First USCF Open postal tourney won by Louis Persinger.

Fine publishes “Basic Chess Endings”.

Karff defeats Rivero to win US women’s championship.

Marshall authors “My fifty years of Chess”.

Perkonoja, Pauli born. First international solving GM, 1982.

Rauzer (born 1908) died.

Reshevsky defeats Horowitz to retain his US championship.

01/ Botvinnik wins “Absolute championship” of the USSR.

01/11 Lasker, Emanuel (born 1868) died in Manhattan.

01/13 Avner, Uri born in Petach Tikva, Israel. IJComp 1979; International solving master (ISM) 1982.

01/14 Quinones born, Peru. IM 1963.

02/27 Kuijpers born, Dutch champion 1963. IM 1964.

03/27 Bokhosian, Sarkis born in Plovdiv, Bulgaria. IM 1978.

04/25 Apsenieks, Fricis died in Riga, Latvia. Elo: 2430. Latvian champion 1926-7, 1934.

05/03 Gaprindashvili, Nona born in Zugdidi, Georgia. WIM 1961; IM 1962; WGM 1976; IGM 1978. Women’s world champion 1962-78.

06/ Hitler attacks Russia; ends preliminaries of the 13th national championship.

06/16 Oim born in Estonia. Won 9th world corr. championship.

07/13 Raud died in Buenos Aires of starvation. Two time Estonian champion.

08/ US Open, St Louis. Fine first.

08/02 Murey, Yaacov born. GM 1987.

08/11 Kushnir Stein, Soviet woman master, born. Women’s final in 1965, 69, 72.

08/27 Hall, John died in Bradford, England. Hall variation.

08/29 Stahlberg played 400 games simultaneously in Buenos Aires; 364 wins, 14 draws, 22 losses, (40 at a time, then new opponent).

09/03 Ilyin-Genevsky died in Novaya Ladoga. 3-time Leningrad champion.

09/06 Remlinger, Larry born.

09/10 Balinas, Rosendo born in Manila. IM 1975; GM 1976.

09/27 Corzo y Principe, Juan died in Havana. Cuban champion, 1902.

10/03 Hamilton-Russell, Frederick died in Cleobury North, England. President of BCF.

10/03 Palciauskas, world correspondence champion, born. Professor of geophysics.

10/26 Zaltsman, Vitaly born.

12/23 Ault, Robin born in Elizabeth, NJ.

12/30 Parma born in Ljubljana. World jr. champion 1961. GM 1963. IM 1961.

First British championship held. Won by R. Bonham (blind).

First use of Swiss pairing in the US at a Texas championship.

First U.S. speed championship; won by Fine.

Barulin, Mikhail died in Russia. Fostered Chess problems in Russia.

“Chess Review” price: 30 cents; yearly subscription $3.

Karff wins US women’s championship.

Pomar wins championship of Balearic islands at age 11.

Rabinovich, Ilya died from malnutrition during the siege of Leningrad.

Rajkovic, Yugoslav IGM (1977), born.

Ryumin, Nikolai died. Beat Capablanca, Euwe, and Stahlberg.

01/03 Dunne, Alex born.

01/29 Brinck-Claussen, Bjorn born in Copenhagen. IM 1986.

02/02 Richardson, English Corres. IGM, born. First British GM, 1975.

02/17 Shipley born.

02/23 Blumich, Reinhold Max died in Falkenberg, Germany. Blumich variation.

03/07 Belavenets, Sergey died in Novgorod, Russia. Killed in action. Moscow champion 1932, 1937, 1938.

03/08 Capablanca died at the Manhattan Chess Club. World Chess champion 1921-1927. Elo: 2725.

03/26 Kovacevic, Yugoslav IGM, born. IM 1970. GM 1976.

03/27 Alterman, Vladimir born in Russia. GM 1992.

04/01 Vukic, Yugoslav IGM, born. Yug champion 1974. IM 1967. GM 1975.

04/18 Kubbel died in the siege of Leningrad. Problem composer.

04/19 Valvo, Michael, US IM, born.

04/25 Albertson, Bruce born.

 05/06 Formanek, Edward born in Chicago. IM 1977.

05/07 Giam, Choo Kwee born in Singapore. Singapore IM 1976; IA 1983.

05/12 Velimirovic, Dragoljub, Yugoslav IGM, born.

05/18 Augustin, Josef born in Kyjov, Czechoslovakia. IM 1976.

06/05 Abonyi, Istvan died in Budapest, Hungary. Hungarian master.

06/17 Rajkovic born Krusevac. GM 1977. Yugoslav champion 1983. IM 1974.

07/ US championship, New York, Reshevsky & Kashdan 1st; Reshevsky wins playoff.

08/ Troitzky, founder of modern study composition, died of starvation in Leningrad.

08/ US Open, Dallas, Steiner & Yanofsky 1st. Directed by C.J. Thompson.

08/20 Spielmann (born 1883), Austrian master, died in Sweden.

11/11 Goichberg, William born in New York City. FM 1983. Chess organizer.

11/27 Jansa, Czech IGM, born. IM 1965. GM 1974.

Tseitlin, Mark born. IM 1978.

U.S. amateur championship - won by A. Mengarini.

Wolf, Heinrich, Austrian master, died by the Nazis.

02/25 Hoffman, Asa born.

03/09 Fischer, Robert born in Chicago, Ill. IM 1957; GM 1958. World champion 1972-75.

03/22 Spassov, Liuben born. Bulgarian GM 1976.

03/27 Gulbrandsen, Arne born in Moss, Norway. IM 1981.

03/28 Behting (Betins), Karl died in Riga, Latvia. Behting variation.

03/31 Zuckerman, Bernard born.

04/10 Schmidt; Wlodimierz, born Poznan. 4-time Polish champion. GM 1976. IM 1968.

04/14 Nemet born Sombor. Yugoslav champion, 1979. GM 1978. IM 1976.

04/19 Toth born. Italian IM 1974.

05/15 Campos-Lopez, Mario born in Mexico. IM 1975.

05/18 Sosonko born Troitsk. 2-time Dutch champion. GM 1976. IM 1974.

07/04 Rodrigues-Vargas, Peruvian IGM (1978) born.

08/ US Open, Syracuse, Horowitz first.

08/02 Subramanian, S. born.

08/06 Pfleger born in Teplice-Sanov. West German champion 1965. GM 1975. IM 1965. Dr. of psychology.

08/09 Kavalek born in Prague. IM 1965. GM 1965.

09/26 Gutierrez, Jose born in Colombia. IM 1972.

10/04 Camaratta born, top corr. player.

10/17 Cunningham, Walter born in Los Angeles.

10/22 Calvo-Minguez, Ricardo born in Alicante, Spain. IM 1973.

10/31 Blagojevic, Katarina (ne Jovanovic) born in Belgrade. WIM 1964; WGM 1986.

11/11 Adamski, Jan born in Warsaw, Poland. IM 1976.

11/18 Bwee, Touw Hian born in Pekalongan, Java. IJComp 1977; IM Comp 1977; GM Comp 1984.

11/21 Lee born. British champion 1965.

12/01 Enklaar, Bertus born in Amsterdam. IM 1973.

Steiner, Endre  Hungarian player, died.

Wagner, Elbert  elected USCF President.

01/11 Botvinnik retains his title as absolute Chess champion of the USSR.

