Brief notes on the History of Chess  -  by Bill Wall
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Year

 2000  2001  2002  2003  2004  2005  2006  2007  2008  2009  2010

2000

  01/01 FIDE: Kasparov-2851, Anand-2771, Kramnik-2758, Shirov-2751.

2000

  01/12 Sutovsky won the Hastings Congress.

2000

  01/25 The Regulations of the 4th world Universities Chess Championship
  to be held in Varna, Bulgaria from 1 to 11 September 2000.

2000

  01/27 Regulations approved and used for the 1999 World Championship
  will be used for the cycle 2000.

2000

  01/30 Kasparov won Corus Wijk aan Zee.

2000

  02/05 Koltanowski died in San Francisco.

2000

  02/22 Memorandum on the Commercialisation of FIDE.

2000

  02/22 The FIDE President is presenting this Memorandum on the
  Commercialisation of FIDE.

2000

  03/02 The Communique of the meeting of the first quarter FIDE
  Presidential Board in Marrakech.

2000

  03/05 Daniel Yanofsky died at the age of 74.

2000

  03/10 Kramnik and Kasparov won Linares.

2000

  03/15 Details of the recommendations of the Presidential Board on
  emorandum on Commercialisation of FIDE.

2000

  03/16 Introduction to The 2000 FIDE Handbook; Circular letter on the
  FIDE Handbook 2000.

2000

  03/26 Message of the FIDE President H.E. Kirsan Ilyumzhinov to the
  participants of the Children's Chess Olympiad held in Artek, Int'l
  Children Centre at the Crimea, Ukraine.

2000

  03/28 Shirov won the 9th Amber Tournament.

2000

  04/13 Aivars Gipslis died at the age of 63 in Berlin.

2000

  04/25 Oleg Raikis, Russian sculptor made a new Chess set design,
  devoting it to the World Champion Xie Jun, representative of China
.

2000

  05/02 Letter of Mr. Iclicki in respect of the publication of the FIDE rapid
  rating list.

2000

  05/11 Smirin won the New York Open.

2000

  05/17 Summary of decisions of FIDE Presidential Board at its meeting at
  Simpson's-in-the-Strand, London, 13-14 May 2000.

2000

  05/31 IOC President received the youngest WGM  A. Kosteniuk.

2000

  06/26 publishing the proposed amendments to the Laws of Chess as
  submitted by the Rules Committee Chairman Geurt Gijssen.

2000

  06/27 Volkov won the 53rd Russian Championship.

2000

  06/28 Circular letter in respect of the inaugural 2000 World Chess Cup
  and Women's World Chess Cup.

2000

  06/29 Regulations for the World Chess Cup.

2000

  06/29 Circular Letter on the information of the new FIDE bank accounts.

2000

  06/30 Letter to the qualifiers of the 2000 Women's World Chess Cup.

2000

  06/30 Player's undertaking for participation in the 2000 Shenyang World
  Chess Cup.

2000

  06/30 Istanbul has been chosen by FIDE as the Host City for the 34th
  Chess Olympiad and 71st FIDE Congress in the year of 2000.

2000

  07/18 Deadline to register for the 34th Chess Olympiad.

2000

  07/21 Reply of the FIDE Executive Director Emmanuel Omuku to the
  open letter of GM Yasser Seirawan dated 12 June 2000.

2000

  07/22 Vladimir Bagirov died in Finland.

2000

  07/30 Deadline for the Intermediate Rating List.

2000

  08/07 2000 World Chess Cup.

2000

  08/07 Final list of the participants for the 2000 World Chess Cup.

2000

  08/16 Rehabilitation of the grave of World Champion Alexander
  Alekhine.

2000

  09/06 2000 World Chess Championship.

2000

  09/06 Women's World Chess Championship 2000.

2000

  09/15 The proposed amendments to the Laws of Chess as submitted by
  the Rules Committee Chairman Geurt Gijssen.

2000

  09/16 The dates for the 2000 World Chess Championships were officially
  confirmed today.

2000

  09/18 Accomodation and venue for the World Chess Championships
  2000.

2000

  09/28 On 25 September in Sydney in the embassy of Slovenia took
  place the presentation of the Chess Olympiad 2002. The city of Bled
  was selected the venue of the Olympiad 2002.

2000

  10/02 Lazaro won the World Junior Championship in Armenia.

2000

  10/07 71st FIDE Congress. General Assembly Agenda.

2000

  10/07 Benjamin, Shabalov, Seirawan won the US Ch, Seattle.

2000

  10/30 Time Control Proposal from GMA Sirov on the change of time
  control.

2000

  11/04 Kramnik beat Kasparov in the Braingames World Championship.

2000

  11/12 34th Chess Olympiad, Istanbul. 1st-Russia; 2nd-Gemany; 3rd-         
  Ukraine.

2000

  12/06 Titles awarded at 71st FIDE Congress in Istanbul, Turkey.

2000

  12/11 World Chess Championship finals in Tehran, Iran.

2000

  12/21 Chess can teach politicians how to resolve conflicts and
  contradictions, thinks Kirsan Ilyumzhinov.

2000

  12/26 The Chess Organisers Handbook' is now available from Stewart
  Reuben, price $15.

