Browne and Seirawan win US championship. South Bend, Indiana.

First computer program to win a State championship - Cray Blitz in Mississippi.

Korchnoi wins Lone Pine.

Redman elected USCF president.

Savereide wins US women’s championship.

Standard notation (algebraic notation) established by FIDE.

US Open; 5 tie for US Open, Palo Alto (704 players).

Watson and deFirmian win American Open (390 players).

01/ Sarapu wins New Zealand championship for the 16th time.

01/08 Kotov died.

02/14 Canal, Esteban died in Varese, Italy. Hungarian champion 1933. IM 1950. HGM 1977.

03/23 Lasker; Edward Lasker died.

04/25 Ahman, Ernst died in Sweden. 1948 Swedish champion.

05/ Fischer arrested in Pasadena under suspicion of a bank robber.

05/20 Gedult, David died in Paris.

05/29 Altschul, Frank died in Stamford, CT. Problem book publisher.

08/02 Breuer, Johann died in Reichshof, Germany. IJComp 1957; IMComp 1973.

08/03 Heidenfeld, Wolfgang died in Ulm, Germany. South African champion 8 times; Irish champion 6 times.

09/29 Chernev, Irving died in San Francisco. Chess author.

10/01 Karpov-Korchnoi match, Merano.

10/24 Kevitz died.

10/27 Endzelins, Lucius died in Adelaide. GMC 1959. Second in the world correspondence championship 1956-9. Australian champion 1961.

11/12 Pilnik died.

11/20 Karpov defeats Korchnoi, 11-7, Merano.

11/26 Euwe, Max died in Amsterdam. Dutch champion 12 times. World champion 1935-37. GM 1950; IA 1951. FIDE president 1970-78.

First brother-sister to tie for 1st in a tournament - Chicago.

First time an American beats a reigning world champion: Seirawan-Karpov.

First world under-20 championship for women.

Aronin, Lev died. IM 1950. Moscow champion 1965.

Browne and Henley tie in 1st lady international, Indonesia.

Olympiad; Youngest Olympiad player, Kien Tjing-Joe, age 12, for Surinam.

01/02 Barendregt, Johan died in Gravenhage, Netherlands. IM 1962. Professor of psychology.

02/03 Frydman, Paulin died in Buenos Aires. IM 1955. Warsaw champion 1931, 1932, 1933, 1936.

03/13 Fairhurst, William died in Howick, New Zealand. British champion 1937. Scottish champion 11 times.

04/02 Coles, Richard died in West Clandon, England. Author of Chess biographies.

05/22 Herbstmann, Alexander, IM for Chess compositions, died in Taby, Sweden. IJComp 1956; IMComp 1959.

05/26 Albrecht, Hermann died in Frankfurt. IJComp 1957.

07/05 Hunter, Charles died in Horley, England. British correspondence champion '61. World’s fastest speaker. IMC 1967.

09/18 Bjelica played 301 opponents at Sarajevo (+258=36-7).

10/21 Edmondson, Edmund died in Honolulu, Hawaii. USCF president 1963. USCF executive director 1967.

12/ First electronic Chess game on a complete bulletin board.

First national hs individual champion, won by Patrick Wolff.

First time a microcomputer beats a master in tournament play.

First time computer gains an established master’s rating.

First Chess video cassette - Orson Welles, Seirawan, Christiansen.

Candidates; A tied candidates match was decided by a roulette wheel.

Bobby Fischer publishes “I was tortured in the Pasadena jailhouse”.

Martz dies, age 37.

Yarosh, Leonid (1957- ) composed a direct mate orthodox Babson Task, though impossible for 70 years.

01/31 Statham died.

07/18 Flohr, Salo, Soviet IGM, died in Moscow. GM 1950; IA 1963.

08/16 Mont-Reynaud, Jordy born, Stanford, CA.

08/23 Anderson, Gerald Frank died in Hove, England. IJComp 1960; IMComp 1975. Last person to play Alekhine.

09/10 Ciocaltea, Victor died in Manresa, Spain. Romanian champion 1952, 59, 61, 62, 70, 71. IM 1957; GM 1979.

11/15 Dubinen, Peter died in Gorky. GMC 1962. Second in 1962 world correspondence championship. IM 1950. USSR corr. champion 1957.

12/03 Aitken, James died in Cheltenham, England. Former Scottish & London champion.

12/09 Flesch, Janos, IGM (1980), died. IM 1963.

First satellite simultaneous exhibition - London & New York (Kasparov).

First time a microcomputer won an event with mainframes, in Canada.

Bolbochan, Jacobo died in Argentina. Argentina champion 1932, 1933. IM 1965.

Chess Collectors International started.

Doyle, Steve elected USCF President.

Nunn has performance rating of 2886 at Thessaloniki (10 of 11).

Olympiad; U.S. first win over USSR in Olympiad at Thessaloniki.

Shirazi goes .5 points in 17 games. Lost in 5 moves to Peters.

03/16 Bonham, Reginald died in Worcester, England. Blind world champion 1958. Correspondence champion 6 times.

03/28 Mansfield died.

04/08 Udovcic died.

05/17 Becker, Albert died in Vicente Lopez, Argentina. Austrian champion 1925, 1937. IM 1953.

05/19 Long, Roger & Graham Croft played 200 hours in Bristol.

07/16 Cozens, William died in Taunton, England. Author.

08/13 Petrosian (born 1929), former world Chess champion, died.

08/25 Blau, Max died in Bern, Switzerland. IM 1953. Swiss champion 1953, 55, 56, 67.

08/31 Czerniak, Moshe died in Tel Aviv. Palestine champion 1936. Israeli champion 1955. IM 1952.

