First Russian Chess magazine, published by Tchigorin.

“Chess Theory and Practice”, published by Wormald (and Staunton).

Kling, pioneer endgame analyst, died.

Mephisto first exhibited at Westminster Aquarium in London.

Pauly, Wolfgang born. Greatest problemist of Romania.

Royal Library in The Hague buys the Van Der Linde collection.

Sanderson wins 4th Canadian championship in Hamilton.

Vogel wins 4th Netherlands championship in Gouda.

Brilliancy prize, first. Tournament in New York.

03/27 London (cigar divan), Blackburne first.

05/17 Hamppe, Carl died in Gersau, Switzerland. Elo: 2410. Hamppe opening.

05/28 Allen, George died in Worcester, MA.

05/29 Holzhausen, Walther born in Opava, Czechoslovakia. Elo: 2410. Holzhausen attack.

07/21 Lowenthal died, Hastings. Strong British player.

08/ New York (Cafe International), Mackenzie first.

08/17 Start of the 4th American Chess Congress. First to attract foreign Masters.

08/31 4th American Chess Congress, Philadelphia, Mason first (not a US citizen).

09/ First attempt to copyright a Chess game.

09/01 First brilliancy prize, a silver cup, awarded to Bird over Mason, NY.

09/20 New York (NY Clipper tournament), Mason first.

11/23 Heinrichsen, Arved born in Vilnius, Lithuania. Heinrichsen opening.

German National Body formed; Germany becomes leading Chess nation.

Leonhardt born.

Cranston, T.G. born in Dublin. Irish Champion 1922, 1931.

Daniels wins 5th Netherlands Championship in The Hague.

Heath, Christopher born in London. 1923-4 Scottish Champion. Heath variation.

Shinkman invents the first mutate of a block position problem.

01/31 Green, Valentine died in London. Green variation.

08/10 Marshall born in New York. German Champion, 1906, 1908. Challenger 1907. US Champion, 1909.

09/27 Gelbfuhs, Oscar died in Tesin, Czechoslovakia. Tie-breaking method.

12/01 First meeting of the Manhattan Chess Club (37 people).

First East German Championship, Konigsberg, Hasford first.

First appearance of Mephisto by Gumpel.

First time the sealed move introduced, in Paris.

London (Lowenthal Cup), Wayte first.

Barasz, Zsigmond born in Hungary. Analysed the Budapest defence. Elo: 2440.

Chess Strategy by Loyd, published. Contains 500 of his problems.

Counties’ Chess Association Handicap tournament won by Mephisto (Gunsberg).

MacDonnell withdraws from tourney unless Mephisto player identified.

Sprega wins second Italian Championship in Livorno.

Swiderski, Rudolf born.

Van’t Kruijs wins 6th Netherlands Championship in Amsterdam.

Worrall, Thomas died. British Commissioner in Mexico.

01/ Telephone Chess first played.

01/25 First documented telephone match, in Derbyshire between F. Thompson and J. Cooper.

02/15 First New York State championship, Cox first.

03/02 Bernard, Henry born in Devon, England. Problemist.

03/02 Cochrane, John died in London. Scottish player. Founder of the romantic style.

06/18 Paris, Zukertort first.

08/12 Duhm, Hans born in Gottingen, Germany. 1901 Switzerland co-champion.

10/11 Colman, Eugene born in Merton, England. Colman variation, discovered while P.O.W. in Japan.

11/20 Collijn, Ludvig born in Stockholm. Chess patron. President of the Swedish Chess Association from 1917 to 1939.

Second New York State Championship, Auburn. Richmond first.

Chess Monthly published by Zukertort. Stopped in 1896.

College Chess Club, a Women’s Chess Club formed. Disbanded after marriages (BCM 1981,403).

Dupre, C. wins 7th Netherlands championship in Rotterdam.

Pope wins 7th Canadian championship in Ottawa.

01/ Ascher wins 6th Canadian championship in Montreal.

01/15 St Petersburg, Tchigorin first.

03/13 Anderssen, Adolf died in Breslau from a heart ailment. Elo 2600.

04/02 Goring, Carl died in Eisenach, Germany. Goring gambit.

04/23 Walker, George died. Chess columnist in London.

07/20 First German Chess Federation, Leipzig. Englisch first.

08/ City of London Chess Club championship, Bird first.

08/19 First New Zealand championship, Christchurch. Hookham first.

09/26 Dus-Chotimirsky, Fedor born in Kozel, Russia. IM 1950.

11/27 Hundsdorfer, Wolfgang born in Munich. Problemist.

First Chess Club in Russia, organized by Tchigorin.

First Intercontinental Telegraph match. Two games played between Liverpool and Calcutta. Code by Rutherford.

Andreaschek, Karl born in Czechoslovakia. Gambit named after him.

Bird wins 8th Netherlands championship in Gouda.