2000

  12/26 Tehran Declaration on the World Chess Championship titles.

2000

  12/27 Anand won the FIDE world Championship in Tehran.

Year

 2000  2001  2002  2003  2004  2005  2006  2007  2008  2009  2010

2001

  01/01 FIDE: Kasparov-2849, Anand-2790, Kramnik-2772, Adams-2746.

2001

  01/07 Conquest and Sasikirin won 76th Hastings Congress.

2001

  01/08 New Laws of Chess coming into force on 1 July 2001, approved in
  the FIDE Congress in Istanbul.

2001

  01/09 Explanation of the basis for the decision of the Presidential Board
  to introduce the new time control.

2001

  01/10 FIDE and Karpov settle. Official press release on the decision of
  the Court of Arbitration for Sport in respect of the Karpov vs. FIDE case.

2001

  01/12 Wijk aan Zee gave data for the first ranking calculation!

2001

  01/23 The corrections to the Laws of Chess published 11 December
  2000.

2001

  01/23 FIDE Press release on the consent arbitral award by the Court of
  Arbitration for Sports in Karpov vs. FIDE.

2001

  01/25 FIDE Commerce International Ltd signed a contract with Octagon
  Sponsorship Consulting Ltd Corporation.

2001

  01/28 Kasparov won Corus Wijk aan Zee.

2001

  02/05 FIDE 2001 Rapid rating list.

2001

  02/22 Linares 2001 (02/22/2001 - 03/07/2001).

2001

  02/28 Anna-Maria Botsari played 1102 boards simulteneously in Greece.

2001

  03/04 Gerardo Barbero died. Argentina GM. Born Aug 21, 1961.

2001

  03/07 Kasparov won Linares.

2001

  03/11 Akopian and Zhang won the National Open.

2001

  03/21 Topalov and Kramnik won 10th Amber Championship.

2001

  03/22 Kosteniuk - Sebag Match, Cannes (FRA), 22-25 March 2001.

2001

  03/22 Nigel Short will encounter Alexander Khalifman for the first
  FIDE.COM TROPHY.

2001

  03/22 FIDE COMMERCE INTERNATIONAL took a decision on
  development and introduction of Chess uniform.

2001

  03/23 World Cup of Rapid Chess, Cannes (FRA), 21-25 March 2001.

2001

  03/27 Nigel Short wins the First FIDE.COM Trophy.

2001

  03/27 Vasily Smyslov, the seventh World Chess Champion celebrates
  his 80th birthday.

2001

  04/01 Eugenio German died, age 70. First Brazilian IM.

2001

  04/09 FIDE Rating List of April, 2001.

2001

  04/09 Alexandra Kosteniuk, 16. Twice the winner of the Russian
  Women's Cup, European and World Junior Champion, Grandmaster.

2001

  04/16 Samples of Chess uniform presented in Cannes during the World
  Cup of rapid Chess, March 22 - 23.

2001

  04/20 FIDE's response to the open letter of GMs A. Karpov, G. Kasparov
  and V. Kramnik.

2001

  04/24 A. Karpov, G. Kasparov and V. Kramnik declared war against
  Kirsan Ilyumzhinov. By IM Vladimir Barskij, Kommersant, 21 April 2001.

2001

  04/26 Easter in Rethymno 2001 Chess Festival. Karpov-Kouvatsou 1-1.
  The Greek Girl won the second game!

2001

  04/29 Moscow hosted a Chess fashion performance.

2001

  04/29 Kramnik beats Kasparov again!

2001

  04/30 54TH Russian Chess Championship.

2001

  05/02 FIDE officially created the Medical Commission.

2001

  05/03 54th Russian Mens Chess Championship Konstantin Chernyshov
  took lead after the third round with 3 points out of 3.

2001

  05/04 72nd FIDE Congress.

2001

  05/04 Nona Gaprindashvili, the former women's world Champion,
  celebrates her 60th birthday!

2001

  05/08 54th Russain Chess Championship Finals finished today in Elista.
  GM Alexander Motylev from Moscow became a Champion of Russia.
  GM Alexander Lastin 2nd and GM Andrey Kharlov
3rd.

2001

  05/11 The World Junior and Girls U-20 Chess Championship is
  scheduled to hold in Athens, Greece (15-30 August 2001).

2001

  05/15 International Super Tournament in Astana, Kazakhstan.

2001

  05/19 FIDE COMMERCE releases Spanish and Russian versions of the
  web site.

2001

  05/22 Olympic Capital Young Masters Chess Tournament 2001.

2001

  05/23 Anand won the II Merida Tournament! The Tournament took
  place 16th-22nd May with Anand, Khalifman, Short and Hernndez.

2001

  05/25 Kirsan Ilyumzhinov, FIDE President, was awarded with the Order
  of Gold Fleece.

2001

  05/30 The Magnificent Ten Chess Players Of The 20th Century!

2001

  06/01 Olga Zimina wins Russian Women's Chess Championship. Julia
  Demina and Ekaterina Korbut were second and third.

2001

  06/01 Garry Kasparov beats Vladimir Kramnik and becomes the winner
  of Astana Supertournament.

