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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
Carlsen is a combination of Karpov and Fischer style.- Garry Kasparov, 2017
BIRTHS
Ludwig Bachmann (1856-1937), German chess author and chronicler of chess.
Borwell Alan (1937) Scottish correspondence player. President of ICCF from 1996 until 2003.
Otto Blathy (1860-26.09.1939), Hungarian chess composer, an electrical engineer and an inventor. He was specialized in long moremover problems.
Carl Schrader, (1901-29.05.1959) German composer who was the editor of the magazine Schwalbe.
Istvan Bilek (1932-20.03.2010), Hungarian grandmaster who won 3 national titles.
Alla Kushnir. (1941- 02.08. 2013) Israeli Women Grandmaster born in Russia who was Women’s World Championship Challenger in 1965, 1969 and 1972. She was also USSR Women’s Champion in 1970 before moving to Israel in 1973.
Gennadij Ginsburg (1971), German grandmaster born in Russia.
Karel van der Weide (1973), Dutch Grandmaster who in 2014 decided to stop chess to become a postman.
Ehsan Ghaem Maghami (1982), The first Iranian Grandmaster. The Guinness record holder for most simultaneous chess games (614 opponents, achieving a 97.5% score) made in 2011.
Jakov Geller (1986), Russian Grandmaster who got the prize for the best youth coach of the year in 2010.
DEATHS
Paul Felix Schmidt (20.08.1916-1984), Estonian chess International Master, chess writer, and chemist who emigrated to the USA.
CHESS EVENTS
1937 The FIDE GA confirmed the full admission of Uruguay.
2014 In Tromso, The ECU GA approved the election of Zurab Azmaiparashvili (GEO) as President.
WORLD EVENTS
1786 Captain Francis Light establishes the British colony of Penang in Malaysia.
1804 Francis II assumes the title of first Emperor of Austria.
1919 The constitution of the Weimar Republic is adopted.
1920 The Latvian–Soviet Peace Treaty, which relinquished Russia’s authority and pretenses to Latvia, is signed, ending the Latvian War of Independence.
1934 The first civilian prisoners arrive at the Federal prison on Alcatraz Island.
1936 At Berlin Olympics, Jesse Owens wins his 3rd Olympic medal.
1949 United Nations Security Council Resolution 72 and 73 are adopted on the Palestinian question.
2003 NATO takes over command of the peacekeeping force in Afghanistan, marking its first major operation outside Europe in its 54-year-history.
2012 At least 306 people are killed and 3,000 others injured in a pair of earthquakes near Tabriz, Iran.
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