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Chess Facts / JONE DOEThe top 5 best scorers of the Olympiad are: 1. M. Tal (8 Olympiads, 101 games) +65=32-2 or 81,2%; 2. A. Karpov (6 Olympiads, 68 games) +43=23-2 or 80.1%; 3. T. Petrosian (10 Olympiads, 132 games), +70=50-1 or 79.8%; 4. Isaac Kashdan (5 Olympiads, 49 games), +52, =22, -5 or 79,8%; 5. V. Smyslov (9 Olympiads, 113…
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Chess Facts / JONE DOEMax Euwe was not yet a World Champion in 1920 but he was already known to be a talented player despite this little accident against his countryman Gerard Oskam.
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Chess Facts / JONE DOEVienna 1873 tournament was the last tournament where a pawn could be promoted to a piece which had already been captured.
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Quote Of The Day
"I believe that every world champion has a greatness of his own."
- Kiril Georgiev2017
"He has weaknesses, as everyone does, but far fewer than those around him."
- Veselin Topalov2016
"I personally believe that Karpov should have been more generous with Kirsan Ilyumzhinov. Kirsan is the only president in the history of FIDE, and maybe in the history of all international federations, who has contributed dozens of million dollars for the sport he loves. By the way, some of these millions went directly to Anatoly’s pocket…"
- George Makropoulos2005
"Never felt more like singin’ the blues, cos I never thought that I’d ever lose…"
- Vladimir Kramnik 2017
"The game of chess is turning out to be much richer than we knew-you can’t reduce it to the simple rules"
- Vishy Anand2017
Today In Chess
QUOTE OF THE DAY
Drawing general conclusions about your main weaknesses can provide a great stimulus to further growth.- Alexander Kotov
BIRTHS
David Janowski (1868-15.01.1927), a Polish Master who was living in France. In 1910, he played and lost a match for the world title against Em. Lasker.
Paulino Frydman (1905-02.02.1982), a Polish International Master, a participant in 8 Olympiads who emigrated in Argentina before WWII.
Valery Salov (1964), a Russian Grandmaster who became World under-17 Champion in 1980 and the European Junior Champion in 1984.
Friso Nijboer (1965), a Dutch Grandmaster and author who played in six Olympiads.
Yaacov Zilberman (1954), an Israeli Grandmaster born in Russia.
Manik, Mikulas Manik (1975), Slovak Grandmaster who was a national champion in 2003.
Lara Stock (1992), a Croatian Woman Grandmaster born in Germany who became World Girls U10 Champion in 2002 and the European Girls U12 Champion in 2004.
Grigor Grigorov (1987), a Bulgarian Grandmaster.
DEATH
Gideon Stahlberg (26.01.1908-1967), a Swedish Grandmaster, International Arbiter and author.
Artur Pomar (01.09.1931-2016) a strong Spanish Grandmaster and child prodigy who won seven national titles.
CHESS EVENTS
2012 26.05 In Zao Zhuang, China, the teams of China won the Asian Nation Cup for men and women.
WORLD EVENTS
946 King Edmund I of England is murdered by a thief.
1293 An earthquake strikes Kamakura, Kanagawa, Japan, killing about 30,000.
1805 Napoléon Bonaparte assumes the title of King of Italy and is crowned with the Iron Crown of Lombardy in Milan Cathedral.
1896 Nicholas II becomes the last Tsar of Imperial Russia.
1896 Charles Dow publishes the first edition of the Dow Jones Industrial Average.
1897 Dracula, a novel by Irish author Bram Stoker, is published.
1923 The first 24 Hours of Le Mans was held and has since been run annually in June.
1966 British Guiana gains independence, becoming Guyana.
1986 The European Community adopts the European flag.
1991 Zviad Gamsakhurdia becomes the first elected President of the Republic of Georgia in the post-Soviet era.
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