Ault wins US Jr championship for 3rd consecutive year.

Blind; 1st blind Olympiad, Meschede, W. Germany. Won by Yugoslavia (7 teams).

Benko wins US Open in San Francisco.

“Chess Life”, from newspaper to monthly magazine form.

Fischer become US Champion for 4th time.

Lane appears on ‘What’s my line’ and cover of Sports Illustrated.

Olympiad; Women’s Olympiad abandoned because DDR team unable to obtain visa.

Scrivener, Robert won Mississippi State championship at age 80.

Ratings: Fischer = 2641; Reshevsky = 2632; Lombardy = 2555; Byrne R. = 2535.

01/07 Vera, Reynaldo born. Cuban GM, 1988.

01/08 Arkell, Keith born in Birmingham, England. IM 1985.

01/09 Heinbuch, Detlef born in Bochum. IM 1986.

01/17 Chiburdanidze, Maia born in Kutaisi, Russia. WIM 1974; WGM 1977; IM 1978; GM 1984. Women’s world champion 1978-91.

01/21 Aronoff, Irene born in USA. WFM.

02/03 McNab, Colin born. Scottish GM, 1992.

02/08 Akesson, Ralf born. IM 1981. Swedish champion 1985.

02/09 Levenfish (born 1889), Soviet IGM, died. GM 1950.

02/10 Canda, Danilo born in Nicaragua. IM 1986.

02/11 Petrosian wins 28th USSR championship, Moscow.

02/27 Eng, Holger born in Neuenhaus, Germany. IM 1984.

03/04 Bany, Jerzy born in Bytom, Poland. IM 1983.

03/10 Agusto, Obafunmilayo born in Nigeria. FM.

03/14 Rubinstein (born 1882), Polish IGM, died in Anvers.

03/15 Tal-Botvinnik match starts, Moscow.

03/15 Brown, Timothy born.

03/26 Rizzitano, James born.

03/31 Pigusov, Evgeny born. GM 1988.

04/17 Brooks, Michael born in Chicago. FM 1982.

04/21 Danailov, Silvio born in Sofia, Bulgaria. IM 1984.

04/26 Tangborn, Eric born.

05/05 Douven, Rudy born in Heerlen, Netherlands. FM 1985; IM 1986.

05/10 Heath, Christopher died in London. Scottish champion 1923-4. Heath variation.

05/12 Botvinnk defeats Tal to regain world championship.

06/09 Bischoff, Klaus born in Ulm, Germany. IM 1982; GM 1990.

06/17 Damljanovic, Branko born in Novi Sad, Yugoslavia. IM 1982; GM 1989.

07/13 Franke, Heribert born in Bad Cannstatt, Germany. IM 1986.

07/16 Fischer-Reshevsky match starts in New York.

08/21 Barbero, Gerardo born in Argentina. IM 1986; GM 1988.

09/ Tal wins at Bled.  Fischer 2nd.

09/ Parma wins world Jr championship at The Hague.

09/12 Guzman, Ricardo born in the Philippines. IM 1982.

09/12 de Guzman, Ricardo born in the Philippines. IM 1982.

09/19 Alvarez-Ibarra, Rafael born in Bilbao, Spain. IM 1986.

10/10 Cvitin, Ognjen born in Siberik, Yugoslavia. World jr champion 1981. IM 1982; GM 1987.

10/12 Whitehead, Jay born.

10/31 Benedict, Clare died in Lucerne, Switzerland. Chess patron. Granddaughter of Fenimore Cooper.

11/07 Glek, Igor born. GM.

11/16 Sergeant died, Kingston-on-Thames. London champion, 1951.

11/29 Gertler, David born in Camden, NJ. FM 1985.

12/ Lane, Lisa drops out of Hastings 1961/62 because she is in love.

12/07 Gurieli, Nina born in Russia. WIM 1979; WGM 1980.

Capablanca; First Capablanca Memorial in Cuba.

Evans wins US championship.

GM; 1st GM of over-the-board and correspondence Chess - O’Kelly.

Gresser wins US women’s championship.

Rejfir died. Born in 1909. Czech IM, 1956.

Worst team: Cyprus, 0/20 at Varna Olympiad 1962. Ioannidis went 0/20.

01/10 Hammond, Alex died in England. Chess set collector.

02/06 Antunes, Antonio born in Lisbon. IM 1985.

02/12 Gobet, Fernand born in Romont, Switzerland. IM 1985.

02/12 Ioseliani born, Tbilisi. 2-time USSR women’s champion.

03/ Living Chess played between Botvinnik & Smyslov, Moscow.

03/11 Ragozin, Vyacheslav died. Former world correspondence champion.

04/ Stockholm Interzonal, Fischer wins 2.5 points ahead of the field.

04/03 Grunfeld, Ernst died in Vienna. German champion 1927. GM 1950. Elo: 2550.

04/10 Khouzman, Alexander born. GM.

04/12 Cuijpers, Frans born in Heerlen, Netherlands. IM 1984.

04/18 Watson, William, born.