01/12 Hort, Vlastimil born in Kladno, Czechoslovakia. IM 1962; GM 1965.

02/03 Hodges, Albert Beauregard died in Staten Island at age 82. Operated Ajeeborn. Won US championship 1894. Elo: 2450.

02/26 Averkin, Orest born in Russia. IM 1976.

03/27 Hess, Ralf born in Luxemburg. IM 1980.

04/06 Acers, Jude, American master, born in Long Beach.

04/06 Gheorghiu, first Romanian to get IGM, born.  IM 1963. GM 1965. World Junior champion 1963.  Romanian champion 8 times.

04/12 Grau, Roberto died in Buenos Aires. Former South American champion and several time Argentina champion.

04/18 Planinc, Yugoslav IGM, born. IM 1970. GM 1972.

04/27 Westerinen, Finland IGM, born. Finnish champion 1965, 66, 68. IM 1967. GM 1975.

05/05 Dzindzihashvili, Roman born in Tbilisi. IM 1970; GM 1977. US co-champion 1983.

05/07 Denker wins US championship, New York (15.5-1.5). Won 9 straight games.

05/07 Gresser wins US women’s championship.

05/21 USSR Chess championship (13th national Chess championship) begins in Moscow.

05/26 Kristol born in Leningrad. World women’s champion 1984.

06/13 Lengyel, Levente born. Hungarian GM 1964.

06/21 Botvinnik wins 13th national USSR Chess championship, Moscow.

06/26 Menchik, Vera Menchik-Stevenson (born 1906) died in Kent from a bombing raid.

06/26 Menchik, O. died in a bombing raid. World challenger in 1935, 1937.

07/01 Komljenovic, Davorin born.

07/04 Garcia-Martinez, Silvino born in Havana. IM 1969. GM 1975.

08/10 McCord, Dr. J.BORN went 0 for 17 in the US Open.

08/10 Reshevsky first at 45th US Open, Boston.

09/05 Sloth born Sjorring. European Junior champion 1963-4. World corr. champion 1980.

09/25 Tseshkovsky, Vitaly born. IM 1973. GM 1975.

10/25 Bang, Erik born in Horsens, Denmark. IMC 1974; GMC 1979.

11/ Jackson, E.S. wins the third U.S amateur title in New York.

11/09 Marshall (born 1877), American master, died in Jersey City.

11/15 Ree born.

12/20 Sturgis, George died in Boston. President of USCF.

12/31 Meyer, John born.

First annual USCF golden Knights postal championship; won by Rehberg.

Canadian Chess Federation changes name to Chess Federation of Canada.

Petrov, Vladimir died in prison camp. Born 1907. Latvian champion 1934, 35, 37.

01/ Gresser, Gisela plays 32 players simultaneously. Won 26, drew 2, lost 4. Record simultaneous for a female.

02/06 Cebalo, Miso born in Zagreborn. IM 1978; GM 1985.

02/18 Plachetka, Czech GM, born.

03/14 Levy born, London. Scottish champion 1968, 1975.

03/21 Martz born in Detroit. IM 1975.

04/09 Tealsen born.

04/16 Antunac, Goran born in Bari, Italy. Yugoslav IM 1975.

04/17 Junge died, a German army officer killed in action.

04/17 Lasker, Emanuel wins New York international.

05/15 Pytel born, Polish IM 1975.

05/25 Gesos, Pavlos born in Aetomilitsa, Greece. IM 1980.

06/01 USSR championship began (14th) in Moscow.

06/28 Nicevski born. Yugoslav IM 1975.

07/02 Botvinnik wins 14th USSR championship in Moscow.

07/21 Santasiere wins 46th US Open, Peoria, IL. 33 players.

07/25 Martinovic born. Yugoslav IM 1976.

08/21 Alburt, Lev born in Orenburg, Russia. IM 1976; GM 1977. US champion 1984, 1985.

08/31 Balla, Zoltan died in Budapest. Elo: 2450.

09/01 First international sport of any kind after the war, USA-USSR radio match. USSR won 15.5 - 4.5.

09/02 V-J Day. World War II ends.

09/04 Fine plays 4 experts blindfolded, rapid transit, winning all 4.

09/11 Kirov-Ivanov, Bulgarian IGM, born. IM 1972. GM 1975. Bulgarian champion 1973.

09/15 Petran born. Hungarian IM 1976.

09/26 Gutman, Lev born in Riga, Latvia. IM 1980; GM 1986.

10/10 Razuvayev, Soviet IGM, born. IM 1973. GM 1976.

10/14 Baczynskyj, Boris born in Vienna. FM 1982.

11/ Ellis, Paul win US amateur championship in NY.

12/21 Suttles born. IM 1967. GM 1973.

12/29 First national individual intercollegiate tournament, NY.

First time the USSR joined FIDE.

International Correspondence Chess Federation created by FIDE.

Karff wins US Women’s championship.

01/09 Hastings 1945/46.

01/09 Salman, Nachum born.

01/19 Kuzmin, Soviet IGM, born. GM 1973.

02/27 Andersson, Goran born in Alvesta, Sweden. IMC 1979.

02/28 Cvetkovic, Srdjan born in Sremska Mitrovica, Yugoslavia. IM 1980.

03/15 Tukmakov born.

03/16 Basman, Michael born in London. IM 1980.

03/21 Gandev, Peter born in Sliven, Bulgaria. IMComp 1988. Leading composer of fairy problems.

03/22 Smejkal, Czech player, born. IM 1970. GM 1972.

03/24 Alekhine, Alexander died of a heart attack in Estoril, Portugal.

04/01 Farago, Ivan born in Budapest. IM 1974; GM 1976. Hungarian champion 1986.

04/03 Aeschlimann, Beat born in Switzerland. IA 1981.

04/06 Holzl, Franz born in Kufstein, Austria. IM 1985.

04/18 Rashkovsky, Naum born. IGM 1980.

05/13 Locock died. Born in 1862. British Chess problem composer.

06/02 Bronstein, Luis born in Cordoba, Argentina. IM 1978.

07/19 Goumondy, Claude born in Belmont, France. IMComp 1979; GMComp 1984; IJComp 1984.

08/ US Open, Pittsburgh, Steiner first. 58 entries. First Swiss system for the US Open.

08/07 Strauss, David born.

08/10 Mariotti, Italian GM, born in Florence. IM 1969. First Italian GM 1974. Italian champion 1969, 1971.

08/13 Groningen 1946 begins with 20 players.

08/20 Zavanelli, Max born in Ohio. Correspondence player.

08/24 Ivanovic born, Yugoslav IM 1976.

08/25 Kelling, F.K. died in New Zealand. Grand old man of New Zealand Chess.

09/01 First USCF official publication, CHESS LIFE.

09/07 Botvinnik wins first major international tourney after WWII, Groningen.

09/17 USSR vs USA return match ends in Moscow. USSR wins.

11/ First Central American championship, held in Guatemala. Nicaragua won.

11/05 Cetkovic, Miodrag born in Vladican-Han, Yugoslavia. IM 1983.

11/12 Erenska-Radzewska, Hanna born in Poznan, Poland. WIM 1973; WGM 1981.

11/12 Radzewska born.

11/17 US championship (6th), New York, Reshevsky first. Played on the 50th floor of the Chanin bldg. 20 entries.