Flamberg, Aleksander born in Warsaw. Elo: 2480. Warsaw Champion, 1910.

Mackenzie defeats Max Judd of St Louis (+7-5=3).

Paulsen wins strong tournament in Brunswick, Germany.

Perlis, Julius born. Viennese player.

Przepiorka, Dawid born. Polish player.

Van der Linde published his second book on history of Chess.

01/06 Start of the 5th American Chess Congress (10 players).

01/26 5th American Chess Congress was the first to have a tie and playoff for an American title.

01/26 5th American Chess Congress, New York, Mackenzie 1st (tb) and Grundy.

02/11 Durand, Philippe died in Lisieux, France. Wrote first book devoted to the practical endgame.

03/03 White; Alain White born.

06/21 Third New York championship, Syracuse. Calthrop first.

07/03 Barnes, Albert publishes analysis of the Barnes defense in Canada.

09/16 Carls, Carl born in Varel, Germany. German champion 1934. IM 1951. Elo: 2450.

11/11 Collijn, Gustaf born in Stockholm. With his brother, Ludvig, wrote “Larobok”.

12/03 First French championship, Paris. Rosenthal first.

Blackmar gambit first analysed and published.

Cavalotti introduces the Albin counter gambit against Salvioli, Milan.

“Kleines Lehrbuch Des Schachspiels” by Dufresne published.

Preti, Jean-Louis died. Chess writer. Started ‘La Strategie’.

Salvioli wins third Italian championship in Milan.

Shaw wins 8th Canadian championship in Ottawa.

Van der Linde publishes his third book on history of Chess.

01/01 First British Chess Magazine, oldest magazine without a break. Watkinson is editor.

01/17 Napier born London. British champion 1904. Married Pillsbury’s niece.

02/16 Neumann died in Allenberg. Suffered from mental illness.

03/24 Platov; Vasily Platov born.

04/02 Howell, Clarence born in New York City. Howell attack.

06/ Manhattan Chess Club championship, Teed first.

06/14 Thomas; Sir George Thomas born, Istanbul. British champion 1923, 1934. London champion 1946.

07/ Brentano’s Chess Monthly published in New York.

08/29 Second German Chess Federation, Berlin, Blackburne first.

10/05 Fleischmann, Leo (also Forgacs) born in Budapest. Elo: 2520, Hungary champion, 1907.

12/03 Sergeant born, Gateshead. London champion 1951.

12/15 du Mont, Julius born in Paris.

First Italian Chess column in the Enganeo, a Padua paper.

First time NimzoIndian defense played, by Englisch against Steinitz.

First time in England of Sonneborn-Berger tiebreaker in Liverpool Chess Club.

Beechey; Frideswide Beechey is first woman to win prize as composer of Chess problems.

Journaud, French Chess editor died.

Mason made 72 consecutive Queen moves against Mackenzie, London.

Messemaker wins the 10th Netherlands championship in the Hague.

01/ Sanderson wins the 9th Canadian championship in Quebec.

01/13 Boden, Samuel died of scarlet fever in London. Elo: 2470.

05/11 Longest winning streak, 25 wins, Steinitz. Began on 4 Aug, 1873.

05/28 Edge, Frederick died in London. Journalist.

06/26 Vienna, Steinitz & Winawer first (18 players).

07/ Moscow Chess Club championship, Durnovo & Schmidt first.

10/02 Bernstein, Ossip born in Jitomir, Ukraine. GM 1950; IA 1952. Elo: 2590.

10/12 Rubinstein born, Stawiski. champion of 4 countries. GM 1950.

10/30 Duras, Oldrich born in Prague. Czech champion three times and German champion. GM 1950. Elo: 2580

12/ Beechey is first woman to write a Chess column.

12/11 Graves, Frank born in Alvarado, TX. USCF President 1954.

12/27 Rueb, Alexandre born in La Haye. First FIDE President.

Manhattan Chess Club Handicap, Simonson first.

First Forsyth notation for giving positions in the Glasgow Weekly Herald.

First International Problem Tourney for Ladies, by Frideswide Beechey. (BCM 1981,403).

Winawer wins third German championship in Nuremberg.

Zannoni wins 4th Italian championship in Venice.

Play published called “Mate” by Charles Jolliet.

01/ Ascher and Howe win 10th Canadian championship in Montreal.

04/26 First day of the London International Tournament, first tourney in which clocks were used.

05/05 Spielmann born, Vienna. Nordic champion 1919. German champion 1927. Died 20 August, 1942.

05/10 Hennig, Heinrich born in Germany. Hennig-Schara gambit. Admiral.

05/19 Henneberger, Walter born in Ennenda, Switzerland. Henneberger variation.

06/01 First mechanical double-faced clock (Wilson) - London (15 moves/hour).

06/23 London, Zukertort First, Steinitz second.

