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SUMMARY:April 15
DESCRIPTION:QUOTE OF THE DAY\n\nKarpov\, Kasparov\, Korchnoi have absolutely destroyed chess by their immoral\, unethical\, prearranged games. These guys are really the lowest dogs around\, and if people knew the truth about them\, they would be held in more contempt than Ben Johnson\, the runner\, and they’re going to know the truth when I do this book!- Robert Fischer\, September\, 1 1992\nBIRTHS \nGerald Abrahams (1886 15.03 1980)\, an English player\, author\, and barrister\nHermann Steiner (1905-25.11.1955)\, an American International Master born in Hungaria who was US Champion in 1948 and the editor of the chess column in ‘Los Angeles Times’ from 1932 until his death in 1955.\nMiguel Najdorf\, Miguel\, (1910-04.07.1997)\, a Polish-Argentine Grandmaster who was a leading world player in the 1940s and 1950s.\nAndrey Sumets (1980)\, an Ukrainian Grandmaster.\nMelissa Greeff (1994) a South African Woman Grandmaster who was Women’s African Champion in 2007. \nDEATHS \nEdmond Lancel (03.07.1888-1959)\, a Belgian chess amateur who was the chief editor of l’Echiquier Belge in 1920s-1930s. \nCHESS EVENTS \n1956 The team of USSR won the 3rd World Student Team Championship in Uppsala\, Sweden.\n2007 Chess was featured for the second time in the program of the All Africa Games in Algeria. \nWORLD EVENTS \n1534 Thomas Cromwell is appointed Chief Secretary to King Henry VIII.\n1697 Charles XII succeeds Charles XI as King of Sweden.\n1850 City of San Francisco incorporated.\n1865 Abraham Lincoln dies 9 hours after he is shot.\n1896 First modern Olympic games close in Athens\, Greece.\n1939 Albert Lebrun elected president of France.\n1974 Military coup in Niger\, president Diori Hamani deposed.\n2010 Volcanic ash from the eruption of Eyjafjallajökull in Iceland leads to the closure of airspace over most of Europe.\n2019 During Holy Week\, a major fire engulfs Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris\, resulting in the roof and main spire collapsing. \n(Source: Onthisday) \nGAME OF THE DAY \n\n\n \n\n\n	\n				[Event "Khanty-Mansiysk FIDE GP (Women)"]\n[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]\n[Date "2014.04.15"]\n[Round "6"]\n[White "Muminova\, Nafisa"]\n[Black "Kosintseva\, Tatiana"]\n[Result "1-0"]\n[ECO "B85"]\n[WhiteElo "2321"]\n[BlackElo "2496"]\n[PlyCount "59"]\n[EventDate "2014.04.09"]\n[EventType "tourn"]\n[EventRounds "11"]\n[EventCountry "RUS"]\n[EventCategory "10"]\n\n1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Be2 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8. f4\na6 9. a4 Nc6 10. Be3 Qc7 11. Kh1 Nxd4 12. Bxd4 Bd7 13. e5 Ne8 14. Bd3 Bc6 15.\nNe4 Bxe4 16. Bxe4 g6 17. Rf3 d5 18. Bd3 Bc5 19. Bc3 Qe7 20. Qe1 Nc7 21. Qg3 d4\n22. Bd2 Nd5 23. f5 exf5 24. Bg5 Qc7 25. Rxf5 Ne3 26. Rf3 Rae8 27. Bf6 Re6 28.\nQh4 Rxf6 29. exf6 Re8 30. Bxg6 1-0\n				\n			You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization.		\n	\n	\n	\n		jQuery(document).ready(function($) {\n						$.chessgame.navigationButtonClass  = 'rpbchessboard-jQuery-enableSmoothness';\n			$.chessgame.navigationFrameClass   = 'wp-dialog';\n			$.chessgame.navigationFrameOptions = {"squareSize":32\,"showCoordinates":true\,"colorset":"original"\,"pieceset":"cburnett"\,"animationSpeed":200\,"showMoveArrow":true};\n			var selector = '#' + "rpbchessboard-69e81a00ca710-1" + ' .rpbchessboard-chessgameAnchor';\n			$(selector).removeClass('rpbchessboard-chessgameAnchor').chessgame({"pgn":"[Event \"Khanty-Mansiysk FIDE GP (Women)\"]\r\n[Site \"Khanty-Mansiysk\"]\r\n[Date \"2014.04.15\"]\r\n[Round \"6\"]\r\n[White \"Muminova\, Nafisa\"]\r\n[Black \"Kosintseva\, Tatiana\"]\r\n[Result \"1-0\"]\r\n[ECO \"B85\"]\r\n[WhiteElo \"2321\"]\r\n[BlackElo \"2496\"]\r\n[PlyCount \"59\"]\r\n[EventDate \"2014.04.09\"]\r\n[EventType \"tourn\"]\r\n[EventRounds \"11\"]\r\n[EventCountry \"RUS\"]\r\n[EventCategory \"10\"]\r\n\r\n1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Be2 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8. f4\r\na6 9. a4 Nc6 10. Be3 Qc7 11. Kh1 Nxd4 12. Bxd4 Bd7 13. e5 Ne8 14. Bd3 Bc6 15.\r\nNe4 Bxe4 16. Bxe4 g6 17. Rf3 d5 18. Bd3 Bc5 19. Bc3 Qe7 20. Qe1 Nc7 21. Qg3 d4\r\n22. Bd2 Nd5 23. f5 exf5 24. Bg5 Qc7 25. Rxf5 Ne3 26. Rf3 Rae8 27. Bf6 Re6 28.\r\nQh4 Rxf6 29. exf6 Re8 30. Bxg6 1-0"\,"pieceSymbols":"native"\,"navigationBoard":"above"\,"showFlipButton":true\,"showDownloadButton":true\,"navigationBoardOptions":{"squareSize":32\,"showCoordinates":true\,"colorset":"original"\,"pieceset":"cburnett"\,"animationSpeed":200\,"showMoveArrow":true}\,"diagramOptions":{"squareSize":32\,"showCoordinates":true\,"colorset":"original"\,"pieceset":"cburnett"\,"animationSpeed":200\,"showMoveArrow":true}});\n		});\n	\n\n\n \n\n
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