|
Year
|
|
|
1961 |
Ault wins
US Jr Championship for 3rd consecutive
year. |
|
1961 |
Blind; 1st blind
Olympiad, Meschede, W. Germany.
Won by Yugoslavia
(7 teams). |
|
1961 |
Benko wins
US Open in San Francisco. |
|
1961 |
"Chess
Life", from newspaper to monthly
magazine form. |
|
1961 |
Fischer
become US Champion
for 4th time. |
|
1961 |
Lane
appears on what's my line and cover of Sports Illustrated. |
|
1961 |
Olympiad;
Women's
Olympiad
abandoned because DDR team unable
to obtain visa. |
|
1961 |
Scrivener,
Robert won Mississipi State
Championship at age 80. |
|
1961 |
Ratings:
Fischer = 2641; Reshevsky
= 2632; Lombardy = 2555; Byrne R.
=
2535. |
|
1961 |
01/07
Vera, Reynaldo born. Cuban GM 1988. |
|
1961 |
01/08
Arkell, Keith born in Birmingham, England. IM 1985. |
|
1961 |
01/09
Heinbuch, Detlef born in Bochum. IM 1986. |
|
1961 |
01/17
Chiburdanidze, Maia born in Kutaisi, Russia. WIM 1974; WGM
1977; IM 1978; GM 1984. Women's
World Champion 1978-91. |
|
1961 |
01/21
Aronoff, Irene born in USA. WFM. |
|
1961 |
02/03
McNab, Colin born. Scottish GM 1992. |
|
1961 |
02/08
Akesson, Ralf born. IM 1981. Swedish Champion
1985. |
|
1961 |
02/09
Levenfish (born 1889), Soviet IGM, died.
GM 1950. |
|
1961 |
02/10
Canda, Danilo born in Nicaragua. IM
1986. |
|
1961 |
02/11
Petrosian wins 28th USSR Championship,
Moscow. |
|
1961 |
02/27
Eng, Holger born in Neuenhaus, Germany. IM 1984. |
|
1961 |
03/04
Bany, Jerzy born in Bytom, Poland. IM 1983. |
|
1961 |
03/10
Agusto, Obafunmilayo born in Nigeria. FM. |
|
1961 |
03/14
Rubinstein (born 1882), Polish IGM, died
in Anvers. |
|
1961 |
03/15
Tal-Botvinnik match starts, Moscow. |
|
1961 |
03/15
Brown, Timothy born. |
|
1961 |
03/26
Rizzitano, James born. |
|
1961 |
03/31
Pigusov, Evgeny born. GM 1988. |
|
1961 |
04/17
Brooks, Michael born in Chicago. FM 1982. |
|
1961 |
04/21
Danailov, Silvio born in Sofia, Bulgaria. IM 1984. |
|
1961 |
04/26
Tangborn, Eric born. |
|
1961 |
05/05
Douven, Rudy born in Heerlen, Netherlands. FM 1985; IM 1986. |
|
1961 |
05/10
Heath, Christopher died in London. 1923-4 Scottish
Champion
Heath
variation. |
|
1961 |
05/12
Botvinnk defeats Tal to regain world
Champioship. |
|
1961 |
06/09
Bischoff, Klaus born in Ulm, Germany. IM 1982; GM 1990. |
|
1961 |
06/17
Damljanovic, Branko born in Novi Sad, Yugoslavia. IM 1982; GM
1989. |
|
1961 |
07/13
Franke, Heribert born in Bad Cannstatt,
Germany. IM 1986. |
|
1961 |
07/16
Fischer-Reshevsky match starts in
New York. |
|
1961 |
08/21
Barbero, Gerardo born in Argentina. IM 1986; GM 1988. |
|
1961 |
09/
Tal wins at Bled. Fischer 2nd. |
|
1961 |
09/
Parma wins World Jr Championship at The
Hague. |
|
1961 |
09/12
Guzman, Ricardo born in the Philippines. IM 1982. |
|
1961 |
09/12
de Guzman, Ricardo born in the Philippines. IM 1982. |
|
1961 |
09/19
Alvarez-Ibarra, Rafael born in Bilbao, Spain. IM 1986. |
|
1961 |
10/10
Cvitin, Ognjen born in Siberik, Yugoslavia. World jr
Champion
1981. IM 1982; GM 1987. |
|
1961 |
10/12
Whitehead, Jay born. |
|
1961 |
10/31
Benedict, Clare died in Lucerne, Switzerland. Chess patron.