11/20 Butnorius, Algimantas born in Russia. IM 1983.

12/19 Shahade, Michael born.

12/30 Amos, Bruce born in Toronto. IM 1969.

First computer program for Chess specified by A. Turing.

First national event to use the Swiss system, the US Open.

First national championship of the Republic of the Philippines was won by Horacio Tagle.

First Peru national championship; won by J. Perez.

First postage stamp depicting Chess issued in Bulgaria.

First Idaho state championship, won by C.H. Stewart of Boise.

Gilchrist, Mary died in Scotland. British lady champion in 1920 and 1934.

Nesis, Gennady born. ICCG 1985.

O'Sullivan scored 1 draw and 12 losses at Hilversum Zonal.

Robinson, Sir Robert wins 1947 Nobel Prize in chemistry.  President of the Royal Society and Chessplayer.

Russell, Hanon born.

Alden, Charles born. 1966 US Junior champion.

01/ Alexander, C.H.O’D wins Hastings 1946/47 with 7.5 - 1.5 score.

01/ Najdorf plays 45 opponents blindfold (+39=4-2) in 23.5 hours.

01/08 Ivanov, Igor born.

02/09 Gulko, Boris born in Erfurt, Germany. IM 1975. GM 1976. Moscow champion 1974.

02/24 Devenney, Raymond born in Coleraine, Ulster. Ireland co-champion 1977.

03/ Belson, John Harold died. Canadian Chess champion in 1934.

03/ Keres wins 15th USSR championship in Leningrad (14-5 score).

03/ Najdorf wins Mar del Plata tournament.

03/05 Blumenfeld, Boris died in Moscow. Russian Chess theortician. Elo: 2390.

03/13 Belson, John died in Toronto (age 41). Canadian champion in 1934, 1946.

03/24 Hartoch, Robert born Amsterdam. European junior champion 1963-64. IM 1971.

04/14 Karlins, Andrew born.

05/20 Kaidor born. Israeli IM 1975.

05/25 Lederman born in USSR. IM 1976. Lives in Israel.

05/28 Soltis, Andrew born in Hazleton, Pennsylvania.

06/ Kevitz, Alexander won the Manhattan Chess Club championship, 6.5 - 1.5.

06/01 Suba, Romanian IGM (1978), born. IM 1975. GM 1978.

06/03 Banas, Jan born in Nitra, Czechoslovakia. IM 1979.

06/16 Tseitlin, Mikhail born GM 1988.

06/16 Narraway, James died in Canada (age 90). Canadian champion 1893, 1897, 1898.

06/29 Yanofsky wins Canadian championship held in Quebec.

07/01 First tourney for world Corr. Chess champion began; 78 players. Purdy won.

07/04 Radashkovich born. IM 1976. Israeli.

07/27 Grunberg, Sergiu-Henric born in Bucharest. IM 1985.

07/31 O’Kelly wins First European Zonal tournament at Hilversum.

08/ Marquis Stefani Rosselli del Turco died in Italy. Founder of the Italian Chess Federation.

08/01 Post, E. died in Berlin (age 65). President of the German Chess Federation.

08/03 Fernandez, Ciro born in Cuba. IM 1975.

08/05 Debarnot, Roberto born in Argentina. IM 1977.

08/14 Yoffie, Marc born.

08/22 Golombek and Broadbent tie in the 1947 British championship.

08/23 Kashdan wins 48th US Open (11.5 - 1.5), Corpus Christi. (86 players are a record).

08/12 Hartston, William born. IM 1973. British champion 1973, 75.

09/06 Grefe, John born in Hoboken, NJ. IM 1975. US co-champion 1973.

09/07 Grigorian, Karen born in Erevan, Armenia. IM 1982.

09/08 Bleiman, Yacov born in Vilnius, Lithuania. IM 1971.

09/25 Borik, Otto born in Prague. IM 1982.

09/25 Sigurjonsson, Icelandic IGM, born. IM 1970. GM 1975.

10/02 Krnic born. Yugoslav IM 1976.

10/04 Fatalibekova, Elena (ne Rubtsova) born in Moscow. WIM 1970; WGM 1977.

10/06 Bazlov, Yuri born in Slavianka, Russia. Winner of the 15th USSR study-composing championship (1979-80).

10/14 Suradiradja, Herman born Indonesia. GM 1977.

10/16 Estevez-Morales, Guillermo born in Menesses, Cuba. IM 1972.

10/29 Foigel, Igor born in Russia. IM 1982.

11/09 Georgadze, Tamaz born in Tbilisi, Georgia. IM 1975; GM 1977.

11/15 Kurajica, Yugoslav IGM, born. Won world junior championship 1965. GM 1973.

11/17 Crown, Gordon dies at age 18 in Liverpool after an operation for appendicitis.

11/25 Lechtynsky, Jiri born. Czech GM 1982.

11/29 Hennig, Heinrich died in Kiel, Germany. Hennig-Schara gambit. Admiral.

12/09 Dvoretsky, Mark born in Moscow. IM 1975. Leading Russian Chess trainer.

12/09 Hartston-Miles-Bellin, Jana (ne Malypetrova) born in Prague. WIM 1969; WGM 1982.

12/09 MILES; Jana Malypetrova Hartston Miles born Prague. 8-time British women’s champion.

12/18 Basagic, Zlatko born in Derventa, Yugoslavia. IM 1986.

12/28 Quinteros, Argentine IGM born. IM 1970. GM 1973.

First British girls championship won by A. Pocknell.

First Russian woman to achieve a master’s rating - Elizabeth Bykova.

Evans (age 16) captures Marshall club championship.

Markwick, F.W. died (age 85) while playing Chess at Leigh-on-Sea. Chess correspondent for 44 years.

Mukhin born IM 1975. Died in 1977.

01/ Szabo, Laszlo won Hastings 1947-48 (7.5 - 1.5).

01/ Fine, “Practical Chess Openings” by Fine published.

01/14 Atanasov Petkov, Petko born in Bulgaria. IM 1983.

01/27 Vadasz, Laszlo born. Hungarian IM 1975. GM 1976.

01/29 Keene born. IM 1972. 2nd British GM 1976. British champion 1971.

02/14 Govedarica, Radovan born in Vrbas, Yugoslavia. IM 1980.

03/02 World championship match-tournament begins, The Hague.

03/03 Despotovic, Momcilo born in Belgrade. IM 1978; IMC 1982.

03/14 Bjelajac, Milan born in Skopje. IM 1982.

03/16 Lemachko born.

04/24 Hase, Juan born in Argentina. IM 1982.

05/05 Honlinger met 213 opponents; won 187, drew 13, lost 13 in 12.5 hours without a break.

05/06 Harding, Timothy born in England. Author.

05/17 Botvinnik wins at The Hague/Moscow to become world champion.  Wins $5,000.

06/09 Simic, Radoslav born. Yug GM 1984.

08/31 Steiner, Herman wins 7th US championship in South Fallsburg, NY.

08/31 Gresser and Karff become US women’s co-champions.

07/16 Boersma, Paulus born in Leewarden, Netherlands. IM 1986.

07/17 Adams, Weaver wins 49th US Open, Baltimore.

07/24 Bisguier wins US jr championship held at Oak Ridge, TN.

08/11 FIDE general meeting (19th) starts at Saltsjobaden, Sweden.