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

10/27 Harley, Brian born in Saffron Walden, England. Composer.

12/02 Daly, Harlow born in Dorchester, MA.

12/26 Ahues, Carl born in Bremen. German champion. 1929. IM 1950. Elo: 2490.

First Manhattan Chess Club championship, Ryan first.

First patent for Chess clock by A. Schierwater.

Philadelphia Chess Club championship, Michaelis first.

Scottish Chess Association, oldest in the world, founded.

First Women’s Chess tourney, sponsored by the Sussex Chess Assn. (BCM 1981,403).

“Chess Studies and Endgames”, by Horwitz, published. 427 positions.

First Chess patent, for a clock.

Golden Gate Chess club formed in San Francisco.

Lambert wins 11th Canadian championship in Ottawa.

Messemaker wins 12th Netherlands championship in Gouda.

Prokes, Ladislav born.

01/ First photo in BCM.

01/09 Harrwitz, Daniel died in Bozen, Italy. Strong German player of his day. Elo: 2520.

01/16 Yates born, Leeds. British champion, 6 times.

01/18 Wisker died from bronchitis & consumption in Melbourne.

03/01 Cohn, Eric born in Berlin. Elo: 2480. Medical doctor.

03/18 First Telephone Chess match between Cardiff and Swansea.

06/05 Blumenfeld, Beniamin born in Volkovisk, Russia. Russian Chess theoretician. Elo: 2390.

07/10 Paul Morphy died in New Orleans of apoplexy at the age of 47.

07/21 Start of the first Scottish championship in Glasgow.

07/24 British Chess Association inaugurated. Pres, Churchill; VP, Tennyson (BCM 1974,174).

07/25 First Scottish championship, Glasgow, Crum first.

08/27 Znosko-Borovsky born. Alexandrovitch.

09/16 Anderson, Magnus born in Melbourne. Collected 6,000 Chess books.

11/28 Ilyin-Genevsky born, St Petersburg. Leningrad champion, 1925, 1926, 1929.

Krylenko born.

First Australian championship, Melbourne. Won by Esling, defeating Gossip.

Ajeeb makes its debut in the United States (New York).

American Association of Chess editors formed.

Churchill; Lord Randolph Churchill elected Vice President of the BCF.

Gunsberg wins 4th German championship in Hamburg.

Havana Chess Club formed. Site of 3 world Chess championships, 1889, 1892, 1921.

Hereford Times confers 1. f4 as Bird’s opening.

Krejcik born.

Pollock wins second Irish championship in Dublin.

Trabue; Col Trabue to hold tourney funded by pineapples in Florida (BCM 1980,599).

Tchigorin edits Achackmatni Vestnik.

Tennyson, Poet Laureate, becomes President of the BCF.

Van Foreest wins 13th Netherlands championship in The Hague.

01/ Steinitz edits “The International Chess Magazine” until Dec, 1891.

05/11 Second Manhattan Chess Club championship, Delmar first.

06/15 First Congress of British Chess Association, London; Gunsberg first.

06/22 Vidmar, Milan born in Ljubljana. Nordic champion 1909. Yug champion 1939. GM 1950.

08/03 Start of second Scottish championship, Edinburgh.

08/08 Mills wins second Scottish championship.

08/29 Horwitz, Bernhard died in London. Leading player and composer of his day. Elo: 2420.

10/17 First Irish Chess Association, Dublin. Pollock first.

12/ Franklin Chess Club championship, Philadelphia. Newman first.

12/03 Lasker, Ed born in Poland.

12/14 Falkbeer, Ernst died in Vienna. Chess editor. Edited “The Chess Players’ Magazine”. Elo: 2410.

First Chess clock marketed in Liverpool (BCM 1980,599).

Analysis of Caro-Kann appear in the Chess magazine, “Bruderschaft”.

Helsinki Chess Club formed.

Hooper ships Ajeeb to Eden Museum, New York City.

Kann; Marcus Kann died.

MacLeod wins 12th Canadian championship in Quebec.

Mackenzie beats S. Lipschutz (5-3, 5 draws).

Pollock wins third Irish championship in Belfast.

Sonneborn and J. Berger publicize the Sonneborn-Berger method.

Thomson; Florence Thomson born, Glasgow. Scottish champion. Played in the world women’s championship, 1937.

Van Foreest wins 14th Netherlands championship, Utrecht.

Zannoni wins 5th Italian championship in Rome.

01/ First Telephone match, between Manchester and Liverpool.

01/ Issue No. 86 of Dubuque Chess journal. Issue No. 85 appeared in 1878.

01/11 First use of a demonstration board in a world championship match.

01/11 First world championship match, Steinitz-Zukertort, New York, begins.

01/23 First meeting of the Yorkshire Chess Club.

02/17 British Chess Club, London. First Blackburne.