04/23 Graves, Frank died in Fort Worth, TX. USCF President 1954.

05/02 Candidates; Start of Curacao candidates tourney.

05/22 Schneider, Alexander born.

05/23 Novikov, Igor born. GM 1990.

06/09 Youngworth, Perry born.

06/13 Motwani born, Glasgow. World under-16 champion, 1978. Scottish champion 1978.

06/26 Petrosian wins Curacao candidates (Fischer is 4th).

06/28 Gauglitz, Gernot born in Meissen, Germany. IM 1986.

07/31 Brustman, Agnieszka born in Warsaw. WIM 1979; WGM 1985.

08/ Candidates; Curacao Candidates, Petrosian 1st; Fischer 4th.

08/17 Wilder, Michael born.

08/20 Fischer accuses Russians of cheating in Sports Illustrated.

08/25 Medina wins US Open, San Antonio.

08/25 Nenachev, Alexander born.

09/17 Broder, Iris born in Halle, Germany. WIM 1986.

09/17 Wilder, Michael born.

09/20 Adam, William born.

09/24 Tischbierek, Raj born. German GM 1990.

10/09 Vidmar, Milan died.

10/14 Ehlvest, Jaan born in Estonia. IM 1982; GM 1987. European Jr champion 1982-3.

10/18 Fernandez, Antonio born in Pamphilosa da Serra, Portugal. IM 1985.

10/25 Turner, Abe stabbed to death.

11/18 Gurvich, Abram died in Moscow. IJComp 1956.

11/21 London, Dimitri born.

11/30 Bernstein, Ossip died in France. GM 1950; IA 1952. Elo: 2590.

12/06 Drasko, Milan born in Capljina, Yugoslavia. IM 1984.

College; Brooklyn college wins US intercollegiate championship in Philadelphia.

Correspondence; British Postal Federation formed.

Fischer wins US championship ahead of Bisguier.

Fischer wins Western Open.

US Open in Chicago; Lombardy wins. (266 players).

01/01 Winats, Luc born. Belgium GM, 1993.

01/06 Adams, Weaver, died in Cedar Grove, New Jersey.

01/06 Helms, Hermann died in Brooklyn. IA 1954. Dean of American Chess.

02/01 Garbarino, Rodolfo born in Argentina. IM 1982.

02/08 Hjartarson, Johann born in Reykjavik. IM 1984; GM 1985. Icelandic champion 1980, 1984.

02/12 Root, Doug born.

03/09 Carvajal, Ana born in Cuba. WIM 1978.

03/15 Botvinnik-Petrosian match, Moscow.

03/20 Sokolov, Andrey, Soviet IGM (1984) born. world junior champion 1982.

03/24 Morovic-Fernandez, Ivan born. Chilean GM 1986.

04/13 Kasparov, world Chess champion, born in Baku.

04/23 Cramling, Pia born. WGM 1982; IM 1983.

05/22 Petrosian defeats Botvinnik to become world champion.

05/27 Rozentalis, Eduardas born.

06/03 Levitt, Jonathan born. English GM 1991.

06/14 Hjorth, Gregory born in Melbourne. IM 1984.

06/16 Schroer born.

07/25 Hodgson, Julian born in St Asaph, Wales. IM 1983; GM 1988. British champion 1991.

07/25 Stoltz (born 1904), Swedish grandmaster, died.

07/27 1st Piatigorsky cup in Los Angeles; won by Petrosian and Keres.

08/28 King, Dan born. English GM 1989.

09/01 An, Yang born in China. WIM.

09/18 Hertneck, Gerald born. IM 1985; GM 1991.

09/26 Yedidia, Jonathan born.

10/30 Milos, Gilberto born. Brazil GM 1988.

11/03 Kostic (born 1887), died in Belgrade. IM 1950.

11/14 Krasenkov, Mikhail born. GM.

12/06 Hawksworth, John born in England. IM 1986.

12/20 Ardaman, Miles born.

12/22 Sacconi died. Born 1895. Italian champion, 1935. IM 1951.

12/28 Ardaman, Miles born.

1st game with 5 Knights on board, Szabo-Ivkov, Belgrade.

Blind; 2nd blind Olympiad, East Germany. Yugoslavia won. 9 countries.

Braille; International Braille Chess Association affiliated with FIDE.

Clock; First electronic clock manufactured in Kiev.

Draw can only be proposed before a move.

En passant sound magazine for the blind founded.

Fischer sweeps US championship with 11-0 score.

Lane opens her Chess emporium, ‘Queen Pawn’ in NY.

Meyer; John Meyer wins US junior championship.

Ratings; First international rating list by elo. Fischer and Petrosian (2690).

01/23 Khasanova born, USSR. Women’s jr champion 1983. WIM 1984.

01/26 Chow, Albert born in Chicago. FM 1984.

02/13 Hector, Jonny born in Sweden. GM 1992.

02/17 Kipping died. Composed over 7,000 problems.

03/01 Ronanovsky died, Moscow. USSR champion 1923, 1927. IM 1950. Born 1982.

03/08 Lalic, Bogdan born. Yug GM 1964.

