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==Early history==
Do I need to block you as a return of a banned (many times) user, or can you leave peacefully? [[User:Pakaran|Pakaran]][[User talk:Pakaran|.]] 15:19, 9 Apr 2004 (UTC)
(''See also:'' [[Origins of chess]])
* [[6th century]] - [[Chaturanga]], the earliest form of chess, originated in northwest [[India]].
:I'm sorry? What have I done that you would need to block me? I am not a user who has been previously banned. Thanks for your concern, [[User:The Trolls of Navarone|The Trolls of Navarone]] 15:22, 9 Apr 2004 (UTC)
* [[600]] CE - A reference in the Karnamuk-i-Artakhshatr-i-Papakan is the earliest surviving evidence of Chess.
* ca. [[720]] CE - Chess is brought to the Muslim world.
* ca. [[840]] CE - First chess problems by Caliph [[Billah]] of [[Baghdad]].
* ca. [[900]] CE - Entry on Chess in the [[China|Chinese]] work [[Huan Kwai Lu]].
* [[997]] CE - [[Versus de scachis]] is the earliest known work mentioning chess in Christian Western Europe.
* [[1008]] - Mention of chess in the will of Count Uregel, another early reference.
* [[10th century]] - [[As-Suli]] writes [[Kitab Ash-Shatranj]], the earliest known work to take a scientific approach to chess strategy.
* late [[10th century]] - Dark and light squares are introduced on a chessboard.
* [[1173]] - First recorded use of [[algebraic notation]].
* late [[13th century]] - Pawns can now move two ranks on first move.
* [[1422]] - A manuscript from [[Kraków]] sets the rule that [[stalemate]] is a draw.
* [[1471]] - The Gottingen manuscript is the first book to deal solely with chess.
* [[1474]] - [[William Caxton]] publishes ''The Game and Playe of Chesse'', the first chess book in English.
* [[1490]] - The [[en passant]] rule is introduced.
* [[1497]] - [[Lucena]] publishes the first European work on chess openings.
* [[1561]] - [[Ruy Lopez]] coins the word ''gambit'' to describe opening sacrifices.
* [[1690]] - Openings are now systematically classified by the ''Traite de Lausanne''.
==Modern history==
::Ok sorry. The "troll" in your username is a feature of several returns of one blocked user. [[User:Pakaran|Pakaran]][[User talk:Pakaran|.]] 15:35, 9 Apr 2004 (UTC)
*[[1744]] - [[François-André Danican Philidor|Philidor]] plays two opponents blindfolded in Paris.
*[[1763]] - [[William Jones]] invents [[Caissa]], the chess muse.
:::Are you sure they are the same user? [[User:The Trolls of Navarone|The Trolls of Navarone]] 15:41, 9 Apr 2004 (UTC)
*[[1769]] - Baron [[Wolfgang von Kempelen]] builds the [[Mechanical Turk]].
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*[[1783]] - Philidor plays as much as three games simultaneously without seeing the board.
You have been blocked in accordance with this quote from the blocking note of Jimbo Wales on [[User:The Fellowship of the Troll]]: ''username alone is sufficient to justify immediate banning'' -- in addition to apparently making false claims of being blocked already. -- [[User:Bcorr|BCorr]]<font color=chartreuse>|</font>[[User talk:Bcorr|Брайен]] 17:07, Apr 9, 2004 (UTC)
*[[1802]] - First American chess book, ''Chess Made Easy'', by J. Humphreys.
*[[1813]] - The [[Liverpool Mercury]] prints the world earliest chess column.
: The claims were in fact true. Heph blocked earlier.
*[[1824]] - First English correspondence match, London-Edinburgh.
: If you want to change our policy to allow for faster blocking of users with inappropriate usernames, see [[wikipedia:blocking policy]]. [[User:MyRedDice|Martin]] 18:04, 9 Apr 2004 (UTC)
*[[1830]] - First recorded instance of a modern female chess player (an American from [[Philadelphia]]).
*[[1834]] - First international challenge match: McDonnell (England) v de la Bourdonnais (France) at the Westminster Chess Club, London.