03/29 Steinitz (+10=25-5) defeats Zukertort, 12.5-7.5, New Orleans.

04/05 Start of third Scottish championship, Glasgow.

04/09 Barbier wins third Scottish championship.

07/29 First British Amateur championship, London. Gettie first (ended in October).

07/29 London, Blackburn & Burn first.

08/08 First Bavarian championship, Munich. Neustadtl first.

08/18 Abonyi, Istvan born in Budapest, Hungary. Invented the Abonyi gambit.

09/03 First New York Summer Congress, Cooperstown, Shipley first.

09/06 Hanneken, Hermann von, died in Neunahr, Germany. Prussian General. Hanneken Defense.

09/26 Harksen, Alfred born in Ystad, Sweden. Harksen gambit.

10/ Gattie wins first British Amateur championship and the Newnes Cup.

11/ Berlin Chess Club championship, Schallopp first.

11/ Telegraphic match between London and St Petersburg. Code invented by Gringmuth (Udeman notation).

11/03 Blumich, Reinhold Max born in Germany. Blumich variation.

11/07 Nimzovich born, Riga. Russian champion, 1914. Nordic champion 1924, 1934.

First Brooklyn Chess club championship.

Columbia Chess Club championship, New York, Koehler first.

London Chess league formed (metropolitan Chess club competition).

First national championship for women, England. Ladies Challenge Cup (BCM 1981,403).

Second Australian championship won by Charlick in Adelaide.

50 bd Yorkshire vs. Lancashire first to use Chess clocks.

Barry, George wins 13th Canadian championship in Montreal.

French Chess Association formed.

Judd defeats A. Hodges 5-2. Judd claims he is US champion.

Mackenzie wins 5th German championship in Frankfurt (15-5) ahead of 20 masters.

Russian candidate for the Bulgarian crown is Prince Dadian (BCM 1980,600).

Van Foreest wins 15th Netherlands championship, Amsterdam.

02/21 Tartakower born, Rostov-on-Don. Polish & French champion. GM 1950.

02/24 Kostic born, Vrsac. Yugoslav champion 1935, 1938. GM 1950.

02/26 Batik, Frantisek born in Chotusice, Czechoslovakia. IMC 1959.

04/21 Altschul, Frank born in San Francisco, CA. Problem book publisher.

04/23 Hromadka, Karel born in Gross Weikersdorf, Austria. Elo: 2440. Hromadka defense.

07/11 Start of 4th Scottish championship, Edinburgh.

07/15 Mills wins 4th Scottish championship.

07/28 Duchamp, Marcel born in Rouen, France. Famous avant-garde painter.

08/15 Berlin Chess Club Jubilee, Max Harmonist first.

08/31 Second Australian championship, Adelaide, Charlick first.

09/10 Johner born, Zurich. Won Swiss championship six times. Brother won 12 times.

09/18 Basterot, Barthelemy died in Torino, Italy.

09/21 London Chess League founded under the name Metropolitan Chess Club Competition.

10/10 Banks, Newell born in Detroit.

11/29 Start of second British Amateur championship in London.

1212 Locock wins second British Amateur championship.

First International correspondence Chess tournament organized.

Lipschutz adds 122-page addendum to Gossip’s “Chessplayer’s Manual”.

Loman wins 16th Netherlands championship, Rotterdam.

MacLeod wins 14th Canadian championship in Quebec.

Showalter wins first US championship, Cincinnati. Judd takes last place, (6 players).

US Chess Association formed.

Verlinsky, Boris born.

03/30 Mongredien died. President of the London Chess Club and the Liverpool Chess Club.

04/26 Friess, Hans died in Germany. Friess variation.

05/18 Hirschbach, Hermann died in Leipzig. Hirschbach variation.

06/20 Zukertort died, London of a cerebral hemorrhage after a Chess game.

07/16 Start of 5th Scottish championship, Glasgow.

07/21 Mackenzie wins 5th Scottish championship.

08/06 Start of the third British Amateur championship in Bradford.

08/18 Guest wins third British Amateur championship.

10/06 Hammond, Alex born in England. Chess set collector.

10.06 Steinitz becomes naturalized U.S. citizen.

10/28 Blackmar, Armand died in New Orleans. American music publisher.

11/19 Capablanca y Graupera, Jose born in Havana. World Chess champion 1921-1927. Elo: 2725.

12/28 Lederer born.

Kolisch died in Vienna. Chess patron.

First Switzerland championship, Pestalozzi & Poplawski first; Zurich.

4th Irish championship held in Dublin. Nobody knows who won.

Best game prize, first. Gunsberg over Mason, New York 1889.

Blathy composes longest problem - mate in 290 moves.

Flemming, Richard wins 15th Canadian championship in Montreal.

Pillsbury learns the game of Chess.

Rotlewi, Gerz born. Polish player.