09/04 Bohatirchuk, Fedor died in Ottawa. USSR champion 1927. IM 1954. IMC 1967.

09/10 Karpov-Kasparov match, Moscow.

10/06 Hort played 663 games in 32.5 hrs at Porz, West Germany.

11/09 Fritz, Jindrich died in Prague. IJComp 1956; IMComp 1966; GMComp 1975.

First time a match for the world championship abandoned.

First tournament of high school champions won by Fishbein.

New York Open; 6 tie for NY Open. Richest ($126,000) and largest (1070) tournament.

Seirawan becomes first US candidate since 1973.

World open largest (1,251) and richest ($150,000).

Scholastic championship draw a record 1,572 players.

01/26 Yukhtman died.

02/15 Kasparov-Karpov match halted after 48 games.

02/20 Kashdan (born 1905), American GM, died.

03/ Dunphy, William died in Hastings. Irish champion 1957.

08/ Gurevich, Ilya wins world under-14 championship (first US player to do so).

09/03 Karpov-Kasparov match, Moscow.

09/16 Knoppert; Eric Knoppert played 500 games of 10-minute Chess in 68 hours.

10/01 Bron, Vladimir died in Sverdlovsk, Russia. IJComp 1956; IMComp 1966; GMComp 1975.

10/11 Candidates; Start of Montpellier candidates tournament.

10/20 Batik, Frantisek died in Jaromer, Czechoslovakia. IMC 1959.

11/03 Battell, Jack died (American postal pioneer).

11/03 Yusupov, Vaganian, Sokolov tie at Montpellier.

11/09 Kasparov defeats Karpov to become world champion. Age 22 yrs, 210 days.

11/27 First world team championship tournament, won by USSR in Lucerne.

12/05 Cuellar-Gacharna, Miguel died in Columbia. IM 1957.

12/18 Dunst (born 1907), American player, died in Lambertville, NJ.

First time there is a Soviet entrant in a U.S. Open.

First time world championship played in England.

Agzamov, Georgy died in a fall from a cliff. IM 1982; GM 1984.

Chikvaidze replaced Sevastionov as president of the Soviet Chess Fed.

Harman, John died in England. Classified Chess studies.

Polgar; Judit Polgar, 9, wins NY Open, unrated section with 7.5-.5.

01/24 Buschke, Albrecht died in New York City.

02/27 Barcza, Gedeon died in Budapest. IM 1950; GM 1954; IMC 1966.

03/05 Rudenko, Lyudmila died. World women’s championship 1949-53. Challenger 1956.

03/13 House of Reps passed resolution recognizing Bobby Fischer as world champion.

05/25 Fraenkel, Heinrich died in London. Assiac Chess column.

07/25 Kasparov-Karpov match, London.

08/10 Hall of Fame; Formation of the US Chess hall of fame.

10/08 Kasparov defeats Karpov, 12.5-11.5, Leningrad.

10/31 Computer; 6th world microcomputer championship; Dallas, Mephisto III first.

12/29 Hastings;  62nd Hastings, Chandler, Larsen, Lputian, Speelman first.

12/30 Asenova, Venka died in Bulgaria. WIM 1965; HWGM 1986.

Kamsky wins US jr championship at age 12.

Longest game. Martinovsky-Jansa, Gausdal 1987 (drawn after 194 moves).

Niemeijer, Meindert died. Dutch Chess bibliophile.

Winston elected USCF president.

01/15 49th Hoogovens international, Wijk aan Zee, Korchnoi & Short 1st.

01/29 Hartong, Jan died in Rotterdam. IMComp 1959.

02/ Reykjavik international, Short first.

02/02 Estrin, Yakov died in Russia. World correspondence champion 1975. IMC 1965; GMC 1966; IM 1975; GM 1984.

02/27 Lugano international, Seirawan first.

03/01 Computer; first national championship (US amateur champion) directed by computer.

03/15 National Open, Las Vegas, Maxim Dlugy first.

03/26 Karpov defeats Sokolov in candidate’s final match, Spain.

04/09 New York Open, Seirawan & Adorjan first.

04/25 Kasparov & Ljubojevic win 2nd SWIFT international, Brussels.

05/27 US Amateur championship, Knoxvile, Kreitner first.

06/26 Gulko wins world Open.

07/ Calvo declared persona non grata by FIDE, Seville, Spain.

08/ Anand wins world jr championship, Baguio City.

09/19 Yudovich died.

10/12 Kasparov-Karpov match, Seville.

12/ Kasparov retains world championship, Seville.

12/05 Avigad-Vernon, Ariel (7yrs, 237 days) beat expert Nick Dumyk.

12/19 Kasparov draws with Karpov and ties match to retain title.

Gurevich wins US Open, Boston.

Hanauer, Milton died.

Wilder wins US championship.

06/24 Serotta wins US jr Open, St Louis.

07/ Dlugy wins world Open, Philadelphia.

07/07 Second world and peace festival, Romania.

07/13 Dlugy wins US Open blitz championship, Boston.

07/21 Grumette died.

08/ Gurevich, D. wins US Open, Boston (614 players).

08/ Kasparov & Karpov wins USSR championship (cat 14 - 2594).

08/ Mestel wins British championship.

08/ Speelman beats Short 3.5-1.5 in London for candidates match.

08/05 Fischer filed a patent for a digital Chess clock.

09/ Karpov wins Tilburg Interpolis (cat 15 - 2627).

09/15 USAF wins Armed Forces championship.

10/ Kasparov wins Reykjavik (cat 15 - 2618).

10/ Lautier, Ivanchuk, Serper, Gelfand tie in world jr championship, Adelaide.