Thank you to whoever let Heph know that that kind of behavior is unacceptable, as must be apparent, he produced no evidence at all of his assumption of my being the user that Jimbo decreed be banned. This kind of witch-hunt, where the [http://meta.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cabal cabal] decides that they can ride rough-shod over the processes and policies just because they feel like it, then accuse people of 'trolling' or 'being a reincarnation of a troll', as if this were enough to ban someone who is saying something they disagree with, is deeply damaging. Thanks Martin! [[User:The Trolls of Navarone|The Trolls of Navarone]] 19:59, 9 Apr 2004 (UTC)
*[[1840]] - Postal stamps with chess motifs begin to appear.
*[[1845]] - Telegraph is used to transmit moves in a match between London and Portsmouth.
[[Wikipedia:Requests for arbitration]]
*[[1846]] - ''Deutsche Schachzeitung'' is the first German chess magazine.
*[[1848]] - Earliest known instance of a game played between blind players.
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*[[1849]] - [[Staunton set]] created by [[Nathaniel Cook]].
*[[1852]] - Sandglasses are first used to time a game.
That's a pretty cute "summary" of my question to Jimbo. --[[User:Dante Alighieri|Dante Alighieri]] | [[User talk:Dante Alighieri|Talk]] 18:52, Apr 10, 2004 (UTC)
*[[1857]] - First American Chess Congress, won by [[Paul Morphy|Morphy]].
*[[1857]] - The UK Chess Association is formed.
== returned ==
*[[1861]] - Games can now be played via transoceanic cables (Dublin-Liverpool).
*[[1867]] - Mechanical clocks are introduced in tournament play.
In an effort to bypass community process, Dante asked for permission from the landlord of the site to ban users who have non-offensive usernames. Jimbos response was:
*[[1870]] - First tournament in Germany (Baden-Baden).
"''Well, clearly a person might innocently and with no harmful intentions have a username which happens to contain the word 'troll', which is after all a perfectly normal word which has been hijacked by contemporary Internet slang. So clearly, a policy which says that people should be quickbanned just for that would be misguided at best.''"
*[[1871]] - Durand publishes the first book on endgames.
He does seem to imply that people should be intollerant of people who they think are 'yanking their chain', so I presume that that is a green light to go ahead with the policy of harrassing and flinging wild and unfounded accusations at users who have not broken any rules. Yea. A victory for community process. Honestly, I don't know why anyone would bother with a policy vote, just ask Jimbo for a few rambling muses. [[User:The Trolls of Navarone|The Trolls of Navarone]] 06:40, 10 Apr 2004 (UTC)
*[[1873]] - The [[Sonneborn-Berger system]] is first used in a tournament.
*[[1877]] - Formation of the [[Deutsche Schachbund]].
:In an effort to engage in a smear campaign and mischaracterize the proceedings, The Trolls of Navarone has decided to describe the events as above. If anyone is interested as to the reality they can read Jimbo's talk page where I asked him to clarify his intent on a previous ban summary. I did not ask permission to ban users who have non-offensive usernames, and I certainly wasn't attempting to bypass community process. It's fairly clear to anyone who's been following the situaion, but I guess Navarone just got a bit confused. I'd like to think that Navarone will apologize for mischaracterizing my conversation with Jimbo, but somehow I doubt it. --[[User:Dante Alighieri|Dante Alighieri]] | [[User talk:Dante Alighieri|Talk]] 18:51, Apr 10, 2004 (UTC)
*[[1883]] - Invention of the [[Forsyth notation]].
*[[1886]] - First official match for the champion title between [[Wilhelm Steinitz|Steinitz]] and [[Johannes Zukertort|Zukertort]].
This isn't a request for a review of admin actions. [[User:MyRedDice|Martin]] 18:56, 10 Apr 2004 (UTC)
*[[1888]] - First international correspondence tournament.
*[[1888]] - USA Championship starts.
