2-game rapid match, held in Cologne. The later contest against Fritz is branded a farce, when the machine's operator slips up and plays the wrong move. Referee Stewart Reuben will not allow the move to be retracted. Mikhail Umansky wins the 13th Correspondence chess World Championship for the period 1989-1995. Florencio Campomanes steps down as FIDE President. Kirsan Ilyumzhinov is appointed the new President. Spectators at the British Chess Championship in Swansea witness two upcoming stars take their first full titles; Matthew Sadler wins the Men's/Open event and Harriet Hunt the Ladies' Championship. In Modesto, California, Patrick Wolff wins the U.S. Chess Championship commemorative ring after a play-off with Nick DeFirmian and Alexander Ivanov. The title is however shared three ways. The Ladies' title is shared between Anjelina Belakovskaia and Sharon Ellen Burtman. Births Sahaj Grover, Indian player who won the 2005 World Youth Chess Championship (Under 10 category) - Daniel Naroditsky Levy Rozman Deaths Mikhail Botvinnik, leading Soviet Grandmaster and former world chess champion - May 5 Lev Polugaevsky, leading Soviet Grandmaster and world championship candidate - August 30 Harry Golombek, English Grandmaster, three-time British Champion, chess journalist, writer and World War II codebreaker - January 7 Mario Monticelli, Italian chess Grandmaster and three-time national champion - June 30 Sir Stuart Milner-Barry, English player, theoretician, writer, former President of the British Chess Federation and World War II codebreaker - March 25 Genrikh Kasparyan, Armenian chess player and leading chess problem composer - December 27 Gilles Andruet, International Master, former French Champion - August 22 Nicolaas Cortlever, Dutch International Master - April 5 Dr. Roza Herman, Polish chess master, twice the national Ladies' champion - March 7 Mario Napolitano, Italian master and leading correspondence chess player - October 31 Dr. Miroslav Katetov, Czech mathematician and former Prague chess champion - December 15 Pablo Moran, noted Spanish chess journalist and writer - November ? References Chess History & Chronology - Bill Wall (Archived 2009-10-20) Olimpbase - Olympiads and other Team event information FIDE rating list data 1970-97 20th century in chess Chess by year