10/ Wilder wins US championship (cat 12 - 2546).

11/ Miles wins Software Toolworks championship, Long Beach.

11/27 Donner, Johannes (Jan) died. IM 1952; GM 1959. Dutch champion 1954, 1957, 1958.

12/ Olympiad; Hungary wins Thessaloniki women’s Olympiad (56 teams).

12/ Olympiad; USSR wins Thessaloniki Olympiad (107 teams).

12/17 Karpov wins World Action Chess championship, Mazatlan, Mexico. (61 players)

12/18 first world Chess congress: USSR vs World; USSR wins (Madrid).

12/30 Harvard wins Pan-am intercollegiate, New Jersey (35 teams).

Bikova, (Bykova) Elizaveta died in Russia. WIM 1950; IM 1953; WGM 1976; World champion 1953-6, 1958-62.

Eisinger Jr, Max died in Germany.

Haring, Jacobus died in the Netherlands. IJComp 1964; IMComp 1968. Died of cancer.

Wolff wins 3rd annual '89 Samford stipend ($30,000).

01/ Ratings; USCF ratings: Seirawan (2725), Gulko (2697), deFirmian 2679).

01/14 Short wins Hastings.

02/ Polgar, Zsofia achieves 2900 performance rating.

02/04 Yusupov defeats Spraggett in quarterfinals in Quebec.

02/05 Gurevich, D. wins 7th Bermuda international Open.

02/05 Karpov defeats Hjartarson in quarterfinals in Seattle.

02/26 Benjamin wins Cannes Open.

03/28 Fedorowicz wins 7th NY Open.

04/18 Cramer, Fred, former USCF president, died.

04/20 Kasparov, Ljubojevic win 4th world cup tourney, Barcelona.

05/31 Deep Thought is world computer champion. Edmondton, Alberta.

06/11 Rohde wins National Open, Las Vegas.

06/24 Timman wins the 5th world cup tournament, Rotterdam.

07/ FIDE now comprised of 128 nations.

07/ Kakhiani (USSR) wins world junior girls championship, Columbia.

07/ Spasov (Bulgaria) wins world jr championship Tunja, Columbia.

07/05 Gurevich, M. wins world Open, Philadelphia.

07/09 World Youth Chess festival, Puerto Rico.

07/13 Alburt, Lev won the 90th US Open, Chicago.

07/16 Rudolph wins 1989 US women’s championship, Spartanburg.

07/16 Sherzer and Finegold tie for 1989 US Jr championship; Washington, D.C.

07/21 Adams, Michael (age 17) becomes world’s youngest GM.

07/23 Bisguier wins 1989 Senior Open, New Jersey.

08/10 Beliavsky wins OHRA (cat 14), Amsterdam.

09/ Adams, Michael wins 76th British championship (youngest ever to win).

09/02 Karpov, Kasparov tie at Skelleftea, Sweden (last world cup event).

09/02 Kasparov wins the CMA world Cup 1988-89.

10/ Vaganian wins USSR championship.

10/02 Kasparov achieves highest rating in history: 2810.

10/02 Kasparov wins 13th Interpolis (cat 16), Tilburg, Netherlands.

10/15 US Class championship, Orlando.

10/17 Karpov beats Yusupov in semi-finals of world championship (London).

10/17 Timman beats Speelman in semi-finals of world championship (London).

10/22 Kasparov beats Deep Thought in 2 game match in New York.

11/08 World team championship, Lucerne.

11/26 25th American Open, Long Beach. Christiansen on tie-break (5 tied).

11/26 National Chess Congress, Philadelphia.

11/28 Ilivitsky died.

12/03 Soviet Union wins European National Team championship (27 countries).

12/03 US championship, Long Beach. Won by Seirawan, Dzindzi, Rachels.

12/06 Palma de Mallorca - won by Gelfand.

12/11 Deep Thought vs. David Levy match - Deep Thought wins.

Berliner inducted in US Hall of Fame.

Wolski wins Memorial Day Classic in LA.

Beliavsky wins OHRA tournament in Amsterdam.

Book, Eero died in Finland. IM 1950. IA 1981; HGM 1984. Finnish champion.

Chicco, Adriano died. IJComp 1956; IMComp 1967. Historian and problemist.

Fishbein awarded Samford Fellowhip.

Gaprindashvili wins women’s Interzonal in Malasia.

Gurevich, D. wins National Open in Las Vegas.

USSR wins Chess Summit in Reykjavik.

01/11 Wijk aan Zee - won by Nunn.

02/02 Karpov plays Deep Thought and wins at Harvard.

02/18 Linares, Spain - won by Kasparov.

03/08 Karpov-Timman candidates final in Kuala Lumpur - Karpov wins.

03/09 US Amateur Team championship - won by East.

03/15 US Masters Open in Chicago - won by Miles.

04/08 New York Open - Khalifman wins NY Open.

04/27 National HS championship in Kansas City - won by Feldman.

05/10 US championship playoff in SF - Miles and deFirmian qualify.

05/23 GMA final tournament in Moscow - 5 way tie for first.

05/30 Women’s interzonal in Moscow - won by Kakhiani, Galliamova.

06/01 World Youth championship begins in Singapore.

06/04 Women’s Interzonal B in USSR; won by Galliamova & Kakiani.

06/16 US Cadet championship in NY - Bobby Seltzer wins.

06/26 US Amateur - McCormick wins US Amateur championship in Somerset, NJ.

06/29 Canadian Open in New Brunswick - won by Timoshenko.

06/29 Interzonal;  Manila Interzonal.

06/30 World Open in Philadelphia - Igor Glek wins.

07/ Biel (cat 15) - won by Karpov.