03/11 Benjamin, Joel born in Brooklyn. IM 1980; GM 1986. US champion 1987.

04/17 Greenfeld, Alon born in New York City. Israeli IM 1983; GM 1989.

05/10 Graf, Sonja won US Women’s championship, New York.

05/20 Amsterdam Interzonal started.

05/26 Salov, Valery born, GM 1986. World under 16 champion in 1980.

05/29 Reinfeld died in New York.

05/31 Kotlyar, Gregory born.

06/16 Griego, David born.

06/21 Neverov, Valery born. GM 1992.

06/23 Barbulescu, Dan-Catalin born in Bucharest. IM 1984.

07/20 Colman, Eugene died in London. Colman var. discovered while POW in Japan.

08/13 Horvath, Jozsef born in Budapest. IM 1986; GM 1990.

08/25 Kotronias, Vasilios born. Greek GM 1990.

08/29 Benko wins US Open in Boston (229 players).

08/31 Glueck, David born in Boston. FM 1986.

09/15 Goglidze, Victor died in Tbilisi, Georgia. IM 1950. Elo: 2430.

09/18 Hansen, Curt born in Bov, Denmark. IM 1982; GM 1985. world jr champion 1984. Danish champion 1983, 1984, 1985.

09/23 Tolnai, Tibor born. Hungarian GM 1990.

09/27 Stohl, Igor born. Czech GM 1992.

10/24 Dokhoian, Yuri born in Russia. GM 1988.

11/07 Oll, Lembit born. GM 1990.

12/21 Renet, Oliver born. GM 1990.

1st National Open, Las Vegas; Reshevsky wins (138 players).

1st university to introduce course on Chess, Moscow. 2,000 attended.

Correspondence; Start of the 1st Women’s world corr. Chess championship.

EG; 1st Chess magazine devoted to studies, EG, founded by Roycroft.

Gresser wins US women’s championship.

Kurajica won world jr championship. IM before even a master.

Mecking wins Brazilian championship at age 13.

Paros gets IM for Chess composition for helpmates only.

Soltis repeats as NY city jr. champion.

Street wins US amateur (242 players).

01/ Keres wins at Hastings.

02/11 Chekhover, Vitaly died in Leningrad. IM 1950; IJComp 1956; IMComp 1961.

02/12 Condie, Mark born in Scotland. IM 1984.

02/27 Goldin, Alexander born. GM 1989.

03/06 Graf-Stevenson, Sonja died in New York. WIM 1950. US women’s champion, 1964.

03/07 Abarca Aguirre, Manuel born in San Antonio, Chile. FM 1986.

03/16 Adianto, Utat born in Jakarta, Indonesia. IM 1985; GM 1986. First Indo GM. world jr champion.

04/ Candidates; 1st candidates matches: Spassky beats Keres; Geller defeats Smyslov.

04/16 Hickl, Jorg born. German IM 1986; GM 1988.

04/17 Adelman, Charles born.

06/01 Short, British IGM (1984), born.

07/ Candidates match: Tal defeats Portisch; Larsen defeats Ivkov.

07/ EG; First issue of EG magazine.

07/11 First Chess tournament in Greenland.

07/11 Yepishin, Vladimir born. IGM 1990. (Epishin).

07/24 Root, Alexey born.

07/31 Laucks, E. Forry died. Founder of Log Cabin Chess Club.

08/06 US Open held in Puerto Rico. 1st time outside the US. Benko, Lombardy tie.

08/16 Mozetic, Dejan born. IM rated at 2585.

08/25 Start of Capablanca Memorial in Cuba. Bobby Fischer played by teletype. 1st time.

09/01 Correspondence;  Start of 1st women’s world correspondence championship.

11/05 Dus-Chotimirsky, Fedor died in Moscow. IM 1950.

11/21 Abelardo-Roldan, Adrian born in Argentina. IA 1986.

11/28 Georgiev, Kiril born in Petrich, Bulgaria. IM 1983; GM 1985. world jr champion 1983. Bulgarian champion 1984, 1986, 1989.

11/28 Dautov, Roustam born. GM.

11/28 1st American Open; won by Benko in Santa Monica. 124 players.

12/03 Illescas-Cordoba, Miguel born. Spanish GM 1988.

12/30 Fischer (2734) repeats as US champion.

Blind; First world blind championship, Timmendorfer Strand, West Germany. Won by Cabarkapa.

Benko captures National Open.

Census;  USSR census shows 3,540,000 registered Chess players.

Colias, William born.

Computer; 1st serious Chess program MacHack, became operational.

Computer; MacHack VI computer played in Boston amateur championship. Results 1/2-4 1/2.

Fischer wins his 7th US championship, ahead of Evans.

Golombek awarded the OBE for his service to Chess.

Journal of Gerontology that Chess players peak at 36. (Elo).

Largest display. 6840 boards, 300 experts, played 20 players; Havana.

Latest castling. Bobotsov-Ivkov, move 46.

Longest game without capture. Filipowicz-Smederavac, 70 moves.