2001

  06/02 2nd European Chess Championship. Ohrid, Macedonia. June 1 -
  15, 2001.

2001

  06/07 The city of Leon, Spain, welcomes the International Grandmaster
  Tournament "Ciudad de Leon" (06/07/2001 - 06/11/2001).

2001

  06/11 Anand won Shirov in the final of the International Grandmaster
  Advanced Chess Tournament 'Ciudad de Leon'.

2001

  06/13 Garry Kasparov lost to 17 year old Hans Kristian Simonsen of
  Faroe Islands.

2001

  06/16 Emil Sutovsky - a new Champion of the Europe!

2001

  07/02 World Chess Champion Anand beats Kramnik in rapid Chess.

2001

  07/05 72nd FIDE Congress.

2001

  07/05 World Junior Championship 2001.

2001

  07/08 Smirin, Onischuk, Yudasin, Goldin, Shulman, Benjamin, A Ivanov
  won World Open.

2001

  07/11 International Chess Festival CZECH OPEN 2001 will start in
  Pardubice on Thursday July 12th.

2001

  07/19 Dr. Jacques Rogge of Belgium new IOC President.

2001

  07/23 Leen Huissoon from New Zealand, the first winner of the WICC
  tournament.

2001

  08/04 Claude Bloodgood died. Born July 14, 1924.

2001

  08/10 Joseph Gallagher won the British Championship.

2001

  08/12 Wojtkiewicz, Benjamin, Doettling, Stripunsky won US Open,
  Framington, MA.

2001

  08/16 Carmine Nigro died at the age of 91.

2001

  08/23 Deep Junior 7 won the 18th World Microcomputer Championship.

2001

  08/29 Peter Acs won the World Junior Championship in Athens, Greece.

2001

  08/30 World Junior Chess Championship 2001.

2001

  08/31 WICC Nomination Awards.

2001

  09/01 A special official Arbiters' Commission for the WICC 2001
  tournament has been formed.

2001

  09/03 Ibragimov won the 123rd NY State Championship.

2001

  09/10 Alexei Suetin died in Moscow. Born Nov 16, 1926.

2001

  09/14 Najdorf Memorial 2001, Buenos Aires (Arg.), 4-13 IX 2001 A. Karpov
  is the winner of the Najdorf Memorial tournament with 6.5 points of 9.

2001

  09/14 European Club Cup, Crete (Gre.), 23-30 IX 2001.

2001

  09/21 The First Intercontinental Match Europe-Asia, Batumi (Geo.), 17-19
  IX 2001.

2001

  10/10/ Kramnik vs Deep Fritz Postponed.

2001

  10/10 The 5th World Team Championship will be held October 12-20,
  2001, in Yerevan, Armenia.

2001

  10/10 Former World Chess Champion Anatoly Karpov of Russia join the
  World Championship organized by FIDE.

2001

  10/13 Ponomariov wins Governor's Cup Kramatorsk (Ukraine).

2001

  10/16 4th World Junior Team Championships in Copacabana - Rio de
  Janeiro.

2001

  10/16 GM Valerij Filippov wins The Final tournament of 5th Russian
  Cup.

2001

  10/18 Online World Chess in Amsterdam.

2001

  10/23 World Chess Hall of Fame Grand Opening Rescheduled for
  December 16-17.

2001

  10/28 Klovans won the World Senior Championship in Italy.

2001

  10/24 Sri Lanka National Championship.

2001

  11/12 Tony Miles died.

2001

  11/25 Khachian won the 37th American Open.

2001

  11/26 Vladimir Putin's greeting speech to the participants and guests of
  the WCC 2001. Chess does make the man wiser and clear-sighted,
  Putin considers.

2001

  11/27 Anand beaten by the Internet Championship qualifier.

2001

  11/28 Anand qualified, Karpov is out! The first day of World Ch. 2001 in
  Moscow started with a shocking defeat by Anand.

2001

  12/01 PCA: Kasparov-2798; Kramnik-2794; Anand-2733; Topolov-2706.

2001

  12/02 John Collins died at the age of 89. Born in 1912.

2001

  12/14 Zhu Chen is a new World Women Chess Champion.

2001

  12/24 Traditional Corus Chess Tournament 2002 will take place in Wijk
  aan Zee 12-27 January.

Year

 2000  2001  2002  2003  2004  2005  2006  2007  2008  2009  2010

2002

  01/01 FIDE: Kasparov-2838; Kramnik-2809; Anand-2757; Adams-2742.

2002

  01/04 January 2002 FIDE rating list.

2002

  01/06 Harikrishna and Barsov won 77th Hasting Congress.

2002

  01/08 IOC President, Dr. Jacques Rogge extends his very best wishes for
  the World Championship in Moscow.

2002

  01/10 Final match of the World Chess Championships between Vassily
  Ivanchuk and Ruslan Ponomarev, to start on 16 January 2002.

2002

  01/13 De Firmian and Christiansen won the US Championship, Seattle.

2002

  01/16 2001-2002 World Chess Championship Final Began.

2002

  01/23 Ponomariov draws 7th game to clinch match and become 16th
  World Champion.