Schiffers is first Russian to deliver a course of lectures on Chess.

Sonneborn is writing about Chess scoring methods.

Tarrasch wins 6th German championship in Breslau.

Van Foreest wins 17th Netherlands championship, Gouda.

01/ Ollivier wins second New Zealand championship, Christchurch.

01/07 Johner born in Basel. Swiss champion 12 times. Brother won it 6 times.

01/20 Start of second world championship match, Steinitz-Tchigorin, Havana.

02/ First brilliancy prize for match game, awarded to Steinitz, (300 francs).

02/04 Steinitz defeats Tchigorin, 10.5 - 6.5 in second world championship match, Havana.

02/22 Ohio championship, Cincinnati, George Smith first.

03/ Hanham introduced the Hanham variation of the Philidor defense.

03/09 Levenfish born, Poland. USSR champion 1934, 1937. GM 1950.

03/25 Start of 6th American Chess Congress, New York, Tchigorin & Weiss first.

03/25 Tchigorin won the most games in a single tournament: 27.

03/25 Top US player in the New York International was S. Lipschutz.

04/14 Bogoljubow, Efim born in Kiev. German and USSR champion, 1925. Challenger 1929, ’34. Elo: 2610.

04/ First game prize awarded to Gunsberg against Mason, 1889.

05/01 Lokvenc born in Vienna. German champion 1943. Austrian champion 1951, 1953.

05/28 Reti born in Bratislava. Czechoslovakia champion 1925.

07/29 Asztalos, Lajos born in Pecs, Hungary. IM 1950; IA 1951. Elo: 2480. Hungary champion 1913.

07/29 Start of 6th Scottish championship, Edinburgh.

08/02 Marshall wins 6th Scottish championship.

08/09 Second U.S. Chess Association tournament, Haller first.

08/21 Chandler, Guy born in Weymouth, England. Founder of the British Chess Problem Society.

08/25 MacLeod lost 31 games in a single tournament.

09/22 Swiss Chess Association founded.

10/ Grand meeting of all Japanese Chess players in Tokyo. 200 players.

11/25 Wainright wins 4th British Amateur championship in London.

11/28 Dawson, Thomas born in Leeds, England. Created 6,400 problems. Pioneer of fairy Chess.

12/08 Max Lange died.

Cafe de la Regence championship, Paris, Goetz first.

Albin attack introduced by Albin against Csank, Vienna.

Albin was the only player to get a prize, Vienna, 1890.

Az-Rah automaton exhibit closed by Bordeaux police (BCM 1978,407).

Brunet published “El Ajedrez” in Barcelona.

El Ajedrecista, first true automaton, shown by Quevedo.

Loman wins 18th Netherlands championship, The Hague.

Pestalozzi and Poplawski win second Swiss championship, Winterthur.

Short wins 16th Canadian championship in Quebec.

Showalter defeats Lipschutz in a match, Louisville.

“Theorie Und Praxis Der Endspiele” by Berger published.

Tchigorin beats Steintz in a telegraph match.

Traxler variation introduced by Peter Traxler.

01/29 Ware died.

02/ Showalter wins second US championship, St Louis. Called the 3rd Congress of the US Chess Association.

04/09 Whitaker, Norman born in Philadelphia.

04/14 Start of 7th Scottish championship, Dundee.

04/18 Walker wins 7th Scottish championship.

07/26 Berlin, Bertold Lasker & Emannuel Lasker first.

08/25 Start of 5th British amateur championship in Manchester.

09/30 Mills wins 5th British amateur championship.

11/ Showalter loses a match to Judd, 7-3.

12/ First city of London championship, Loman first.

12/09 Start of third world championship match, Steinitz-Gunsberg, New York.

12/27 Grimshaw, Walter died in Whitby, England.

First article on Chessplayer ratings published in the BCM by Brumfitt.

Bachmann first publishes a yearbook on Chess. Ended in 1930.

Davison wins 17th Canadian championship in Montreal.

Loman wins 19th Netherlands championship, Utrecht.

Rabinovich, Ilya born.

Showalter wins third US championship, Lexington (4th Congress).

Sturgis, George born. President of USCF.

01/ Barnes wins 4th New Zealand championship, Wellington.

01/01 Campbell, Joseph died in London. Problemist.

01/03 Brinckmann, Alfred born in Kiel, Germany. IA 1951; IM 1953; Elo: 2470.

01/22 Steinitz (+6=9-4) beats Gunsberg, 10.5-8.5, in third world championship, NY.

04/05 Bauer, Johann died in Gortz, Austria of tuberculosis.

04/14 MacKenzie died in New York hotel room from tuberculosis. Born in 1837.

04/14 Steinitz claims Mackenzie killed himself with an overdose of morphine.

07/20 Start of 8th Scottish championship, Glasgow.

