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2003 In Chess
Events in chess in 2003: Deaths *February 4 – Jaroslav Šajtar (1921–2003), 81, Czech Grandmaster and FIDE vice chairman. *May 10 – Milan Vukcevich (1937–2003), 66, Yugoslav/American International Master, Grandmaster of Chess Composition, and scientist. *May 11 – Luděk Pachman (1924–2003), 78, Czech Grandmaster, chess writer, and political activist. *May 16 – Bogdan Śliwa (1922–2003), 81, Polish Grandmaster. *June 24 – Russ Chauvenet (1920–2003), 83, American International Master, chess writer, U.S. deaf champion. *July 11 – Ken Whyld (1926–2003), 77, British chess writer and researcher. *August 31 - Péter Székely (1955–2003), 48, Hungarian Grandmaster. *October 31 – Antonio Medina (1919–2003), 84, International Master, many time Spanish Champion. *December 20 – Denis Barry (1929–2003), 74, American chess organizer and President of the USCF. *December 28 – Frank Parr Frank Parr (17 December 1918 – 28 December 2003) was an Engli ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chess
Chess is a board game for two players, called White and Black, each controlling an army of chess pieces in their color, with the objective to checkmate the opponent's king. It is sometimes called international chess or Western chess to distinguish it from related games, such as xiangqi (Chinese chess) and shogi (Japanese chess). The recorded history of chess goes back at least to the emergence of a similar game, chaturanga, in seventh-century India. The rules of chess as we know them today emerged in Europe at the end of the 15th century, with standardization and universal acceptance by the end of the 19th century. Today, chess is one of the world's most popular games, played by millions of people worldwide. Chess is an abstract strategy game that involves no hidden information and no use of dice or cards. It is played on a chessboard with 64 squares arranged in an eight-by-eight grid. At the start, each player controls sixteen pieces: one king, one queen, two rooks, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Péter Székely
Péter Székely (1955–2003) was a Hungarian chess Grandmaster. In the 2003 Capablanca Memorial The Capablanca Memorial is a chess tournament that has been held annually in Cuba since 1962 in honor of José Raúl Capablanca y Graupera. At the time, it was the best paid tournament in the world. Since 1974 B and C tournaments have been held ... tournament he drew all 13 of his games, the shortest in 8 moves and the longest in 13 for a total of 130 moves played. References External links * 1955 births 2003 deaths Chess Grandmasters Hungarian chess players 20th-century chess players {{Hungary-chess-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2003 In Chess
Events in chess in 2003: Deaths *February 4 – Jaroslav Šajtar (1921–2003), 81, Czech Grandmaster and FIDE vice chairman. *May 10 – Milan Vukcevich (1937–2003), 66, Yugoslav/American International Master, Grandmaster of Chess Composition, and scientist. *May 11 – Luděk Pachman (1924–2003), 78, Czech Grandmaster, chess writer, and political activist. *May 16 – Bogdan Śliwa (1922–2003), 81, Polish Grandmaster. *June 24 – Russ Chauvenet (1920–2003), 83, American International Master, chess writer, U.S. deaf champion. *July 11 – Ken Whyld (1926–2003), 77, British chess writer and researcher. *August 31 - Péter Székely (1955–2003), 48, Hungarian Grandmaster. *October 31 – Antonio Medina (1919–2003), 84, International Master, many time Spanish Champion. *December 20 – Denis Barry (1929–2003), 74, American chess organizer and President of the USCF. *December 28 – Frank Parr Frank Parr (17 December 1918 – 28 December 2003) was an Engli ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frank Parr
Frank Parr (17 December 1918 – 28 December 2003) was an English chess player who was born in Wandsworth. He was British Boys (Under 18) champion in 1935. Biography Parr won the Hastings Premier in 1939/1940 with a score of 6/7, having allowed only two draws. He played in uniform, having been called up for military service in 1939. This was his only Hastings Premier appearance, although he played in many Challengers' sections up to 2002/3. Parr was the British correspondence chess champion in 1948 (joint with Gabriel Wood), 1949 (joint with H Israel), 1950, and 1956. Parr played in 25 British Chess Championships from 1936 to 1991, compiling an overall score of 134½/275. He made his first appearance in the championship in 1936, taking fifth place with 6/11 including a victory over George Alan Thomas. In his second appearance in 1955 he scored 7½ with wins over Robert Wade and Jonathan Penrose. His best result was in 1956 when, after managing only a draw in the first t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
United States Chess Federation
The United States Chess Federation (also known as US Chess or USCF) is the governing body for chess competition in the United States and represents the U.S. in FIDE, the World Chess Federation. US Chess administers the official national rating system, awards national titles, sanctions over twenty national championships annually, and publishes two magazines: ''Chess Life'' and '' Chess Life for Kids''. The USCF was founded and incorporated in Illinois in 1939, from the merger of two older chess organizations. It is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization headquartered in St. Louis, Missouri. Its membership as COVID hit was 97,000; as of July 2022 it is 85,000. History In 1939, the United States of America Chess Federation was created in Illinois through the merger of the American Chess Federation and National Chess Federation. The American Chess Federation, formerly the Western Chess Association, had held an annual open championship since 1900; that tournament, after the merger, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Denis Barry