07/01 Women’s Interzonal A in Malasyia; won by Gaprindashvili.

07/13 US Junior championship in Bloomington, IL; won by Gurevich.

07/14 World Youth Chess festival for peace held in Fond du Lac, Wisconsin.

07/21 Kasparov defeats Psakhis in Murcia, Spain.

07/29 OHRA in Holland (Cat 14); won by Beliavsky.

08/ Plaskett wins British championship.

08/05 Denker HS championship in Jacksonville - 4 way tie.

08/05 US Closed championship in Jacksonville - Alburt wins.

08/05 US Open in Jacksonville, Florida - Seirawan wins.

08/11 Dlugy wins US Open Blitz championship.

08/19 US Women’s championship in Spartanburg, SC - won by Elena Donaldson.

09/16 Armed Forces championship at Fort Belvoir, Virginia.

09/24 Ivanchuk and Kamsky tie at Tilburg (Category 16).

09/25 Larsen wins Watson, Farley, & Williams in New York (Cat 11).

09/26 England and the USSR tie in the 1990 world Chess problem solving championship.

10/08 World Chess championship in New York - Kasparov-Karpov.

10/10 Emil Diemer dies.

10/12 US class championship in Columbus, Ohio.

10/26 Garcia-Gonzales, Guillermo of Cuba dies in a car accident in Mexico. 3-time Cuban champion. GM 1976. IM 1974.

11/ Beliavsky, Yudasin, Bareev, Vyzmanavin tie for 57th USSR championship.

11/09 Olympiad; Start of 29th Chess Olympiad in Novi Sad, Yugoslavia.

11/10 US Senior Open in Miami - won by Mark Lanin.

11/22 American Open in Los Angeles - won by Browne and Ivanov.

11/22 Kasparov-Karpov match in Lyon, France.

12/ Hastings 1990-91.

12/04 USSR win the 29th Chess Olympiad in Novi Sad; USA takes 2nd.

12/07 New Delhi tournament; cat 11 (2513).

12/21 Anand and Kamsky tie for first in New Delhi (Category 11).

12/21 Seirawan defeats Timman 4-2 in the annual KRO match.

12/23 National Chess Congress - won by Dzindzichashvili.

12/27 Pan-American championship, Cambridge.

12/30 Harvard wins Pan American championship.

12/31 Kasparov wins world championship 12.5 - 11.5 and $1.7 million.

Nahareishvili, Gia died.

01/ Bareev wins Hastings 1990/91.

01/ Ivanov; Igor Ivanov wins 8th Grand Prix.

01/09 Reggio; Start of 8th Reggio Emilia tourney; Cat 16.

01/11 Alter, Ladislav of Czechoslovakia died.

01/18 Wijk aan Zee; Start of 53rd Hoogovens in Wijk aan Zee; cat 14 (2584).

01/20 Karpov wins Reggio Emilia A.

02/02 San Francisco International.

02/02 Women’s candidates final between Maric and Jun, Belgrade.

02/03 Nunn wins at Wijk aan Zee (Cat 14-2584).

02/09 Tuggle died; USCF most active player from 1985 to 1990.

02/22 Linares - 2nd strongest tourney ever; cat 17 (2658).

03/12 McCormick (1914-1991) died, New Jersey.

03/14 Torre wins 1991 Pan-Pacific International.

03/15 Ivanchuk wins at Linares.

03/24 Shirazi and Zaltsman win 114th annual Manhattan Chess Club championship.

03/31 Goldin won 1991 New York Open.

04/05 US Amateur; The Old Gang won the 1991 US amateur team championship via modem.

04/14 Rohwer won the National Jr High championship. Dearborn, MI.

04/21 US Action; 5 tie at US Action championship. New Haven, CT.

05/03 Waitzkin won National High School championship, Atlanta.

05/09 Computer; The ChessMachine won the microcomputer world championship. Vancouver, BC.

05/13 Short, Salov tie at 5th Euwe Memorial, VSB-Amsterdam (Cat 16).

05/27 COLLINS; Dave Collins (1955) won the 1991 US Amateur championship. Hackettstown, NJ.

05/27 MEMORIAL; 4 tie at 12th Memorial Day Classic, Santa Monica (Gurevich on tb).

06/ Gurevich; Ilya Gurevich is the 5th annual Samford Fellow.

06/ Waitzkin won 1991 US Cadet championship (under 16).

06/01 Fried, Sydney died, age 72.

06/06 National Open; 5 tie at 1991 National Open, Chicago (Browne on tie-break).

06/11 Philippines; 3 tie at Philippine Open International, Manila.

06/19 Armed Forces; Bobby Moore wins 32nd Armed Forces championship. Quantico, VA.

06/21 Blind; Start of US Blind championship. Columbus, OH; won by William Gibson, Kennedy.

06/26 Sherzer won the 1991 US Junior Closed championship. Bloomington, IL.

06/26 Tsemekhman won the US Jr Open, Bloomington, IL.

07/ Benjamin wins 19th World Open, Philadelphia.

07/ Powell (1944-1991) died in San Francisco.

07/ Waitzkin won the US under-16 championship; Bronxville, NY.

07/13 Kaminski wins world championship for boys under 14, Warsaw, Poland.

07/19 Gross wins 11th US Senior Open, San Diego.

07/30 Kramnik wins world championship for boys under 18, Guarapuava, Brazil.

08/09 Kamsky wins US championship in Los Angeles.

08/09 Rohde wins US Open, Los Angeles.

08/24 Levitina and Epstein win US women’s championship; Highland Beach, Florida.

08/25 Candidates quarterfinals in Brussels (SWIFT).

08/26 Shirov won 15th Annual Lloyds Bank Masters, London.