07/25 Chambers, John wins 8th Scottish championship.

08/18 Paulsen died in Germany.

10/10 Kipping born. Most famous problem editor of all time.

12/12 First long distance telephone match in Great Britain, Liverpool vs. London.

12/25 Kubbel born, St Petersburg. Problem & Endgame studies composer.

Kupchik born.

Torre, V. wins 6th Italian championship in Turin.

First time PxP or P-KKt4 used (rather than spell it out).

Corrodi, Oswald (died in 1893) and Fahrni win third Swiss championship, Basel.

Falkener publishes “Games Ancient and Oriental” in London.

Hicks, William died in Montreal. Canadian champion 1874.

Lipschutz wins 4th US championship in a match against Showalter (7-1, 7 draws).

Roberts wins first South African championship, Cape Town.

Steinitz ends International Chess Magazine.

Tarrasch wins 7th German championship in Dresden.

Van den Berg wins 20th Netherlands championship, Amsterdam.

Weenik, Henri born. Dutch composer, player and author.

01/ Siedeberg wins 5th New Zealand championship, Auckland.

01/02 Start of world championship match, Steinitz-Tchigorin, Havana.

02/07 Opocensky born. IM 1950. 4 time Czech champion.

02/28 Steinitz (+10=5-8) beats Tchigorin, 12.5-10.5, in world championship match.

03/07 First day of the last meeting of the British Chess Association at British Chess Club, London.

03/07 Start of 6th British Amateur championship in London.

03/15 Kupchik, Abraham born in Brest-Litovsk, Russia. Manhattan Chess Club champion.

03/18 Jones and Bateman win 6th British Amateur championship.

04/14 Start of 9th Scottish championship, Edinburgh.

04/19 Mills wins 9th Scottish championship.

06/19 Ahlhausen, Carl died in Berlin.  Adopted 1. g4 as his opening.

07/29 Romanovsky born, St Petersburg. USSR champion 1923, 1927. IM 1950.

09/03 Southern Counties’ Chess Union formed.

09/10 Balogh, Janos born in Tirgu Secuiesc, Romania. IMC 1953. Introduced the Balogh defense.

10/31 Alekhine, Alexander born in Moscow. Elo: 2690.

11/26 Bohatirchuk, Fedor born in Kiev. USSR champion 1927. IM 1954. IMC 1967.

First of a series of famous cable matches between the U.S. and England.

Albin introduces the Albin Counter-gambit against Lasker, New York.

Mason writes “The Principles of Chess”. Sold 13,000 copies.

Narraway wins 19th Canadian championship in Quebec.

Popoff wins 4th Swiss championship, Bern.

Van Foreest and Loman win 21st Netherlands championship, Groningen.

Walbrodt and Bardeleben win 8th German championship in Kiel.

Wallace wins 4th Australian championship in Sydney.

01/ Siedeberg wins 6th New Zealand championship, Christchurch.

01/01 Dutch Federation monthly magazine “Schakend Nederland” founded.

01/06 Antal, Aladar born in Jaszladany, Hungary. Wrote a book on openings.

02/23 Anderson, Gerald Frank born in Newcastle, South Africa. British Chess problemist. IJComp 1960; IMComp 1975.

04/10 Start of 10th Scottish championship, Dundee.

04/13 Dufresne died. German player and writer. Elo: 2370.

04/14 Walker wins 10th Scottish championship.

04/30 Breyer, Gyula born in Budapest. Hungarian champion 1912. Elo: 2500.

09/30 New York International, Lasker first; Albin 2nd; Showalter 3rd.

10/ New York tourney; First Pillsbury; Second Hodges; Third Showalter.

11/21 Grunfeld, Ernst born in Vienna. German champion 1927. GM 1950. Elo: 2550.

Ilyin-Genevsky born.

Davson wins 20th Canadian championship in Montreal.

“Encheiridion Zatrikion” by Olivier, first Greek work on Chess, Athens.

Loman wins 22nd Netherlands championship, Rotterdam.

Tarrasch wins 9th German championship in Leipzig.

Tarrasch publishes his 300 games of Chess.

Wyllie; James Wyllie, Checker champion for 40 years, loses to James Ferrie.

Wittek, Alexander born. Austrian player, Architect.

01/ Women’s Chess club formed in New York, by Eliza Foote. Thirty members. Lasted until 1949.

01/23 Ceriani, Luigi born in Milan, Italy. Problemist.

02/ Showalter beats Hodges 8-6.

03/15 Start of Steinitz-Lasker world championship match, New York.

03/23 Start of 11th Scottish championship, Glasgow.

03/27 Spens wins 11th Scottish championship.

04/07 Apsenieks, Fricis born in Tetele, Latvia. Elo: 2430. Latvian champion 1926-7, 1934.

05/18 Adam, Edmund born in Sonneberg, Germany. Introduced the Adam variation in 1939.

