2005 Garry Kasparov retires professionally from chess
1998 Anatoly Karpov defeats Viswanathan Anand to retain chess title
1997 Garry Kasparov begins chess match with IBM supercomputer Deep Blue
1996 IBM's Deep Blue defeats chess champ Gary Kasparov
1995 Mikhail Moseyevich Botvinnik, world chess champ, dies
1995 Harry Golombek, chess Grandmaster, dies at 83
1993 Gary Kasparov defeats Nigel Short for chess championship
1992 Bobby Fisher beats Boris Spassky to with Chess title in Belgrade
1992 Arpad E Elo, Hungarian physicist (chess classification system), dies
1992 Mikhail Tai, World chess champion (1960-61), dies at 55
1992 Samuel H Reshevsky, Polish/US chess grandmaster, dies at 80
1992 Samuel Reshevsky, Polish-born chess grandmaster, dies at 80
1991 Mikhail Moseyevich Botvinnik, world Chess Champion
1990 Garry Kasparov beats Antatoly Karpov to retain chess championship
1988 [John] Hein Donner, chess grand master, dies at 61
1988 U.S. and Soviet chess grand masters Donaldson and Akhmilovskaya wed
1988 "Chess" closes at Imperial Theater New York City after 68 performances
1988 "Chess" opens at Imperial Theater New York City for 68 performances
1987 Gari Kasparov becomes world chess champ
1985 Gary Kasparov becomes world chess champion
1985 World chess championship match abandoned-Karpov 25, Kasparov 23
1984 Tigran Petroshan, Russian chess grand master, dies at 55
1981 Max [Machgielis] Euwe, chess champ (1935-37), dies
1981 Machgielis "Max" Euwe, world chess champion (1935-37), dies at 80
1981 Anatoly Karpov, U.S.S.R. retains world chess championship
1977 Czech chess master Vlastimil Hort plays 201 games simultaneously and only loses 10
1977 Izaak Boleslavski, Russian chess player, dies at 67
1975 Bobby Fischer stripped of world chess title for refusing to defend it
1973 Leonid Stein, Russian chess player, dies at about 39
1972 Bobby Fischer (U.S.) defeats Boris Spassky (U.S.S.R.) for world chess title
1970 1st computer chess tournament
1969 Leonard Chess, Polish Businessman
1968 Carl Oscar Ahues, German International Chess Master (1950), dies at 85
1964 Rolling Stones record their 12x5 album at Chess Studios in Chicago
1963 Gary Kasparov, U.S.S.R., world chess champion, 1985-
1961 Botvinnik wins world chess championship for 3rd time
1961 Akiba Rubinstein, Polish chess player (opening theorist), dies at 78
1961 Grigory Levenfish, International chess grandmaster from Russia, dies at 70
1961 Maia Chiburdanidze, Kutaisi U.S.S.R., women's world chess champ
1960 Michael Tal beats Botvinnik 12 -8 for world chess championship
1958 Botvinnik recaptures world chess championship
1956 Lajos Asztalos, International Chess Master (1950), dies at 67
1956 Savilly Tartakower, Austrian/Polish/French chess player, dies at 74
1955 John Nunn, British chess player
1955 Tony Miles, chess player
1953 Michael Stean, chess player
1952 Efim D Bogolyubov, Russian chess player, dies at 63
1951 Jan Timman, Dutch chess player
1951 Ulf Andersson, born in Sweden, International Chess Grandmaster, 1972
1951 Anatoli Karpov, U.S.S.R., world chess champion, 1975-85
1949 Nana Alexandria, U.S.S.R., International Woman's Chess Grandmaster, 1976
1949 Walter S Browne, U.S. chess champion, 1974-78, 1980-84
1948 Botvinnik wins 5-player tournament to determine world chess champion
1947 Igor Ivanov, Leningrad, Canadian chess champion, 1981-84, 1985-
1946 Lev Alburt, U.S.S.R., International Chess Master, 1976
1946 Alexander A Aljechin, world chess champ (1927-35, 37-46), dies at 53
1945 Ruben Fine wins 4 simultaneous rapid chess games blindfolded
1945 Goran Antunac, born in Yugoslavia, International Chess Master, 1975
1944 Tim Rice, lyricist, Chess Moves, 1 Night in Bangkok
1944 Vlastimil Hort, Czech/German chess player
1943 Jan Adamski, Poland, International Chess Master, 1976
1943 Bobby Fischer, U.S., world chess champion, 1972-75
