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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
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- George Makropoulos2005
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QUOTE OF THE DAY
I will be World Champion, if not now I will be World Champion later, but of course better now!- Sergey Karjakin, 2016
BIRTHS
Knud Harald Hannemann (1903-01-05-1981), a Danish composer and International Master.
Adriano Chicco (1907-30-08-1990) an Italian composer, he is the author of over 500 problems and IM in chess composition.
Adriano Chicco (1907-30-08-1990) an Italian composer, he is the author of over 500 problems and IM in chess composition.
Vera Menchik (1906-27.06.1944), a British-Czechoslovak-Russian player who became the first Women’s Champion in 1927, and kept her title until she died during the bombing of her London’s home.
Vladimir Fedoseev (1995), a Russian Grandmaster who was the runner-up in the 2011 U18 World Youth Chess Championship.
Madina Duisenova (1983), a Kazakh Woman Grandmaster.
Rudolph Teschner, 1922-23.07.2006), a German International Master, writer and the editor of ‘Deutsche Schachzeitung’ for many years.
WORLD EVENTS
1486 Maximilian I is elected King of the Romans at Frankfurt
1852 Studebaker Brothers wagon company, the precursor of the automobile manufacturer, is established.
1874 Silver Dollar becomes legal US tender.
1899 President of France Félix Faure dies in office.
1918 The Council of Lithuania unanimously adopts the Act of Independence, declaring Lithuania an independent state.
1923 Howard Carter unseals the burial chamber of Pharaoh Tutankhamun.
1936 Elections bring the Popular Front to power in Spain.
1959 Fidel Castro becomes Premier of Cuba after dictator Fulgencio Batista was overthrown on January 1.
1961 China uses its 1st nuclear reactor
1963 Beatles top British rock charts with “Please, Please Me”
2005 The Kyoto Protocol comes into force following its ratification by Russia.
2013 Lionel Messi scores his 14th consecutive goal in La Liga and his 300th goal in 365 appearances for Barcelona.
2013 Lionel Messi scores his 14th consecutive goal in La Liga and his 300th goal in 365 appearances for Barcelona.
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