25 years ago  –  ChessBase news

“Yesterday, in one of the most horrifying terrorist atrocities in history, the World Trade Center in New York was destroyed…” Those were the words with which we launched our brand new database-driven news page, on September 12, 2001. It was the very first report we filed. It had a special meaning for the world – but also for chess. Exactly six years earlier the World Chess Championship had been staged on the Observation Deck on the 107th floor.