QUOTE OF THE DAY

BIRTHS

George Gossip (1841-11.05.1907), an American-English Master, a journalist, author, and translator.
Johannes Ohquist (1861-15.10.1949), a Finnish player and problem composer born in Russia.
Gilbert Dobbs (1867-14.02.1941), an American composer, was born in Richmond, Kentucky, USA.
Percy Francis Blake (1873-20.03.1936), a British chess composer.
Ernesto Napoli (1886-27.11.1961), an Italian Master.
Marek Vokac(1958), a Czech Grandmaster who won the Czech championship in 1999.
Milan Drasko (1962), a Montenegrin Grandmaster who avoided defeat for 84 games from October 2006 to September 2007.
Thomas Engqvist (1963), a Swedish International Master, author, and teacher.
Rodrigo Vasquez (1969), a Chilean Grandmaster who was the Chilean champion in 1989, 1992 and 2004.
Anton Filippov (1986), an Uzbek Grandmaster who won the Asian Under-16 Chess Championship in 2001 and the Asian U18 Championship in 2004.

DEATH

Braslav Rabar (27.09.1919-1973), a Croatian International Master and chess writer who was Yugoslav champion in 1951.

CHESS EVENTS

1980 The USSR teams won the Olympiads for men and women.
2013 In Antalya, Turkey, Russia won the World Team Championship ahead of China and Ukraine.

WORLD EVENTS 

1534 The city of Quito in Ecuador is founded by Spanish settlers led by Sebastián de Belalcázar.
1768 The first edition of the Encyclopædia Britannica is published.
1790 The U.S. Congress moves from New York City to Philadelphia.
1865 The Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution is ratified, banning slavery.
1877 The first edition of The Washington Post is published.
1877 Thomas A. Edison makes the first sound recording when he recites “Mary had a Little Lamb” into his phonograph machine
1917 Finland declares independence from Russia.
1953 Vladimir Nabokov completes his controversial novel Lolita.
1956 A violent water polo match between Hungary and the USSR takes place during the 1956 Summer
Olympics in Melbourne, against the backdrop of the Hungarian Revolution of 1956.
1998 in Venezuela, Hugo Chavez is victorious in presidential elections.

(Source: Wikipedia)

GAME OF THE DAY