Olympiad;  Havana Olympiad, USSR 1st, US 2nd.

Prokes, Ladislav died.

Rohland elected USCF president.

Sultan Khan, Mir died.

Kaufman wins American Open in Santa Monica.

01/18 Khalifman, Alexander born. European champion 1985. IM 1986. GM.

01/29 Dlugy, Maxim born in Moscow. IM 1982; GM 1986. World jr champion 1985. USCF President 1990.

01/29 Joshi, Sandeep born.

03/06 Ashley, Maurice born. IM 1993. First Afro-American IM.

03/15 Petrosian-Spassky match, Moscow.

03/30 Grivas, Efstratios born in Egio, Greece. IM 1984.

04/11 Start of Petrosian-Spassky world championship match.

04/25 Mir Sultan Khan died of TB in Pakistan.

05/11 Gresser and Lane become US women’s co-champions.

05/13 Murshed, Niaz born. Bangladesh GM, 1986.

05/21 Kozul, Zdenko born. Yug GM 1989.

05/29 Petrosian defeats Spassky, 12.5 - 11.5, Moscow.

06/26 First US jr invitational; won by Browne. Held in New York. 8 players.

08/15 Spassky wins 2nd Piatagorsky Cup;  Fischer 2nd place.

08/15 Piatigorsky Cup over. Spassky wins.

08/26 Benko and R. Byrne share 1st in 67th US Open, Seattle.

10/27 Barua, Dibyendu born in Chittagong, Bangladesh. India IM, 1984; GM 1991.

10/66 Berg, Theodore died in Riga, Latvia. Berg variation.

11/21 Bareev, Evgeny born in Moscow. IM 1986; GM 1989. World under-16 championship 1982.

11/23 Computer; Start of 1st computer match between USSR and US.

12/19 Anderson, Magnus died in Melbourne. Book collector.

Andorra Chess Federation formed.

Computer; First international match between USSR & US computers. USSR won.

Computer; Machack VI is 1st computer to play in human Chess tourney.

Bobby Fischer first in Monaco.

Gresser wins US Women’s championship.

Lohrman wins US Amateur in Philadelphia, 222 players.

Matera wins US Jr Invitational.

Matulovic takes back move against Bilek at Sousse. Game drawn.

Oscar; First Chess Oscar.

Ratings; USCF ratings: Fischer (2762), Benko (2592), Evans (2582).

US Open, Atlanta; won by Benko.

USCF moves its headquarters from New York City to Newburgh.

World student tourney in Czechoslovakia, USSR 1st, US 2nd.

01/10 Engels, Ludwig died in Sao Paulo, Brazil. Strong German player.

01/28 Shtern, Igor born.

02/ Creevey, James died in Dublin. Irish champion 1933, 1934.

02/05 Rechlis, Gad born. Israeli GM 1990.

02/25 Granda-Zuniga, Julio born in Peru. IM 1984; GM 1986.

03/01 Conquest, Stuart born in Ilford, England. World under-16 champion 1981. IM 1985.

04/09 Litvinchuk, Jon born.

04/17 Greenfeld, Alon born. GM.

04/22 Flear, Christine (ne Leroy) born in France. WIM 1986.

05/03 Fazekas, Stefan died in London. Oldest British player. Born in 1898. British champion 1957. IMC 1964.

05/15 Agdestein, Simen born in Norway. IM 1983; GM 1985. Soccer player.

05/17 Howell, James born in Brent, England. IM 1985.

05/26 Stahlberg died in Leningrad. Born 1908. GM 1950.

05/29 Brunner, Lucas born in Bern, Switzerland. IM 1986.

05/30 Brinckmann, Alfred died in Kiel, Germany. IA 1951; IM 1953; Elo: 2470.

06/06 Klinger, Josef born. Austrian GM 1988.

07/21 Arencibia-Rodriguez, Walter born in Holguin, Cuba. IM 1986; GM 1990. World Jr champion, 1986.

09/12 Shabalov, Alexander born. GM.

10/19 Izumikawa, Burt born.

10/22 Mohr, Stefan born. German GM 1989.

10/25 Halberstadt, Vitaly died in Paris. IJComp 1957. Paris champion, 1925.

10/25 Vajda died in Budapest as a result of a gas leak from a faulty oven.

12/24 Strugatsky, Vladimir born.

Byrne; D. Byrne wins the Atlantic Open; 329 players, an open tournament record.

Benko wins National Open in Lake Tahoe.

Berliner wins the 5th world correspondence championship.

Daly, Harlow won Maine championship at age 85.

Evans wins US championship.

Gelfand, Boris born in Byelorussia. GM 1989. World Jr champion 1988.

Japan;  First Japanese national federation.

Kaplan of Puerto Rico wins world jr championship.

Korchnoi defeats Reshevsky in Amsterdam candidates match.

Larsen scores 11-1 to win US Open in Snowmass, Colorado.

Queens;  Greatest number of Queens appear on board, 7. Konopleva-Schmidke.

Spann, former USCF president, dies.

01/21 Smirin, Ilia born. GM.

