Brief notes on the history of Chess 1900 5

Brief notes on the History of Chess - by Bill Wall
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Year	1900 to 1920 1921 to 1940 1941 to 1960 1961 to 1980 1981 to 1999
1981	Browne and Seirawan win US Championship. South Bend, Indiana.
1981	Computer; First computer program to win a State Championship - Cray Blitz in Mississipi.
1981	Korchnoi wins Lone Pine.
1981	Redman elected USCF president.
1981	Savereide wins US women's Championship.
1981	Standard notation (algebraic notation) established by FIDE.
1981	US OPEN; 5 tie for US Open, Palo Alto (704 players).
1981	Watson and deFirmian win American Open (390 players).
1981	01/ Sarapu wins New Zealand Championship for the 16th time.
1981	01/08 Kotov died.
1981	02/14 Canal, Esteban died in Varese, Italy. Hungarian Champion 1933. IM 1950. HGM 1977.
1981	03/23 Lasker; Edward Lasker died.
1981	04/25 Ahman, Ernst died in Sweden. 1948 Swedish Champion.
1981	05/ Fischer arrested in Pasadena under suspicion of a bank robber.
1981	05/20 Gedult, David died in Paris.
1981	05/29 Altschul, Frank died in Stamford, CT. Problem book publisher.
1981	08/02 Breuer, Johann died in Reichshof, Germany. IJComp 1957; IMComp 1973.
1981	08/03 Heidenfeld, Wolfgang died in Ulm, Germany. South African Champion 8 times; Irish Champion 6 times.
1981	09/29 Chernev, Irving died in San Francisco. Chess author.
1981	10/01 Karpov-Korchnoi match, Merano.
1981	10/24 Kevitz died.
1981	10/27 Endzelins, Lucius died in Adelaide. GMC 1959. 2nd in the World Correspondence Championship 1956-9. Australian Champion 1961.
1981	11/12 Pilnik died.
1981	11/20 Karpov defeats Korchnoi, 11-7, Merano.
1981	11/26 Euwe, Max died in Amsterdam. Dutch Champion 12 times. World Champion 1935-37. GM 1950; IA 1951. FIDE President 1970-78.
1982	First brother-sister to tie for 1st in a tournament - Chicago.
1982	First time an American beat a reigning world Champion: Seirawan- Karpov.
1982	First world under-20 Championship for women.
1982	Aronin, Lev died. IM 1950. Moscow Champion 1965.
1982	Browne and Henley tie in 1st lady international, Indonesia.
1982	Olympiad; Youngest Olympiad player, Kien Tjing-Joe, age 12, for Surinam.
1982	01/02 Barendregt, Johan died in Gravenhage, Netherlands. IM 1962. Professor of psychology.
1982	02/03 Frydman, Paulin died in Buenos Aires. IM 1955. Warsaw Champion 1931, 1932, 1933, 1936.
1982	03/13 Fairhurst, William died in Howick, New Zealand. British Champion 1937. Scottish Champion 11 times.
1982	04/02 Coles, Richard died in West Clandon, England. Author of Chess biographies.
1982	05/22 Herbstmann, Alexander, IM for Chess compositions, died in Taby, Sweden. IJComp 1956; IMComp 1959.
1982	05/26 Albrecht, Hermann died in Frankfurt. IJComp 1957.
1982	07/05 Hunter, Charles died in Horley, England. British Correspondence Champion '61. World's fastest speaker. IMC 1967.
1982	09/18 Bjelica played 301 opponents at Sarajevo (+258=36-7).
1982	10/21 Edmondson, Edmund died in Honolulu, Hawaii. USCF President 1963. USCF executive director 1967.
1982	12/ First electronic Chess game on a complete bulletin board.
1983	First national hs individual Champion, won by Patrick Wolff.
1983	First time a microcomputer beats a master in tournament play.
1983	First time computer gains an established master's rating.
1983	First video Chess cassette - Orson Welles, Seirawan, Christiansen.
1983	Candidates; A tied candidates match was decided by a roulette wheel.
1983	Bobby Fischer publishes "I was tortured in the Pasadena Jailhouse."
1983	Martz dies, age 37.
1983	Yarosh, Leonid (1957- ) composed a direct mate orthodox Babson Task, though impossible for 70 years.
1983	01/31 Statham died.
1983	07/18 Flohr, Salo, Soviet IGM, died in Moscow. GM 1950; IA 1963.
1983	08/16 Mont-Reynaud, Jordy born, Stanford, CA.
1983	08/23 Anderson, Gerald Frank died in Hove, England. IJComp 1960; IMComp 1975. Last person to play Alekhine.
1983	09/10 Ciocaltea, Victor died in Manresa, Spain. Romanian Champion 1952, 59, 61, 62, 70, 71. IM 1957; GM 1979.
1983	11/15 Dubinen, Peter died in Gorky. GMC 1962. Second in 1962 world Correspondence Championship. IM 1950. USSR Corr. Champion 1957.
1983	12/03 Aitken, James died in Cheltenham, England. Former Scottish & London Champion.
1983	12/09 Flesch, Janos, IGM (1980), died. IM 1963.
1984	First satellite simultaneous exhibition - London & New York (Kasparov).
1984	First time a microcomputer won an event with mainframes, in Canada.
1984	Bolbochan, Jacobo died in Argentina. Argentina Champion 1932, 1933. IM 1965.
1984	Chess Collectors International started.
1984	Doyle, Steve elected USCF President.
1984	Nunn has performace rating of 2886 at Thessaloniki (10 of 11).
1984	Olympiad; U.S. first win over USSR in Olympiad at Thessaloniki.
1984	Shirazi goes .5 points in 17 games. Lost in 5 moves to Peters.
1984	03/16 Bonham, Reginald died in Worcester, England. Blind world Champion 1958. Correspondence Champion 6 times.
1984	03/28 Mansfield died.
1984	04/08 Udovcic died.
1984	05/17 Becker, Albert died in Vicente Lopez, Argentina. Austrian Champion 1925, 1937. IM 1953.
1984	05/19 Long, Roger & Graham Croft played 200 hours in Bristol.
1984	07/16 Cozens, William died in Taunton, England. Author.
1984	08/13 Petrosian (born 1929), former world Chess Champion, died.
1984	08/25 Blau, Max died in Bern, Switzerland. IM 1953. Swiss Champion 1953, 55, 56, 67.