2002

  01/26 Ruslan Ponomariov beat Ivanchuk for FIDE world champion,
  Moscow.

2002

  01/27 Bareev won Corus, Wijk aan Zee.

2002

  01/28 Corus Chess Tournament 2002, Wijk aan Zee (Ned.) January 12-27.

2002

  02/04 The International Open Chess Festival "Aeroflot Open 2002" is
  held in Moscow from 4 February (the day of arrival) to 11 February 2002.

2002

  02/11 Ponomariov will participate in Linares tournament.

2002

  02/13 Edmar Mednis died. Born Mar 22, 1937.

2002

  02/14 2nd World Cup in Mumbai (India).

2002

  02/20 This year the famous tournament in Linares will be held 22nd
  February - 10th March 2002.

2002

  02/22 Florencio Campomanes, the Honorary President of FIDE,
  celebrate his birthday today.

2002

  03/04 V.Topalov and B.Gelfand are the winners of the NAO Chess
  Masters tournament with 6 points of 9.

2002

  03/11 Garry Kasparov is the winner of the Linares 2002 with 8 points of
  12.

2002

  03/11 Yermolinsky and Browne won the National Open, Las Vegas.

2002

  03/27 FIDE releases the new Rapid Rating List.

2002

  03/28 Morozevich won the Amber Tournament in Monaco.

2002

  03/28 Weekly Cup of FIDE Tournament Zone.

2002

  03/29 Alexander Morozevich is the winner of the Amber Blindfold and
  Rapid Chess Tournament with 15 points of 22.

2002

  04/03 Womens world Champion Zhu Chen defeated the current World
  Champion and top seed Ruslan Ponamariov.

2002

  04/05 Kirsan Ilyumzhinov the President of FIDE and President of the
  Republic of Kalmykia, celebrates his 40th birthday today.

2002

  04/08 The first Weekly Cup is over. The next tournament starts April 13.
 Mitin Andrey winner.

2002

  04/10 25th Asian Junior Chess Championship 2002 Marawila, Sri Lanka.

2002

  04/10 April 2002 FIDE Rating list.

2002

  04/10 Peter Leko is the highest ranked Chess player in the 2002 FIDE
  Grand Prix series having collected 1176 ranking points
.

2002

  04/24 Alexander Golshchapov is the winner of the 4th Dubai Open
  Chess Championship.

2002

  04/24 Eurotel World Chess Trophy (Cze.), 28 IV - 5 V, 2002.

2002

  05/05 Viswanathan Anand is the winner of the Eurotel World Chess
  Trophy.

2002

  05/13 125th anniversary of the German Chess Federation.

2002

  05/31 Proposal for the Unification and Post-Unification World Chess
 Championships.

2002

  06/05 Garry Kasparov, the winner of 2002 Moscow Grand Prix.

2002

  06/07 Ponomariov challenges Anand.

2002

  06/13 Match of the century: Russia vs World.

2002

  06/19 World Youth Chess Championships 2002.

2002

  06/19 David Garcia Ilundain, Spanish GM, died at the age of 31.

2002

  06/26 25th Asian Junior Chess Championship 2002.

2002

  07/07 Milton won the 30th World Open.

2002

  08/04 Zaitshik and Najer won the US Open in Cherry Hill, NJ.

2002

  08/10 Ramesh won the British Championship.

2002

  08/20 Mainz, August 18: Vishy Anand beats the acting World Chess
  Champion Ruslan Ponomariov.

2002

  08/20 Sergej Karjakin is GM at 12 years, 7 months. Youngest GM ever
  (beating Bu Xiangxhi). Born Jan 12, 1990.

2002

  08/28 Before it started the match Russia vs. World has already been
  named Historical.

2002

  09/02 Benjamin, Stripunsky, Rohde, and Pixton won the 124th NY Ch.

2002

  09/03 World Number 1 rated player Gary Kasparov of Russia visited the
  FIDE Rating Office in Elista on Sunday, September 1st.

2002

  09/04 Lastin won the 55th Russian Championship.

2002

  09/05 Address of the Russian President V. Putin to the participants of
  'Russia vs. World' match.

2002

  09/08 Michel Roos, former French champ, died in Strasbourg. Born Aug.
  27, 1932.

2002

  09/08 Humy Koneru becomes a GM at 15 years, 1 month, 27 days.
  Youngest female GM.

2002

  09/10 Grandmaster Larry Christiansen, will play Chessmaster 9000 in a
  four game match played over two days via live Internet broadcast.

2002

  09/11 Rest of the World beat Russia in the Match of the New Century,
  Moscow.

2002

  09/20 Botvinnik Memorial.  The participants are all either rivals or
  pupils of Botvinnik, whose career spanned five decades.

2002

  09/23 Eduard Gufeld died in Los Angeles. Born on March 19, 1936.

2002

  09/26 Ricardo Calvo died in Madrid. Born October 22, 1943. IM 1973.

2002

  Chessmaster 9000 defeated reigning US Chess Champion GM Larry
  Christiansen, 2.5 to 1.5 in a four game match played September 28-29.

2002

  10/03 Live Webcast of the Kramnik-Deep Fritz Match! The first game will
  be broadcasted at 7:30 am Eastern Time in the US on October 4.