01/26 Wahls, Matthias born. German GM 1989.

02/15 Wolff, Patrick born. GM.

03/10 Carr, Neil born in Newham, England. FM 1985.

04/25 Neely, Elizabeth born.

05/08 Fishbein, Alexander born. FM 1986.

06/05 Horvath, Csaba born in Hungary. IM 1986.

06/06 Klinger born. Austrian champion 1985. GM 1988.

06/13 Sokolov, Ivan born. Bosnian GM 1987.

06/22 Blatny, Pavel born in Brno, Czechoslovakia. IM 1986.

06/24 Gelfand, Boris born. GM.

09/25 Simagin died. Born 1919. IM 1950. GM 1962.

10/01 Duchamp, Marcel died in Neuilly, France. Famous avant-garde painter.

10/03 Norwood, David born. English GM 1989.

10/26 Erdelyi, Stefan died in Resita, Romania. IM 1950.

11/06 Collijn, Gustaf died in Stockholm. With his brother Ludvig wrote “Larobok”.

12/ Ballet, Pawn to King 5, presented by John Chesworth.

12/31 Ahues, Carl died in Hamburg. IM 1950. German champion 1929. Elo: 2490.

Benko first at Atlantic Open in New York (376 players).

Benko wins US Open in Lincoln, Nebraska.

Checks; Record 38 checks in succession, Westerinen-Keres, Tallinn.

Chess Life and Chess Review merge to form “Chess Life and Chess Review”.

Chess Life begins to use algebraic notation.

Fischer’s my 60 memorable games, published by Simon and Schuster.

Gresser wins US women’s championship.

Ivanchuk, Vassily born.

Japan; First Japanese national tournament.

Ratings; USCF ratings: Fischer (2745).

Reshevsky wins US championship.

Samisch loses 13 games on time, Linkoping.

Samisch lost all 15 of his games on time at Berlin.

Sokolsky, Alexei died.

USCF membership: 12,580.

01/01 Jarecki, John born.

01/15 Henneberger, Walter died in Zurich. Henneberger variation.

01/27 Piket, Jeroen born. Netherlands GM, 1989.

01/28 Hellers, Ferdinand born in Stockholm. IM 1985; GM 1989. European Junior championship 1984-5.

01/30 Dreev, Alexei born in Russia. FM 1985; GM 1989. World Under-16 champion 1983, 1984.

02/28 Edelman, Danny born.

03/03 Tolush died.

03/15 Petrosian-Spassky match, Moscow.

03/18 Ivanchuk, Vasily born. GM.

03/69 Lief, Adam born.

04/19 Polgar, Zsusza born.

04/22 Sagalchik, Gennadij born.

05/17 Abhyankar, Anupama born in Bombay, India. WIM 1985.

05/25 Spassky defeats Petrosian, 12.5 - 10.5, Moscow.

06/17 Spassky defeats Petrosian to become world champion.

06/28 Yu, Peter born.

09/06 Finegold, Benjamin born in Detroit. FM 1986.

09/08 Ceriani, Luigi died in Milan, Italy. Problemist.

09/26 Rachels, Stuart born.

10/22 Rojas-Sepulveda born. World under-16 champion 1985.

12/11 Anand, Viswanathan born in Madras, India. IM 1985; GM 1988. World Jr championship 1987.

12/29 Richter, German International master, died.

Computer; First US computer championship held in New York, won by a machine from northwestern.

Kupchik (born 1892), American master, died.

Larsen wins US Open, Boston (303 players).

Olympiad; Siegen Olympiad; USSR first, US 4th.

Rodl die. Born in 1907. West German IM, 1953.

Rogoff wins the US jr championship.

Space; First time Chess played in space - Sevastianov.

US wins world student championship.

USSR vs. rest of the world match in Yugoslavia.

01/06 Castalia, Vincenzo died in Firenze, Italy. Italian champion, 1936. IM 1950. Born 1916.

03/19 Abel, Herbert died. Founded American Open.

05/04 Alterman, Boris born. GM.

05/06 Fischer wins at Rovinj-Zagreb, 13 out of 17.

09/ Ratings; First international ratings. Used the Elo system.

10/ Xie Jun born.

10/09 Rao, Vivek born.

11/22 Barucker, Claudia born in Zerbst, Germany. East German correspondence champion.

12/13 Fischer wins Palma de Majorca interzonal.

First European junior championship.

First Statham masters event, won by Evans.

Blind; First US championship for the blind, won by James Slagle.

Browne and Evans win US Open in Ventura (402 players).

Capps, Carrol died. Chess benefactor.

Christiansen is first jr-high school player to win the nation HS championship.

Fischer defeats Petrosian, 6.5 - 2.5, in Buenos Aires.

Fischer wins Manhattan club 5-minute championship.

Richter die. Born in 1894. Czech champion 1948. IM 1951.

Spasov, Vasily born. IGM 1990. World Jr champion 1989.

02/01 Sherzer, Alex born.

02/08 Braude, Mikhail born.

02/24 Lutz, Christopher born. German GM 1992.

