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