08/15 Bronstein wins First interzonal at Saltjobaden. Survived an assassin. First place was $550.

08/25 Braun, Marilyn (Koput, Simmons) born in Milwaukee. WIM 1972.

08/29 Crittenden, Kit wins NC state championship at age 13, nation’s youngest state champion.

09/ Price, Edith wins British women’s championship in London at age 76. Oldest champion ever.

09/30 Djukic, Zeljko born in Glamoc, Yugoslavia. IM 1986.

11/06 Hubner, Robert born in Cologne. IM 1969; GM 1971.

11/20 First Soviet stamp issued to mark the world Chess championship match.

12/02 Angantysson, Haukur born in Flateyri, Iceland. IM 1981.

12/14 Bronstein and Kotov tie in the 16th USSR championship, Moscow.

First Northern California - Southern California annual match.

First USSR correspondence Chess championship tournament.

Evans wins Marshall Club championship.

Fine wins New York International.

ICCF; International Cr. Chess Fed (ICCF) replaces International Chess Association.

Israeli Chess Federation founded.

Rueb, President of FIDE for 25 years, retired. Rogard becomes FIDE President.

Silent, formation of the International Committee on Silent Chess (Copenhagen).

Shannon presents a paper on programming a computer for Chess.

Tranmer, E. scored a perfect 11-0 score in the British Ladies’ championship.

01/05 Espig, Lutz born in Greiz, Germany. IM 1972; GM 1983.

01/08 Botterill, George born in Yorkshire, England. British champion 1974. IM 1978.

01/08 Rossolimo wins Hastings 1948/49.

01/10 Browne, Walter born in Sydney, Australia. IM 1969; GM 1970. US champion 1974, 1975, 1977, 1980, 1981, 1983.

02/01 Day, Lawrence born in Kitchener, Ontario. IM 1972.

03/05 Vaiser, Anatoly born, Alma Alta. GM 1985.

03/12 Balashov, Yuri born in Shadrinsk, Russia. IM 1970; GM 1973.

04/10 Didishko, Vereslov born in Minsk. IM 1982.

04/27 Timoshenko born. IM 1976.

05/02 Raicevic born IM 1975. GM 1976. Yugoslavia.

05/21 Ghizdavu, Dumitru born in Bucharest. IM 1972.

07/ First FIDE grandmaster list. 17 GMs. (Chess 7/49,213; 10/49,14).

07/03 Kupreichik born.

07/22 Markzon, Gregory born.

07/25 Ghinda, Mihai-Viorel born in Bucharest. IM 1977.

08/ US Open, Omaha, Alburt Sandrin first (half blind).

08/08 Opening day of the first British championship run as a Swiss, at Felixstowe.

08/28 O’Connell, Kevin born. British writer.

09/ Golombek wins British championship. First British championship to use the Swiss system.

09/ Mackenzie, A.J. died in Hastings. 3-time Scottish champion.

09/14 Zlotnikov, Mikhail born.

 09/29 Ermenkov, Evgeny born in Sofia. 5-time Bulgarian champion. IM 1974; GM 1977.

10/13 Alexandria, Nana born in Poti, Georgia. 3-time USSR women’s champion. WIM 1966; WGM 1976.

11/10 Antonov Nikolov, Vladimir born in Pernik, Bulgaria. IM 1980.

11/20 Bronstein and Smyslov tie in 17th USSR championship.

11/23 Hernandez, Roman born in Santiago, Cuba. IM 1975; GM 1978. Cuban champion 1981-82. IM 1975.

12/05 Koltanowski played 257 games in 12 hours in San Francisco. Played 37 at a time.

Bonham; International Braille Association founded by R. Bonham.

First individual world correspondence championship began.

ICCF; The International Correspondence Chess Federation formed.

Kaplan;  Julio Kaplan born.

Long game; Pilnik-Czerniak, 191 moves, draw, 23 hours. Mar del Plata.

Najdorf played 250 games simultaneously, won 226, drew 14, lost 10.

Harold Phillips elected USCF president.

01/ Szabo wins Hastings 1949/50.

01/12 Rowley, Robert born.

01/15 Boehm, Hans born in the Netherlands. Dutch IM 1975.

01/18 Rudenko, Liudmila wins women’s world championship, Moscow. 16 players. 11.5 - 6.5 score.

02/11 Evgeny Sveshnikov born, Cheliabinsk. GM 1977.

02/23 Budinszky, Maria (nee Ivanka) born in Budapest. WIM 1968.

02/25 Frey, Kenneth born in Neuilly, France. IM 1975.

02/28 Lerner;  Konstantin Lerner born Odessa. GM 1986.

03/24 Babula, Milan born in Uhersky Brod, Czechoslovakia. FM 1981; IM 1983.

03/26 Palatnik, Semen born. GM 1978.

03/31 Adorjan, Andras born in Budapest. IM 1970; GM 1973. Born Jocha.

04/16 Bouaziz, Slim born in Tunisia. IM 1975.

04/23 Rantanen; Yrjo Rantanen born, Tampere. 2-time Finnish champion. GM 1981.

05/01 Bronstein, Boleslavsky win first candidates tournament, Budapest, won $5,000.

05/01 Start of first correspondence world champion finals. Won by Purdy.

05/08 Bellon-Lopez, Juan born in Valencia, Spain. 5-time Spanish champion. GM 1979. IM 1974.

06/18 Borm, Franciscus born in Roosendaal, Netherlands. IM 1986.

07/ FIDE met in Copenhagen. 27 GMs. (CHESS 8/1950, 208).

07/05 Diaz, Joaquin Carlos born in Pinar del Rio, Cuba. Cuban IM 1975.

07/09 Lukacs; Peter Lukacs born. Hungarian IM 1976.

07/22 Chevaldonnet, Francois born in Reims, France. IM 1985.

07/22 US Open, Detroit, Bisguier first. (120 players). Score was 9-3.

07/31 Candidates; Start of first candidates playoff, Bronstein-Boleslavsky, Moscow.

08/ Silans; C. Chaude de Silans is first lady to play in men’s olympiad.

08/ Thomas; Sir T. Thomas is only blind player to play in a Chess olympiad.

08/27 Bronstein wins candidates playoff, 7.5-6.5, against Boleslavsky.

08/27 Ubilava; Elizbar Ubilava born, Tbilisi. GM 1988.

09/02 Broadbent wins British championship at Buxton.

09/10 Dubrovnik Olympiad; Yugoslavia first, US 4th. First post-war olympiad. 16 countries.

09/11 Harandi, Khossrow born in Iran. Iran IM 1975.

09/11 Meduna, Eduard born. Czech GM 1987.

09/19 Lombard;  Andre Lombard born. Swiss champion 1975. IM 1976.

09/30 Robinson, Robert elected president of the British Chess Federation.

10/04 Giffard, Nicolas born in La Baule, France. IM 1980.

10/04 Weinstein;  Norman Weinstein born.

11/ First USCF rating list: 2306 players, Fine is #1, Reshevsky #2 (CHESS 2/51, 96).

11/01 Bradford, Joseph born in Meridian, MS. FM.

11/02 Ljubojevic; Lubomir Ljubojevic, Yugoslav IGM, born. GM 1971.

11/19 Biyiasas, Peter born in Athens. 3-time Canadian champion. IM 1972; GM 1978.