02/28 Mueller died. Born in 1896. Austrian champion 1947. IM 1950.

04/04 Harksen, Alfred died in Ystad, Sweden. Harksen gambit.

05/02 Barda, Olaf died in Oslo. 6-time Norwegian champion. IM 1952; GMC 1953.

06/02 Fischer beats Taimanov 6-0, in candidates match in Vancouver, BC.

06/21 Aladiova, Katrin born in Bulgaria. WFM 1986.

06/30 Van den Berg dies. Born 1924. Dutch IM 1963.

07/ Ratings; 1st publication of the international rating List, 600 names.

07/01 FIDE; First official rating list.

07/12 Akopian, Vladimir born. FM 1986; GM 1991. World under-16 champion, 1986. World Jr champion 1991.

07/25 Fischer beats Larsen in Denver 6-0 (first world championship candidates in US).

09/27 Bely, Miklos died in Gyor, Hungary. Hungarian IM 1956.

10/26 Fischer defeats Petrosian in candidates match in Buenos Aires.

10/31 Zaitsev, Alexander died of thrombosis after having a leg lengthened.

11/17 Adams, Michael born in England. GM 1989. British champion, 1989.

12/14 Bologan, Viktor born. GM.

Aronson and Marilyn win US women’s championship.

Browne wins US Open, Atlantic City.

College; Columbia Univ. wins pan-am intercollegiate, Toronto (233 players).

Church’s fried chicken international tournament won by Petrosian.

GM; 1st British GM title, to Comins Mansfield (for Chess composition).

GM; 1st correspondence GM of the blind awarded to R. Bonham.

GM; Title of grandmaster for Chess composition first awarded.

Gligoric wins 2nd Statham tourney in Lone Pine.

Pilnick wins 7th American Open, Santa Monica (306 players).

Ratings; USCF ratings: Fischer (2825), Kavalek (2573).

Skoff elected USCF President.

Velimirovic, Jovanka born. Yugoslavia’s first woman champion. D. Velimirovic’s mother.

02/08 Gurevich, Ilya born in Kiev. FM 1985. World Jr champion 1990.

03/20 Lisitzin died. USSR IM 1950.

03/21 Turtel, Evan born.

07/04 Shirov, Alexey born. GM.

07/11 Fischer-Spassky world championship match.

07/23 Thomas; Sir George Thomas died.

09/02 Fischer defeats Spassky to become world champion.

09/09 Edelsberg, Alexander died in South Carolina. 5-time South Carolina champion.

10/04 Harkness, Kenneth died in Yugoslavia. Developed rating system.

10/07 Van Wely, Loek born. GM.

10/26 Bain (Weiser), Mary died in New York City. Challenger 1937. US women’s champion 1951-3.

11/ Fischer on the Bob Hope Show.

First world Open; Browne first (732 players).

Association of US Journalists is established.

Bisguier wins Lone Pine.

Rogard, Bror died. 2nd president of FIDE.

Weinstein; Norman Weinstein first at US Open, Chicago.

01/ Panov died. Born in 1906. IM 1950.

01/18 Horowitz, Al died in New York City. IM 1950; IA 1951.

02/13 Kmoch died in New York.

02/14 Tiviakov, Sergei born. GM.

04/12 Lautier, Joel born. French GM, 1990.

04/26 Tal played 86 games without defeat (+47=39) starting in July, 1972.

06/12 Levitan, Yuliya born.

07/04 Stein; Leonid  died.

11/16 Anderson, Peter died in Glasgow, Scotland. 1954 Scottish champion.

12/06 Rabar died. Born 1919. Yug champion 1951. IM 1950.

Book; 1st book employing algebraic issued by a major American publisher.

Benko and Hort share US Open, New York (549 players).

Bronowski, Jacob died. Board 3 at Cambridge.

Browne wins Lone Pine.

Browne wins US championship.

Cadet; 1st world cadet (under 16) championship won by Mestel.

College; Univ. of Chicago wins Pan-am intercollegiate, Atlanta (73 teams).

Computer; 1st computer world championship held in Stockholm. Won by Caissa.

Fischer resigns his title.

Karff wins US women’s championship; St. Petersburg.

Korchnoi defeats Mecking in Augusta.

Nezhmetdinov, Rashid died. Wrote 1st Tatar Chess book in 1953.

Ratings; USCF rating list: Byrne (2618), Kavalek (2570), Browne.

Spassky beats Byrne in 1/4-finals, San Juan.

USCF annual dues are raised to $15.

02/15 Alexander, Conel died in Cheltenham, England. Cracked Enigma.

04/02 Lokvenc dies, St. Polten. German champion 1943. 2-time Austrian champion.

06/02 Kamsky, Gata born. GM.

07/03 Grob, Henry died in Zollikon, Switzerland. IM 1950. Swiss champion 1939, 1951.

10/02 Tsemekhman, Vadim born.

11/02 Polgar; Zsofia Polgar born. Performance rating of 2900 in Feb, 1989.

First time U.S. finished 1-2 in international event - Portugal.