1942 Jose R Capablanca, Cuban chess player (world champ 1927), dies at 53
1941 Nona Gaprindasvili, U.S.S.R., world women's chess champ, 1962-78
1937 Russian chess player Aljechin recaptures world title from Max Euwe
1937 Mikhail N Tai, Latvia, World chess champion, 1960-61
1937 Boris Spassky, U.S.S.R., world chess champion, 1969-72
1935 Max Euwe becomes world champ chess beating Alexander Aljechin
1934 Borge Andersen, born in Denmark, Danish Chess Champion, 1967, 68
1931 Viktor Korchnoi, chess champ
1929 Tigran Petrosyan, U.S.S.R., world chess champion, 1963-69
1929 Vladimir Antoshin, U.S.S.R., International Chess Grandmaster, 1964
1928 Frank Ross Anderson, Canada, International Chess Master, 1954
1927 [Jan] Hein Donner, Dutch chess master
1927 Cuban chess champ, Jose Capablanca wins 33-day Grand Chess Tournie
1922 Joeri Averbach, Russian chess grandmaster
1920 Lev Aronin, U.S.S.R., International Chess Grandmaster, 1950
1919 Izaak Boleslavski, Russian chess player
1917 Leonard Chess, Polish Businessman
1916 Paul Keres, U.S.S.R., chess grandmaster, 1950
1914 Arnold S Denker, New York, U.S. chess champion, 1944-46
1911 Samuel H Reshevsky, Polish/US chess grandmaster/prodigy
1911 Mikhail Botvinnik, of U.S.S.R., world chess champion, 1948-63
1911 Harry Golombek, chess grandmaster
1909 Vladimir Alatortsev, U.S.S.R., International Chess Master, 1950
1907 Gerald Abrahams, born in Liverpool, author, Teach Yourself Chess
1906 Harry N Pillsbury, U.S. chess player, dies
1906 Vera Menchik, Moscow, 1st official women's world chess champ, 1927
1906 R. W. Bonham, founder, International Braille Chess Association
1901 Max Euwe, Netherlands, world chess champion, 1935-37
1900 Wilhelm Steinitz, Germany, 1st chess champ, 1866-1894
1896 Andre Cheron, French chess/bridge theorist
1894 Emanuel Lasker (26) becomes World Champion chess player
1892 Alexander Alekhine, Russia, world chess champion, 1927-35, 37-46
1892 Alexander A Aljechin, Russian/French chess champ, 1927-35, 37-46
1889 Efim D. Bogoljubov, Russian chess player
1888 Jose Raul Capablanca, Cuba, world chess champion, 1921-27
1888 John H Zuckertort, German chess player, dies at 45
1887 Savielly [Xavier] G Tartakower, Austrian/Polish/French chess player
1886 Aaron Nimzowitsch, Latvian chess player, openings theorist
1884 Paul Charles Morphy, U.S. lawyer/chess wizard, dies at 47
1883 Carl Oscar Ahues, Germany, International Chess Master, 1950
1882 Akiba Rubinstein, Polish chess player, openings theory
1881 Savilly Tartakower, Austrian/Polish/French chess player
1879 Adolf Anderssen, German world champ chess (1851..66), dies at 60
1874 Howard Staunton, world chess champion, designer of chess pieces, dies
1872 Harry N Pillsbury, U.S. chess player
1868 Emanuel Lasker, Germany, world chess champion, 1894-21
1860 Jackson Showalter, 1st U.S. chess champion
1859 Paul Morphy returns from 10-month chess tour of Europe, retires
1859 Paul Morphy's chess match vs Augustus Mongredien begins; Morphy wins
1858 Louisiana chess prodigy Paul Morphy arrives in Europe
1857 American Chess Association formed (New York City)
1857 American Chess Association organized; 1st major U.S. chess tournament (New York City)
1856 Semyon Zonovyevich Alapin, Vilna, tied for chess 1st place, 1878
1845 Cecil De Vere, 1st official British chess champion, 1866
1842 John H Zuckertort, German chess player
1837 Paul Morphy, New Orleans, greatest chess player of all time, 1857-61
1836 Wilhelm Steinitz, Austria, world chess champion, 1866-94
1833 Antonius von der Linde, Neth/German librarian/chess player
1833 John Watkinson, founder of British Chess Magazine, oldest chess mag
1818 Adolf Anderssen, Prussia, world chess champion, 1851-66
1726 Francois-Andre Danican Philidor, France, composer/chess champion
1580 Thomas Middleton, English playwright, Game of Chess
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