2005 Event Garry Kasparov retires professionally from chess 2001 Death Tony Miles, chess player, chess Grandmaster, won matches with World Chess Champions Boris Spassky, Vassily Smyslov, Mikhail Tal, achieved peak rating of 2635, January 1, 1996 dies 1998 Event Anatoly Karpov defeats Viswanathan Anand to retain chess title 1997 Event Garry Kasparov begins chess match with IBM supercomputer Deep Blue 1996 Event IBM's Deep Blue defeats chess champ Gary Kasparov 1995 Death Mikhail Moseyevich Botvinnik, world chess champ, dies 1995 Death Harry Golombek, chess Grandmaster, dies at 83 1993 Event Gary Kasparov defeats Nigel Short for chess championship 1992 Event Bobby Fisher beats Boris Spassky to with Chess title in Belgrade 1992 Death Arpad E Elo, Hungarian physicist (chess classification system), dies 1992 Death Mikhail Tai, World chess champion (1960-61), dies at 55 1992 Death Samuel H Reshevsky, Polish/US chess grandmaster, dies at 80 1992 Death Samuel Reshevsky, Polish-born chess grandmaster, dies at 80 1991 Birthday Mikhail Moseyevich Botvinnik, world Chess Champion 1990 Event Garry Kasparov beats Antatoly Karpov to retain chess championship 1988 Death [John] Hein Donner, chess grand master, dies at 61 1988 Event U.S. and Soviet chess grand masters Donaldson and Akhmilovskaya wed 1988 Event "Chess" closes at Imperial Theater New York City after 68 performances 1988 Event "Chess" opens at Imperial Theater New York City for 68 performances 1987 Event Gari Kasparov becomes world chess champ 1985 Event Gary Kasparov becomes world chess champion 1985 Event World chess championship match abandoned-Karpov 25, Kasparov 23 1984 Death Tigran Petroshan, Russian chess grand master, dies at 55 1981 Death Max [Machgielis] Euwe, chess champ (1935-37), dies 1981 Death Machgielis "Max" Euwe, world chess champion (1935-37), dies at 80 1981 Event Anatoly Karpov, U.S.S.R. retains world chess championship 1977 Event Czechoslovakian chess master Vlastimil Hort plays 201 games simultaneously and only loses 10 1977 Death Izaak Boleslavski, Russian chess player, dies at 67 1975 Event Bobby Fischer stripped of world chess title for refusing to defend it 1973 Death Leonid Stein, Russian chess player, dies at about 39 1972 Event Bobby Fischer (U.S.) defeats Boris Spassky (U.S.S.R.) for world chess title 1970 Event 1st computer chess tournament 1969 Death Leonard Chess, Polish Businessman 1968 Death Carl Oscar Ahues, German International Chess Master (1950), dies at 85 1964 Event Rolling Stones record their 12x5 album at Chess Studios in Chicago 1963 Birthday Gary Kasparov, U.S.S.R., world chess champion, 1985- 1963 Birthday Garry Kasparov, born in Azerbaijan, Soviet Union, former World Chess Champion, writer, political activist 1961 Event Botvinnik wins world chess championship for 3rd time 1961 Death Akiba Rubinstein, Polish chess player (opening theorist), dies at 78 1961 Death Grigory Levenfish, International chess grandmaster from Russia, dies at 70 1961 Birthday Maia Chiburdanidze, Kutaisi U.S.S.R., women's world chess champ 1960 Event Michael Tal beats Botvinnik 12 -8 for world chess championship 1958 Event Botvinnik recaptures world chess championship 1956 Death Lajos Asztalos, International Chess Master (1950), dies at 67 1956 Death Savilly Tartakower, Austrian/Polish/French chess player, dies at 74 1955 Birthday John Nunn, born in London, England, champion chess player, chess writer, publisher, mathematician, once ranked among the world's top ten, two-time champion in chess problem solving 1955 Birthday Tony Miles, born in Edgbaston, Birmingham, chess player, chess Grandmaster, won matches with World Chess Champions Boris Spassky, Vassily Smyslov, Mikhail Tal, achieved peak rating of 2635, January 1, 1996 1953 Birthday Michael Stean, born in London, England, professional chess player, author, winner, International Master and International Grandmaster titles in 1975 and 1977 1952 Death Efim D Bogolyubov, Russian chess player, dies at 63 1951 Birthday Jan Timman, born in Amsterdam, Netherlands, Dutch chess player, Grandmaster, won International Master title in 1971 and 1974, won 1976 Chess Olympiads gold medal 1951 Birthday Ulf Andersson, born in Sweden, International Chess Grandmaster, 1972 1951 Birthday Anatoli Karpov, U.S.S.R., world chess champion, 1975-85 1949 Birthday Nana Alexandria, U.S.S.R., International Woman's Chess Grandmaster, 1976 1949 Birthday Walter S Browne, U.S. chess champion, 1974-78, 1980-84 1948 Event Botvinnik wins 5-player tournament to determine world chess champion 1947 Birthday Igor Ivanov, Leningrad, Canadian chess champion, 1981-84, 1985- 1946 Birthday Lev Alburt, U.S.S.R., International Chess Master, 1976 1946 Death Alexander A Aljechin, world chess champ (1927-35, 37-46), dies at 53 1945 