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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
I don’t believe that Garry likes making decisions by democratic procedures. When there is a decision that he doesn’t like, he just turns against this organization.- Georgios Makropoulos, 2013
BIRTHS
Horatio Caro (1862-20.12.1920), an English Grandmaster who analyzed along with Marcus Kann the Caro-Kann opening in 1886.
Peter Dely (1934-29.12.2012), a Hungarian Grandmaster who was Hungarian Champion in 1969.
Henry Urday Caceras (1967) was born in Lima, Peru. a Peruvian Grandmaster who was Peruvian Champion in 187 and 1999.
Julen Luis Arizmendi Martinez (1976), a Spanish Grandmaster born in USA who was Spanish Champion in 2012.
DEATHS
Henri Grob (04.06.1904-1974), a Swiss International Master who often play as his first move: 1. g4
Predrag Ostojic (22.02..1938-1996), a Yugoslav Grandmaster who was twice champion of Yugoslavia. Germany.
WORLD EVENTS
1687 – Isaac Newton publishes Philosophiæ Naturalis Principia Mathematica.
1811 – Venezuela declares independence from Spain.
1841 – Thomas Cook organizes the first package excursion, from Leicester to Loughborough
1884 – Germany takes possession of Cameroon.
1941 – World War II: Operation Barbarossa: German troops reach the Dnieper river.
1946 – The bikini goes on sale after debuting during an outdoor fashion show at the Molitor Pool in Paris, France.
1950 – Zionism: The Knesset passes the Law of Return which grants all Jews the right to immigrate to Israel.
1962 – Algeria becomes independent from France.
1977 – Military coup in Pakistan: Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, the first elected Prime Minister of Pakistan, is overthrown.
2004 – The first Indonesian presidential election is held.
(Source: Wikipedia)
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