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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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Today In Chess
QUOTE OF THE DAY
When Korchnoi was living in the USSR I called him ‘hero of socialist labour’; when he moved to the West I renamed him ‘hero of capitalist labour’!- Boris Spassky
BIRTHS
Peicho Peev (1940), Bulgarian International Master who was Bulgarian Champion in 1973.
Emir Dizdarevic (1958), a Bosnian Grandmaster who was Bosnia and Herzegovina Champion in 2009.
David Garcia Illundain (1971), a Spanish Grandmaster.
Alojzije Jankovic (1983), a Croatian Grandmaster and Croatian Champion in 2015.
Nidjat Mamedov (1985), an Azeri Grandmaster and Azeri Champion in 2011.
Damian Lemos (1990), an Argentine Grandmaster who was Pan-American Junior Champion.
Slavisa Brenjo (1974), a Serbian Grandmaster.
Twan Burg(1990), a Dutch Grandmaster who was 2016 Dutch Champion in Shogi.
DEATH
Carl Theodor Göring (28.04.1841-1879), a German Master. His name is attached to the Göring Gambit.
CHESS EVENTS
1956 The Founder of FIDE, Pierre Vincent from France, died in Paris.
WORLD EVENTS
742 Charlemagne, Frankish king was born (d. 814).
1800 Ludwig van Beethoven leads the premiere of his First Symphony in Vienna.
1840 Émile Zola, French novelist, playwright, journalist was born (d. 1902)
1917 World War I: United States President Woodrow Wilson asks the U.S. Congress for a declaration of war on Germany.
1930 After the mysterious death of Empress Zewditu, Haile Selassie is proclaimed emperor of Ethiopia.
1974 Georges Pompidou, French banker, and politician, 19th President of France died (b. 1911).
1976 Cambodia Khieu Sampan succeeds Prince Sihanouk as Premier
1982 Falklands War: Argentina invades the Falkland Islands.
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