2002

  10/10 The match of former world Champion Garry Kasparov against the
  Deep Junior Chess program has been delayed until December 1, 2002.

2002

  FIDE Champion Ponomariov claims unification matches favor Kasparov.

2002

  10/15 Fritz defeats Kramnik again at "Brains in Bahrain" in Round "6".

2002

  10/20 Anand Wins 2nd FIDE World Cup. Hyderabad, Viswanathan Anand
  (2755) vs Rustam Kasimdzhanov (2653).

2002

  10/22 Kramnik draws with Deep Fritz in Bahrain. 2 wins, 2 losses, 4
  draws.

2002

  11/02 Petkevich won the 12th World Senior Open.

2002

  11/11 35th Chess Olympiad in Bled. 1st-Russia; 2nd-Hungary; 3rd-
  Armenia.

2002

  12/01 35th Blatny and Shulam won the 38th American Open.

2002

  12/20 Karpov beat Kasparov in a Rapid Match in New York. 2 wins, 1
  loss, 1 draw.

2002

  12/21 Aronian won 41st World Junior Championship.

2002

  12/22 Victor Batirnsky, head of Karpov's team, died. Born June 27, 1914.

Year

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2003

  01/01 PCA: Kasparov-2805; Kramnik-2789; Topalov-2712; Anand-2698.

2003

  01/01 FIDE: Kasparov-2847; Kramnik-2807; Anand-2753; Topalov-2743.

2003

  01/05 Peter Nielsen won 78th Hastings Congress.

2003

  01/18 Shabalov won the 2003 US Chess Championship, in Seattle. 

2003

  01/26 Anand won 65th Corus Wijk aan Zee.

2003

  02/07 Kasparov drew with Deep Junior in New York. 1 win, 1 loss, 4
  draws.

2003

  03/06 Ludek Pachman died in Passau, Germany. Born May 11, 1924. IM
  1950. GM 1954.

2003

  03/08 Lim Kok Ann, former FIDE General Secretary, died. Bon Jan 27,
  1920.

2003

  03/09 Leko and Kramnik win Linares.

2003

  03/15 Cambridge beat Oxford in the 121st varisty match.

2003

  03/27 Anand wins 12th Amber tournament.

2003

  05/10 Milan Vukcevich died in Cleveland. Born March 11, 1937.

2003

  05/16 Bogdan Sliwa of Poland died at age 81. Born in 1922. IM in 1953.
  GM in 1987.

2003

  05/19 Orlov won 28th Paul Keres Memorial, Vancouver, Canada.

2003

  06/21 Alvise Zichichi, former Italian Champion, died in Rome. Born in
  1938.

2003

  07/03 Mamedyarov won the 42nd World Junior Championship.

2003

  07/06 Ehlvest won the 31st World Open.

2003

  07/08 Attila Schneider, International Master, died.

2003

  07/11 Ken Whyld died. Age 77.

2003

  07/24 Gulko won the US Senior Open, Wilmington, Delaware.

2003

  07/26 Harold Schonberg died in New York, age 87.

2003

  08/02 Kunte won the British Championship.

2003

  08/15 Shabalov won the US Open, Los Angeles, CA.

2003

  09/01 Donaldson and Langer won the 22nd North American Open.

2003

  09/01 Ehlvest and Ibragimov won the 125th New York State
  Championship.

2003

  09/12 Svidler won the 56th Russian Championship.

2003

  11/18 Kasparov draws with Fritz X3D in New York; 1 win, 1 loss, 2 draws.

2003

  11/29 Shabanov won the 13th World Championship for seniors.

2003

  11/30 Shredder won the 19th world computer Chess Championship,
  Graz.

2003

  11/30 Akobian, Atilik, Blatny won the 39th American Open.

2003

  12/15 Ehlvest won the 87th Marshall Chess Club Championship.

2003

  12/15 Shabalov won the North American Open in Las Vegas, Nev.

Year

 2000  2001  2002  2003  2004  2005  2006  2007  2008  2009  2010

2004

  01/01 PCA: Kasparov-2786; Kramnik-2730; Anand-2713; Svidler-2701.

2004

  01/01 FIDE: Kasparov-2831; Kramnik-2777; Anand-2766; Svidler-2747.

2004

  01/05 Rowson and Kotronius won 79th Hastings 2003/04.

2004

  01/15 Tunc Hamarat of Austria won the 16th World Correspondence Ch.

2004

  01/25 Anand wins 66th Corus Wijk aan Zee.

2004

  02/21 Martin sets record of playing 321 Chess players at the same time.

2004

  03/05 Kramnik wins Linares; Cat 20 (2731 rating average).

2004

  06/08 Stefanova wins FIDE Women's Championship in Elista.

2004

  06/20 Yermolinsky wins US Open in Las Vegas.

2004

  07/06 Akobian wins 32nd World Open.

2004

  07/12 Deep Junior wins 12th World Computer Championship in Israel.

2004

  07/13 Kasimdzhanov wins FIDE World Championship in Tripoli.

2004

  07/13 Bobby Fischer arrested in Tokyo, Japan.

2004

  07/20 Milman wins US Junior Championship, Kansas.