1984	08/31 Czerniak, Moshe died in Tel Aviv. Palestine Champion 1936. Israeli Champion 1955. IM 1952.
1984	09/04 Bohatirchuk, Fedor died in Ottawa. USSR Champion 1927. IM 1954. IMC 1967.
1984	09/10 Karpov-Kasparov match, Moscow.
1984	10/06 Hort played 663 games in 32.5 hrs at Porz, West Germany.
1984	11/09 Fritz, Jindrich died in Prague. IJComp 1956; IMComp 1966; GMComp 1975.
1985	First time a match for the world Championship abandoned.
1985	First tournament of high school Champions won by Fishbein.
1985	New York Open; 6 tie for NY Open. Richest ($126,000) and largest (1070) tournament.
1985	Seirawan becomes First US candidate since 1973.
1985	World open largest (1,251) and richest ($150,000).
1985	Scholastic Championship draw a record 1,572 players.
1985	01/26 Yukhtman died.
1985	02/15 Kasparov-Karpov match halted after 48 games.
1985	02/20 Kashdan (born 1905), American GM, died.
1985	03/ Dunphy, William died in Hastings. Irish Champion 1957.
1985	08/ Gurevich, Ilya wins world under-14 Championship (first US player to do so).
1985	09/03 Karpov-Kasparov match, Moscow.
1985	09/16 Knoppert; Eric Knoppert played 500 games of 10-minute Chess in 68 hours.
1985	10/01 Bron, Vladimir died in Sverdlovsk, Russia. IJComp 1956; IMComp 1966; GMComp 1975.
1985	10/11 Candidates; Start of Montpellier Candidates tournament.
1985	10/20 Batik, Frantisek died in Jaromer, Czechoslovakia. IMC 1959.
1985	11/03 Battell, Jack died. (American postal pioneer).
1985	11/03 Yusupov, Vaganian, Sokolov tie at Montpellier.
1985	11/09 Kasparov defeats Karpov to become world Champion. Age 22 yrs, 210 days.
1985	11/27 First world team Championship tournament, won by USSR in Lucerne.
1985	12/05 Cuellar-Gacharna, Miguel died in Columbia. IM 1957.
1985	12/18 Dunst (born 1907), American player, died in Lambertville, NJ.
1986	First time there is a Soviet entrant in a U.S. Open.
1986	First time world Championship played in England.
1986	Agzamov, Georgy died in a fall from a cliff. IM 1982; GM 1984.
1986	Chikvaidze replaced Sevastionov as President of the Soviet Chess Fed.
1986	Harman, John died in England. Classified Chess studies.
1986	Polgar; Judit Polgar, 9, wins NY Open, unrated section with 7.5-.5.
1986	01/24 Buschke, Albrecht died in New York City.
1986	02/27 Barcza, Gedeon died in Budapest. IM 1950; GM 1954; IMC 1966.
1986	03/05 Rudenko, Lyudmila died. World women's Championship 1949-53. Challenger 1956.
1986	03/13 House of Reps passed resolution recognizing Bobby Fischer as world Champion.
1986	05/25 Fraenkel, Heinrich died in London. Assiac.
1986	07/25 Kasparov-Karpov match, London.
1986	08/10 Hall of Fame; Formation of the US Chess hall of fame.
1986	10/08 Kasparov defeats Karpov, 12.5-11.5, Leningrad.
1986	10/31 Computer; 6th world microcomputer Championship; Dallas, Mephisto III First.
1986	12/29 Hastings; 62nd Hastings, Chandler, Larsen, Lputian, Speelman first.
1986	12/30 Asenova, Venka died in Bulgaria. WIM 1965; HWGM 1986.
1987	Kamsky wins US jr Championship at age 12.
1987	Longest game. Martinovsky-Jansa, Gausdal 1987 (drawn after 194 moves).
1987	Niemeijer, Meindert died. Dutch Chess bibliophile.
1987	Winston elected USCF president.
1987	01/15 49th Hoogovens international, Wijk aan Zee, Korchnoi & Short 1st.
1987	01/29 Hartong, Jan died in Rotterdam. IMComp 1959.
1987	02/ Reykjavik international, Short First.
1987	02/02 Estrin, Yakov died in Russia. World Correspondence Champion 1975. IMC 1965; GMC 1966; IM 1975; GM 1984.
1987	02/27 Lugano international, Seirawan First.
1987	03/01 Computer; First national Championship (US amateur Champion) directed by computer.
1987	03/15 National Open, Las Vegas, Maxim Dlugy First.
1987	03/26 Karpov defeats Sokolov in candidate's final match, Spain.
1987	04/09 New York Open, Seirawan & Adorjan first.
1987	04/25 Kasparov & Ljubojevic win 2nd SWIFT international, Brussels.
1987	05/27 US Amateur Championship, Knoxvile, Kreitner first.
1987	06/26 Gulko wins World Open.
1987	07/ Calvo declared persona non grata by FIDE, Seville, Spain.
1987	08/ Anand wins world jr Championship, Baguio City.
1987	09/19 Yudovich died.
1987	10/12 Kasparov-Karpov match, Seville.
1987	12/ Kasparov retains world Championship, Seville.
1987	12/05 Avigad-Vernon, Ariel (7yrs, 237 days) beat expert Nick Dumyk.
1987	12/19 Kasparov draws with Karpov and ties match to retain title.
1988	Gurevich wins US Open, Boston.
1988	Hanauer, Milton died.
1988	Wilder wins US Championship.
1988	06/24 Serotta wins US jr Open, St Louis.
1988	07/ Dlugy wins World Open, Philadelphia.
1988	07/07 Second world and peace festival, Romania.
1988	07/13 Dlugy wins US Open blitz Championship Boston.
1988	07/21 Grumette died.
1988	08/ Gurevich, D. wins US Open, Boston (614 players).
1988	08/ Kasparov & Karpov wins USSR Championship (cat 14 - 2594).
1988	08/ Mestel wins British Championship.
1988	08/ Speelman beats Short 3.5-1.5 in London for Candidates match.
1988	08/05 Fischer filed a patent for a digital Chess clock.
1988	09/ Karpov wins Tilburg Interpolis (cat 15 - 2627).
1988	09/15 USAF wins Armed Forces Championship.
1988	10/ Kasparov wins Reykjavik (cat 15 - 2618).