Granddaughter of Fenimore Cooper. |
|
1961 |
11/07
Glek, Igor born. GM. |
|
1961 |
11/16
Sergeant died, Kingston-on-Thames.
London Champion, 1951. |
|
1961 |
11/29
Gertler, David born in Camden, NJ. FM 1985. |
|
1961 |
12/
Lane, Lisa drops out of Hastings 1961/62 because she is in love. |
|
1961 |
12/07
Gurieli, Nina born in Russia. WIM 1979; WGM 1980. |
|
1962 |
Capablanca;
First Capablanca Memorial in Cuba. |
|
1962 |
Evans wins
US Championship. |
|
1962 |
GM; 1st GM
of over-the-board and Correspondence
Chess - O'Kelly. |
|
1962 |
Gresser
wins US women's Championship. |
|
1962 |
Rejfir
died. Born in 1909. Czech IM 1956. |
|
1962 |
Worst team:
Cyprus, 0/20 at Varna Olympiad 1962.
Ioannidis went 0/20. |
|
1962 |
01/10
Hammond, Alex died in England. Chess set collector. |
|
1962 |
02/06
Antunes, Antonio born in Lisbon. IM 1985. |
|
1962 |
02/12
Gobet, Fernand born in Romont, Switzerland. IM 1985. |
|
1962 |
02/12
Ioseliani born, Tbilisi. 2-time USSR
women's
Champion. |
|
1962 |
03/
Living Chess played between Botvinnik &
Smyslov, Moscow. |
|
1962 |
03/11
Ragozin, Vyacheslav died. Former world
Correspondence
Champion. |
|
1962 |
04/
Stockholm Interzonal, Fischer wins 2.5 points ahead of the field. |
|
1962 |
04/03
Grunfeld, Ernst died in Vienna. German Champion
1927. GM 1950.
Elo: 2550. |
|
1962 |
04/10
Khouzman, Alexander born. GM. |
|
1962 |
04/12
Cuijpers, Frans born in Heerlen, Netherlands. IM 1984. |
|
1962 |
04/18
Watson, William, born. |
|
1962 |
04/23
Graves, Frank died in Fort Worth, TX. USCF President 1954. |
|
1962 |
05/02
Candidates; Start of Curacao Candidates
tourney. |
|
1962 |
05/22
Schneider, Alexander born. |
|
1962 |
05/23
Novikov, Igor born. GM 1990. |
|
1962 |
06/09
Youngworth, Perry born. |
|
1962 |
06/13
Motwani born, Glasgow. World under-16
Champion, 1978. Scottish
Champion 1978. |
|
1962 |
06/26
Petrosian wins Curacao Candidates (Fischer is 4th). |
|
1962 |
06/28
Gauglitz, Gernot born in Meissen, Germany. IM 1986. |
|
1962 |
07/31
Brustman, Agnieszka born in Warsaw. WIM 1979; WGM 1985. |
|
1962 |
08/
Candidates; Curacao Candidates,
Petrosiam 1st; Fischer 4th. |
|
1962 |
08/17
Wilder, Michael born. |
|
1962 |
08/20
Fischer accuses Russians of cheating in Sports Illustrated. |
|
1962 |
08/25
Medina wins US Open, San Antonio. |
|
1962 |
08/25
Nenachev, Alexander born. |
|
1962 |
09/17
Broder, Iris born in Halle, Germany. WIM 1986. |
|
1962 |
09/17
Wilder, Michael born. |
|
1962 |
09/20
Adam, William born. |
|
1962 |
09/24
Tischbierek, Raj born. German GM 1990. |
|
1962 |
10/09
Vidmar, Milan died. |
|
1962 |
10/14
Ehlvest, Jaan born in Estonio. IM 1982; GM 1987. European Jr
Champion 1982-3. |
|
1962 |
10/18
Fernandes, Antonio born in Pamphilosa da Serra, Portugal. IM
1985. |
|
1962 |
10/25
Turner, Abe stabbed to death. |
|
1962 |
11/18
Gurvich, Abram died in Moscow. IJComp 1956. |
|
1962 |
11/21
London, Dimitri born. |
|
1962 |
11/30
Bernstein, Ossip died in France. GM 1950; IA 1952. Elo: 2590. |
|
1962 |
12/06
Drasko, Milan born in Capljina, Yugoslavia. IM 1984. |
|
1963 |
College;
Brooklyn college wins US intercollegiate