09/ Akopian, Vladimir won 1991 world Jr championship; Mamaia, Romania.

09/ Browne wins 14th US Class championship; San Francisco.

09/02 Fedorowicz wins 114th NY State championship.

09/09 Olympiad; Soviets win world student Olympiad, Maringa, Brazil.

10/ Smyslov wins first Open Senior world championship Bad Worishofen.

10/ Xie Jun wins world Women’s championship in Manila at age 20.

10/03 Gia Nadereishvili dies.

10/14 Karpov and Ivanchuk tie at Reykjavik GMA world Cup (Cat 16-2627).

11/ Benjamin wins American Open, Los Angeles.

11/ Stein; Alan Stein won 7th Arnold Denker tournament of State HS champions.

11/03 China wins 9th Asian championship in Penang, Malaysia.

11/04 Kasparov wins Tilburg, category 17 (2666).

11/08 1st National School Grade championship starts in Stamford, CT.

11/11 Timman wins 2nd Immopar trophy in Paris (25 minute games).

11/13 Minasian wins 58th USSR championship (2nd time a Swiss), Moscow.

11/25 Gaprindashvili and Zhaoqin tie at women’s interzonal, Subotica, Yugoslavia.

11/29 Gelfand wins Investbanka tournament in Belgrade (Cat 15).

12/ Polgar, Judit is GM at 15 years, 4 months, 28 days.

12/19 Short wins the Duncan Lawrie English Chess championship in Hammersmith.

12/27 Reggio Emilia; 1st Category 18 (2676) tourney.

12/29 B. P. Reilly dies.

12/30 University of Illinois wins 1991 Pan-American Intercollegiate championship in Chicago.

01/ Ivanov; A. Ivanov wins 1991 Novag Grand Prix.

01/06 Anand wins Reggio Emilia Category 18 (2676) tourney.

01/30 Bernstein, Sidney died in New York City. Author.

04/ Candidates; Linares, Spain; Short beats Karpov; Timman beats Yusupov.

04/04 Reshevsky died in NY.

04/15 New York Open; Start of 10th NY Open.

04/26 National Elementary championship (1992), Knoxville; won by Petersen.

05/10 National HS championship (1992), Lexington; won by Eisen.

06/ Sanakoev wins 12th world correspondence Chess championship.

06/07 Fedorowicz wins 1992 National Open, Las Vegas.

06/14 Kennedy wins 1992 US Blind championship; San Antonio.

06/25 Olympiad (30th) in Manila; Russia, Uzbekistan, Armenia.

06/26 Tsemekhman wins 1992 US Jr championship; Bloomington, IN.

06/28 Tal died.

07/ World Youth championship (1992), Duisburg GE.

07/05 Kaidanov wins 1992 world Open, Philadelphia.

07/12 Manion and Zlotnik win 1992 US Junior Open, Bedford PA.

07/23 Shaked wins 1992 US Cadet championship, New York.

07/27 Ratings: Kamsky 2739, Kaidanov 2694, Dlugy 2684, A Ivanov 2679.

08/14 Kaidanov wins 1992 US Open, Dearborn, MI.

08/30 Levitina wins 1992 US Women’s championship; Waltham, MA.

09/01 Falconer wins 1992 US Senior Open, Alaska.

09/30 Fischer-Spassky match starts.

10/28 Adams, Michael wins Tilburg.

11/ Category 18 tourney in Moscow - won by Gelfand and Anand.

11/05 Fischer beats Spassky in Yugoslavia (10 wins, 5 losses, 15 draws).

11/05 Arpad Elo dies.

11/13 National School Grade championship (2nd); Gilbert, Az.

11/15 Kasparov wins Trophee Immopar in Paris.

11/22 Geller wins world Senior championship; Bad Worishofen, GE.

11/22 USA Junior Chess Olympics, Bradford, PA.

11/24 Interzonal, Women’s in Shanghai; won by Z Polgar; 2nd Ioseliani.

11/29 Ramayrat wins American Open, Long Beach.

12/ Ratings: Kamsky 2753, Kaidanov 2736, Yermolinsky 2690.

12/20 US championship; Durango, CO - Wolff wins.

Williams, Kenneth died. Author of Real American Wilkes Barre.

01/08 Short-Timman match starts; ended 30 Jan; Short won 7.5-5.5 and $124,000.

01/31 Spassky-Judit Polgar match begins in Budapest; Polgar wins.

03/14 Kasparov wins at Linares; category 18; 11 of the top 14 there.

03/23 FIDE forfeits Kasparov and Short as world champion and challenger.

03/28 Fine, Reuben died in New York.

05/21 Collins, Ethel Boyd died.

06/13 Kamsky wins 1993 National Open in Las Vegas.

06/22 Bosnia-Herzegovina, Chess players shot and killed; 1st to die while playing.

07/05 Yermolinsky wins 1993 world Open in Philadelphia.

07/13 Waitzkin and Kreiman win 1993 US Jr championship in New York.

07/15 Interzonal at Biel starts.

07/17 World Youth championship, Slovakia; Bacrot, Mont-Reynaud.

07/31 Interzonal at Biel finished; Gelfand, Adams, Kamsky, Khalifman, Kramnik, Lautier, Salov, Sterren, Yudasin.

07/31 Women’s Interzonal, Jakarta; Arakhama.

08/07 US Open, Philadelphia; Shabalov, Alexander wins.

08/09 Weldon, Charles died. Born in 1939.

08/11 “Searching for Bobby Fischer” movie released by Paramount.

08/25 US Women’s championship, Illinois; Donaldson, Levitina.

08/26 US Cadet championship; Washington, DC; Sharma.