1988	10/ Lautier, Ivanchuk, Serper, Gelfand tie in world jr Championship, Adelaide.
1988	10/ Wilder wins US Championship (cat 12 - 2546).
1988	11/ Miles wins Software Toolworks Championship, Long Beach.
1988	11/27 Donner, Johannes (Jan) died. IM 1952; GM 1959. Dutch Champion 1954, 1957, 1958.
1988	12/ Olympiad; Hungary wins Thessaloniki women's Olympiad (56 teams).
1988	12/ Olympiad; USSR wins Thessaloniki Olympiad (107 teams).
1988	12/17 Karpov wins world action Chess Championship, Mazatlan, Mexico. (61 players)
1988	12/18 First World Chess Congress: USSR vs World; USSR wins (Madrid).
1988	12/30 Harvard wins Pan-am intercollegiate, New Jersey. (35 teams).
1989	Bikova, (Bykova) Elizaveta died in Russia. WIM 1950; IM 1953; WGM 1976; World Champion 1953-6, 1958-62.
1989	Eisinger Jr, Max died in Germany.
1989	Haring, Jacobus died in the Netherlands. IJComp 1964; IMComp 1968. Died of cancer.
1989	Wolff wins 3rd annual '89 Samford stipend ($30,000).
1989	01/ Ratings; USCF ratings: Seirawan (2725), Gulko (2697), deFirmian 2679).
1989	01/14 Short wins Hastings.
1989	02/ Polgar, Zsofia achieves 2900 performance rating.
1989	02/04 Yusupov defeats Spraggett in quarterfinals in Quebec.
1989	02/05 Gurevich, D. wins 7th Bermuda international Open.
1989	02/05 Karpov defeats Hjartarson in quarterfinals in Seattle.
1989	02/26 Benjamin wins Cannes Open.
1989	03/28 Fedorowicz wins 7th NY Open.
1989	04/18 Cramer, Fred, former USCF president, died.
1989	04/20 Kasparov, Ljubojevic win 4th world cup tourney, Barcelona.
1989	05/31 Deep Thought is world computer Champion. Edmondton, Alberta.
1989	06/11 Rohde wins National Open, Las Vegas.
1989	06/24 Timman wins the 5th world cup tournament, Rotterdam.
1989	07/ FIDE now comprised of 128 nations.
1989	07/ Kakhiani (USSR) wins world junior girls Championship Columbia.
1989	07/ Spasov (Bulgaria) wins world jr Championship Tunja, Columbia.
1989	07/05 Gurevich, M. wins World Open, Philadelphia.
1989	07/09 World Youth Chess festival, Puerto Rico.
1989	07/13 Alburt, Lev won the 90th US Open, Chicago.
1989	07/16 Rudolph wins 1989 US women's Championship, Spartanburg.
1989	07/16 Sherzer and Finegold tie for 1989 US Jr Championship; Washington, D.C.
1989	07/21 Adams, Michael (age 17) becomes world's youngest GM.
1989	07/23 Bisguier wins 1989 Senior Open, New Jersey.
1989	08/10 Beliavsky wins OHRA (cat 14), Amsterdam.
1989	09/ Adams, Michael wins 76th British Championship (youngest ever to win).
1989	09/02 Karpov, Kasparov tie at Skelleftea, Sweden (last world cup event).
1989	09/02 Kasparov wins the CMA World Cup 1988-89.
1989	10/ Vaganian wins USSR Championship.
1989	10/02 Kasparov achieves highest rating in history: 2810.
1989	10/02 Kasparov wins 13th Interpolis (cat 16), Tilburg, Netherlands.
1989	10/15 US Class Championship, Orlando.
1989	10/17 Karpov beats Yusupov in semi-finals of world Championship (London).
1989	10/17 Timman beats Speelman in semi-finals of world Championship (London).
1989	10/22 Kasparov beats Deep Thought in 2 game match in New York.
1989	11/08 World team Championship, Lucerne.
1989	11/26 25th American Open, Long Beach. Christiansen on tie-break (5 tied).
1989	11/26 National Chess Congress, Philadelphia.
1989	11.28 Ilivitsky died.
1989	12/03 Soviet Union wins European National Team Championship (27 countries).
1989	12/03 US Championship, Long Beach. Won by Seirawan, Dzindzi, Rachels.
1989	12/06 Palma de Mallorca - won by Gelfand.
1989	12/11 Deep Thought vs David Levy match - Deep Thought wins.
1990	Berliner inducted in US Hall of Fame.
1990	Wolski wins Memorial Day Classic in LA.
1990	Beliavsky wins OHRA tournament in Amsterdam.
1990	Book, Eero died in Finland. IM 1950. IA 1981; HGM 1984. Finnish Champion.
1990	Chicco, Adriano died. IJComp 1956; IMComp 1967. Historian and problemist.
1990	Fishbein awarded Samford Fellowhip.
1990	Gaprindashvili wins women's Interzonal in Malasia.
1990	Gurevich, D. wins National Open in Las Vegas.
1990	USSR wins Chess summit in Reykjavik.
1990	01/11 Wijk aan Zee - won by Nunn.
1990	02/02 Karpov plays Deep Thought and wins at Harvard.
1990	02/18 Linares, Spain - won by Kasparov.
1990	03/08 Karpov-Timman Candidates Final in Kuala Lumpur - Karpov wins.
1990	03/09 US Amateur Team Championship - won by East.
1990	03/15 US Masters Open in Chicago - won by Miles.
1990	04/08 New York Open - Khalifman wins NY Open.
1990	04/27 National HS Championship in Kansas City - won by Feldman.
1990	05/10 US Championship playoff in SF - Miles and deFirmian qualify.
1990	05/23 GMA Final Tournament in Moscow - 5 way tie for first.
1990	05/30 women's interzonal in Moscow - won by Kakhiani, Galliamova.
1990	06/01 World Youth Championship begins in Singapore.
1990	06/04 Women's Interzonal B in USSR; won by Galliamova & Kakiani.
1990	06/16 US Cadet Championship in NY - Bobby Seltzer wins.
1990	06/26 US Amateur - McCormick wins US Amateur Championship in Somerset, NJ.
1990	06/29 Canadian Open in New Brunswick - won by Timoshenko.
1990	06/29 Interzonal; Manila Interzonal.
