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SUMMARY:August 20
DESCRIPTION:QUOTE OF THE DAY \nMy chess method is without formulas\, without orthodox thinking. I always explain that chess is an art and that there are no definite judgments.- Lev Polugaevsky\, 1990 NIC\nBIRTHS \nHenry Atkins (1872-31.01.1955)\, British Master who won the British Chess Championship nine times.\nOlga Rubtsova Soviet (1909-13.12.1994) Soviet Women Grandmaster who remains the only player\, male or female\, to become World Champion in both over-the-board and correspondence chess.\nFelix Schmidt (07.08.1916-11.08. 1984)\, Estonian chess International Master\, chess writer\, and chemist who emigrated to the USA.\nLeonard Barden (1929)\, English Master\, columnist and author.  1938.\nVladimir Kostic (1953)\, Serbian Grandmaster.\nSeferjan Narek Seferjan (1974)\,  Armenian Grandmaster and journalist.\nTania\, Sachdev (1986); Indian International Master and Woman Grandmaster.who won the World Girls U20 in 2002.\nAnton Demchenko (1987)\, Russian Grandmaster. \nDEATHS \nThomas Wilson Barnes (1825–1874)\, British Master\, one of the leading British masters at the time of Morphy’ s supremacy.\nRudolph Spielmann\, (1883-1942)\, a Viennese professional chess player who has participated in more than 100 tournaments died in Sweden. \nCHESS EVENTS \n1873 W. Steinitz won the strong tournament of Vienna.\n1920 Cuba. Following a letter published by E. Lasker where he stated: “I shall no more be the champion”\, JR. Capablanca published a statement regarding the future of the world chess championship. He signed the letter: J.R. Capablanca\, Chess Champion of the World.\n1957 The FIDE GA approved the Staunton design to be used for the chess pieces. \nWORLD EVENTS \n1000 The foundation of the Hungarian state by Saint Stephen\, celebrated as a National Day in Hungary.\n1775 The Spanish establish the Presidio San Augustin del Tucson in the town that became Tucson\, Arizona.\n1866 President Andrew Johnson formally declares the American Civil War over.\n1882 Tchaikovsky’s 1812 Overture debuts in Moscow\, Russia.\n1920 The first commercial radio station\, 8MK (now WWJ)\, begins operations in Detroit.\n1940 In Mexico City\, Mexico exiled Russian revolutionary Leon Trotsky is fatally wounded with an ice axe by Ramón Mercader. He dies the next day.\n1960 Senegal breaks from the Mali Federation\, declaring its independence.\n1968 Soviet Union-dominated Warsaw Pact troops invade Czechoslovakia\, crushing the Prague Spring.\n1988 Iran–Iraq War: A ceasefire is agreed after almost eight years of war.\n1991 Dissolution of the Soviet Union\, August Coup: More than 100\,000 people rally outside the Soviet Union’s parliament building protesting the coup aiming to depose President Mikhail Gorbachev.\n1991 Estonia\, annexed by the Soviet Union in 1940\, issues a decision on the re-establishment of independence on the basis of historical continuity of its pre-World War II statehood. \n(Source: Wikipedia) \nGAME OF THE DAY \n\n\n \n\n\n	\n				[Event "Karlsbad"]\n[Site "Karlsbad"]\n[Date "1907.08.20"]\n[Round "1"]\n[White "Tartakower\, Saviely"]\n[Black "Maroczy\, Geza"]\n[Result "0-1"]\n[ECO "B14"]\n[PlyCount "114"]\n[EventDate "1907.08.20"]\n[EventType "tourn"]\n[EventRounds "20"]\n[EventCountry "CZE"]\n[SourceTitle "HCL"]\n[Source "ChessBase"]\n[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]\n\n1. e4 c5 2. c3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. cxd4 d5 5. exd5 exd5 6. Nf3 Nf6 7. Bd3 Bd6 8.\nO-O O-O 9. Nc3 Nc6 10. Bg5 Be6 11. Qb3 Kh8 12. Kh1 Rc8 13. Rac1 a6 14. Bb1 b5\n15. Qc2 g6 16. Qd2 Be7 17. Ne5 Ng8 18. Bxe7 Ngxe7 19. f4 Bf5 20. Bxf5 Nxf5 21.\nNe2 Nce7 22. g4 Nd6 23. Rxc8 Qxc8 24. Qb4 Qd8 25. Qa3 f6 26. Nd3 Qd7 27. f5\ngxf5 28. Nc5 Qc6 29. gxf5 Nexf5 30. Qd3 Re8 31. Nf4 Re3 32. Qd1 Qe8 33. Ng2 Rh3\n34. Qg4 Rh5 35. Nxa6 Rg5 36. Qf4 Ne4 37. Rc1 Neg3+ 38. hxg3 Nxg3+ 39. Kh2 Qh5+\n40. Nh4 Qe2+ 41. Kh3 Qe6+ 42. Kh2 Qe2+ 43. Kh3 Qe6+ 44. Kh2 Qe2+ 45. Kh3 Qe6+\n46. Kh2 Nh5 47. Qb8+ Rg8 48. Ng6+ hxg6 49. Qxb5 Qd6+ 50. Kh1 Qf4 51. Rc3 Qe4+\n52. Kh2 Re8 53. Qf1 Qxd4 54. Nc7 Qd2+ 55. Kh3 Re2 56. Nxd5 Rh2+ 57. 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