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Johann Baptist Allgaier (1763-1823) was the author of the first chess book published in German, Neue theoretisch-praktische Anweisung zum Schachspiel. It was published in Vienna in 1795. Johann Baptist intended to become a Catholic pri...
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Zoltan Almasi, born Aug 29, 1976, was a Hungarian Grandmaster (1993) at the age of 17. He has won the Hungarian championship six times. In 2000 he was ranked #23 in the world. In 1993, he won the World Junior Championsh...
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The first mention of chess in America occurred in 1641 in Esther Singleton's history of Dutch settlers. Lewis Rau, a Huguenot minister, produced the first unpublished chess manuscript in 1733. In 1786 Benjamin Franklin issued the f...
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The American Chess Association (ACA) was the first national sports organization formed in the United States. It was formed at the first American Chess Congress in New York on October 6, 1857. Judge Meek was its first President. ...
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Leading American chess magazine from 1904 to 1963. It was edited by Hermann Helms until 1956 and then by Edgar Holladay.
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The first American Chess Congress, organized by Daniel Fiske and held in New York, was won by Paul Morphy in 1857. The top 16 American players were invited (Allison, Calthrop, Fiske, Fuller, Kennicott, Knott, Lichtenhein, Marache, Mead, Meek, Morp...
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Formed in 1955, and leading philanthropic organization in U.S. chess. Its original members were Alexander Bisno, Jacques Coe, Walter Fried, Morris Kasper, Rosser Reeves, Lessing Rosenwald, and Cecile Wertheim. It changed its named to C...
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Forerunner of the US Chess Federation (USCF). In 1935, the Western Chess Association, founded in 1900, became known as the American Chess Federation (ACF). Arpad Elo was its first President and Kirk Holland was its Vice President. ...
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Claudia Noemi Amura, born Sep 26, 1970, is a Woman Grandmaster from Argentina. She is the first Latin American woman to earn the male International Master title. Her current Elo rating is 2344. Her peak Elo rating is 2372.&n...
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Viswanathan (Vishy) Anand, born on Dec 11, 1969, is India's first Grandmaster (1988, at the age of 18) who won the World Junior Championship in 1987. In 1983, he won the National Sub-Junior Chess Championship with a perfec...
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