Antal, Aladar died in Hungary. Antal defense is the Pirc defense.

Book;  1st Chess book issued by American Press using algebraic, by Kane.

Benko and Lombardy share US Open championship, Lincoln.

Benko and Trefler win world Open (815 players).

Browne wins US championship, Oberlin, Ohio.

Koltanowski elected USCF president.

Largest US exhibition ever of Chess manuscripts, etc, in New York.

Liberzon wins Lone Pine (22 GM's).

Makarczyk dies. Polish champion, 1948. IM 1950. Born 1901.

Miles & Reuben agree to draw without making a move. First time allowed.

Savereide wins US women’s championship.

Vukovic died. Born 1898. Yug IM 1951.

03/03 Fabel, Karl died in Pischertshofen, Germany. Famous problemist. IJComp 1964; IMComp 1967.

03/15 Topolov, Vesseline born. GM.

04/ Fischer forfeits his title, Karpov becomes world champion.

04/03 First time world champion without having won the title by playing.

04/03 Karpov proclaimed world champion.

04/22 Steiner;  Lajos Steiner (born 1903), Hungarian IM, died.

04/75 Sidelnikov, Alexander born.

04/30 Zaderman, Yuri born.

05/20 Whitaker, Norman died in Phoenix City, Alabama.

06/05 Keres (born 1916) died.

06/21 Clarke, Richard, creator of the British system of grading, died in London.

06/25 Kramnik, Vladimir born. GM.

07/24 Rossolimo, owner of Greenwich Village Chess studio, died in New York.

07/29 Seltzer, Robert born.

08/16 Saemisch died.

09/09 Stein, Alan born.

09/30 Bagby, Charles died in San Francisco, California.

11/16 Opocensky died. Born 1892. Czech champion 1927, 28, 38, 44. IM 1954.

12/02 Johner died. Born in 1889. Swiss champion 1908, 23, 28, 29, 31, 32, 34, 35, 37, 38, 47, 50. IM 1950. Directed Zurich Philharmonic Orch.

12/19 Paros died. Born 1910. Leading helpmate composer.

Browne, Seirawan, Pike are co-winners of American Open.

Computer; 1st Chess-playing computers for popular use came on the market.

Diesen and Rohde share US Jr invitational.

Lasker; Ed Lasker played in telex match between London and New York at age 90.

Lein and Shamkovich share US Open, Fairfax.

Lein and Zuckerman win world Open.

Model, Abram died. Botvinnik’s Chess trainer.

Morrison appointed USCF executive director.

Olympiad; US wins Olympiad, Haifa.

Petrosian wins Lone Pine; he & Smyslov are 1st Soviets to play there.

Savereide wins US women’s championship in Teton Village, Wyoming.

Smoking banned at major national events.

Szily died. Born 1913. Hungarian IM, 1950.

Wilder (13) becomes youngest US master since Fischer.

01/ First national Chess league; d.c. plumbers win.

01/29 Klein, Erez born.

02/19 Loshinsky died.

03/18 Garber, Stanislav born.

04/08 Byrne, Donald died in Philadelphia. US Open champion 1953, 57. IM 1962.

06/07 Kreiman, Boris born.

07/22 Manion, Josh born.

07/23 Polgar; Judith Polgar born. GM 1991. Youngest GM at 15 yrs, 5 months.

08/06 Piatigorsky died.

08/29 Almasi, Zoltan born. GM.

10/09 First National Chess Day, proclaimed by President Ford.

10/24 Olympiad; Haifa Olympiad starts. 1st time Swiss System used in Olympics.

11/ WGM; International Woman GM title created by FIDE.

11/10 Olympiad; US wins Haifa Olympiad.

11/17 Arnett, David born.

12/04 Waitzkin, Joshua born.

12/13 Gorgiev, Tigran died in Dnepropetrovsk, Russia. IJComp 1956; IMComp 1969.

12/18 Benjamin, Dan born.

First world problem solving championship.  Won by Finland.

First TeleChess Olympiad. Won by the USSR.

First time a woman won a “men” tournament - Gaprindashvili/Lone Pine.

First untitled player to become GM - Christiansen.

First world cadet championship for under-17.

Balashov, Gaprindashvili, Panno, Sahovic win Lone Pine.

Browne wins US championship. Mentor, Ohio.

Computer; Sneaky Pete becomes 1st computer to play in a US open.

Fedorowicz and Henley win world Open.

Fedorowicz and Ken Regan tie for 1st in US Jr invitational, Denver.

First world Chess solving tourney.

Mukhin died. Born in 1948. IM 1975.

Problem published that is a mate in 69, all checks (longest all checks).

Savereide and Rachel Grotto become US women’s co-champions.

Shamkovich wins US Open in Columbus, Ohio.

Slagle wins US blind championship.

Woman grandmaster (WGM) introduced.

Yakimchik, Vitold died. Soviet Chess composer.

01/13 Santasiere died.

02/15 Boleslavsky, Isaak died in Minsk. GM 1950.

02/17 Banks, Newell died in Detroit.