Championship in
Philadelphia. |
|
1963 |
Correspondence;
British Postal Federation formed. |
|
1963 |
Fischer
wins US Championship ahead of Bisguier. |
|
1963 |
Fischer
wins Western Open. |
|
1963 |
US Open in
Chicago; Lombardy wins. (266 players). |
|
1963 |
01/01
Winats, Luc born. Belgium GM 1993. |
|
1963 |
01/06
Adams, Weaver, died in Cedar Grove, New Jersey. |
|
1963 |
01/06
Helms, Hermann died in Brooklyn. IA 1954. Dean of American
Chess |
|
1963 |
02/01
Garbarino, Rodolfo born in Argentina. IM 1982. |
|
1963 |
02/08
Hjartarson, Johann born in Reykjavik. IM 1984; GM 1985. Icelandic
Champion 1980, 1984. |
|
1963 |
02/12
Root, Doug born. |
|
1963 |
03/09
Carvajal, Ana born in Cuba. WIM 1978. |
|
1963 |
03/15
Botvinnik-Petrosian match, Moscow. |
|
1963 |
03/20
Sokolov, Andrey, Soviet IGM (1984) born. World
Junior Champion
1982. |
|
1963 |
03/24
Morovic-Fernandez, Ivan born. Chilean GM 1986. |
|
1963 |
04/13
Kasparov, world Chess Champion, born in
Baku. |
|
1963 |
04/23
Cramling, Pia born. WGM 1982; IM 1983. |
|
1963 |
05/22
Petrosian defeats Botvinnik to become world
Champiom. |
|
1963 |
05/27
Rozentalis, Eduardas born. |
|
1963 |
06/03
Levitt, Jonathan born. English GM 1991. |
|
1963 |
06/14
Hjorth, Gregory born in Melbourne. IM 1984. |
|
1963 |
06/16
Schroer born. |
|
1963 |
07/25
Hodgson, Julian born in St Asaph, Wales. IM 1983; GM 1988.
British
Champion 1991. |
|
1963 |
07/25
Stoltz (born 1904), Swedish Grandmaster,
died. |
|
1963 |
07/27
1st Piatigorsky cup in Los Angeles; won by Petrosian and Keres. |
|
1963 |
08/28
King, Dan born. English GM 1989. |
|
1963 |
09/01
An, Yang born in China. WIM. |
|
1963 |
09/18
Hertneck, Gerald born. IM 1985; GM 1991. |
|
1963 |
09/26
Yedidia, Jonathan born. |
|
1963 |
10/30
Milos, Gilberto born. Brazil GM 1988. |
|
1963 |
11/03
Kostic (born 1887), died in Belgrade. IM
1950. |
|
1963 |
11/14
Krasenkov, Mikhail born. GM. |
|
1963 |
12/06
Hawksworth, John born in England. IM 1986. |
|
1963 |
12/20
Ardaman, Miles born. |
|
1963 |
12/22
Sacconi died. Born 1895. Italian
Champion, 1935. IM 1951. |
|
1963 |
12/28
Ardaman, Miles born. |
|
1964 |
1st game
with 5 Knights on board, Szabo-Ivkov,
Belgrade. |
|
1964 |
Blind;
2nd blind Olympiad, East Germany.
Yugoslavia won. 9 countries. |
|
1964 |
Braille;
International Braille Chess Association
affiliated with FIDE. |
|
1964 |
Clock;
First electronic clock manufactured in
Kiev. |
|
1964 |
Draw can
only be proposed before a move. |
|
1964 |
En passant
sound magazine for the blind founded. |
|
1964 |
Fischer
sweeps US Championship with 11-0 score. |
|
1964 |
Lane opens
her Chess emporium, 'Queen Pawn,' in NY. |
|
1964 |
Meyer;
John Meyer wins US Junior
Championship. |
|
1964 |
Ratings;
First
international rating list by elo. Fischer and Petrosian
(2690). |
|
1964 |
01/23
Khasanova born, USSR. Women's jr
Champion 1983. WIM 1984. |
|
1964 |
01/26
Chow, Albert born in Chicago. FM 1984. |
|
1964 |
02/13
Hector, Jonny born in Sweden. GM 1992. |
|
1964 |
02/17
Kipping died. Composed over 7,000
problems. |
|
1964 |
03/01
Ronanovsky died, Moscow. USSR
Champion 1923, 1927. IM 1950.
