QUOTE OF THE DAY

BIRTHDAYS

Ludwig Bledow (1795-06.08.1846), German Master and chess organizer (co-founder of the Berlin Pleiades). In 1846 he founded the first German chess magazine, Schachzeitung der Berliner Schachgesellschaft.
Rudenko ,Ludmila (1904-04.03.1986), Soviet Women Grandmaster and the second Women’s World Chess Champion from 1950 until 1953.
Rogic, Davor (1971), Croatian Grandmaster who won the national championship in 1993.
Anastasia Gutsko (1985), Ukrainian Women Grandmaster and coach.
Jure Borisek, Jure (1986); Slovenian Grandmaster who won two national titles.
Aramis Alvarez Pedraza, (1988), Cuban Grandmaster.
Sandro Pozo Vera, (1987), Cuban Grandmaster

DEATHS

Tassilo von Heydebrand und der Lasa (17.10.1818-1899). German Master, chess historian and theoretician of the nineteenth century, a member of the Berlin Chess Club and a founder of the Berlin Chess School (the Berlin Pleiades).

CHESS EVENTS
1930 Mrs. Vera Menchik (CSR) won the 2^nd Women World Championship at Hamburg. The event was played during the Olympiad. It was open to one representative from each country but only five countries were represented.
1930 In Hamburg, the team of Poland with Rubinstein, Tartakower, Przepiorka, Makarczyk, and Frydman won the 3rd Olympiad with 48.5 points.
1935 The FIDE GA congratulated Alexander Alekhine on his title of World Champion and was informed that Max Euwe of Netherlands had issued a challenge to a match to be organized by the Dutch Chess Federation under the auspices of FIDE.
1946 Luxembourg CF became a full member of FIDE. Germany, Latvia, Estonia and Lithuania were excluded.
1957  The team of USSR with Tal, Spassky, Polugaevsky, Gurgenidze, Nikitin and Giplis  won the 4^th World Student Team Championship in Reykjavik, Iceland.
1975 Formed in Damascus, Syria, the Arab Chess Federation was established under the motto “Arab as one Nation”. Mr. Nahed El Khany was the organization’s first president.
1979 Y. Seirawan USA became World Junior Champion in Skien, Norway.
1986 In London, the British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher drew for colours and opened the World Championship Match between Karpov and Kasparov, sponsored by the Greater London Council which was by then defunct. The prize fund for both cities was SFR 1.800,000. For the first time in a World Championship, an electronic board was used to display, on big screens, the moves played by the players and the current position. It was also relayed to the Television Teletext System.
1990 The Hungarian chess prodigy Judith Polgar won the Boys U-14 competition at World Youth Chess Festival in Fond du Lac, USA.
1990 Mamombe ZIM won the African Junior Championship at Gaborone, Botswana.

WORLD EVENTS

1299 According to Edward Gibbon, Osman I invaded the territory of Nicomedia for the first time, usually considered to be the founding day of the Ottoman state.
1789 The first U.S. federal government agency, the Department of Foreign Affairs, is established (it will be later renamed Department of State).
1794 French Revolution: Maximilien Robespierre is arrested after encouraging the execution of more than 17,000 “enemies of the Revolution”.
1890 Vincent van Gogh shoots himself and dies two days later.
1929 The Geneva Convention of 1929, dealing with the treatment of prisoners-of-war, is signed by 53 nations.
1953 Fighting in the Korean War ends when the United States, China, and North Korea sign an armistice agreement. Syngman Rhee, President of South Korea, refuses to sign but pledges to observe the armistice.
1955 The Allied occupation of Austria stemming from World War II, ends.
1974 Watergate scandal: The House of Representatives Judiciary Committee votes 27 to 11 to recommend the first article of impeachment (for obstruction of justice) against President Richard Nixon.
2002 Ukraine airshow disaster: A Sukhoi Su-27 fighter crashes during an air show at Lviv, Ukraine killing 85 and injuring more than 100 others, the largest air show disaster in history.

(Source: Wikipedia)

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