1990	06/30 World Open in Philadelphia - Igor Glek wins.
1990	07/ Biel (cat 15) - won by Karpov.
1990	07/01 Women's Interzonal A in Malasyia; won by Gaprindashvili.
1990	07/13 US Junior Championship in Bloomington, IL; won by Gurevich.
1990	07/14 World Youth Chess Festival for Peace held in Fond du Lac, Wisconsin.
1990	07/21 Kasparov defeats Psakhis in Murcia, Spain.
1990	07/29 OHRA in Holland (Cat 14); won by Beliavsky.
1990	08/ Plaskett wins British Championship.
1990	08/05 Denker HS Championship in Jacksonville - 4 way tie.
1990	08/05 US Closed Championship in Jacsonville - Alburt wins.
1990	08/05 US Open in Jacksonville, Florida - Seirawan wins.
1990	08/11 Dlugy wins US Open Blitz Championship.
1990	08/19 US Women's Championship in Spartanburg, SC - won by Elena Donaldson.
1990	09/16 Armed Forces Championship at Fort Belvoir, Virginia.
1990	09/24 Ivanchuk and Kamsky tie at Tilburg (Category 16).
1990	09/25 Larsen wins Watson, Farley, & Williams in New York (Cat 11).
1990	09/26 England and the USSR tie in the 1990 World Chess Probelm Solving Championship.
1990	10/08 World Chess Championship in New York - Kasparov-Karpov.
1990	10/10 Emil Diemer dies.
1990	10/12 US Class Championship in Columbus, Ohio.
1990	10/26 Garcia-Gonzales, Guillermo of Cuba dies in a car accident in Mexico. 3-time Cuban Champion. GM 1976. IM 1974.
1990	11/ Beliavsky, Yudasin, Bareev, Vyzmanavin tie for 57th USSR Championship.
1990	11/09 Olympiad; Start of 29th Chess Olympiad in Novi Sad, Yugoslavia.
1990	11/10 US Senior Open in Miami - won by Mark Lanin.
1990	11/22 American Open in Los Angeles - won by Browne and Ivanov.
1990	11/22 Kasparov-Karpov match in Lyon, France.
1990	12/ Hastings 1990-91.
1990	12/04 USSR win the 29th Chess Olympiad in Novi Sad; USA takes 2nd.
1990	12/07 New Delhi tournament; cat 11 (2513).
1990	12/21 Anand and Kamsky tie for first in New Delhi (Category 11).
1990	12/21 Seirawan defeats Timman 4-2 in the annual KRO match.
1990	12/23 National Chess Congress - won by Dzindzichashvili.
1990	12/27 Pan-American Championship, Cambridge.
1990	12/30 Harvard wins Pan American Championship.
1990	12/31 Kasparov wins world Championship 12.5 - 11.5 and $1.7 million.
1991	Nahareishvili, Gia died.
1991	01/ Bareev wins Hastings 1990/91.
1991	01/ Ivanov; Igor Ivanov wins 8th Grand Prix.
1991	01/09 Reggio; Start of 8th Reggio Emilia tourney; Cat 16.
1991	01/11 Alter, Ladislav of Czechoslovakia died.
1991	01/18 Wijk aan Zee; Start of 53rd Hoogovens in Wijk aan Zee; cat 14 (2584).
1991	01/20 Karpov wins Reggio Emilia A.
1991	02/02 San Francisco International.
1991	02/02 Women's Candidates Final between Maric and Jun, Belgrade.
1991	02/03 Nunn wins at Wijk aan Zee (Cat 14-2584).
1991	02/09 Tuggle died; USCF most active player from 1985 to 1990.
1991	02/22 Linares - 2nd strongest tourney ever; cat 17 (2658).
1991	03/12 McCormick (1914-1991) died, New Jersey.
1991	03/14 Torre wins 1991 Pan-Pacific International.
1991	03/15 Ivanchuk wins at Linares.
1991	03/24 Shirazi and Zaltsman win 114th annual Manhattan CC Championship.
1991	03/31 Goldin won 1991 New York Open.
1991	04/05 US Amateur; The Old Gang won the 1991 US Amateur Team Championship via modem.
1991	04/14 Rohwer won the National Jr High Championship. Dearborn, MI.
1991	04/21 US Action; 5 tie at US Action Championship. New Haven, CT.
1991	05/03 Waitzkin won National High School Championship, Atlanta.
1991	05/09 Computer; The ChessMachine won the Microcomputer World Championship. Vancouver, BC.
1991	05/13 Short, Salov tie at 5th Euwe Memorial, VSB-Amsterdam (Cat 16).
1991	05/27 COLLINS; Dave Collins (1955) won the 1991 US Amateur Championahip. Hackettstown, NJ.
1991	05/27 MEMORIAL; 4 tie at 12th Memorial Day Classic, Santa Monica (Gurevich on tb).
1991	06/ Gurevich; Ilya Gurevich is the 5th annual Samford Fellow.
1991	06/ Waitzkin won 1991 US Cadet Championship (under 16).
1991	06/01 Fried, Sydney died, age 72.
1991	06/06 National Open; 5 tie at 1991 National Open, Chicago (Browne on tie-break).
1991	06/11 Philippines; 3 tie at Philippine Open International, Manila.
1991	06/19 Armed Forces; Bobby Moore wins 32nd Armed Forces Championship. Quantico, VA.
1991	06/21 Blind; Start of US Blind Championship. Columbus, OH; won by William Gibson, Kennedy.
1991	06/26 Sherzer won the 1991 US Junior Closed Championship. Bloomington, IL.
1991	06/26 Tsemekhman won the US Jr Open, Bloomington, IL.
1991	07/ Benjamin wins 19th World Open, Philadelphia.
1991	07/ Powell (1944-1991) died in San Francisco.
1991	07/ Waitzkin won the US Under 16 Championship; Bronxville, NY.
1991	07/13 Kaminski wins World Championship for Boys under 14, Warsaw, Poland.
1991	07/19 Gross wins 11th US Senior Open, San Diego.
1991	07/30 Kramnik wins World Championship for Boys under 18, Guarapuava, Brazil.
1991	08/09 Kamsky wins US Championship in Los Angeles.
1991	08/09 Rohde wins US Open, Los Angeles.
1991	08/24 Levitina and Epstein win US Women's Championship; Highland Beach, Florida.