09/06 Karpov-Timman FIDE championship match starts in the Netherlands, Jakarta (12.5-8.5).

09/07 Kasparov-Short PCA world championship starts in London (12.5 - 7.5).

09/26 US Senior Open, Reno; Wagner, Margulis, Gross.

10/ world Team championship, Lucerne; USA.

10/24 Kasparov wins PCA world championship.

11/04 Colias, William died. Born in 1966.

11/06 Harvard Cup. Benjamin 6-0. Humans vs. Computers (27-9).

11/12 Denker, Nina died at age 78.

11/15 FIDE Congress in Brazil. I. Gurevich awarded GM.

11/17 World women’s championship in Monaco; Xie Jun (8.5-2.5).

11/21 Taimanov wins world senior championship in Bad Wilbad, Germany.

11/28 American Open; Long Beach; Loek Van Wely.

12/02 US championship starts in Long Beach (2589 average rating).

12/02 World junior championship, Igor Miladinovic.

12/14 Shabalov and Yermolinsky tie for US championship.

12/18 PCA Interzonal starts in Groningen, Holland.

12/19 Cunningham, George died. Born in 1909.

12/25 Kogan, Boris died. Born in 1940.

12/27 Pan-American Intercollegiate championship, Florida; won by Manhattan Chess Club.

12/30 PCA Interzonal over; Anand, Adams, Kamsky, Kramnik, Tiviakov, Gulko, Romanishin.

12/ Feld, Fritz dies.

01/ Elo ratings: Kasparov 2810; Karpov 2740; Anand 2715; Ivanchuk 2710.

01/16 Candidates matches start in Wijk aan Zee.

01/27 Akins, Claude died in LA at age 75. Chessplayer.

01/30 Leko, Peter becomes GM at 14 years, 4 months, 22 days (born Sep. 8, 1979).

01/31 Candiates matches over in Wijk aan Zee; Timman, Gelfand, Kamsky, Salov, Anand, Kramnik.

03/15 Karpov wins Linares (2685 average rating); 2985 performance rating.

03/ Siaperas, Triantafilos died; born in 1932.

04/13 Mont-Reynaud, Jordy becomes youngest master at 10 years, 7 months.

04/ New York Open (12th); won by Oll and Ehlvest.

04/24 Anand wins first Intel world Chess Grand Prix, Moscow.

05/01 National Open, Las Vegas; Browne, Kaidanov, Akopian, Ehlvest, Mortazavi.

05/24 Oswald, Don dies. Ran “The Chess House” books sales.

06/12 Saenz wins 1994 US Amateur championship.

06/18 Intel world championship quarterfinals - Kamsky, Anand, Adams, Short.

07/04 Minasian wins world Open in Philadelphia.

07/29 Joshua Waitzkin wins 1994 US Junior championship.

07/30 Theo van Scheltinga dies.

07/31 Tsemekhman wins 1994 US Junior Open.

08/ Kamsky, Gelfand, Salov win their FIDE matches in India.

08/ world Youth Chess Festival held in Szeged, Hungary.

08/05 Elena Donaldson wins 1994 US Women’s championship.

08/06 Mark Taimanov wins 4th world Senior championship at Biel.

08/18 Orlov wins 95th US Open, Chicago.

09/03 Intel Grand Prix III, London. Won by Ivanchuk.

09/15 Helgi Gretarsson wins world Jr championship in Brazil.

09/16 Robin Ault dies in Newton, MA. Won US Jr championship 3 times in a row.

10/ 31st Chess Olympiad held in Moscow. Russia I wins gold; Bosnia wins silver; Russia II wins bronze.

10/02 Joel Benjamin wins 5th Harvard Cup (man vs. computers).

10/06 Kamsky and Anand win at Linares and advance to the PCA finals.

10/26 Boris Gulko wins US championship, Key West, Florida.

01/07 Harry Golombek dies in England. Born Mar 1, 1911.

03/25 Sir Philip Stuart Milner-Barry dies in England. Born Sep 20, 1906.

04/05 Nico Cortlever, Dutch IM, dies in the Netherlands. Born in 1915.

05/05 GM Mikhail Botvinnik dies in Moscow. Born Aug 17, 1911.

06/30 GM Mario Monticelli dies in Milan. Born in 1902.

08/22 Gilles Andruet, French champion, murdered.

08/30 Lev Polugaesky dies.

10/10 Kasparov defeats Anand in New York to win the PCA world Chess championship.

11/24 Campomanes steps down as FIDE president.

11/24 Krisan Iljumzhinov is new FIDE president.

11/ Pablo Moran, Chess author, dies in Spain. Born Jan 1, 1926.

12/04 Wolfe wins US Chess championship on tie-break over De Firmian and A. Ivanov.

12/27 Genrikh Kasparian dies.

01/06 Ulf Andersson played 310 boards simultaneously in Alvsjo, Sweden. Won 268, drew 40, lost 2 in 15 hours and 23 minutes.

02/01 Kasparov defeats Deep Blue, 4-2.

02/ Szuzsa Polgar defeats Xie Jun in Spain for the women’s world Chess championship.

06/ Kramnik and Topalov tie for first at Dos Hermanas, Spain (cat 19).

06/28 GM Julio Bolbochan dies in Caracas. Born in 1920.

07/05 GM Predrag Ostojic dies in Mainz, Germany. Born on March 22, 1928.

07/ Karpov defeats Kamsky in Elista, Russia to retain FIDE world Title.

07/ Topolov wins 3rd Lord Novgorod tournament, cat 19.

07/07 Yermolinsky and Goldin tie for 1st at world Open.

07/29 Yermolinsky wins US championship, Parsippany, NJ.