11/27 Birnboim, Nathan born in Tel Aviv. IM 1978.

12/ Verlinsky, Boris died in USSR. Born 1887. IM 1950. USSR champion 1929.

12/12 Keres wins 18th USSR championship.

12/24 Dobrovolsky, Ladislav born in Ostrava, Czechoslovakia. FM 1981; IM 1982.

Arbiter; International Arbiter (judge) title created by FIDE.

Braille; International Braille Chess Association founded by R. Bonham. Affiliated with FIDE in 1964.

College; Columbia wins 16-team intercollegiate championship.

First USSR correspondence championship won by Konstantinopolsky.

Najdorf wins Amsterdam international.

Pachl, Franz born. German problemist and German champion of mini-golf in 1977.

Stamp; First postage stamp portraying a master issued in Cuba.

Wade played 30 Russian boys in Moscow. Drew 10, lost 20.

White, Alain died.

Keres wins 19th USSR championship in Moscow.

01/04 Ervin, Roy born.

01/06 Unzicker wins Hastings 1950/51.

01/16 Hundsdorfer, Wolfgang died in Freissing, Germany. Problemist.

01/19 Hernandez, Jose born in Cuba. IM 1977.

02/10 Peters, John born.

02/14 Abramovic, Bosko born in Zrenjanin, Yugoslavia. IM 1980; GM 1984.

02/21 Dory, Jeno born in Budapest. IM 1986.

03/25 Botvinnik-Bronstein match, Moscow (first under FIDE rules).

03/29 Velikov;  Petar Velikov born. Bulgarian IM 1975.

04/05 Barreras, Alberto born in Cienfuegos, Cuba. IM 1981.

04/25 Savage, Allan born.

05/03 Purdy won Australian championship for 4th time. Won in 1934, 1937, 1948.

05/11 Botvinnik draws Bronstein to retain world championship, Moscow.

05/11 Wall, William Dale born in Raymond, Washington. Chess author & organizer.

05/23 Karpov;  Anatoly Karpov born in Zlatoust, USSR.

05/25 Hulak, Krunoslav born in Osijek, Yugoslavia. Yugoslav champion 1976. GM 1976. IM 1974.

05/28 Horvath, Gyula born in Bacsalmas, Hungary. IM 1986.

05/29 Maroczy, Geza (born 1870), Yugoslav IGM, died in Budapest. GM 1950.

06/11 First world jr. championship, Birmingham, England starts. Ivkov first.

06/11 Boudy, Julio born in Cuba. IM 1975.

06/14 Fedder, Steen born in Copenhagen. IM 1982.

06/18 SAX; Gyula Sax, Hungarian IGM, born. IM 1972. GM 1976.

06/27 Andersson, Ulf born in Vasteras, Sweden. IM 1970; GM 1972.

07/ US championship, New York, Evans first.

07/23 Commons, Kim born in Lancaster, CA. IM 1976.

07/29 Coudari, Camille born in Aleppo, Syria. Canadian IM 1979.

08/ US Open, Fort Worth, Evans first. (98 players).

08/02 Fernandez, Juan born in Argentina. IM 1975.

08/25 Dann, Stephen born in Worcester, MA. Chess magazine editor.

09/02 Salgado, Robert born.

09/05 Watson, John born.

09/06 Ribli;  Zoltan Ribli, Hungarian IGM, born. IM 1970. GM 1973. Hungarian champion 1973, 74.

10/14 Interzonal at Stockholm, Sweden.

10/15 Vaganian; Rafael Vaganian born.

10/23 Horvath, Tamas born in Zalaegerszeg, Hungary. IM 1982.

10/31 Anton, Volker-Michael born in Magdeburg, Germany. IMC 1983.

11/04 Torre; Eugenio Torre, Filipino IGM, born.

11/20 Hresc, Vladimir born in Zemun, Yugoslavia. IM 1985.

12/02 Koltanowski won 43, drew 5, lost 2 in 10 seconds-per-move blindfold Chess in 9 hours of play in SF.

12/05 Ardiansyah, H. born in Bandjermasin, Indonesia. IM 1969; GM 1986.

12/08 DeFotis, Gregory born in Chicago.

12/11 Blake, Joseph died in Kingston-Upon-Thames. British champion 1909. British correspondence champion 1922.

12/14 Timman, Dutch IGM, born.

12/16 Dawson, Thomas died in London. Pioneer of fairy Chess. Born in 1889. Rubber chemistry expert.

12/20 Arapovic, Vitomir born in Mostar, Yugoslavia. IM 1979.

12/24 Piasetski; Leon Piasetski, Canadian IM, born. IM 1975.

Evans defeats Steiner 10-4 in a US championship match.

Gligoric wins Hastings 1951/52.

Poutianen; Pertti Poutianen born, Finnish champion 1974. IM 1976. Died 1978.

Reshevsky defeats Najdorf for the unofficial championship of the west.

Student; First international tournament for students, Liverpool.

01/04 Szymczak; Zbigniew Szymczak born.

01/05 Ogaard; Leif Ogaard born. Norwegian IM 1974.

01/10 Romanishin, Oleg born. IM 1973.

01/17 Vogt; Lothar Vogt, East German IGM, born. IM 1973. GM 1976.

01/23 Mecking, Brazilian IGM (1972), born.

01/28 Arbakov, Valentine born. Rated 2640 as an IM.

02/02 Andres-Mendez, Miguel born in Havana. IM 1984.

02/17 Montgomery, Parker born.

02/13 Combe, Robert died in Aberdeen, Scotland. British champion 1946.

02/22 Tarjan, James born. GM 1976.

02/26 Rinck, Henri (born 1870), Chess composer, died in Barcelona.

03/04 Eslon, Jaan born in Falkoping, Sweden. IM 1977.

03/11 Foltys, Jan died in Ostrava, Czechoslovakia. Czech champion 1943. IM 1950. Qualified for interzonal but died of leukemia.

03/21 Barle, Janez born in Rijeka, Yugoslavia. Yugoslav IM 1976.

04/16 Afek, Yochanan born in Tel Aviv. FM 1986, born Kopelovich. IJComp 1988; IMComp 1989.

04/ Koltanowski beats Bogart in blindfold play. (CHESS 5/52,159 - game).

04/24 Heathcote, Godfrey died in Cheltenham, England. Composer.

04/24 Ornstein; Axel Ornstein born, Swedish champion 1975. IM 1975.

05/01 Dorfman, Iosif born in Russia. IM 1977; GM 1978.

05/16 Winslow, Elliot born.

05/17 Leverett, Bruce born.

06/10 Day, Angela born in Canada. WIM 1982.

06/17 Bogoljubov, Efim German IGM, died in Triberg, Germany after a simultaneus exhibition.

06/27 Meyer, Eugene born.

06/29 Sher, Miron born, USSR GM 1992.

06/30 Bellin, Robert born in Great Yarmouth, England. British co-champion 1974. IM 1977.

07/07 Jamieson; Robert Jamieson born. Australian IM 1975.

07/11 Sharif; Mehrshad Sharif born. Iranian IM 1975.

07/16 Hardicsay, Peter born in Vac, Hungary. IM 1986.

07/17 Platov; Vasily Platov (born 1881), soviet Chess composer, died.

07/26 US Open, Tampa, Evans first.