05/26 Steinitz is oldest world champion at 58 years, 10 days.

05/26 Lasker defeats Steinitz, 12-7, to become world champion.

07/25 Kmoch born in Vienna. IM 1950. Chess author.

08/ Hodges defeats Showalter 5-3; recognized as US champion.

10/20 New York, Steinitz first; Albin second; Showalter third.

12/28 Mattison born, Riga. Latvian champion 1924. World amateur champion 1924.

First cable match, between the British Chess club and Manhattan.

Ajeeb returns to Coney Island; Sam Gonotsky is hidden operator.

Bachmann wins 5th Swiss championship, Zurich.

Hooper sells Ajeeb to James Smith, who returns it to London.

Model, Abram born. Botvinnik’s Chess trainer.

Olland wins 23rd Netherlands championship, Arnhem.

Only 1 Chess periodical in Russia, Chakmatny bulletin.

Potter, William died. Leading English player of the 1870’s.

Showalter wins 5th US championship in a match against Lipschultz (7- 4).

Wallace wins 5th Australian championship in Melbourne.

01/ Mackay wins 8th New Zealand championship, Wellington.

01/ Women’s Chess club formed in London.

04/12 Start of 12th Scottish championship, Edinburgh.

04/16 Mills wins 12th Scottish championship.

05/06 From, Martin died in Copenhagen. From’s gambit named after him.

05/18 Saavedra publishes an underpromotion solution of a problem to win.

06/15 Swiss system pairings, invented by J. Muller. First used in Zurich.

08/05 Start of Hastings International.

08/05 Women’s Chess tournament, Hastings, won by Lady Thomas (not the first).

08/14 Grigoriev, Nikolay born in Moscow. Elo: 2440. Moscow champion 1921, 1922, 1923-4, 1929. Endgame analyst.

08/19 Start of 7th British Amateur championship in Hastings.

08/24 Atkins wins 7th British Amateur championship.

09/02 Pillsbury wins at Hastings (16.5 - 4.5). Tchigorin 2nd, Lasker 3rd.

09/25 Cheron, Andre born in Colombes, France. French champion three times. Authority on endgame studies. IJComp. 1957; IMComp. 1959.

12/13 St Petersburg; start, Lasker first.

12/16 Barbier, Georges died in France.

Sozin born.

Wyvill, Marmaduke died.

Austrian attack introduced in Tarrasch-Charousek, Nuremberg.

Bachmann and H. Duhm win 6th Swiss championship, Lucerne.

Bleijkmans wins 24th Netherlands championship, Leiden.

Jacobi publishes History of Chess in Sanskrit literature.

Only game played with 5 Queens on board, Tresling-Benima, Winschoten.

Wallace wins 6th Australian championship in Sydney.

Showalter defeats Kemeny and Barry to retain US championship.

Price, Edith founded the Gambit Chess Rooms.

01/ Meldrum wins 9th New Zealand championship, Wanganui.

01/27 Lasker wins at St Petersburg. Stenitz second.

03/13 First Anglo-American cable match - US 4.5, UK 3.5. Newnes trophy.

04/03 Start of 13th Scottish championship, Dundee.

04/09 Mills wins 13th Scottish championship.

04/19 Canal, Esteban born in Chiclayo, Peru. Hungarian champion 1933. IM 1950. HGM 1977.

05/02 Vajda born, Rimavska Sobota. Hungarian champion 1928. IM 1950.

06/14 Mansfield born. Chess problemist.

09/05 Becker, Albert born in Vienna. Austrian champion 1925, 1937. IM 1953.

09/14 Freeborough, Edward died in Hull, England. Author.

09/20 Samisch born, Berlin. Austrian champion, 1921.

11/07 Start of Lasker-Steinitz World champion match, Moscow.

12/01 Mueller born. Austrian champion 1947. Developed the Austrian attack.

First reference to lightning Chess.

Linde; Antonius van der Linde, Dutch Chess Historian, died in Weisbaden.

Tromovsky born.

First Nordic championship won by S. Svensson in Stockholm.

Second Anglo-American match. GB 5.5, US 4.5.

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

German book on History of Chess published in Leipzig by von der Lasa.

Jacobsen wins 8th Australian championship in Sydney.

Lasa encourages Murray to write History of Chess.

Lasa publishes History of Chess, Leipzig.

Laucks, Forry born. Founder of Log Cabin Chess Club.

Loman wins 25th Netherlands championship, Utrecht.

Narraway wins 21st Canadian championship in Orilla.

Palmer, Marvin born in Cedar Rapids, IA. Won Iowa championship at 20. Won Missouri championship in 1922. Won Michigan champioship 5 times.

Roberts wins second South African championship, Cape Town.

Sack wins 7th Swiss championship, Aarau.

Steinitz and Lipschutz tie for New York State championship.

