|
Year
|
|
|
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
|
|
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 w |