09/ Olympiad; Helsinki olympiad, USSR first.  US 5th.

09/07 Napier, William (born 1881), American master, died in Washington, DC.

09/10 Hug, Werner born in Feldmeilen, Switzerland. World jr champion 1971. Swiss champion 1975. IM 1971.

09/19 Chellstorp, Craig born in Chicago. US Jr champion, 1972.

10/ Saltsjobaden (Stockholm) interzonal, Kotov first. 21 players.

10/19 Haik, Aldo born in Tunis. IM 1977.

10/20 Sergeant; Philip Sergeant, Chess author, died.

11/20 Bikova wins women’s candidates for the world championship, Moscow.

11/21 Shirazi, Kamran born.

12/ Ratings, USCF: Reshevsky 2751, Fine 2676, Evans 2660 (CHESS 12/52,47).

12/18 Evans, Larry David born in New York City. IM 1980.

First Bognor Regis Chess Congress, England.

First British junior championship; won by D. Griffiths.

First Clare Benedict International Team tournament, won by the Dutch.

First Chess book published by the Tatar language, by Neimetdinov.

Correspondence; Titles of GM of correspondence Chess and IM for correspondence Chess instituted.

DEAF; First team championship for the deaf (Norway).

Karff wins US women’s championship.

Keres becomes first sportsman of the year in Chess in USSR.

01/ First FIDE bulletin published.

01/09 Hastings 1952/53 over. 4-way tie.

01/10 Scott;  R. Scott died. Born 1889. British champion 1920.

02/09 Taylor, Timothy born.

02/23 Bielczyk, Jacek born in Katowice, Poland. IM 1979.

03/07 Erdelyi, Tamas born in Hungary. IM 1986.

03/16 Knaak;  Rainer Knaak, East German IGM, born. IM 1973. GM 1975. East German champion 1974.

03/20 Dobosz, Henryk born in Lublin, Poland. IM 1978.

03/22 Rogoff;  Kenneth Rogoff, US IGM (1978), born. IM 1974.

03/31 End of first world correspondence championship.  Won by Cecil Purdy with 10.5 score.

04/08 Castro-Rojas, Oscar born in Columbia. IM 1975.

05/01 Dorfman, Josef born. GM.

06/14 Hazai, Laszlo born in Budapest. IM 1977.

07/ First British lightning Chess championship (10 seconds a move); won by Paul List.

07/ First British Lightning Chess champion - Leonard Barden.

07/ 2nd world jr. championship; Copenhagen, Panno, Darga first.

07/28 Candidates;  2nd candidates tournament, Zurich, Smyslov first.

08/ US Open, Milwaukee, Donald Byrne first, wins $1,500 (182 players).

08/19 Beil, Zdenek born in Frydek-Mistek, Czechoslovakia. IM 1985.

09/04 Stean; Michael Stean, British IGM (1977), born. IM 1975.

09/11 Berry, Jonathan born in Chilliwack, British Columbia. IA 1975; IMC 1983; FM 1984; GMC 1985.

09/26 Gurgenidze, David born in Russia. IMComp 1980; GMComp. 1990.

10/05 Panchenko, Aleksander born. GM 1980.

10/20 Biriescu, Ion born in Darova-Timis, Romania. IM 1979.

10/24 Smyslov wins 2nd candidates tourney, Zurich.

11/09 Pinter;  Joszef Pinter born. Budapest GM 1982. IM 1976.

11/17 Makarichev, Sergei born Moscow. GM 1976. IM 1974.

11/26 World women’s championship finished in Moscow.

11/30 Gruchaz, Robert born. IM 1980.

12/02 Garcia-Palermo, Carlos born in La Plata, Argentina. IM 1981; GM 1985.

12/03 Ballet;  First ballet on ice, Sinbad the Sailor, with a Chess theme, London.

12/08 Grigorov, Iordan born in Sofia, Bulgaria. IM 1979.

12/09 Garcia-Gonzales, Guillermo born in Las Villas, Cuba. 3-time Cuban champion. GM 1976. IM 1974.

12/16 Gonzales, Jorge born in Bogota, Columbia. IM 1977.

12/16 Petrosian, Arshak born. GM 1984.

12/17 Beliavsky, Alexander born in Lvov, Ukraine. IM 1973; GM 1975. World Jr champion 1973. USSR champion, 1974.

Alice Chess invented by Vernon Parton (1897-1974).

Lombardy (16) wins New York State championship.

Olympiad; First student olympiad, world youth team championship Oslo, won by Czechoslovakia.

USSR beats US, 20-12, in 8-board match in New York.

02/23 Mieses (born 1865) IGM, died (first British player to get IGM).

02/28 Kopec, Danny born.

03/ Ratings; First British grading list published (49 names), (BCF).

03/09 Garcia, Gildardo born in Medellin, Columbia. IM 1979.

03/16 Botvinnik-Smyslov match begins, Moscow.

03/25 Liebowitz, Errol born.

05/03 Fernandez-Garcia, Jose born in Portugalete, Spain. IM 1980; GM 1986.

05/10 Epstein, Esther born. WIM 1972.

05/13 Botvinnik draws with Smyslov to retain world championship title.

05/14 Cooper, John born in Cardiff, Wales. IM 1984.

06/08 Levitina, Irina born.

06/12 Orton, William born.

06/18 Ambroz, Jan born in Lanskroun, Czechoslovakia. IM 1980.

06/23 Arkhipov, Sergey born in Moscow. IM 1985; GM 1992.

07/ US championship, New York. Bisguier first.

07/08 Levitina born. WGM 1976.

07/18 Bjarnason, Saevar born in Iceland. IM 1985.

08/ Gresser wins US women’s open.

08/ Olympiad; Amsterdam olympiad, USSR first.

08/ US Open, New Orleans, Evans first on t-b over Pomar (110 players).

08/23 Harper, Bruce born in Vancouver, British Columbia. FM 1983.

08/28 Silman, Jeremy born.

09/06 Agzamov, Georgy born in Almalik, Russia. IM 1982; GM 1984. Died 1986.

11/03 Alekhina, Natalia born in Russia. WIM 1984.

11/08 Mikhalchisin born Lvov. GM 1978.

11/10 Spraggett, Canadian IGM (1985), born. IM 1975.

11/23 Bernard, Henry died in England. Problemist.

11/25 Savereide, Diane born.

12/06 Armas, Asela born in Cuba. WIM 1978.

12/14 Moore, Bobby born.

12/24 Delaune, Richard born.

12/31 Znosko-Borovsky (born 1884), Russian master & author, died.

ACF; Formation of American Chess Foundation.

Blind; Start of first blind correspondence world championship.  Won by R. Bonham.

Fordham wins national intercollegiate team title.

Gresser and Nancy Roos become US women’s co-champions.

USSR beats US, 25-7, in Moscow match.

01/06 Marjanovic born Lalinac. Yugoslav champion 1985. GM 1978.

01/23 Biyiases, Ruth (ne Haring, Orton) born in Bourne, MA.

01/23 Haring, Ruth (Orton, Biyiasas) born in Bourne, MA. WIM 1977.

01/31 Atkins, Henry died in Huddersfield, England. IM 1950. 9-time British champion (1905-1911, 1924, 1925).

02/05 Barnes, Craig born in Norman, OK. US master.

02/08 Szekely born. Hungarian IM 1976.

