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SUMMARY:August 25
DESCRIPTION:QUOTE OF THE DAY \nThe game of chess  is turning out to be much richer than we knew-you can’t reduce it to the simple rules- Vishy Anand\, 2017\nBIRTHS \nArpad Elo (1903-1992)\, an American\, physics by profession\, who was the inventor of the modern Elo rating system use by FIDE since 1971.\nAlexander Nenashev (1962)\, German Grandmaster born in Uzbekistan. He changed his name to Graf. He won the Uzbek championship in 1989 and the German championship in 2004.\nVasilios Kotronias (1964)\, Greek Grandmaster\, coach and author who then 10 times the Greek championship.\nHamdouchi\, Adina-Maria\, (1979)\, French Women Grandmaster who married to the GM Hichem Hambouchi and is currently living in Qatar. \nDEATHS\n \nMax Blau (19.12.1918-1984)\, Swiss international Master who won four times the Swiss championship.\nGideon Stahlberg (1908- 25.08 1933)\, Swedish Grandmaster\, Arbiter\, and author who has participated in 13 Olympiads and won the Swedish championship in 1927. \nCHESS EVENTS \n1953 FIDE created pins to honour IGMs\, IMs\, IWGMs\, IWMs and Arbiters.\n1958 The FIDE GA approved the reelection of Folke Rogard as FIDE President \nWORLD EVENTS \n1530 Ivan the Terrible was born\, Russian ruler (d. 1584)\n1609 Galileo Galilei demonstrates his first telescope to Venetian lawmakers.\n1768 James Cook begins his first voyage.\n1825 Uruguay declares its independence from Brazil.\n1830 The Belgian Revolution begins.\n1883 France and Viet Nam sign the Treaty of Huế\, recognizing a French protectorate over Annam and Tonkin.\n1914 World War I: The library of the Catholic University of Leuven is deliberately destroyed by the German Army. Hundreds of thousands of irreplaceable volumes and Gothic and Renaissance manuscripts are lost.\n1939 The United Kingdom and Poland form a military alliance in which the UK promises to defend Poland in the case of invasion by a foreign power.\n1944 World War II: Paris is liberated by the Allies.\n1961 President Jânio Quadros of Brazil resigns after just seven months in power\, initiating a political crisis that culminates in a military coup in 1964.\n1991 Belarus gains its independence from the Soviet Union \n(Source: Wikipedia) \nGAME OF THE DAY \n\n\n \n\n\n	\n				[Event "New York State Chess Association"]\n[Site "Rochester"]\n[Date "1910.08.26"]\n[Round "1.5"]\n[White "Walcott\, George H"]\n[Black "Black\, Roy Turnbull"]\n[Result "1-0"]\n[ECO "C00"]\n[PlyCount "59"]\n[EventDate "1910.08.22"]\n[EventType "tourn"]\n[EventRounds "2"]\n[EventCountry "USA"]\n\n1. e4 c5 2. f4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. e5 Nc6 5. Bb5 Bd7 6. Bxc6 Bxc6 7. d4 Qb6 8. c3\nNh6 9. O-O Be7 10. Kh1 O-O 11. b3 Rac8 12. Na3 Qa5 13. Qe1 cxd4 14. b4 Qa6 15.\nNxd4 Bd7 16. Bb2 Rc7 17. Nac2 g6 18. Ne3 Rfc8 19. Qg3 f5 20. a4 b6 21. Qh3 Kg7\n22. Nxd5 exd5 23. c4 dxc4 24. e6 c3 25. exd7 cxb2 26. dxc8=Q Qxc8 27. Rad1 Ng4\n28. Qb3 Bf6 29. Ne6+ Kh6 30. Qh3+ 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-69d4c9281757e-1" + ' .rpbchessboard-chessgameAnchor';\n			$(selector).removeClass('rpbchessboard-chessgameAnchor').chessgame({"pgn":"[Event \"New York State Chess Association\"]\r\n[Site \"Rochester\"]\r\n[Date \"1910.08.26\"]\r\n[Round \"1.5\"]\r\n[White \"Walcott\, George H\"]\r\n[Black \"Black\, Roy Turnbull\"]\r\n[Result \"1-0\"]\r\n[ECO \"C00\"]\r\n[PlyCount \"59\"]\r\n[EventDate \"1910.08.22\"]\r\n[EventType \"tourn\"]\r\n[EventRounds \"2\"]\r\n[EventCountry \"USA\"]\r\n\r\n1. e4 c5 2. f4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. e5 Nc6 5. Bb5 Bd7 6. Bxc6 Bxc6 7. d4 Qb6 8. c3\r\nNh6 9. O-O Be7 10. Kh1 O-O 11. b3 Rac8 12. Na3 Qa5 13. Qe1 cxd4 14. b4 Qa6 15.\r\nNxd4 Bd7 16. Bb2 Rc7 17. Nac2 g6 18. Ne3 Rfc8 19. Qg3 f5 20. a4 b6 21. Qh3 Kg7\r\n22. Nxd5 exd5 23. c4 dxc4 24. e6 c3 25. exd7 cxb2 26. dxc8=Q Qxc8 27. Rad1 Ng4\r\n28. Qb3 Bf6 29. Ne6+ Kh6 30. Qh3+ 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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