2004

  08/15 Seven way tie in US Open, Fort Lauderale.

2004

  08/22 Aseev, Konstantin died. GM. Born in 1960. Died at age 43.

2004

  10/18 Kramnik draws with Leko in Switzerland to remain Classical
  World Champion.

2004

  10/31 36th Chess Olympiad at Mallorca. 1st-Ukraine; 2nd-Russia;3rd-
  Armenia.

2004

  11/27 Kasparov wins Russian Championship.

2004

  12/01 Harikrishna wins World Jr. Championship in India.

2004

  12/05 Nakamura wins US Championship in San Diego, CA.

Year

 2000  2001  2002  2003  2004  2005  2006  2007  2008  2009  2010

2005

  01/01 FIDE: Kasparov-2804; Anand-2786; Topalov-2757; Kramnik-2754.

2005

  01/02 Arnold Denker died in Ft Lauderdale at age 94. Honorary GM in
  1981. Born in 1914.

2005

  01/08 Jaime Emma died. IM (1978) from Argentina.

2005

  01/09 Vladimir Belov wins Hastings Christmas Congress.

2005

  01/16 Victor Frias died. Born in 1956. Chilian IM.

2005

  01/30 Leko wins Corus Wijk aan Zee (cat 19-2721).

2005

  02/15 Joop van Oosterom wins 18th World Corr. Championship (+8=6-0)
  Corr GM in 1993.

2005

  03/05 Cambridge beat Oxford in the 123rd varsity match. Cambridge has
  won 55, lost 50, drew 18.

2005

  03/14 Simon Webb murdered by his son. He was 55. Born in 1949. IM
  1977. Corr. GM.

2005

  03/17 Kasparov and Topalov win Linares 2005 (cat 20- 2743). Garry
  Kasparov retires.

2005

  03/24 Bobby Fischer arrives in Iceland. He was detained 253 days in
  Japan.

2005

  03/31 Anand wins 14th Amber Blindfold and Rapid Chess Tournament in
  Monte Carlo.

2005

  04/05 Dragoljub Minic died of a heart attack, age 69. Born on 4/5/1936. 
  Yugoslav GM in 1991.

2005

  04/09 Teimour Radjabov wins 13th Dos Hermanas International.

2005

  04/22 Leonid Shamkovich died at age 81. Born in 1923. IM 1962; GM
  1965.

2005

  05/15 Vladimir Savon died. Born in 1940.

2005

  05/22 Topalov wins the Mtel Masters in Sofia, Bulgaria.

2005

  05/22 Zviad Izoria wins the HB Global Chess Challenge in Minneapolis.

2005

  06/12 Dmitry Gurevich wins National Open in Las Vegas.

2005

  06/27 Hydra beats Michael Adams (2737) with 5 wins and 1 draw in
  London.

2005

  07/01 FIDE: Kasparov-2812; Anand-2788; Topalov-2788; Leko-2763;
  Ivanchuk-2752.

2005

  07/04 Egod Ditt died. Born in 1931. FIDE VP from 1990 to 1994.

2005

  07/04 Kamil Milton wins the World Open in Philadelphia. He beat
  Magesh Panchanathan in play-off.

2005

  07/17 Arkadij Naiditsch wins Dortmund 2005.

2005

  07/29 Ildar Khairullin wins the World Youth Chess Ch in Belfort, France.

2005

  07/29 Andrei Volokitin and Boris Gelfand win Biel GM tournament.

2005

  08/01 Susan Polgar played 326 simul games; 1,131 consecutive games;
  96.93% winning percentage.

2005

  08/13 Jonathan Rowson wins British Chess Ch at the Isle of Man.

2005

  08/14 Vadim Milov and Joel Benjamin wins the US Open in Phoenix.
  455 players.

2005

  08/14 Anand beat Grischuk at the Chess Classic Mainz.

2005

  08/16 Lazaro Bruzon wins the American Continental Championship in
  Buenos Aires.

2005

  08/21 The program Zappa wins the 13th World Computer Chess
  Championship in Reykjavik.

2005

  09/05 GM Gata Kamsky wins 127th New York State Championship.

2005

  09/27 GM start of the FIDE Championship in San Luis, Argentina.

2005

  10/01 Roman Toran, age 73, died in Madrid; President of the Spanish
  Chess Federation; FIDE VP from 1982-1990.

2005

  10/10 GM Liuben Spassov wins 15th World Seniors Championship in
  Italy.

2005

  10/10 David Jacobs wins US Armed Forces Championship; Army won
  the service competition.

2005

  10/16 GM Veselin Topalov wins FIDE World Championship in San Luis,
  Argentina; Svilder and Anand took 2nd-3rd.

2005

  11/11 Russia won the World Team Championship in Beer-Sheva, Israel;
  China took 2nd.

2005

  11/12 GM Dragutin Sahovic (born Aug 8, 1940) died in Belgrade.

2005

  11/17 GM Igor Ivanov (born in 1947) died in St. George, Utah; GM in
  2005.

2005

  11/22 Shakhriyar Mamedyarov won the World Jr Championship in
  Istanbul; Elisabeth Paehtz won the girls title.

