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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
Agon was just sold for one pound and the reputation of Ilyumzhinov’s FIDE is worth even less than that.- Garry Kasparov, 2014
BIRTHS
Yuraj Nikolac (1932), a Croatian Grandmaster.
Gennady Sagalchik (1969), an American Grandmaster born in Belarus.
Elena Krjuchkova (1969)an Uzbek Woman Grandmaster.
Marius Manolache.(1973), a Romanian Grandmaster
Jean-Noel Riff (1981), a French Grandmaster.
DEATHS
Alexander Fritz (15.01.1857-1932), a German Master known for the variation of Two Knights Defense (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.Ng5 d5 5.exd5 Nd4).
Sandor Takacs (10.02 1893-1932) a Hungarian Master who was a member of the Hungarian team at the 1930 Olympiad.
Lajos Steiner (14.06.1903-1975) was a strong Hungarian–born Australian International Master who emigrated to Australia before WWII and became few times Australian Champion.
WORLD EVENTS
1500 Portuguese navigator Pedro Álvares Cabral lands in Brazil.
1864 The U.S. Congress passes the Coinage Act of 1864 that mandates that the inscription In God We Trust be placed on all coins minted as United States currency.
1864 The U.S. Congress passes the Coinage Act of 1864 that mandates that the inscription In God We Trust be placed on all coins minted as United States currency.
1876 Tsjaikovsky completes his “Swan Lake” ballet
1915 The use of poison gas in World War I escalates when chlorine gas is released as a chemical weapon in the Second Battle of Ypres.
1945 World War II: Führerbunker: After learning that Soviet forces have taken Eberswalde without a fight, Adolf Hitler admits defeat in his underground bunker and states that suicide is his only recourse.
1951 Ticker-tape parade for General MacArthur in NYC
1977 Optical fiber is first used to carry live telephone traffic.
2005 Japan’s Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi apologizes for Japan’s war record.
(Source: Wikipedia and Onthisday)
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