1991	08/25 Candidates Quarterfinals in Brussels (SWIFT).
1991	08/26 Shirov won 15th Annual Lloyds Bank Masters, London.
1991	09/ Akopian, Vladimir won 1991 World Jr Championship; Mamaia, Romania.
1991	09/ Browne wins 14th US Class Championship; San Francisco.
1991	09/02 Fedorowicz wins 114th NY State Championship.
1991	09/09 Olympiad; Soviets win World Student Olympiad, Maringa, Brazil.
1991	10/ Smyslov wins first Open Senior World Championship Bad Worishofen.
1991	10/ Xie Jun wins World Women's Championship in Manila at age 20.
1991	10/03 Gia Nadereishvili dies.
1991	10/14 Karpov and Ivanchuk tie at Reykjavik GMA World Cup (Cat 16- 2627).
1991	11/ Benjamin wins American Open, Los Angeles.
1991	11/ Stein; Alan Stein won 7th Arnold Denker Tournament of State HS Champions.
1991	11/03 China wins 9th Asian Championship in Penang, Malaysia.
1991	11/04 Kasparov wins Tilburg, Category 17 (2666).
1991	11/08 1st National School Grade Championship starts in Stamford, CT.
1991	11/11 Timman wins 2nd Immopar Trophy in Paris (25 minute games).
1991	11/13 Minasian wins 58th USSR Championship (2nd time a Swiss), Moscow.
1991	11/25 Gaprindashvili and Zhaoqin tie at Women's Interzonal, Subotica, Yug.
1991	11/29 Gelfand wins Investbanka Tournament in Belgrade (Cat 15).
1991	12/ Polgar, Judit is GMN at 15 years, 4 months, 28 days.
1991	12/19 Short wins the Duncan Lawrie English Chess Championship in Hammersmith.
1991	12/27 Reggio Emilia; 1st Category 18 (2676) tourney.
1991	12/29 B. P. Reilly dies.
1991	12/30 University of Illinois wins 1991 Pan-American Intercollegiate Championship in Chicago.
1992	01/ Ivanov; A. Ivanov wins 1991 Novag Grand Prix.
1992	01/06 Anand wins Reggio Emilia Category 18 (2676) tourney.
1992	01/30 Bernstein, Sidney died in New York City. Author.
1992	04/ Candidates; Linares, Spain; Short beats Karpov; Timman beats Yusupov.
1992	04/04 Reshevsky died in NY.
1992	04/15 New York Open; Start of 10th NY Open.
1992	04/26 National Elementary Championship (1992), Knoxville; won by Petersen.
1992	05/10 National HS Championship (1992), Lexington; won by Eisen.
1992	06/ Sanakoev wins 12th World Correspondence Chess Championship.
1992	06/07 Fedorowicz wins 1992 National Open, Las Vegas
1992	06/14 Kennedy wins 1992 US Blind Championship; San Antonio.
1992	06/25 Olympiad (30th) in Manila; Russia, Uzbekistan, Armenia.
1992	06/26 Tsemekhman wins 1992 US Jr Championship; Bloomington, IN.
1992	06/28 Tal died.
1992	07/ World Youth Championship (1992), Duisburg GE.
1992	07/05 Kaidanov wins 1992 World Open, Philadelphia.
1992	07/12 Manion and Zlotnik win 1992 US Junior Open, Bedford PA.
1992	07/23 Shaked wins 1992 US Cadet Championship, New York.
1992	07/27 Ratings: Kamsky 2739, Kaidanov 2694, Dlugy 2684, A Ivanov 2679.
1992	08/14 Kaidanov wins 1992 US Open, Dearborn, MI.
1992	08/30 Levitina wins 1992 US Women's Championship; Waltham, MA.
1992	09/01 Falconer wins 1992 US Senior Open, Alaska.
1992	09/30 Fischer-Spassky match starts.
1992	10/28 Adams, Michael wins Tilburg.
1992	11/ Category 18 tourney in Moscow - won by Gelfand and Amand.
1992	11/05 Fischer beats Spassky in Yugoslavia (10 wins, 5 losses, 15 draws).
1992	11/05 Arpad Elo dies.
1992	11/13 National School Grade Championship (2nd); Gilbert, Az.
1992	11/15 Kasparov wins Trophee Immopar in Paris.
1992	11/22 Geller wins World Senior Championship; Bad Worishofen, GE.
1992	11/22 USA Junior Chess Olympics, Bradford, PA.
1992	11/24 Interzonal, Women's in Shanghai; won by Z Polgar; 2nd Ioseliani.
1992	11/29 Ramayrat wins American Open, Long Beach.
1992	12/ Ratings: Kamsky 2753, Kaidanov 2736, Yermolinsky 2690.
1992	12/20 US Championship; Durango, CO - Wolff wins.
1993	Williams, Kenneth died. Author of Real American Wilkes Barre.
1993	01/08 Short-Timman match starts; ended 30 Jan; Short won 7.5-5.5 and $124,000.
1993	01/31 Spassky-Judit Polgar match begins in Budapest; Polgar wins.
1993	03/14 Kasparov wins at Linares; category 18; 11 of the top 14 there.
1993	03/23 FIDE forfeits Kasparov and Short as World Champion and Challenger.
1993	03/28 Fine, Reuben died in New York.
1993	05/21 Collins, Ethel Boyd died.
1993	06/13 Kamsky wins 1993 National Open in Las Vegas.
1993	06/22 Bosnia-Herzegovina Chess players shot and killed; 1st to die while playing.
1993	07/05 Yermolinsky wins 1993 World Open in Philadelphia.
1993	07/13 Waitzkin and Kreiman win 1993 US Jr Championship in New York.
1993	07/15 Interzonal at Biel starts.
1993	07/17 World Youth Championship, Slovakia; Bacrot, Mont-Reynaud.
1993	07/31 Interzonal at Biel finished; Gelfand, Adams, Kamsky, Khalifman, Kramnik, Lautier, Salov, Sterren, Yudasin.
1993	07/31 Women's Interzonal, Jakarta; Arakhama.
1993	08/07 US Open, Philadelphia; Shabalov, Alexander wins.
1993	08/09 Weldon, Charles died. Born in 1939.
1993	08/11 "Searching for Bobby Fischer" movie released by Paramount.
1993	08/25 US Women's Championship, Illinois; Donaldson, Levitina.
