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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
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QUOTE OF THE DAY
In the 70s Karpov was a darling of the Politburo or the political elite. So Kramnik is now. Just like the old days. But at least Karpov, unlike him, played in and won qualifying matches.- Veselin Topalov
BIRTHS
Gerald Abrahams (1886 15.03 1980), an English player, author, and barrister
Hermann Steiner (1905-25.11.1955), an American International Master born in Hungaria who was US Champion in 1948 and the editor of the chess column in ‘Los Angeles Times’ from 1932 until his death in 1955.
Miguel Najdorf, Miguel, (1910-04.07.1997), a Polish-Argentine Grandmaster who was a leading world player in the 1940s and 1950s.
Andrey Sumets (1980), an Ukrainian Grandmaster.
Melissa Greeff (1994) a South African Woman Grandmaster who was Women’s African Champion in 2007.
DEATHS
Edmond Lancel (03.07.1888-1959), a Belgian chess amateur who was the chief editor of l’Echiquier Belge in 1920s-1930s.
CHESS EVENTS
1956 The team of USSR won the 3rd World Student Team Championship in Uppsala, Sweden.
2007 Chess was featured for the second time in the program of the All Africa Games in Algeria.
WORLD EVENTS
1534 Thomas Cromwell is appointed Chief Secretary to King Henry VIII.
1697 Charles XII succeeds Charles XI as King of Sweden.
1850 City of San Francisco incorporated.
1865 Abraham Lincoln dies 9 hours after he is shot.
1896 First modern Olympic games close in Athens, Greece.
1939 Albert Lebrun elected president of France.
1974 Military coup in Niger, president Diori Hamani deposed.
2010 Volcanic ash from the eruption of Eyjafjallajökull in Iceland leads to the closure of airspace over most of Europe.
2019 During Holy Week, a major fire engulfs Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris, resulting in the roof and main spire collapsing.
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