2001 Death Tony Miles, chess player, chess Grandmaster, won matches with World Chess Champions Boris Spassky, Vassily Smyslov, Mikhail Tal, achieved peak rating of 2635, January 1, 1996 dies 1995 Death Harry Golombek, chess Grandmaster, dies at 83 1992 Death Samuel H Reshevsky, Polish/US chess grandmaster, dies at 80 1992 Death Samuel Reshevsky, Polish-born chess grandmaster, dies at 80 1961 Death Grigory Levenfish, International chess grandmaster from Russia, dies at 70 1958 Birthday Grandmaster Flash, Joseph Saddler, New York City, rocker, Message 1955 Birthday Tony Miles, born in Edgbaston, Birmingham, chess player, chess Grandmaster, won matches with World Chess Champions Boris Spassky, Vassily Smyslov, Mikhail Tal, achieved peak rating of 2635, January 1, 1996 1953 Birthday Michael Stean, born in London, England, professional chess player, author, winner, International Master and International Grandmaster titles in 1975 and 1977 1951 Birthday Jan Timman, born in Amsterdam, Netherlands, Dutch chess player, Grandmaster, won International Master title in 1971 and 1974, won 1976 Chess Olympiads gold medal 1951 Birthday Ulf Andersson, born in Sweden, International Chess Grandmaster, 1972 1949 Birthday Nana Alexandria, U.S.S.R., International Woman's Chess Grandmaster, 1976 1943 Birthday Bobby Fischer, born in Chicago, eleventh World Chess Champion, American chess Grandmaster 1929 Birthday Vladimir Antoshin, U.S.S.R., International Chess Grandmaster, 1964 1922 Birthday Joeri Averbach, Russian chess grandmaster 1920 Birthday Lev Aronin, U.S.S.R., International Chess Grandmaster, 1950 1916 Birthday Paul Keres, U.S.S.R., chess grandmaster, 1950 1911 Birthday Samuel H Reshevsky, Polish/US chess grandmaster/prodigy 1911 Birthday Harry Golombek, chess grandmaster
