QUOTE OF THE DAY

BIRTHS

Paul Charles Morphy (1837-10.07.1884), an American chess player. He is considered to have been the greatest chess master of his era and an unofficial World Chess Champion
Milan Vidmar (1885-09.10.1962), a Slovenian Grandmaster, chess arbiter, and writer. He was among the top dozen chess players in the world from 1910 to 1930.
Pavel Blatny (1968), a Czech Grandmaster who was living for some time in the USA.
Inna Gaponenko (1976), a Ukrainian International Master and Woman Grandmaster who was twice Girls Youth World Champion.
Lluis Comas Fabrego (1971), a Spanish Grandmaster and author who was Spanish Champion in 1993.
Evgeniy Najer (1977), a Russian Grandmaster who was the European Champion in 2015.
Kirill Alekseenko (1997), a Russian Grandmaster who as World U14 Champion in 2011 and European U16 Champion (2013).

DEATHS

Howard Staunton 1810-1874), an English chess master who is generally regarded as having been the world’s strongest player from 1843 to 1851.
Ludwig Bachmann (11.08.1856-1937) a German chess author.

CHESS EVENTS

1992 The GA accepted the Russian Chess Federation as the succession federation of the former USSR Chess Federation.
1992 The GA approved Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, South Africa, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Slovenia as full members. The GA admitted Mozambique as a provisional member.

WORLD EVENTS

1622 Portuguese forces repel a Dutch invasion at the Battle of Macau during the Dutch–Portuguese War.
1906 The flag of Sweden is adopted.
1911 George V and Mary of Teck are crowned King and Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.
1940 France is forced to sign the Second Compiègne armistice with Germany.
1941 Nazi Germany invades the Soviet Union in Operation Barbarossa.
1990 Checkpoint Charlie is dismantled in Berlin.
(Source: Wikipedia)

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