Event Ruben Fine wins 4 simultaneous rapid chess games blindfolded 1945 Birthday Goran Antunac, born in Yugoslavia, International Chess Master, 1975 1944 Birthday Tim Rice, lyricist, Chess Moves, 1 Night in Bangkok 1944 Birthday Vlastimil Hort, Czechoslovakian/German chess player 1943 Birthday Jan Adamski, Poland, International Chess Master, 1976 1943 Birthday Bobby Fischer, born in Chicago, eleventh World Chess Champion, American chess Grandmaster 1942 Death Jose R Capablanca, Cuban chess player (world champ 1927), dies at 53 1941 Birthday Nona Gaprindasvili, U.S.S.R., world women's chess champ, 1962-78 1937 Event Russian chess player Aljechin recaptures world title from Max Euwe 1937 Birthday Mikhail N Tai, Latvia, World chess champion, 1960-61 1937 Birthday Boris Spassky, U.S.S.R., world chess champion, 1969-72 1935 Event Max Euwe becomes world champ chess beating Alexander Aljechin 1934 Birthday Borge Andersen, born in Denmark, Danish Chess Champion, 1967, 68 1931 Birthday Viktor Korchnoi, chess champ 1929 Birthday Tigran Petrosyan, U.S.S.R., world chess champion, 1963-69 1929 Birthday Vladimir Antoshin, U.S.S.R., International Chess Grandmaster, 1964 1928 Birthday Frank Ross Anderson, Canada, International Chess Master, 1954 1927 Birthday Hein Donner, Dutch chess master 1927 Event Cuban chess champ, Jose Capablanca wins 33-day Grand Chess Tournie 1922 Birthday Joeri Averbach, Russian chess grandmaster 1920 Birthday Lev Aronin, U.S.S.R., International Chess Grandmaster, 1950 1919 Birthday Izaak Boleslavski, Russian chess player 1917 Birthday Leonard Chess, Polish Businessman 1916 Birthday Paul Keres, U.S.S.R., chess grandmaster, 1950 1914 Birthday Arnold S Denker, New York, U.S. chess champion, 1944-46 1911 Birthday Samuel H Reshevsky, Polish/US chess grandmaster/prodigy 1911 Birthday Mikhail Botvinnik, of U.S.S.R., world chess champion, 1948-63 1911 Birthday Harry Golombek, chess grandmaster 1909 Birthday Vladimir Alatortsev, U.S.S.R., International Chess Master, 1950 1907 Birthday Gerald Abrahams, born in Liverpool, author, Teach Yourself Chess 1906 Death Harry N Pillsbury, U.S. chess player, dies 1906 Birthday Vera Menchik, Moscow, 1st official women's world chess champ, 1927 1906 Birthday R. W. Bonham, founder, International Braille Chess Association 1901 Birthday Max Euwe, Netherlands, world chess champion, 1935-37 1900 Birthday Wilhelm Steinitz, Germany, 1st chess champ, 1866-1894 1896 Birthday Andre Cheron, French chess/bridge theorist 1894 Event Emanuel Lasker (26) becomes World Champion chess player 1892 Birthday Alexander Alekhine, Russia, world chess champion, 1927-35, 37-46 1892 Birthday Alexander A Aljechin, Russian/French chess champ, 1927-35, 37-46 1889 Birthday Efim D. Bogoljubov, Russian chess player 1888 Birthday Jose Raul Capablanca, Cuba, world chess champion, 1921-27 1888 Death John H Zuckertort, German chess player, dies at 45 1887 Birthday Savielly [Xavier] G Tartakower, Austrian/Polish/French chess player 1886 Birthday Aaron Nimzowitsch, Latvian chess player, openings theorist 1884 Death Paul Charles Morphy, U.S. lawyer/chess wizard, dies at 47 1883 Birthday Carl Oscar Ahues, Germany, International Chess Master, 1950 1882 Birthday Akiba Rubinstein, Polish chess player, openings theory 1881 Birthday Savilly Tartakower, Austrian/Polish/French chess player 1879 Death Adolf Anderssen, German world champ chess (1851..66), dies at 60 1874 Death Howard Staunton, world chess champion, designer of chess pieces, dies 1872 Birthday Harry N Pillsbury, U.S. chess player 1868 Birthday Emanuel Lasker, Germany, world chess champion, 1894-21 1860 Birthday Jackson Showalter, 1st U.S. chess champion 1859 Event Paul Morphy returns from 10-month chess tour of Europe, retires 1859 Event Paul Morphy's chess match vs Augustus Mongredien begins; Morphy wins 1858 Event Louisiana chess prodigy Paul Morphy arrives in Europe 1857 Event American Chess Association formed (New York City) 1857 Event American Chess Association organized; 1st major U.S. chess tournament (New York City) 1856 Birthday Semyon Zonovyevich Alapin, Vilna, tied for chess 1st place, 1878 1845 Birthday Cecil De Vere, 1st official British chess champion, 1866 1842 Birthday John H Zuckertort, German chess player 1837 Birthday Paul Morphy, New Orleans, greatest chess player of all time, 1857-61 1836 Birthday Wilhelm Steinitz, Austria, world chess champion, 1866-94 1833 Birthday Antonius von der Linde, Netherlands/German librarian/chess player 1833 Birthday John Watkinson, founder of British Chess Magazine, oldest chess mag 1818 Birthday Adolf Anderssen, Prussia, world chess champion, 1851-66 1726 Birthday Francois-Andre Danican Philidor, France, composer/chess champion 1580 Birthday Thomas Middleton, English playwright, Game of Chess
