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1901 in chess
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in 1901:
News
The
Monte Carlo tournament
is established.
Dawid Janowski
(France) wins the inaugural tournament, followed by
Carl Schlechter
(Austria) in second and
Theodor von Scheve
(Germany) and
Mikhail Chigorin
(Russia) tied for third.
April 19–20 – The
Anglo-American cable match
is tied. On the top boards
Harry Pillsbury
(US) defeats
Joseph Henry Blackburne
(UK) and
Amos Burn
(UK) defeats
Jackson Showalter
(US). The American and British teams split on the remaining eight boards as well, for a 5–5 result.
November–December – Thirteen-year-old
José Raúl Capablanca
defeats Cuban champion
Juan Corzo
in a match.
Pillsbury wins the Buffalo tournament, scoring 9/10.
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]
Births
David Enoch
(died 1949), Israeli chess player
Leon Kremer
(1901–1941), Polish master, silver medalist at the
3rd unofficial Olympiad
January 1 –
Kazimierz Makarczyk
(1901–1972), Polish master, born in
Warsaw
January 20 –
Karl Gilg
born in
Mankovice
(Mankendorf),
Austrian Silesia
(1901–1981) German
International Master
(1953)
[
2
]
March 28 –
Weaver W. Adams
(1901–1963), American player, is born in
Dedham, Massachusetts
May 5 –
Max Euwe
(1901–1981), Dutch
Grandmaster
and fifth World Champion 1935–37, is born in Amsterdam
June 27 –
Endre Steiner
(1901–1944), Hungarian chess player and older brother of
André Steiner
, is born in Budapest
August 29 –
Louis Betbeder Matibet
(1901–1986), French master, is born in
Orléans
September 2 –
Imre König
(1901–1992), is born in Gyula, Hungary
Deaths
May 20 –
Johannes Minckwitz
, German chess player and writer, dies in
Biebrich
) at age 68.
July 31 –
Wilfried Paulsen
German
chess
master, an elder brother of
Louis Paulsen
, dies near
Blomberg, North Rhine-Westphalia
at age 72.
November 24 –
John Owen
, English vicar and strong amateur chess player, dies in
Twickenham
at age 73
References
↑
Burgess, Graham
(1999),
Chess Highlights of the 20th Century
, pp.
12–
13,
ISBN
1-901983-21-8
↑
Gaige, Jeremy
(1987),
Chess Personalia, A Biobibliography
, McFarland, p.
140,
ISBN
0-7864-2353-6
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