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SUMMARY:August 17
DESCRIPTION:QUOTE OF THE DAY \n” The essence of chess is thinking about what chess is.”- David Bronstein\nBIRTHS \nOlaf Barda (1909-02.05.1971)\, Norwegian International Master and GrandMaster for Correspondence Chess who was  few times the champions of Norway.\nEvgeny Zagoryansky (1910-25.09. 1971)\, Soviet player.\nMikhail Botvinnik (1911-05.05.1995)\, Soviet-Russian Grandmaster\, the sixth Champion of the World in 1948-57\, 1958-60 and 1961-63.\nWilhelm Cohn (06.02.1859-1913)\, German chess Master.\nWillem Muhring (1913)\, Dutch International Master.\nAug 17\, 1947: Vladislav Vorotnikov (1947)\, Russian Grandmaster who got his title at 59 years old.\nThomas Ernst (1960)\, Swedish Grandmaster.\nMichael Wilder (1962)\, American Grandmaster who became the US Champion in 1988. He retired from chess in the late 1980s and is now a practicing attorney.\nDr; Andreas Flumbort (1984)\, Hungarian Grandmaster who was Hungarian U20 Champion in 2004.\nWojciech Moranda\, (1988) Polish Grandmaster was the winner of  multiple Polish Junior Chess championships. \nDEATHS \nIgnazio Calvi (1797– 17.08 1872). Italian chess player and composer. He was the first to use the theme of under-promotion in endgame studies with some depth.\nWilhelm Cohn (06.02.1859-1913). German chess Master.\nFleischmann Leo ( Forgacs) (1881 17.08 1930). Hungarian player who was the champion in Hungary in 1902.\nAlfred Kinzel (1912 17.08 2004). German chess amateur\, FIDE Officer and former President of the German chess federation.\nDragoljub Miladin Čirić (12.11.1935-2014). Serbia Grandmaster in 1965 who played 2 Olympiads. \nWORLD EVENTS \n1560 The Roman Catholic Church is overthrown and Protestantism is established as the national religion in Scotland.\n1668 A magnitude 8.0 earthquake causes 8\,000 deaths in Anatolia\, Ottoman Empire.1945 – Sukarno and Mohammad Hatta proclaim the independence of Indonesia\, igniting the Indonesian National Revolution against the Dutch Empire.\n1982 The first Compact Discs (CDs) are released to the public in Germany.\n1988 President of Pakistan Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq and U.S. Ambassador Arnold Raphel are killed in a plane crash.\n1998 Lewinsky scandal: US President Bill Clinton admits in taped testimony that he had an “improper physical relationship” with White House intern Monica Lewinsky. On the same day he admits before the nation that he “misled people” about the relationship.\n1999 A 7.4-magnitude earthquake strikes İzmir\, Turkey\, killing more than 17\,000 and injuring 44\,000.\n2004 The National Assembly of Serbia unanimously adopts new state symbols for Serbia: Bože pravde becomes the new anthem and the coat of arms is adopted for the whole country.\n1998 Lewinsky scandal: US President Bill Clinton admits in taped testimony that he had an “improper physical relationship” with White House intern Monica Lewinsky. On the same day he admits before the nation that he “misled people” about the relationship.\n1999 A 7.4-magnitude earthquake strikes İzmit\, Turkey\, killing more than 17\,000 and injuring 44\,000.\n2002 The Act of Entrusting the World to the Divine Mercy and consecration of the sanctuary in Kraków-Łagiewniki by John Paul II.\n2004 The National Assembly of Serbia unanimously adopts new state symbols for Serbia: Bože pravde becomes the new anthem and the coat of arms is adopted for the whole country. \n(Source: Wikipedia) \nGAME OF THE DAY \n\n\n \n\n\n	\n				[Event "Hastings"]\n[Site "Hastings ENG"]\n[Date "1895.08.17"]\n[EventDate "1895.08.05"]\n[Round "10"]\n[Result "1-0"]\n[White "Wilhelm Steinitz"]\n[Black "Curt von Bardeleben"]\n[ECO "C54"]\n[WhiteElo "?"]\n[BlackElo "?"]\n[PlyCount "48"]\n\n1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d4 exd4 6. cxd4\nBb4+ 7. Nc3 d5 8. exd5 Nxd5 9. O-O Be6 10. Bg5 Be7 11. Bxd5\nBxd5 12. Nxd5 Qxd5 13. Bxe7 Nxe7 14. Re1 f6 15. Qe2 Qd7\n16. Rac1 c6 17. d5 cxd5 18. Nd4 Kf7 19. Ne6 Rhc8 20. Qg4 g6\n21. Ng5+ Ke8 22. Rxe7+ Kf8 23. Rf7+ Kg8 24. Rg7+ Kh8 25. 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