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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
What am I doing in this pool of piranhas?- Nigel Short, 2017
BIRTHS
Jonathan Levitt (1963), an English Grandmaster and author.
Atik Gershon (1980), an Israeli grandmaster who in 2010 hold a world record by playing a simultaneous exhibition against 523 opponents
Chakkravarthy Deepan, J.(1987), an Indian Grandmaster
Nils Grandelius (1993), a Swedish Grandmaster who became Swedish Champion in 2015 and 2011 European U18 Champion.
DEATHS
George Alcock MacDonnell (16.08.1830-1899) an Anglican clergyman, Master and writer born in Ireland.
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2013 The Cuban Leinier Dominguez overtook Gata Kamsky in the last round to claim clear first place in the Thessaloniki Grand Prix.
WORLD EVENTS
1539 – Hernando de Soto claims Florida for Spain.
1889 – The transcontinental Canadian Pacific Railway is completed.
1899 – Johann Strauss II, Austrian music composer, and educator (b. 1825)
1940 – World War II: The Battle of Dunkirk ends with a German victory and with Allied forces in full retreat.
2006 – The union of Serbia and Montenegro comes to an end with Montenegro’s formal declaration of independence.
2016 – Muhammad Ali, American boxer (born in 1942)
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