02/20 Shapiro, Daniel born.

03/ Rating; USCF rating list: Reshevsky (2766), Evans (2629), R. Byrne (2621).

03/20 Schiller, Eric born.

04/23 Miles, US IGM (1976), born in England. First British GM.

04/25 Nunn born. IM 1975. GM 1978. European jr. champion 1975.

04/26 Armas, Lulius born in Bucharest. IM 1985.

05/16 Murray (born 1868), Chess historian, died.

05/18 Harley, Brian died in Bognor Regis, England. Composer.

05/27 Alzate, Dario born in Columbia. IM 1984.

06/ World jr. championship, Antwerp. Spassky first.

06/28 Blocker, Calvin born in Cleveland. FM 1981; IM 1982.

07/07 Bonin, Jay born. IM 1985.

07/10 Schneider born. Swedish IM 1976.

07/11 Karlsson born Stockholm. GM 1982.

07/15 Frankle, Jon born.

07/26 Djuric, Stefan born in Belgrade. IM 1978; GM 1982.

08/ US Open, Long Beach, Rossolimo first (wins 1955 buick), 156 players.

09/11 Arne, Mike born.

10/ Interzonal; Gothenburg interzonal, Bronstein first.

10/25 Angelova (Chilingirova), Pavlina born in Bulgaria. WIM 1982.

11/23 Lederer died.

11/25 Steiner, Herman, 50, dies during the California State championship.

11/27 Chekhov, Valery born in Russia. World jr. champion 1975. IM 1975; GM 1984.

12/11 Griffith died in Hendon, England. British champion 1912. Co-author of MCO.

12/11 Lukov, Valentin born. Bulgarian GM 1988.

12/13 Loginov, Valery born, GM 1991.

12/18 Winter died of TB. British champion 1935, 1936. Born 1898.

12/24 Kuligowski born Warsaw. Polish champion 1978. GM 1980.

First Alekhine Memorial, Moscow; won by Botvinnik & Smyslov.

Bernstein plays in Ostend at age 74. Also played bd 1 for France.

China officially sponsors Chess as a competitive sport.

Deaf; First world championship for the deaf and dumborn.

Fischer wins US junior title, scoring 8.5-1.5 in Philadelphia.

Price died, London. 5-time British ladies champion challenger 1927, 1933.

Sozin (born 1896), Russian master, died.

01/09 Grunberg, Hans-Ulrich born in Schwerin, Germany. IM 1981.

02/05 Tartakower (born 1887), IGM, died.

02/10 Frias-Apablaza, Victor born in Santiago, Chile. IM 1982.

02/28 Gruenfeld, Yehuda born in Zcerdziniov, Poland. IM 1978; GM 1980. Israeli champion 1982. Deaf mute.

03/02 Gil-Reguera, Juan born in Barcelona. IM 1986.

03/17 Van Der Sterren, Paul born Netherlands. GM 1989.

03/25 Kochiev born Leningrad. GM 1977. IM 1975.

03/27 Candidates; Start of candidates tourney, Amsterdam.

04/07 du Mont, Julius died in Hastings.

04/30 Smyslov wins candidates tourney, Leewarden, Netherlands.

05/01 Ivanov, Alexander born. GM 1992.

05/12 Franco, Zenon born in Asuncion, Paraguay. IM 1982; GM 1991.

05/19 Inkiov born Stanke Dimitrov. GM 1982.

06/27 Christiansen, Larry born in Riverside, California. GM 1977. US Jr champion 1973, 1974, 1975. US champion 1980.

07/16 Hromadka, Karel died in Prague. Elo: 2440. Hromadka defense.

08/ Olympiad;  Moscow Olympiad, USSR first  (US did not play).

08/ US Open, Oklahoma, Bisguier first.

08/13 Farago, Sandor born in Budapest. FM 1985; IM 1986.

08/15 Olafsson, Helgi, Icelandic IGM (1986), born.

09/04 Paehtz, Thomas born. German GM 1991.

09/11 Gurevich, Dmitry born in Moscow. IM 1981; GM 1983.

09/24 Machulsky, Anatoly born. GM 1991.

10/02 Speelman, British IGM (1980), born.

10/17 Fischer defeats Donald Byrne in the “Game of the Century”.

10/24 Klaric, Zlatko born. Yug GM 1982.

11/01 Asztalos, Lajos died in Budapest. IM 1950; IA 1951. Elo: 2480. Hungary champion 1913.

11/25 Eingorn, Viacheslav born in Odessa. IM 1984; GM 1986.

12/05 Henley, Ronald born in Houston. IM 1980; GM 1982.

First European team championship, Vienna.  USSR first (4 countries).

ASPCC; Creation of the “All Services Postal Chess Club”.

China; Chess officially recognized and encouraged in China.

China has its first national championship.

Film;  8x8, a German surrealist film by Hans Richter made.

Film; The Seventh Seal, Swedish film by Ingmar Bergman. Antonious Block challenges Death to a Chess match.

Fazekas wins the British championship, but not selected for olympics. Protests.

Fischer wins US jr championship in San Francisco, scoring 8.5 out of 9 points.

Gresser and Sonja Graf become US women’s co-champions.

ICCF; USSR became official member of the ICCF.

Lyman, Harry wins US amateur championship, 6-0, in Ashbury Park, NJ.

Maniac, first computer to play a form of Chess (6x6 board).

Martin, G. played 142 opponents, +130 =11 -1 in 4 hours, 40 minutes in London.

Olympiad; First women’s Olympiad at Emmen, Netherlands. USSR first, 21 countries.

Spann elected USCF president.

University of Chicago wins US intercollegiate team championship.

01/05 Duras, Oldrich died in Prague. Czech champion 3 times and German champion. GM 1950. Elo: 2580.

01/09 Akhsharumova-Gulko, Anna born in Moscow. WIM 1977. USSR women’s champion 1976, 1984.

01/14 Grun, Gerd-Peter born in Minden, Germany. FM 1984; IM 1986.

01/15 Sanchez, Gabriel born.

01/16 Hoi, Carsten born in Copenhagen. IM 1979.

01/20 Vladimirov, Evgeny born. GM 1989.

01/30 Barlov, Dragan born in Kragujevac, Yugoslavia. IM 1982; GM 1986. Yugoslav champion 1986.

02/07 Helmers, Knut born in Oslo. IM 1979.

02/11 Zaitshik, Gennady born. GM 1984.

02/15 Malmgren died, Uppsula. World correspondence champion 1953.

02/23 Mar, Craig born.

03/05 Botvinnik-Smyslov world champion match, Moscow.

03/11 Donaldson-Akhmilorskaya, Elena born in Leningrad. WIM 1977; WGM 1977. Challenger 1986.

03/13 Mestel, British IGM (1982), born. British champion in 1976 (age 19). World cadet champion, 1974.

04/27 Smyslov defeats Botvinnik to become world champion.

05/02 Sunye-Neto born, Curtiba. 6-time Brazilian champion. GM 1986.

05/30 Bass, Leonid born in Leningrad. IM 1982.

06/ World Jr championship, Toronto. Lombardy first (perfect score).

06/24 Schussler, Harry born. Sweden GM 1988.

06/30 Campora, Daniel born in San Nicolas, Argentina. IM 1982; GM 1986. Argentinian champion 1986, 1989.