07/29 Anjelina Belakovskaya wins US women’s championship.

08/ Chris Ward wins British championship.

08/ GM Gabriel Schwartzman, age 19, wins US Open.

09/ Russia wins gold medal at 32nd Chess Olympiad, Yerevan, Armenia. Ukraine wins silver, US wins bronze.

10/19 NM David Lees dies at age 53.

12/01 Ex-world snooker champion Steve Davis is new President of British Chess Federation.

12/15 Kasparov wins at Las Palmas, cat 21 (2757).

01/ Jennifer Shahade becomes youngest female US master at 15 years, 11 months.

01/ Nunn, Hebden, and Rozenthalis tie for 1st at Hastings.

02/02 Grandmaster Erich Eliskases dies in Cordoba, age 83.

03/ Luke McShane becomes an international master at 13 years, 2 months.

03/22 Barry Spriro dies. US national master.

04/ Etienne Bacrot becomes youngest GM ever, age 14 years, 2 months.

05/11 Kasparov loses to Deep Blue computer (2.5-3.5).

07/ Walter Korn dies.

07/04 Miguel Najdorf dies in Malaga, Spain. Born in 1910.

07/06 Alexander Shabalov wins world Open, Philadelphia. Scored 8/9.

07/20 Julian Hodgson wins the 1997 Canadian Open, Winnipeg.

07/27 Tal Shaked wins world junior Chess championship, Zagen, Poland.

07/28 Anand wins 30th Biel Chess festival, cat XVII (2661).

08/ Alexander Yermolinsky wins 98th US Open in Orlando, Florida. (10.5/12).

08/15 Adams and Sadler tie in British championship; Hove, England.

08/20 Eugene Shapiro dies. Born in 1929.

09/ PCA ratings: Kasparov - 2827; Kramnik - 2774; Anand - 2765.

09/01 Esther Epstein wins US Women’s championship.

09/01 Jay Bonin wins 119th New York State championship. This may be the longest running annual tournament in the world.

09/05 George Shainswit dies. Born in 1918.

09/10 Mestel gains GM in problem solving; first OTB GM to do so.

09/12 Joel Benjamin wins 1997 Interplay US championship, Arizona.

09/ GM Lautier married WGM Almira Skripchenko.

10/ IBM announces that they are scrapping Deep Blue.

10/09 Fontys tournament, Tilburg, Cat XVII (2667); Kasparov, Kramnik, Svidler tie.

10/20 Russian Ponomarov becomes world’s youngest grandmaster at 14 years, 1 month.

11/21 6th Investbanka tournament, Belgrade, cat XVIII (2679); won by Anand and Ivanchuk.

11/23 Janis Klovans of Latvia wins 7th world Senior Chess championship, Germany. Gets GM title at age 62.

12/29 Galliamova-Ivanchuk wins FIDE women’s candidates in Groningen.

12/30 Anand wins FIDE world Chess championship knockout in Groningen.

01/ PCA ratings: Kasparov - 2825; Anand - 2775; Kramnik - 2758.

01/ FIDE list: Kasparov (2825), Kramnik (2790), Anand (2770).

01/ 60th Hoogovens tournament, Wijk aan Zee, Cat XVII (2671); Anand and Kramnik tie for 1st.

01/ Leslie Braun dies. Born in 1936.

01/09 Karpov defeats Anand in Lausanne, Switzerland; retains FIDE world Chess championship. (5-3).

01/10 Mona Karff dies. Born in 1914. Seven-time US women’s champion.

01/11 Sadler wins 73rd Hastings Chess Congress.

02/ Airel Mengarini dies. born in 1919.

02/ Kasparov announces formation of the World Chess Counsel (WCC).

02/22 New York Open, won by Artashes Minasian.

02/26 Hikaru Nakamura becomes youngest US master at 10 years, 79 days.

03/09 Linares, Cat 21 (2752); won by Anand.

03/27 7th Amber, Monte Carlo, Cat 18 (2680); won by Kramnik and Shirov.

03/29 Hodgson wins 1998 National Open, Las Vegas, on tie-break.

05/ Anand wins Chess Oscar.

05/01 WCC ratings: Kasparov - 2808; Anand - 2778; Kramnik - 2735.

05/03 David Hooper dies in Taunton, England. Born in 1915.

05/22 Madrid, Cat 17 (2655); won by Anand.

06/01 Joan Targ, sister of Bobby Fischer, dies. Born in 1939.

06/05 WCC candidates match, Spain; won by Shirov over Kramnik.

06/21 Frankfurt Chess Classic, Cat 21 (2781); won by Anand.

07/ FIDE ratings: Kasparov - 2815; Anand - 2795; Kramnik - 2780.

07/ WCC ratings: Kasparov - 2808; Anand - 2778; Shirov - 2735.

07/05 Dortmund, Cat 18 (2699); Kramnik won on tiebreak over Adams, Svidler.

07/05 Goldin wins world Open, Philadelphia (8.5/9).

07/12 Schnieder wins by tie-break over V. Bhat in US Cadet championship.

07/19 Shliperman wins US Junior championship in New York.

07/29 Gulko wins Saitek US Masters, Waikiki.

08/08 Nigel Short wins British Chess championship, Torquay.

08/08 Morozevich wins 51st Russian championship, St Petersburg.

08/08 Laszlo Szabo dies. Born on March 19, 1917.

08/09 Judit Polgar and Gulko wins 99th US Open, Hawaii.

09/24 GM Rosendo Balinas dies of liver cancer. Was born on Sep 10, 1941.

10/12 Russia wins gold; USA wins silver; Ukraine wins bronze at 33rd world Chess Olympiad, Elista.