Born 1982. |
|
1964 |
03/08
Lalic, Bogdan born. Yug GM 1964. |
|
1964 |
03/11
Benjamin, Joel born in Brooklyn. IM 1980; GM 1986. US
Champion
1987. |
|
1964 |
04/17
Greenfeld, Alon born in New York City. Israeli IM 1983; GM 1989. |
|
1964 |
05/10
Graf, Sonja won US Women's Championship,
New York. |
|
1964 |
05/20
Amsterdam Interzonal started. |
|
1964 |
05/26
Salov, Valery born, GM 1986. World under
16 Champion in 1980. |
|
1964 |
05/29
Reinfeld died in New York. |
|
1964 |
05/31
Kotlyar, Gregory born. |
|
1964 |
06/16
Griego, David born. |
|
1964 |
06/21
Neverov, Valery born. GM 1992. |
|
1964 |
06/23
Barbulescu, Dan-Catalin born in Bucharest. IM 1984. |
|
1964 |
07/20
Colman, Eugene died in London. Colman var. discovered while
POW in Japan. |
|
1964 |
08/13
Horvath, Jozsef born in Budapest. IM 1986; GM 1990. |
|
1964 |
08/25
Kotronias, Vasilios born. Greek GM 1990. |
|
1964 |
08/29
Benko wins US Open in Boston (229 players). |
|
1964 |
08/31
Glueck, David born in Boston. FM 1986. |
|
1964 |
09/15
Goglidze, Victor died in Tbilisi, Georgia. IM 1950. Elo: 2430. |
|
1964 |
09/18
Hansen, Curt born in Bov, Denmark. IM 1982; GM 1985. World Jr
Champion 1984.
Danish Champion 1983, 1984, 1985. |
|
1964 |
09/23
Tolnai, Tibor born. Hungarian GM 1990. |
|
1964 |
09/27
Stohl, Igor born. Czech GM 1992. |
|
1964 |
10/24
Dokhoian, Yuri born in Russia. GM 1988. |
|
1964 |
11/07
Oll, Lembit born. GM 1990. |
|
1964 |
12/21
Renet, Oliver born. GM 1990. |
|
1965
|
|
1965 |
1st
National Open, Las Vegas; Reshevsky wins (138 players). |
|
1965 |
1st
university to introduce course on Chess,
Moscow. 2,000 attended. |
|
1965 |
Correspondence;
Start of the first Women's World
Correspondence
Chess
Championship. |
|
1965 |
EG; 1st
Chess magazine devoted to studies, EG,
founded by Roycroft. |
|
1965 |
Gresser
wins US women's
Championship. |
|
1965 |
Kurajica
won world jr Championship. IM before
even a master. |
|
1965 |
Mecking
wins Brazilian Championship at age 13. |
|
1965 |
Paros gets
IM for Chess composition for helpmates
only. |
|
1965 |
Soltis
repeats as NY city jr. Champion. |
|
1965 |
Street wins
US amateur (242 players). |
|
1965 |
01/
Keres wins at Hastings. |
|
1965 |
02/11
Chekhover, Vitaly died in Leningrad. IM 1950; IJComp 1956;
IMComp 1961. |
|
1965 |
02/12
Condie, Mark born in Scotland. IM 1984. |
|
1965 |
02/27
Goldin, Alexander born. GM 1989. |
|
1965 |
03/06
Graf-Stevenson, Sonja died in New York. WIM 1950. US Women's
Champion 1964. |
|
1965 |
03/07
Abarca Aguirre, Manuel born in San Antonio, Chile. FM 1986. |
|
1965 |
03/16
Adianto, Utat born in Jakarta, Indonesia. IM 1985; GM 1986.
First
Indo GM. World Jr
Champion. |
|
1965 |
04/
Candidates; 1st Candidates
matches: Spassky beats Keres; Geller
defeats Smyslov. |
|
1965 |
04/16
Hickl, Jorg born. German IM 1986; GM 1988. |
|
1965 |