1993	08/26 US Cadet Championship; Washington, DC; Sharma.
1993	09/06 Karpov-Timman FIDE Championship match starts in the Netherlands, Jakarta (12.5-8.5).
1993	09/07 Kasparov-Short PCA World Championship starts in London (12.5- 7.5).
1993	09/26 US Senior Open, Reno; Wagner, Margulis, Gross.
1993	10/ World Team Championship, Lucerne; USA.
1993	10/24 Kasparov wins PCA World Championship.
1993	11/04 Colias, William died. Born in 1966.
1993	11/06 Harvard Cup. Benjamin 6-0. Humans vs Computers (27-9).
1993	11/12 Denker, Nina died at age 78.
1993	11/15 FIDE Congress in Brazil. I. Gurevich awarded GM.
1993	11/17 World Women's Championship in Monaco; Xie Jun (8.5-2.5).
1993	11/21 Taimanov wins World Senior Championship in Bad Wilbad, Germany.
1993	11/28 American Open; Long Beach; Loek Van Wely.
1993	12/02 US Championship starts in Long Beach (2589 average rating).
1993	12/02 World Junior Championship, Igor Miladinovic.
1993	12/14 Shabalov and Yermolinsky tie for US Championship.
1993	12/18 PCA Interzonal starts in Groningen, Holland.
1993	12/19 Cunningham, George died. Born in 1909.
1993	12/25 Kogan, Boris died. Born in 1940.
1993	12/27 Pan-American Intercollegiate Championship; Florida; won by Manhattan Chess Club.
1993	12/30 PCA Interzonal over; Anand, Adams, Kamsky, Kramnik, Tiviakov, Gulko, Romanishin.
1993	12/ Feld, Fritz dies.
1994	01/ Elo ratings: Kasparov 2810; Karpov 2740; Anand 2715; Ivanchuk 2710.
1994	01/16 Candidates Matches start in Wijk aan Zee.
1994	01/27 Akins, Claude died in LA at age 75. Chessplayer.
1994	01/30 Leko, Peter becomes GM at 14 years, 4 months, 22 days (born Sep 8, 1979).
1994	01/31 Candiates matches over in Wijk aan Zee; Timman, Gelfand, Kamsky, Salov, Anand, Kramnik.
1994	03/15 Karpov wins Linares (2685 ave rating); 2985 performance rating.
1994	03/ Siaperas, Triantafilos died; born in 1932.
1994	04/13 Mont-Reynaud, Jordy becomes youngest master at 10 years, 7 months.
1994	04/ New York Open (12th); won by Oll and Ehlvest.
1994	04/24 Anand wins first Intel World Chess Grand Prix, Moscow.
1994	05/01 National Open, Las Vegas; Browne, Kaidanov, Akopian, Ehlvest, Mortazavi.
1994	05/24 Oswald, Don dies. Ran "The Chess House" books sales.
1994	06/12 Saenz wins 1994 US Amateur Championship.
1994	06/18 Intel World Championship Quarterfinals - Kamsky, Anand, Adams, Short.
1994	07/04 Minasian wins World Open in Philadelphia.
1994	07/29 Joshua Waitzkin wins 1994 US Junior Championship.
1994	07/30 Theo van Scheltinga dies.
1994	07/31 Tsemekhman wins 1994 US Junior Open.
1994	08/ Kamsky, Gelfand, Salov with their FIDE matches in India.
1994	08/ World Youth Chess Festival held in Szeged, Hungary.
1994	08/05 Elena Donaldson wins 1994 US Women's Championship.
1994	08/06 Mark Taimanov wins 4th World Senior Championship at Biel.
1994	08/18 Orlov wins 95th US Open, Chicago.
1994	09/03 Intel Grand Prix III, London. Won by Ivanchuk.
1994	09/15 Helgi Gretarsson wins World Jr Championship in Brazil.
1994	09/16 Robin Ault dies in Newton, MA. Won US Jr Championship 3 times in a row.
1994	10/ 31st Chess Olympiad held in Moscow. Russia I wins Gold; Bosnia wins Silver; Russia II wins Bronze.
1994	10/02 Joel Benjamin wins 5th Harvard Cup (man vs computers).
1994	10/06 Kamsky and Anand win at Linares and advance to the PCA finals.
1994	10/26 Boris Gulko wins US Championship, Key West, Florida.
1995	01/07 Harry Golombek dies in England. Born Mar 1, 1911.
1995	03/25 Sir Philip Stuart Milner-Barry dies in England. Born Sep 20, 1906.
1995	04/05 Nico Cortlever, Dutch IM, dies in the Netherlands. Born in 1915.
1995	05/05 GM Mikhail Botvinnik dies in Moscow. Born Aug 17, 1911.
1995	06/30 GM Mario Monticelli dies in Milan. Born in 1902.
1995	08/22 Gilles Andruet, French Champion, murdered.
1995	08/30 Lev Polugaesky dies.
1995	10/10 Kasparov defeats Anand in New York to win the PCA World Chess Championship.
1995	11/24 Campomanes steps down as FIDE President.
1995	11/24 Krisan Iljumzhinov is new FIDE President.
1995	11/ Pablo Moran, Chess author, dies in Spain. Born Jan 1, 1926.
1995	12/04 Wolfe wins US Chess Championship on tie-break over De Firmian and A. Ivanov.
1995	12/27 Genrikh Kasparian dies.
1996	01/06 Ulf Andersson played 310 boards simultaneously in Alvsjo, Sweden and won 268, drew 40, lost 2 in 15 hours and 23 minutes.
1996	02/01 Kasparov defeats Deep Blue, 4-2.
1996	02/ Szuzsa Polgar defeats Xie Jun in Spain for the Women's World Chess Championship.
1996	06/ Kramnik and Topalov tie for first at Dos Hermanas, Spain (cat 19).
1996	06/28 GM Julio Bolbochan dies in Caracas. Born in 1920.
1996	07/05 GM Predrag Ostojic dies in Mainz, Germany. Born on March 22, 1928.
1996	07/ Karpov defeats Kamsky in Elista, Russia to retain FIDE World Title.
1996	07/ Topolov wins 3rd Lord Novgorod tournament, cat 19.
1996	07/07 Yermolinsky and Goldin tie for 1st at World Open.
1996	07/29 Yermolinsky wins US Championship, Parsippany, NJ.