03/11 Gelman, Geoffrey born.

04/24 Hort played 550 players, 201 simultaneously, =477=63-10, Iceland.

07/02 Nabokov died.

07/18 Morosewitsch, Alexander born. IM rated at 2590.

08/ Worst simul. J. Hayden challenged 180. 20 showed (+2-18).

First time woman awarded “men” GM title - Gaprindashvili.

Bisguier wins 12th National Open, Charleston.

Biyiasas wins world Open, Philadelphia (1,063 players).

Bradford wins US Open, Phoenix.

College; First time a college establishes a minor in Chess studies - Mass.

Computer; Belle wins 9th North American Computer Chess championship.

Chinese player 1st beats a GM - Liu Wen Che beat Donner in Buenos Aires.

FM; Title introduced, Fide master (FM).

Kaufman appointed exec director of American Chess Foundation.

Kavalek wins US championship, Pasadena. First US champion on west coast.

Larsen first at Lone Pine.

Longest world championship game, Korchnoi-Karpov, game 5, stalemate in 124.

Olympiad; First Swiss System Olympiad - Buenos Aires.

Olympiad; US 3rd in Buenos Aires Olympiad.

Poutianen died. Born in 1952. Finnish champion 1974. IM 1976.

Professional Chess Association is formed; Peters is first president.

Sperling elected USCF president.

Strauss and P. Whitehead tie in American Open.

Student team championship renamed to world youth team championship (under- 26).

Visserman, Eeltje died. One of 1st four to be awarded IGCC when it was introduced in 1972.

02/05 Shaked, Tal born.

03/17 Furman, Semen died in St Petersburg. IM 1954; GM 1966. Leningrad champion 1954, 1957.

03/19 Torre; Carlos Torre (born 1904), Mexico’s 1st IGM (1977), died.

07/18 Karpov-Korchnoi match, Baguio City.

08/30 Wren; Fred Wren died in St. Louis.

10/17 Karpov defeats Korchnoi, 16.5-15.5, Baguio City.

11/12 Spence died in Omaha, Nebraska.

12/12 Kan; Ilya Kan died.

Bastrikov, Georgy died in Russia.

Bilek agreed to 10 short draws out of 10. 125 moves in 109 minutes.

Bisguier wins the grand prix.

Dullea appointed USCF executive director.

Grand Prix; USCF starts Church’s fried chicken grand prix.

Gheorghiu wins US Open, Chicago (563 players).

Lone Pine; 4 tie at Lone Pine.

Resign; 2 players in the Wyoming State championship resigned at exactly the same moment.

Seirawan wins US jr invitational in Hollywood, California.

Sherwin elected President of American Chess Foundation.

03/12 Zamora, Jorge born.

03/18 Murshad wins Bangladesh championship at age 12, 309 days. Youngest ever.

05/06 Karpov and Tal tie in Montreal International.

05/26 Korchnoi wins at Johannesburg.

06/14 Bondarevsky, Igor died in Piatigorsk, Russia. USSR champion 1940. GM 1950; IA 1954; GMC 1961.

06/27 Dunkelblum, Arthur died in Anvers, Belgium. Belgian champion 1949. IM 1957.

07/08 Daly, Harlow died in Framington, MA.

08/15 Abbott, Hedley died in Cashmere, New Zealand. 1936-37 champion. Born in 1904.

09/08 Leko, Peter born.

11/06 Purdy. C.J.S. Purdy died.

11/12 Veresov, Gavril died.

Benjamin wins US jr championship. Hollywood, California.

Cadet; First world cadet championship (under-16).

Dzindzichashvili wins Lone Pine.

Dzindzihasvili wins Grand Prix.

Gheorghiu, Fedorwicz win US Open, Atlanta.

Lommer died.

Olympiad; US team is 4th in Malta Olympiad.

Ratings; USCF rating list: Alburt (2623), Kavalek (2606), Tarjan (2550).

Slowest move. Trosi took 2 hrs, 20 minutes to make his 7th move.

Vidmar, Milan Jr. died. Yug IM (1950) and son of Milan Vidmar.

Xepler, Eric, German composer, died.

03/15 Abrahams, Gerald died in Liverpool.

04/16 Longest decisive game. Stepak beat Mashian in 193 moves (24.5 hrs).

05/23 Enevoldsen, Jens died in Denmark. Danish champion 1940, 43, 47, 48, 60. IM 1950. IA 1960.

05/28 Chandler, Guy died in Surrey, England. Founder of the British Chess Problem Society.

06/02 Pirc; Vasja Pirc died.

06/05 Akerblom, Axel died in Odakra, Sweden. IJComp 1956; IMComp 1967.

09/12 Balogh died in Budapest, Hungary.

09/12 Cheron, Andre died in Leysin, Switzerland. France champion 3 times. Authority on endgame studies. IJComp 1957; IMComp 1959.

09/18 Anderson, Frank Ross died in San Diego, CA. IM 1954.

10/03 O’Kelly de Galway, Belgian player, died.

12/08 Trifunovic, Yugoslav IGM (1953), died.