Steinitz plays 22 games blindfold (+17) in Vienna at age 61.

Urusov, Sergei died. Chess-playing Russian prince.

01/ Barnes wins 10th New Zealand championship, Christchurch.

01/14 Lasker (+10=5-2) defeats Steinitz, 12.5-4.5, Moscow.

02/ Pillsbury wins 6th US championship in a match against Showalter in New York. Won 10-8, 3 draws.

02/12 Gurvich, Abram born in Russia. IJ Composer 1956.

03/14 Guidelli, Giorgio born in Serravalle d’Asti, Italy. Composer.

03/23 Araiza, Jose born in Mexico. Mexico champion. Won 15 times in a row.

04/16 Start of 14th Scottish championship, Glasgow.

04/19 Mills wins 14th Scottish championship.

05/10 Gedult, David born in Warsaw.

05/18 Colle, Edgar born in Ghent, Belgium. Belgium champion 1924. Elo: 2490.

05/31 Cable match between the House of Commons & House of Representatives.

06/23 First Women’s International tournament at Hotel Cecil, London, won by Mary Rudge. (BCM 1981,403).

07/24 Macdonnell publishes Bana’s Sanskrit reference to Chess in the “Athenaeum”.

08/30 Start of 8th British Amateur championship in Southampton.

09/08 Atkins wins 8th British Amateur championship.

09/28 Fraenkel, Heinrich born in Germany. Assiac.

10/15 Bayer, Conrad died in Olomouc, Czechoslovakia. Prize-winning problemist.

10/19 Englisch, Berthold died in Vienna. German champion 1879. Elo: 2520.

Kriegspiel invented by journalist Henry Temple in London.

Vukovic, Vladimir born.

Third Anglo-American match. GB 5.5, US 4.5.

Bachmann win 8th Swiss championship, Basel.

Berger edits “Deutsch Schachzeitung” (1898-1911).

Burn wins 10th German championship in Cologne.

Culin published “Chess and Playing Cards” in Washington.

Marco edits “Wiener Schachzeitung”, (1898-1916).

Narraway wins 22nd Canadian championship in Toronto.

Pillsbury operates Ajeeb until 1904.

Thomas, F. writes “The Indian Game of Chess”.

Trenchard scored 27 zeros (most ever), +1, =8, at Vienna.

Tresling wins 26th Netherlands championship, The Hague.

Zepler, Eric, German composer born. First Professor of electronics.

01/ Barnes wins 11th New Zealand championship, Auckland.

01/ Macdonell writes “The Origin and Early History of Chess”.

01/14 Fox, Maurice born in the Ukraine. Won Canadian championship 8 times.

02/25 Start of the Pillsbury-Showalter US championship match, New York.

03/23 Fazekas, Stefan born in Staoraljaujhely, Hungary. British champion, 1957. IMC 1964.

04/01 Pillsbury wins 7th US championship in a match vs Showalter. (+7, 3,=2).

04/09 Start of 15th Scottish championship, Edinburgh.

04/16 Fraser wins 15th Scottish championship.

09/11 Winter born, Medstead. London champion five times. British champion 1935, 1936.

11/12 Harkness, Kenneth born in Glasgow, Scotland. Developed rating system.

11/24 Hookham, Henry died in Christchurch. New Zealand champion 1890.

First use of a flag on a Chess clock.

4th Anglo-American match. US 6, GB 4.

Tassilo von der Lasa died, Weisbaden. Chess Historian & Theoretician.

First Anglo-American University Cable match.

First Oxford-Cambridge (3.5) vs. American colleges (2.5) match.

Second Nordic championship, won by J. Moller in Copenhagen.

Atkins wins 27th Netherlands championship, Amsterdam.

Blackburne beat Lasker. First time a British player beat a reigning champion.

Branch publishes “A Sketch History of Chess” in BCM.

Henneberger win 9th Swiss championship, Lausanne.

King of Italy announces National Chess championship; only 1 participant.

Koenig born, Kula, Hungary. IM 1951. Chess author.

Michael wins third South African championship, Durban.

Paris Chess Club forbids discussion political or religious subjects.

Rogard, Bror born. Second President of FIDE.

Smith wins 23rd Canadian championship in Montreal.

01/15 Dubois, Serafino died in Rome. Elo: 2550.

01/28 Northern Counties’ Chess Union formally inaugurated.

02/22 Koch born, Berlin. IM 1950. East Germany champion 1951, 1952.

03/31 Start of 16th Scottish championship, Stirling.

04/04 Mills wins 16th Scottish championship.

04/23 Nabokov born.

06/03 Macdonnell, George died.

07/27 Heydebrand un der Lasa, Tassilo died in Storchnest, Poland.

09/14 First All-Russian Chess championship, Moscow, Tchigorin first. 14 players. (Chess 12/49,55).