2005

  11/27 IM Vladimir Mezentsev wins the 41st American Open in Los
  Angeles, CA.

2005

  12/15 IM Enrico Paoli born in 1908, died; HGM in 1996; Italian Champion
  in 1951, 1957, 1968; IM in 1951.

2005

  12/18 Levon Aronian won the FIDE World Chess Cup in Khanty
  Mansyisk, Russia; Ponomariov took 2nd.

2005

  12/18 Leonid Yudasin wins the Marshall Chess Club Championship.

2005

  12/30 Sergey Rublevsky wins the Russian Championship.

Year

 2000  2001  2002  2003  2004  2005  2006  2007  2008  2009  2010

2006

  01/01 FIDE ratings: Kasparov 2812, Topalov 2801, Anand 2792, Svidler
  2765, Aronian 2752, Kramnik 2741
.

2006

  01/06 Valerij Neverov wins 2005-06 Hastings Chess Congress.

2006

  01/19 Anand and Topalov win Corus Wijk aan Zee.

2006

  02/18 Ratmir Kholmov dies at the age of 80. Born 5/13/1925.

2006

  02/23 Gary Abram dies. Born in 1930. ICCF IM.

2006

  02/26 Levon Aronian wins Linares; cat 20 (2732).

2006

  03/11 Oxford wins 124th Oxford vs Cambridge Varsity match.

2006

  03/12 Alexander Onischuk wins US Championship in San Diego. Anna
  Zatonskih wins women's final.

2006

  03/25 Xu Yuhua (2502) wins Women's World Chess Ch. in Russia.

2006

  03/30 15th Amber Rapid and Blindfold Tournament; won by Morozevich
  and Anand.

2006

  04/20 Wolfgang Unzicker died. Born 6/26/1925. German GM.

2006

  05/01 Topalov wins Chess Oscar.

2006

  05/13 Burt Hochbrg dies. Born in 1933. Former Chess Life editor.

2006

  06/01 Deep Junior wins 14th World Computer Chess Ch. in Turin.

2006

  06/01 Kirsan Ilyumzhinov re-elected FIDE President.

2006

  06/04 37th Chess Olympiad in Turin; 1st-Armenia; 2nd-China; 3rd-USA.

2006

  06/19 37th Wojtkiewicz wins National Open in Las Vegas, Nev.

2006

  07/04 Gata Kamsky wins 34th World Open in Philadelphia.

2006

  07/14 Aleksander Wojtkiewicz dies in Baltimore. Born 1/15/1963.

2006

  07/20 Robert Hess wins US Junior Invitational in Dallas.

2006

  07/23 Rudolf Teschner dies at the age of 84. He was born on Feb 16,
  1922. 1951 German Champion.

2006

  08/04 Alexander Morozevich wins 39th Biel International Festival.

2006

  08/13 Yuri Shulman wins the 107th US Open in Chicago.

2006

  08/19 Jonathan Rowson wins the 93rd British Championship in
  Swansea.

2006

  08/20 Anand wins Chess Classic Mainz.

2006

  09/04 Idar Ibragimov and Joel Benjamin win the 128th NY State
  Championship in Albany.

2006

  09/07 Alexander Grischuk wins World Blitz Championship in Israel.

2006

  09/22 Korchnoi wins World Senior Championship in Italy.

2006

  10/01 FIDE raings: Topalov-2813; Anand-2779; Kramnik-2750; Svidler-
  2750; Morozevich-2747.

2006

  10/13 Vladimir Kramnik wins world Championship reunification match
  against Topalov in Elista.

2006

  10/17 Zaven Andriasian wins World Under 20 Ch. in Yerevan, Armenia.

2006

  10/19 Vladimir Berlinsky wins world blind Championship in Goa, India.

2006

  10/29 Braun Arik wins World Youth Ch. under 18 in Batumi, Georgia.

2006

  11/27 Hikaru Nakamura wins 36th National Chess Congress in
  Philadelphia.

2006

  11/29 David Pruess and Melikset Khachiyan win American Open.

2006

  12/05 Kramnik (2750)-Deep Fritz computer match, played on Bonn,
  Germany. Computer wins match by 4:2.

2006

  12/05 David Bronstein died in Minsk. Born Feb 19, 1924.

2006

  12/07 Ivanchuk (2741) wins 41st Capablanca Memorial in Havana. Cat 17
  tournament.

2006

  12/15 India wins the Gold medal in Chess at the Asian Games in Doha,
  Qatar.

Year

 2000  2001  2002  2003  2004  2005  2006  2007  2008  2009  2010

2007

  05/23 Alexander Shabalov wins 51st US Championship in Stillwater,
  OK.

2007

  05/26 Start of the FIDE Candidates in Elista; 16 GM's playing; top 4
  qualify for World Championship in Mexico.

2007

  06/18 Rybka wins 15th World Computer Chess Championship.

2007

  07/04 Varuzhan Akobian wins World Open in tb over Alex Stripunsky;
  held in King of Prussia, PA.

2007

  07/20 Irina Krush wins US Women's Chess Championship.

2007

  08/04 Magnus Carlsen wins 40th International Chess Festival in Biel.