Denis J. Barry (June 2, 1929 – December 20, 2003, in Tucson, Arizona) was president of the United States Chess Federation from 1993 to 1996. He was an enthusiastic chess organizer, best known for establishing the US Amateur Team East Chess Championship, which is held annually in Parsippany, New Jersey, and which remains one of the most popular USCF events. Barry was the captain and guide for the US Blind Team in three Blind Chess Olympiads. He also organized the third USCF Blind Championship in 1977, and was the first to use Braille Braille (Pronounced: ) is a tactile writing system used by people who are visually impaired, including people who are blind, deafblind or who have low vision. It can be read either on embossed paper or by using refreshable braille disp ... wallcharts at that tournament. External links * * * 1929 births 2003 deaths American chess players Chess officials 20th-century chess players {{US-chess-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Spanish Chess Championship
The Spanish Chess Championship is contested annually under the auspices of the Federación Española de Ajedrez (FEDA), the governing body of chess in Spain, to determine the nation's chess champion. The first official championship was in 1928. Winners : See also * Chess in Spain Drug testing In 2015, a Grandmaster with joint residence in Ukraine tested positive for Carpheon. References External links Chess national championships [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Antonio Medina García
Antonio Ángel Medina García (2 October 1919, Barcelona – 31 October 2003, Barcelona) was a Spanish chess master. He was seven times Spanish Champion (1944, 1945, 1947, 1949, 1952, 1963, and 1964), and thrice Catalan Champion (1947, 1949, 1950). He also thrice won Venezuelan Chess Championship in 1955, 1956 and 1958. Medina won at Caracas 1954 (zonal), and took 19th at Goteborg 1955 (interzonal, David Bronstein won). Medina was awarded the International Master FIDE titles are awarded by the international chess governing body FIDE (''Fédération Internationale des Échecs'') for outstanding performance. The highest such title is Grandmaster (GM). Titles generally require a combination of Elo rating and ... (IM) title in 1950. References External links [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ken Whyld
Kenneth Whyld (6 March 1926 – 11 July 2003) was a British chess author and researcher, best known as the co-author (with David Hooper) of ''The Oxford Companion to Chess'', a single-volume chess reference work in English. Whyld was a strong amateur chess player, taking part in the British Chess Championship in 1956 and winning the county championship of Nottinghamshire. He subsequently made his living in information technology while writing books on chess and researching its history. As well as ''The Oxford Companion to Chess'', Whyld was the author of other reference works such as ''Chess: The Records'' (1986), an adjunct to the ''Guinness Book of Records'' and the comprehensive ''The Collected Games of Emanuel Lasker'' (1998). He also researched more esoteric subjects, resulting in works such as ''Alekhine Nazi Articles'' (2002) on articles in favour of the Nazi Party supposedly written by world chess champion Alexander Alekhine, and the bibliographies ''Fake Automata i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jaroslav Šajtar
Jaroslav Šajtar (December 3, 1921 – February 4, 2003) was a Czech chess master and an honorary grandmaster, born in Ostrava. He won at Kraków 1938, thrice placed joined 4th at Choceň 1942, Prague 1943 (Alexander Alekhine won), Zlín 1943, and 4th at Teplitz-Schönau 1947. His peak years were about 1950, his best results being shared 2nd with Isaac Boleslavsky, Luděk Pachman, and Vasily Smyslov at Warsaw 1947 and 3rd at Bucharest 1949. Šajtar played on the Czechoslovak team against Great Britain in 1947 and in the Helsinki 1952 and Amsterdam 1954 Olympiads. team chess record at olimpbase.org He finished 2nd in the 1952 Czechoslovak Championship. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Russ Chauvenet
Louis Russell Chauvenet (February 12, 1920 – June 24, 2003) was a champion chess player and one of the founders of science fiction fandom. Biography Chess Chauvenet was the U.S. Amateur Champion in 1959, as well as state champion for Virginia in 1942 through 1948 and for Maryland in 1963, 1969 and 1976. He also wrote columns for ''Chess Life''. Chauvenet reached the level of Expert, a rating better than nine out of 10 chess players involved in tournament play.Kennedy, Rick,Chessville.com Silent Knight" ''Deaf Life'', June 1990. In 1991, Chauvenet won the fourth National Deaf Championship, in Austin, Texas. In 1992, at Edinburgh, Scotland, the International Committee of Silent Chess awarded him its Grandmaster title. Chauvenet represented the US at the World Individuals four times: Amsterdam in 1980, Washington, D.C. in 1984 where he won the Silver medal, Stockholm in 1988 where he won an additional Silver medal, and in Edinburgh in 1992. Chauvenet also won three National Tour ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bogdan Śliwa
Bogdan Śliwa (4 February 1922 in Kraków – 16 May 2003) was a Polish chess master. Śliwa won the championship of Poland six times. In 1946, he won the first Polish Chess Championship after World War II in Sopot (5th POL-ch). In 1948, he took 3rd in Kraków (6th POL-ch; Kazimierz Makarczyk won). He won the Polish championship four consecutive times in 1951–1954. He won his last title at Wrocław 1960 (17th POL-ch). In tournaments, Śliwa tied for 9-10th at Sopot 1951 (Ernő Gereben won). In 1952, he took 17th in Budapest (Paul Keres won). In 1954, he tied for 12-14th in Bucharest (Viktor Korchnoi won). His best achievement was 3rd, behind Luděk Pachman and László Szabó, at Mariánské Lázně (Marienbad) 1954 (zt). In 1955, he tied for 19th-21st in the Göteborg (interzonal), which David Bronstein won. In 1957, Śliwa tied for 2nd-4th with Oleg Neikirch and Alexander Matanović, behind Miroslav Filip in Sofia (zt). In 1959, he tied for 5-7th in Riga ( Boris Spa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
