QUOTE OF THE DAY

BIRTHS

Alexander Zlochevskij (1963), an Italian Grandmaster and coach born in Russia.
Vladimir Kramnik (1975), the best Russian Grandmaster for more than a decade and World Champion in 2000.
Jan Gustafsson (1979), a German Grandmaster, a coach and an author who is a co-founder of Chess24.com.
Anton Korobov (1985), a Ukrainian Grandmaster (2003), two-time Ukrainian champion and the 2013 European Blitz Chess Champion.
Kamil Dragun (1995), a Polish Grandmaster who won European U14  Championship in 2009 and the U16 World Championship in 2010.

CHESS EVENT

1842. England. The first chess column appeared in the Illustrated London News. It will run until 1874.

WORLD EVENTS

1658 – Spanish forces fail to retake Jamaica at the Battle of Rio Nuevo during the Anglo-Spanish War.
1741 – Maria Theresa of Austria is crowned Queen of Hungary. 1910 – Igor Stravinsky’s ballet The Firebird is premiered in Paris.
1938 – Dr. Douglas Hyde is inaugurated as the first President of Ireland.
1940 – World War II: France officially surrenders to Germany at 01:35.
1948 – The Berlin airlift begins.
1950 – The Korean War begins with the invasion of South Korea by North Korea.
1975 – Mozambique achieves independence.
1978 – The rainbow flag representing gay pride is flown for the first time during the San Francisco Gay Freedom Day Parade.
1981 – Microsoft is restructured to become an incorporated business in its home state of Washington.
1991 – Slovenia declare their independence by referendum from Yugoslavia.
1993 – Kim Campbell is sworn in as the first female Prime Minister of Canada.
(Source: Wikipedia)

GAME OF THE DAY