:Sincere appologies for any mischaracterisation Dante, but I'm at a loss about what you thought was unfair in my summary. Perhaps you can help me out, and clear up my confusion. Yours, [[User:The Trolls of Navarone|The Trolls of Navarone]] 19:42, 10 Apr 2004 (UTC)
*[[1894]] - [[Emmanuel Lasker]] defeats [[Wilhelm Steinitz|Steinitz]] in a world championship match.
*[[1899]] - Chess clocks now have timeout flags.
::I explained all that in my response above. I wasn't circumventing community process and I wasn't asking for permission for anything. Also, this is your user talk page, not your user page. --[[User:Dante Alighieri|Dante Alighieri]] | [[User talk:Dante Alighieri|Talk]] 17:02, Apr 11, 2004 (UTC)
*[[1902]] - First radio chess match by two American ships.
*[[1905]] - British national championship for women starts.
== List of famous virgins ==
*[[1910]] - [[José Raúl Capablanca|Capablanca]] is the first to win a major tournament (in New York) with a 100% score.
*[[1911]] - The first simultaneous display with more than 100 participants.
Please see [[Talk:List of famous virgins#George Bernard Shaw]]. [[User:24.217.211.99|24.217.211.99]] 17:30, 12 Apr 2004 (UTC)
*[[1913]] - Publication of [[Harold Murray]]'s monumental book ''A History of Chess''.
*[[1913]] - The grasshopper is the first [[fairy piece]] invented, having its origin in the Renaissance "leaping queen".
== cybercrime ==
*[[1919]] - Capablanca plays a simultane in the [[House of Commons]] against 39 players.
*[[1921]] - British correspondence championship starts.
''Sysops and founders use force against demonstrators, claiming "cybercrime" includes responding to the invitation "Anyone, including you can edit an article now" after an admin attempts to selectively exclude some writers. While claiming anyone can contribute, sysops and founders gradually establish who is part of "anyone" and who is not. Disillusioned with being exluded from the meta-human category of "anyone", contributors who sysops have banned decide it is legitimate to protest the actions of dehumanizing sysops. They contribute strictly benign or otherwise relevant political information to articles in flagrant violation of the ban, laying the foundation in the event of a criminal court case. Eventually, sysops succeed in reqruiting law enforcement assistance, who conduct a series of early morning armed raids on writers who sysops have banned. One banned writer is suprised when police commit raids and is accidentally killed when local rookie police officer thinks suspect is armed. Jimbo gets world wide reputation for using lethal force against educational and political writers. In court, the criminal suspects disclose the genuinely educational material they contributed as "cybercriminals" leaving sysops and founders to appear as censors. Media feeds on stories of Wikipedia supressing free speech. Suspects file civil suit, alleging entrapment by sysops. Founder appears on media claiming use of force was justified to protect his project from criminals.''
*[[1924]] - Establishment of [[FIDE]].
*[[1924]] - [[Staunton set]] officially adopted by [[FIDE]].
: (Wearing hat as writer of policy documentation) To be fair, users have been ''banned'' (as opposed to blocked) by Jimbo and (more recently) the arbitration committee, rather than by sysops. I hope to make this difference between bans and blocks more explicit over the coming months. [[User:MyRedDice|Martin]] 17:57, 15 Apr 2004 (UTC)
*[[1927]] - First official [[Chess Olympiad]] in [[London]].
*[[1935]] - [[Alexander Alekhine|Alekhine]] loses his champion title to [[Max Euwe]].
==Moldova==
*[[1937]] - A record for simultaneous blindfold play against 34 opponents.
*[[1949]] - [[Claude Shannon]] speculates on how computers might play chess.
Please see [[Discussion:Moldova]] and [[Moldova]]. I guess it is the best now.
*[[1950]] - Candidates tournaments start.
*[[1951]] - [[Chess World Junior Championship]] starts.
*[[1952]] - [[Soviet Union]] begins their string of Olympiad victories in Helsinki.
*[[1977]] - [[Nona Gaprindashvili]] wins the men's tournament at [[Lone Pine]].
*[[1996]] - [[Deep Blue]] beats [[Garry Kasparov|Kasparov]] in the first game won by a chess-playing computer against a reigning world champion under normal chess tournament conditions.
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