1996	07/29 Anjelina Belakovskaya wins US Women's Championship.
1996	08/ Chris Ward wins British Championship.
1996	08/ GM Gabriel Schwartzman, age 19, wins US Open.
1996	09/ Russia wins Gold Medal at 32nd Chess Olympiad, Yerevan, Armenia. Ukraine wins Silver, US wins Bronze.
1996	10/19 NM David Lees dies at age 53.
1996	12/01 Ex-world snooker Champion Steve Davis is new President of British Chess Federation.
1996	12/15 Kasparov wins at Las Palmas, cat 21 (2757).
1997	01/ Jennifer Shahade becomes youngest female US Master at 15 years, 11 months.
1997	01/ Nunn, Hebden, and Rozenthalis tie for 1st at Hastings.
1997	02/02 Grandmaster Erich Eliskases dies in Cordoba, age 83.
1997	03/ Luke McShane becomes an International Master at 13 years, 2 months.
1997	03/22 Barry Spriro dies. US National Master.
1997	04/ Etienne Bacrot becomes youngest GM ever, age 14 years, 2 months.
1997	05/11 Kasparov loses to Deeper Blue computer (2.5-3.5).
1997	07/ Walter Korn dies.
1997	07/04 Miguel Najdorf dies in Malaga, Spain. Born in 1910.
1997	07/06 Alexander Shabalov wins World Open, Philadelphia. Scored 8/9.
1997	07/20 Julian Hodgson wins the 1997 Canadian Open, Winnipeg.
1997	07/27 Tal Shaked wins World Junior Chess Championship, Zagen, Poland.
1997	07/28 Anand wins 30th Biel Chess Festival, cat XVII (2661).
1997	08/ Alexander Yermolinsky wins 98th US Open in Orlando, Florida. (10.5/12).
1997	08/15 Adams and Sadler tie in British Championsip; Hove, England.
1997	08/20 Eugene Shapiro dies. Born in 1929.
1997	09/ PCA ratings: Kasparov - 2827; Kramnik - 2774; Anand - 2765.
1997	09/01 Esther Epstein wins US Women's Championship.
1997	09/01 Jay Bonin wins 119th New York State Championship. This may be the longest running annual tournament in the world.
1997	09/05 George Shainswit dies. Born in 1918.
1997	09/10 Mestel gains GM in Problem Solving; First OTB GM to do so.
1997	09/12 Joel Benjamin wins 1997 Interplay US Championship, Arizona.
1997	09/ GM Lautier married WGM Almira Skripchenko.
1997	10/ IBM announces that they are scrapping Deep Blue.
1997	10/09 Fontys Tournament, Tilburg, Cat XVII (2667); Kasparov, Kramnik, and Svidler tie.
1997	10/20 Rusian Ponomarov becomes world's youngest grandmaster at 14 years, 1 month.
1997	11/21 6th Investbanka Tournament, Belgrade, cat XVIII (2679); won by Anand and Ivanchuk.
1997	11/23 Janis Klovans of Latvia wins 7th World Senior Chess Championship, Germany. Gets GM title at age 62.
1997	12/29 Galliamova-Ivanchuk wins FIDE Women's Candidates in Groningen.
1997	12/30 Anand wins FIDE World Chess Championship knockout in Groningen.
1998	01/ PCA ratings: Kasparov - 2825; Anand - 2775; Kramnik - 2758.
1998	01/ FIDE list: Kasparov (2825), Kramnik (2790), Anand (2770).
1998	01/ 60th Hoogovens Tournament, Wijk aan Zee, Cat XVII (2671); Anand and Kramnik tie for 1st.
1998	01/ Leslie Braun dies. Born in 1936.
1998	01/09 Karpov defeats Anand in Lausanne, Switzerland; retains FIDE World Chess Champion. (5-3).
1998	01/10 Mona Karff dies. Born in 1914. Seven-time US Women's Champ.
1998	01/11 Sadler wins 73rd Hastings Chess Congress.
1998	02/ Airel Mengarini dies. born in 1919.
1998	02/ Kasparov announces formation of the World Chess Counsel (WCC).
1998	02/22 New York Open, won by Artashes Minasian.
1998	02/26 Hikaru Nakamura becomes youngest US Master at 10 years, 79 days.
1998	03/09 Linares, Cat 21 (2752); won by Anand.
1998	03/27 7th Amber, Monte Carlo, Cat 18 (2680); won by Kramnik and Shirov.
1998	03/29 Hodgson wins 1998 National Open, Las Vegas, on tie-break.
1998	05/ Anand wins Chess Oscar.
1998	05/01 WWW ratings: Kasparov - 2808; Anand - 2775; Kramnik - 2756.
1998	05/03 David Hooper dies in Taunton, England. Born in 1915.
1998	05/22 Madrid, Cat 17 (2655); won by Anand.
1998	06/01 Joan Targ, sister of Bobby Fischer, dies. Born in 1939.
1998	06/05 WCC Candidates Match, Spain; won by Shirov over Kramnik.
1998	06/21 Frankfurt Chess Classic, Cat 21 (2781); won by Anand.
1998	07/ FIDE ratings: Kasparov - 2815; Anand - 2795; Kramnik - 2780.
1998	07/ WCC ratings: Kasparov - 2808; Anand - 2778; Shirov - 2735.
1998	07/05 Dortmund, Cat 18 (2699); Kramnik won on tiebreak over Adams, Svidler.
1998	07/05 Goldin wins World Open, Philadelphia (8.5/9).
1998	07/12 Schnieder wins by tie-break over V. Bhat in US Cadet Championship.
1998	07/19 Shliperman wins US Junior Championship in New York.
1998	07/29 Gulko wins Saitek US Masters, Waikiki.
1998	08/08 Nigel Short wins British Chess Championship, Torquay.
1998	08/08 Morozevich wins 51st Russian Championship, St Petersburg.
1998	08/08 Laszlo Szabo dies. Born on March 19, 1917.
1998	08/09 Judit Polgar and Gulko wins 99th US Open, Hawaii.
1998	09/24 GM Rosendo Balinas dies of liver cancer. Was born on Sep 10, 1941.
1998	10/12 Russia wins Gold; USA wins Silver; Ukraine wins Bronze at 33rd World Chess Olympiad, Elista.
1998	11/04 Tilburg Fontys tournament, cat 18 (2680); won by Anand.