11/04 Tilburg Fontys tournament, cat 18 (2680); won by Anand.

11/17 GM Yefin Geller dies of cancer. Born March 2, 1925.

11/08 Irena Krush, age 14, wins US women’s championship.

11/18 Nick DeFirmian wins US championship, Denver.

11/23 Vladimir Bagirov of Latvia wins 8th world Senior Chess championship, Austria.

01/ Hamburg Koenigsspringer IM tournament. Hamburg, Germany.

01/ Vince Toth Memorial, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

01/ QVB Chess Festival. Sydney, Australia.

01/ Hoogovens, Wijk aan Zee tournament (NED).

02/ Budapest first. Budapest, Hungary.

02/ Tournament Caldas de Felgueira, Portugal.

02/ 49th Hungarian championship 1999. Lillafured, Hungary.

02/ XVI Ciudad de Linares. Linares, Spain.

02/ Assoc. Max Euwe Match (MNC).

03/01 Bucharest Spring Festival, Turneul International masculine; Festival de Primavera.  March 1 - March 15.

03/07 Kubrick, Stanley died. Cinema director and Chess fan. Born July 26, 1928.

03/ Tournament Enghien-les-Bains, France.

03/ Manhattan Chess Club March International. New York, USA.

03/ Swidnica International, 1999 Swidnica, Poland.

04/08 North Bay Open. Ontario, Canada.

04/ Bois-Colombes IM tournament, France.

04/ Judit Polgar - Fritz 5.32 Budapest, Hungary.

04/ 5th Cutro International. Cutro, Italy.

04/ 1st Gonfreville International, Gonfreville, France.

04/ 56th Polish Chess championship; Polanica Zdroj, Poland.

04/ Philippine National championship; Quezon City, Philippine.

04/ St Petersburg championship; St Petersburg, Russia.

04/ 15th Czerniak Memorial. Tel Aviv, Israel.

05/17 Oll, Lembit Estonian player, died. International grandmaster, 1992. Born April 23, 1966.

05/ Capablanca Memorial - Elite Group.  Havana, Cuba.

05/ Russian Women’s championship, Moscow.

05/ Guillermo Garcia tournament. Santa Clara, Cuba.

05/ II Magistral de Vila Real de Santo Antonio, Portugal.

05/ 1st Israeli super tournament. Tel Aviv, Israel.

06/11 Monarch Assurance Open. Port Erin, IOM (HUN).

06/12 Bolzano ITA Open. Bolzano, Italy.

06/13 13th Dr. Milan Vidmar Memorial. Portoroz, Slovenia.

06/18 Petrosian Memorial. Moscow, Russia.

06/24 Fan Adams International 1999, New York (Marshall Chess Club).

06/29 Frankfurt Chess Classic, Siemens Giants, Frankfurt, Germany.

Sigeman & Co Chess Tournament. Malmoe, Sweden.

World Computer Chess championship. Paderborn, Germany.

07/02 Canadian Open. Vancouver, BC - July 2/11.

07/03 Norwegian championship. Gausdal, Norway.

Slovak Chess championship. Nove Zamby, Slovakia.

07/05 Southern Californian championship. Los Angeles, CA (USA).

07/08 5th Tan Chin Nam Cup. Shenyang, China.

07/11 EuroTel Trophy. Prague, Czechoslovakia.

07/11 Arthur Dake International. San Francisco, CA.

07/17 International Paris Chess championship. Paris, France.

07/17 1st White Rose International. Wakefield, England.

07/19 32nd International Chess Festival. Biel, Switzerland.

07/20 Dutch Open. Dieren, Netherlands.

07/24 Quebec Open. Montreal, Canada.

07/27 US Junior championship. San Francisco, CA.

07/27 9th Smith & Williamson young masters. Witley, England.

07/30 Lebanese championship. Beirut, Lebanon.

07/30 Women’s world Chess championship. Kazan & Shenyang (China).

07/31 Championship Antiguo Club Capablanca; Costa Rica.

08/02/ British Chess championship. Scarborough, England.

08/03 MK Cafe Cup. Koszalin, Poland.

08/05 VISA Nordic GP final. Gentofte, DEN.

08/09 Petermaennchen GM tournament. Schwerin, Germany.

08/17 Rubinstein Memorial Polanica. Zdroj, Poland.

08/21 XXVII Open Internacional d’Escacs Ciutat de Manresa. Catalonia, Spain.

08/22 FIDE world championship. Las Vegas, Nev. USA. Alexander Khalifman vs. Vladimir Akopian.

08/31 Canadian Closed. Brantford, Canada.

09/09 55th Portuguese championship TELECOM. Lisbon, Portugal.

09/18 World Junior championship. Yerevan, Armenia.

09/21 Najdorf Memorial. Buenos Aires, Argentine.

09/24 Manhattan Chess Club championship (USA).

10/04 Asian Team Chess championship. Shenyang, China.

10/12 Germany-Greece Match. Corfu, Greece.

10/22 10th Annual Marshall Chess Club Fall Futurity. New York (USA).

11/02 Chigorin Memorial. St Petersburg, Russia.

11/04 Match Bacrot-Polgar. Bastia, France.

11/11 71st German championship. Altenkirchen, Germany.

11/22 National Chess Congress. Philadelphia, USA.

11/26 Norkom Invitational Masters. Kilkenny, Ireland.

12/01 Las Palmas Open. Las Palmas, Spain.

12/11 Open Padova. Padova, Italia.

12/15 Russian Chess championship. Moscow, Russia.

12/26 8th Danube Open. Aschach, Austria.

12/27 10th City of Pamplona. Pamplona, Spain.

12/28 Championship of New Zealand. Auckland, New Zealand.