2007

  09/11 World Chess Championship in Mexico; Anand wins.

2007

  09/28 Algimantas Butorius wins 17th Chess Senior World Championship
  in Mexico City.

2007

  10/15 Anand is highest rated in FIDE (2801), followed by Ivanchuk (2787),
  and Kramnik (2785).

2007

  11/22 Start of the World Chess Cup in Khany-Mansiysk - won by Kamsky.

2007

  11/25 43rd American Open in Los Angeles; won by Alex Yrmolinsky.

2007

  12/18 Kamsky wins Chess World Cup.

2007

  12/30 Morozevich wins Russian Championship.

Year

 2000  2001  2002  2003  2004  2005  2006  2007  2008  2009  2010

2008

  01/01 Anand and Kramnik are rated 2799.

2008

  01/17 Bobby Fischer dies of kidney failure at the age of 64 in Reykjavik,
  Iceland.

2008

  03/27 Levon Aronian wins 17th Amber Blindfold/Rapid tourney in Nice.

2008

  05/08 Anand presented 2007 Chess Oscar.

2008

  05/21 Yuri Shulman wins US Championship, held in Tulsa. Anna
  Zatonskih win women's US Championship in Tulsa.

2008

  07/08 Evgeny Najer wins 36th World Open in Philadelphia on tb over
  Negi, Ftacnik, and Moiseenko.

2008

  08/09 Stuart Conquest won the 95th British Ch, held in Liverpool.

2008

  08/10 GM Igor Zakharevich of Russia died. Born July 14, 1963. GM in
  2000.

2008

  08/10 Enrico Sevillano, Alexander Shabalov and Rad Milovanovic win
  the 109th US Open in Dallas.

2008

  08/15 Abhijeet Gupta of India wins world junior Ch, held in Turkey.

2008

  09/18 Alexandra Kosteniuk wins world women's Ch. in Nalchik, Russia.

2008

  10/28 Svidler wins 61st Russian Championship for 5th time.

2008

  10/29 Anand defeats Kramnik in Bonn for the world Chess
  Championship.

2008

  11/08 Leinier Dominguez Perez wins world blitz Championship in
  Kazakhstan.

2008

  11/12 Start of the Chess Olympiad in Dresden.

2008

  11/25 Armenia wins gold in Chess olympiad, followed by Israel (silver)
  and USA (bronze).

2008

  11/29 Bob Wade died at age 86. IM. Born April 10, 1921.

2008

  12/09 Mark Diesen died at age 51. Former World Junior Champion 
  (1976) died in Conroe, TX.

2008

  12/22 Topalov wins Pearl Spring SuperGM tournament in Nanjing,
  China.

2008

  12/24 Hugh Myers died in Davenport, Iowa at age 78. Chess author
  (Myers Opening Bulletin).

2008

  12/29 Radjabov, Javkovenko, and Grischuk tie at Elista Grand Prix.

2008

  12/31 Ratings: Topalov is 2796, Anand is 2791, Ivanchuk is 2779, Carlsen
  is 2776.

Year

 2000  2001  2002  2003  2004  2005  2006  2007  2008  2009  2010

2009

  01/05 Igor Kurnosov wins Hastings Chess Congress.

2009

  02/01 Igor Sergey Karjakin wins Wijk aan Zee.

2009

  02/26 Topalov beats Kamsky to challenge Anand for world Ch title.

2009

  03/26 Aronian wins Amber blindfold/rapid tourney for the 2nd time in a
  row.

2009

  04/01 Topalov 2812; Anand 2783; Carlsen 2770; Kramnik 2759; Radjabov
  2756; Aronian 2754.

2009

  04/29 Aronian wins 4th FIDE Grand Prix tournament in Nalchik.

2009

  05/17 Hikaru Nakamura, age 21, wins the US Championship in St. Louis;
  won in 2004; won $40,000.

2009

  05/18 Rybka wins 17th World Computer Championship in Pamplona.

2009

  05/23 Shirov wins 5th M-Tel Masters in Sofia.

2009

  05/24 Gelfand wins 3rd ACP World Rapid Cup in Odessa.

2009

  06/07 Akobian and Sevillano tie for 1st in the National Open in Las
  Vegas, Nevada.

2009

  07/01 FIDE rating: Topalov  2813; Anand  2788; Carlsen  2772; Aronian 
  2768; Jakovenko  2760; Kramnik  2759.

2009

  07/05 Hikaru Nakamura and Evgeny Najer (won on tiebreak) tie for 1st in
  World Open in Philadelphia.

2009

  07/12 Kramnik wins Dortmund tournament for the 9th time.

2009

  07/16 Ray Robson wins US Junior Closed Championship in Milwaukee.

2009

  08/08 David Howell wins 96th British Championship, held in Torquay.

2009

  08/09 Lenderman, Kudrin, Yermolinsky, Stopa, Kraai,Gurevich (won on
  tiebreak) tie at 110th US Open in Indianapolis.

2009

  12/03 Milikset Khachiyan wins American Open.

Year

 2000  2001  2002  2003  2004  2005  2006  2007  2008  2009  2010

2010

  00/00 Chess Olympics in Khanty-Mansiysk
 
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