 |
07/
US Championship, New York, Reshevsky 1st
(3rd consecutive time). |
|
1940 |
07/13
Aldret, Jorge born in Mexico City. FM. |
|
1940 |
08/
US Open, Dallas, Reuben Fine first (27
players). |
|
1940 |
08/02
Hollis, Adrian born in Bristol. British
Champion 1966,
67, 71. IMC
1970; GMC 1976. |
|
1940 |
08/08
Sahovic, Yugoslav GM (1978) born. IM 1976. |
|
1940 |
08/15
Cuartas, Carlos born in Columbia. IM 1975. |
|
1940 |
09/
National Chess Centre burnt down in London after an air raid. Had
700 members. |
|
1940 |
09/11
Fyfe, Peter died in Glasgow, Scotland. Fyfe gambit. |
|
1940 |
09/26
Savon born. IM 1967. GM 1973. USSR Champion
1972. |
|
1940 |
09/29
Frenkel, Vera born. |
|
1940 |
10/
Bondarevsky and Lilienthal tie for first
at Moscow in USSR
Championship. |
|
1940 |
10/08
Hamann, Svend born in Copenhagen. IM 1965. |
|
1940 |
11/
USCF Postal play began. |
|
1940 |
11/10
Todorcevic, Miodrag born. Yug GM 1989. |
|
1940 |
12/28
Ault, Leslie born in Elizabeth, NJ. |
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