QUOTE OF THE DAY

BIRTHS

Edmond Emile Lancel 1888-15.04.1959), a Belgian Master, author and chief redactor of the magazine L’Echiquier Belge.
Viktor Kupreichik (1949-22.05.2017), a Belarus Grandmaster who won twice the national championship.
Yona Kasashvili (1970), an Israeli Grandmaster and doctor born in Georgia. He is married to Sofia Polgar.
Genrieta Lagvilava (1979), a Belarus Woman Grandmaster.
Zahar Efimenko (1985), who was a member of the Ukrainian team at the 2010 Olympiad.
Evgeny Postny (1981), an Israeli Grandmaster born in Russia. who was second at the U18 European Youth Chess Championship in 1999.
Denis Yevseev (1973), a Russian Grandmaster.
Mairelys Delgado Crespo (1974), a Spanish Grandmaster.
Jurij Tihonov (1978), a Belarus Grandmaster who was WorlD U14 Champion in 1992
Dejan Bojkov (1977), a Bulgarian Grandmaster, coach and a author.
Vladimir Talla (1973), a Czech Grandmaster, FIDE trainer and IPCA player

CHESS EVENTS

1961 The team of USSR won the final group of the European Team Championship in Oberhausen, Germany.
2003. Shakhriyar Mamedyarov of Azerbaijan won the World U20 Championship ahead of Sergey Azarov of Russia.

WORLD EVENTS

987 Hugh Capet is crowned King of France, the first of the Capetian dynasty that would rule France until the French Revolution in 1792.
1035 William the Conqueror becomes the Duke of Normandy, reigns until 1087.
1849 The French enter Rome in order to restore Pope Pius IX to power.
1884 Dow Jones & Company publishes its first stock average.
1886 The New-York Tribune becomes the first newspaper to use a linotype machine.
1952 The Constitution of Puerto Rico is approved by the United States Congress.
2013 Egyptian coup d’état: President of Egypt Mohamed Morsi is overthrown by the military after four days of protests.

GAME OF THE DAY