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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