The Chesspedia

August 4
2016-08-04
QUOTE OF THE DAY
Unfortunately this gentlemanlike behaviour among chessplayers is out of fashion. It’s my principle that you should respect your opponent as much as you respect yourself.- Lajos Portisch, 1990
BIRTHS
Hilding Froberg (1918-1999) Swedish chess composer and author.
Vladimir Gurevich (1959), Ukrainian Grandmaster.
Bagyashree Sathe Thipsay (1961), Indian Women International Master who was Women Asian Champion in 1991.
Vidmantas Malisauskas (1963), Lithuanian Grandmaster who won 6 times the national championship.
Fabian Doettling (1980), German Grandmaster who was European U16 Champion in 1996 .
Nely Aginian (1981), Armenian Women Grandmaster who play 6 times at the Women Olympiads.
Mikhail Panarin (1983), Russian Grandmaster who became Russian Rapid Champion in 2013.
Wang Hao (1989), Chinese Grandmaster who, for many years, is a member of the top 5 best players in China.
DEATHS
Vladimir Liberzon (23.03.1937-1996), the first Israeli Grandmaster born in Russia. Israeli Champion in 1974.
CHESS EVENTS
1928 During the Olympiad, Dr. Max Euwe NED won the individual tournament and became the second and the last person to hold the title of Amateur World Champion until the title was revived much later in a different format.
1973 A. Beliavsky (USSR) won the 12th World Junior Championship in Teesside, England.
WORLD EVENTS
1693 Date traditionally ascribed to Dom Perignon’s invention of champagne; it is not clear whether he actually invented champagne, however, he has been credited as an innovator who developed the techniques used to perfect sparkling wine.
1704 War of the Spanish Succession: Gibraltar is captured by an English and Dutch fleet, commanded by Admiral Sir George Rooke and allied with Archduke Charles.
1796 French Revolutionary Wars: Napoleon leads the French Army of Italy to victory in the Battle of Lonato.
1821 The Saturday Evening Post is published for the first time as a weekly newspaper.
1854 The Hinomaru is established as the official flag to be flown from Japanese ships.
1914 World War I: Germany invades Belgium. In response, Belgium and the United Kingdom declare war on Germany. The United States declares its neutrality.
1944 The Holocaust: A tip from a Dutch informer leads the Gestapo to a sealed-off area in an Amsterdam warehouse, where they find and arrest Jewish diaristAnne Frank, her family, and four others.
1946 An earthquake of magnitude 8.0 hits the Northern Dominican Republic. One hundred are killed and 20,000 are left homeless.
1984 The Republic of Upper Volta changes its name to Burkina Faso.
(Source: Wikipedia)
GAME OF THE DAY

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[Date "1925.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Tereschenko Nikolai"]
[Black "Weissinger"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B02"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "1925.08.03"]

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Qh5+ Kf6 28. Qxc5 Rg8+ 29. Kf1 Rg5 30. Qd6 Rbg8 31. Rad1 Ba8 32. Rxe6+ fxe6 1-0

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