1998	11/17 GM Yefin Geller dies of cancer. Born March 2, 1925.
1998	11/08 Irena Krush, age 14, wins US Women's Championship.
1998	11/18 Nick DeFirmian wins US Championship, Denver.
1998	11/23 Vladimir Bagirov of Latvia wins 8th World Senior Chess Championship, Austria.
1999	01/ Hamburg Koenigsspringer IM tournament. Hamburg, Germany.
1999	01/ Vince Toth Memorial, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
1999	01/ QVB Chess Festival. Sydney, Australia.
1999	01/ Hoogovens, Wijk aan Zee tournament (NED).
1999	02/ Budapest First. Budapest, Hungary.
1999	02/ Tournament Caldas de Felgueira, Portugal.
1999	02/ 49th Hungarian Championships 1999. Lillafured, Hungary.
1999	02/ XVI Ciudad de Linares. Linares, Spain.
1999	02/ Assoc. Max Euwe Match (MNC).
1999	03/01 Bucharest Spring Festival, Turneul International masculin; Festival de Prima-vara. March 1 - March 15.
1999	03/07 Kubrick, Stanley died. Cinema director and Chess fan. Born July 26, 1928.
1999	03/ Tournament Enghien-les-Bains, France.
1999	03/ Manhattan Chess Club March International. New York, USA.
1999	03/ Swidnica International, 1999 Swidnica, Poland.
1999	04/08 North Bay Open. Ontario, Canada.
1999	04/ Bois-Colombes IM Tournament, France.
1999	04/ Judit Polgar - Fritz 5.32 Budapest, Hungary.
1999	04/ 5th Cutro International. Cutro, Italy.
1999	04/ 1st Gonfreville International, Gonfreville, France.
1999	04/ 56th Polish Chess Championship; Polanica Zdroj, Poland.
1999	04/ Philippine National Championship; Quezon City, Philippine.
1999	04/ St Petersburg Championship; St Petersburg, Russia.
1999	04/ 15th Czerniak Memorial. Tel Aviv, Israel.
1999	05/17 Oll, Lembit Estonian player, died. International Grandmaster, 1992. Born April 23, 1966.
1999	05/ Capablanca Memorial - Elite Group. Havana, Cuba.
1999	05/ Russian Women's Championship, Moscow.
1999	05/ Guillermo Garcia Tournament. Santa Clara, Cuba.
1999	05/ II Magistral de Vila Real de Santo Antonio, Portugal.
1999	05/ 1st Israeli Supertournament. Tel Aviv, Israel.
1999	06/11 Monarch Assurance Open. Port Erin, IOM (HUN).
1999	06/12 Bolzano ITA Open. Bolzano, Italy.
1999	06/13 13th Dr. Milan Vidmar Memorial. Portoroz, Slovenia.
1999	06/18 Petrosian Memorial. Moscow, Russia.
1999	06/24 Fan Adams International 1999, New York (Marshall Chess Club).
1999	06/29 Frankfurt Chess Classic, Siemens Giants, Frankfurt, Germany.
1999	Sigeman & Co Chess Tournament. Malmoe, Sweden.
1999	World Computer Chess Championship. Paderborn, Germany.
1999	07/02 Canadian Open. Vancouver, BC - July 2/11.
1999	07/03 Norwegian Championship. Gausdal, Norway.
1999	Slovak Chess Championship. Nove Zamby, Slovakia.
1999	07/05 Southern Californian Championship. Los Angeles, CA (USA).
1999	07/08 5th Tan Chin Nam Cup. Shenyang, China.
1999	07/11 EuroTel Trophy. Prague, Czechoslovakia.
1999	07/11 Arthur Dake International. San Francisco, CA.
1999	07/17 International Paris Chess Championship. Paris, France.
1999	07/17 1st White Rose International. Wakefield, England.
1999	07/19 32nd International Chess Festival. Biel, Switzerland.
1999	07/20 Dutch Open. Dieren, Netherlands.
1999	07/24 Quebec Open. Montreal, Canada.
1999	07/27 US Junior Championship. San Francisco, CA.
1999	07/27 9th Smith & Williamson Young Masters. Witley, England.
1999	07/30 Lebanese Championship. Beirut, Lebanon.
1999	07/30 Women's World Chess Championship. Kazan & Shenyang (China).
1999	07/31 Championship Antiguo Club Capablanca; Costa Rica.
1999	08/02/ British Chess Championship. Scarborough, England.
1999	08/03 MK Cafe Cup. Koszalin, Poland.
1999	08/05 VISA Nordic GP Final. Gentofte, DEN.
1999	08/09 Petermaennchen GM tournament. Schwerin, Germany.
1999	08/17 Rubinstein Memorial Polanica. Zdroj, Poland.
1999	08/21 XXVII Open Internacional d'Escacs Ciutat de Manresa. Catalonia, Spain.
1999	08/22 FIDE World Championship. Las Vegas, Nev. USA. Alexander Khalifman vs Vladimir Akopian.
1999	08/31 Canadian Closed. Brantford, Canada.
1999	09/09 55th Portuguese Championship TELECOM. Lisbon, Portugal.
1999	09/18 World Junior Championship. Yerevan, Armenia.
1999	09/21 Najdorf Memorial. Buenos Aires, Argentine.
1999	09/24 Manhattan Chess Club Championship (USA).
1999	10/04 Asian Team Chess Championship. Shenyang, China.
1999	10/12 Germany-Greece Match. Corfu, Greece.
1999	10/22 10th Annual Marshall Chess Club Fall Futurity. New York (USA).
1999	11/02 Chigorin Memorial. St Petersburg, Russia.
1999	11/04 Match Bacrot-Polgar. Bastia, France.
1999	11/11 71st German Championship. Altenkirchen, Germany.
1999	11/22 National Chess Congress. Philadelphia, USA.
1999	11/26 Norkom Invitational Masters. Kilkenny, Ireland.
1999	12/01 Las Palmas Open. Las Palmas, Spain.
1999	12/11 Open Padova. Padova, Italia.
1999	12/15 Russian Chess Championship. Moscow, Russia.
1999	12/26 8th Danube Open. Aschach, Austria.
1999	12/27 10th City of Pamplona. Pamplona, Spain.
1999	12/28 Championship of New Zealand. Auckland, New Zealand.
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