May 1
born
Alexander Tolush (1910-1969), Soviet Grandmaster, a journalist, the Honored coach of the USSR. As personal coach he influenced much on the style of BorisSpassky.
IosifDorfman (1952), French Grandmaster (1978) born in Ukraine, 1977 USSR Champion and 1998 French Champion, second of Kasparov in 1984-87. Lives in France, coach and Author.
Alexander Ivanov (1956), American Grandmaster (1978) born in Omsk, Russia. Co-winner of the 1995 U.S. Championship andAmerica Continental Champion in 1998 and 2000.
Vladimir Sergeev (1964) Ukrainian grandmaster (2007). Author.
Ziaur Rahman (1974) Bangladeshi chess Grandmaster (1993) graduated from University of Dhaka. He was Bangladesh champion fourteen times.
Pap, Misa(1979) Serbian Grandmaster living in Germany. Coach.
Janssen, Ruud NED (1979). Dutch Grandmaster (2011)
Le Roux, Jean-Pierre(1982). French Grandmaster (2010) In 2007 he finished second at the French Nationals.
Hawkins, Jonathan(1983) English Grandmaster (2014), shared first at the British Chess Championship 2014.
Chess events
- 1841. England. First weekly issue of the Chess Player’s Chronicle is published.
- 1845. USA. The first American chess column appreared in the New York Spirit of the Times and was edited by C.H. Stanley.
1928Netherland. FIDE President A. Rueb wrote some suggestions on the future of the World Championship matches. He proposed to reduce the prize fund to SF 10.000 (in London 1922 the strongest players of the World including Alekhine and Capablanca decided to play for a minimum amount of US$ 10.000) and organize the match every 3rd year. The winner would be the first who won 4 games out of a maximum of 25 games.
World Event
1707 – The Act of Union joins the Kingdom of England and Kingdom of Scotland to form the Kingdom of Great Britain
1786 – In Vienna, Austria, Mozart‘s opera The Marriage of Figaro is performed for the first time.
1840 – The Penny Black, the first official adhesive postage stamp, is issued in the United Kingdom.
1869 – The FoliesBergère opens in Paris.
1886 – Rallies are held throughout the United States demanding the eight-hour work day, culminating in the Haymarket affair in Chicago, in commemoration of which May 1 is celebrated as International Workers’ Day in many countries.
1898 – Spanish–American War: Battle of Manila Bay: The United States Navy destroys the Spanish Pacific fleet in the first battle of the war.
1930 – The dwarf planet Pluto is officially named.
1931 – The Empire State Building is dedicated in New York City.
1945 – World War II: A German newsreader officially announces that Adolf Hitler has “fallen at his command post in the Reich Chancellery fighting to the last breath against Bolshevism and for Germany”. The Soviet flag is raised over the Reich Chancellery, by order of Stalin.
1948 – The Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (North Korea) is established, with Kim Il-sung as leader.
1956 – The polio vaccine developed by Jonas Salk is made available to the public.
1961 – The Prime Minister of Cuba, Fidel Castro, proclaims Cuba a socialist nation and abolishes elections.
1994 – Three-time Formula One world champion Ayrton Senna is killed in an accident during the San Marino Grand Prix at Imola.
2004– Cyprus, Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Poland, Slovakia, and Slovenia join the European Union
2011 – Pope John Paul II is beatified by his successor, Pope Benedict XVI.