07/21 Malaniuk, Vladimir born. GM 1987.

07/26 deFirmian, Nicholas born in Fresno. IM 1979; GM 1985. US co-champion 1987.

07/29 Gavrikov, Viktor born in Russia. GM 1984. USSR co-champion 1985.

07/31 Begovac, Franja born in Sombor, Yugoslavia. IM 1986.

07/31 Borkowski, Franciszek born in Wroclaw, Poland. IM 1980.

08/ US Open, Cleveland, Fischer first (184 players).

08/30 Haberditz, Hans died in Vienna. Haberditz variation.

09/02 Olympiad; Start of first women’s Olympiad, Essen.

09/16 Diesen, Mark born in Buffalo. World jr champion 1976. US Jr co-champion 1976.

09/29 Gavrikov born. GM 1984. USSR champion 1985.

10/06 Filipovic, Branko born in Banja Luka, Yugoslavia. IM 1984.

10/18 Rodriguez; Amador Rodriguez born in San German, Cuba. GM 1977. Cuban champion 1984. IM 1975.

10/30 Ftacnik, Lubomir born in Bratislava, Czechoslovakia. IM 1977; GM 1980. Czech champion 1981, 1982, 1983, 1985.

11/11 Hebert, Jean born in Quebec. IM 1978; GMC 1984.

12/ US championship, New York. Bobby Fischer first.

12/21 Cifuentes-Parada, Roberto born in Santiago, Chile. IM 1984; GM 1992.

Anderson, Frank scored 84% at Munich Olympiad. Became ill, missed GM title.

Blind; First world blind championship. Won by Bonham.

Buchholz, Bruno died in Magdeburg, Germany. Devised a tie-breaker.

Computer; First computer to play Chess.

Covo-Artega of Cuba wins US Open in Rochester, Minnesota (139).

Interzonal in Portoroz, Yugoslavia; Fischer ties for 5th.

Olympiad; First Chess Olympiad for the blind, Meschede, West Germany. 7 teams played.

Olympiad; Munich Olympiad. US 4th. (13th Olympiad).

Piran Codex rules for Chess problems drawn up at Piran, Yug at Congress of Problemists.

Smagin, Sergei born. GM 1987.

Weinstein; Raymond Weinstein wins US Junior championship in Homestead, Florida.

01/11 Taulbut born.

01/12 Doncevic, Dario born in Buenos Aires. IM 1986.

01/19 Adam, Edmund died in Frankfurt, Germany. Adam variation, Ruy Lopez.

02/14 Lputian, Smbat born, Yerevan. GM 1984.

02/15 Hebden, Mark born in Leicester. IM 1982. Grand Prix (UK) champion 1981.

02/22 Skembris, Spyros born. Greek GM 1991.

02/25 Goodman, David born in England. World Cadet champion 1975. IM 1983.

03/03 Forgacs, Gyula born in Budapest. IM 1984.

 03/03 Kouatly, Bachar born. French GM 1989.

03/04 Smyslov-Botvinnik world championship match, Moscow.

03/18 Winston, Peter born.

03/23 Garcia-Padron, Jose born in Las Palmas, Spain. IM 1981.

03/30 Andruet, Gilles born in Paris. IM 1982.

04/02 Dizdarevic, Emir born in Zenica, Yugoslavia. IM 1982; GM 1988.

04/11 Yermolinsky, Alexey born. GM.

05/08 Botvinnik defeats Smyslov to regain world championship.

05/24 Georgiev, Krum born in Pazardzhik, Bulgaria. IM 1977; GM 1988.

06/14 Schulien, Charles born.

07/01 Cabrilo, Goran born in Gorazde, Yugoslavia. IM 1980.

07/02 Bogner, Hal born in New York City. IA 1982. Founder of Chess Labs.

07/09 Braga, Fernando born in Buenos Aires. IM 1983. Italian champion 1986.

07/18 Gyorkos, Lajos born in Hungary. FM 1985; IM 1986.

07/21 Donchev, Dimitar born in Sofia, Bulgaria. Bulgarian GM 1990.

07/24 Kosten, Anthony born. English GM 1990.

08/22 Zapata-Ramirez, Columbian IGM (1984) born.

08/26 Tisdall born.

08/30 de la Villa Garcia, Jesus born in Villahan, Spain. IM 1986.

09/ Fischer gains the GM title at age 15, (15 years, 6 months).

09/11 Carls, Carl died in Bremen, Germany. German champion 1934. IM 1951. Elo: 2450.

09/24 Donaldson, John born in Los Angeles. IM 1983.

09/27 Bergstrom, Christer born in Solna, Sweden. IM 1986.

09/27 Fedorowicz, John born in New York City. IM 1978; GM 1986.

10/15 Boensch (Bonsch), Uwe born in Halle-an-der-Saale, Germany. IM 1977; GM 1986.

11/02 Benhadi, Madani born in Algeria. IM 1982.

11/02 Dvoirys, Semen born in Zhmerinka, Russia. GM 1990.

11/29 Psakhis, Lev Soviet IGM (1982) born.

12/04 Dizdar, Goran born in Zagreborn. IM 1980; GM 1991.

12/25 Crotto, Rachel born in New York City. WIM 1978; US Women’s championship 1979. Played in women’s championship at 13.

12/27 Tate, Emory born.

Bisguier wins US Open in Omaha.

Fischer repeats as US champion.

Fischer shares 5th-6th in candidates tournament.

Gligoric voted Yugoslav sportsman of the year for Chess.

Ham; First ham radio Chess tournament.

Hoessler, Anton of Ingolstadt, Bavaria died. Invented the Ingo system.

IM; Title of international master for Chess composition.

Kaidanov, Grigory born. GM 1988.

Lane wins US women’s championship.

Ratings; First time the elo system of rating players used.

Tal becomes world champion after defeating Botvinnik.

Wiel, John C. van der born. IGM 1982.

01/30 Andrijevic, Milan born in Pancevo, Yugoslavia. IM 1982.

02/02 Rueb, Alexandre (born 1882), first president of FIDE, died.

02/05 Cramling, Dan born in Stockholm. Swedish champion 1981. IM 1982.

02/07 Mokry, Karel born. Czech GM, 1984.

02/12 Flear, Glenn born in Leicester, England. IM 1983; GM 1987.

02/14 Popovic born Orlovat. GM 1981.

02/20 Dolmatov, Sergey born in Kiselevsk, Russia. World jr champion 1978. IM 1978; GM 1982.

02/22 Gurevich, Mikhail born in Kharkov, Russia. USSR champion 1985. IM 1985; GM 1986.

03/06 Campos-Moreno, Javier born in Santiago, Chile. IM 1979.

03/17 Grimberg born in Petach Tikva. World under-16 champion, 1976.

03/18 Andonov, Bogomil born in Kiustendil, Bulgaria. IM 1986.

03/27 Ginsburg, Mark born in Louvain, Belgium. FM 1980; IM 1981.

04/12 Kengis, Edvins born. Latvian GM 1991.

04/19 Gomez-Baillo, Jorge born in Argentina. IM 1986.

06/03 Baja, Victor born.

06/08 Sturua, Zurab born. GM 1992.

06/24 Wagner died in Hamburg. Born 1888. German IM, 1953.

07/10 Dur, Arne born in Innsbruck, Austria. IM 1982.