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SUMMARY:August 9
DESCRIPTION:QUOTE OF THE DAY \nWhen I am in the USSR\, I have the feeling that every tram conductor plays chess better than I do.- Hans Ree\nBIRTHS \nAug 9\, 1888: Pieter Feensta Kuiper (1888- 22-10-1969) Dutch chess composer and author.\nHeinrich Wagner 1888 24.06.1959)\, Germany player who won the team bronze medal at the Olympiad of Hamburg in 1930.\nLubomir Kavalek (1943)\, Czech-American Grandmaster\, a chess columnist. He was co-winner of the 1973 U.S. Chess Championship with John Grefe\, and won it in solo in 1978.\nJohn  van der Wiel (1959) Dutch Grandmaster who was the European Junior Champion in 1978 and the champion of the Netherlands in 1986.\nIrina Ionescu (1973)\, Romanian Women Grandmaster who won the Romanian championship in 2002.\nLilit Mkrtchian (1982) was born\, Armenia International Master and Women Grandmaster four-time Armenian women’s chess champion. \nDEATHS \nWalther von Holzhausen (26.05. 1876-1935)\, German Master and problemist\nRudolf Buchwald (02.04. 1909-1070)\, Austrian chess composer.\nGerardus Drese (23.09.1902-1980)\, Dutch composer and International Master CC. \nCHESS EVENTS \n1952 The 10th Olympiad took place in Helsinki\, Finland. with 25 countries registered. USSR took part in the competition for the first time.\n1955 Boris Spassky of USSR won the 3rd World Junior Championship in Antwerp\, Belgium. It was the first participation of a Soviet player at a Youth Championship.\n1965 The team of USSR won the 12th World Student Team Championship in Sinaia.\n1994 At the World Championship Quarterfinals organized by Shanghi Industries in Shanghi Nagar\, India\, B. Gelfand (BLR) beat V. Kramnik (RUS) 4½-3½; V.  Salov (RUS) beat J. Timman (NED) 4½-3½ and G. Kamsky (USA) beat V. Anand (IND) after tiebreak (4-4\, 2-0). \nWORLD EVENTS \n1173 Construction of the campanile of the Cathedral of Pisa (now known as the Leaning Tower of Pisa) begins; it will take two centuries to complete. \n1483 Opening of the Sistine Chapel in Rome with the celebration of a Mass. \n1892 Thomas Edison receives a patent for a two-way telegraph.\n1902 Edward VII and Alexandra of Denmark are crowned King and Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.\n1936 Summer Olympic Games: Games of the XI Olympiad – Jesse Owens wins his fourth gold medal at the games.\n1945 World War II: Nagasaki is devastated when an atomic bomb\, Fat Man\, is dropped by the United States B-29 Bockscar. 35\,000 people are killed outright\, including 23\,200-28\,200 Japanese war workers\, 2\,000 Korean forced workers\, and 150 Japanese soldiers.\n1965 Singapore is expelled from Malaysia and becomes the only country to date to gain independence unwillingly.\n1974 As a direct result of the Watergate scandal\, Richard Nixon becomes the first President of the United States to resign from office. His Vice President\, Gerald Ford\, becomes president. \n(Source: Wikipedia) \nGAME OF THE DAY \n\n\n \n\n\n	\n				[Event "Hastings"]\n[Site "Hastings ENG"]\n[Date "1895.08.09"]\n[EventDate "1895.08.05"]\n[Round "4"]\n[Result "1-0"]\n[White "Siegbert Tarrasch"]\n[Black "Karl August Walbrodt"]\n[ECO "C77"]\n[WhiteElo "?"]\n[BlackElo "?"]\n[PlyCount "75"]\n\n1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.Nc3 d6 6.d4 Bd7 7.Bxc6\nBxc6 8.Qe2 exd4 9.Nxd4 Bd7 10.O-O Be7 11.b3 O-O 12.Bb2 b5\n13.a4 b4 14.Nd1 c5 15.Nf3 Bc6 16.Nd2 d5 17.e5 Ne8 18.Ne3 Qd7\n19.Rad1 d4 20.Nec4 Qe6 21.f4 f5 22.Na5 Bd5 23.Qd3 Kh8 24.Qg3\nRa7 25.Nac4 Rg8 26.Rde1 g5 27.Re2 Bd8 28.Qd3 Rag7 29.g3 gxf4\n30.Rxf4 Rg5 31.Ref2 Ng7 32.Nd6 Qxe5 33.Nxf5 Nh5 34.Rxd4 Nxg3\n35.Nxg3 Rxg3+ 36.hxg3 Rxg3+ 37.Kf1 Rxd3 38.Rg4 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-69d176602a250-1" + ' .rpbchessboard-chessgameAnchor';\n			$(selector).removeClass('rpbchessboard-chessgameAnchor').chessgame({"pgn":"[Event \"Hastings\"]\r\n[Site \"Hastings ENG\"]\r\n[Date \"1895.08.09\"]\r\n[EventDate \"1895.08.05\"]\r\n[Round \"4\"]\r\n[Result \"1-0\"]\r\n[White \"Siegbert Tarrasch\"]\r\n[Black \"Karl August Walbrodt\"]\r\n[ECO \"C77\"]\r\n[WhiteElo \"?\"]\r\n[BlackElo \"?\"]\r\n[PlyCount \"75\"]\r\n\r\n1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.Nc3 d6 6.d4 Bd7 7.Bxc6\r\nBxc6 8.Qe2 exd4 9.Nxd4 Bd7 10.O-O Be7 11.b3 O-O 12.Bb2 b5\r\n13.a4 b4 14.Nd1 c5 15.Nf3 Bc6 16.Nd2 d5 17.e5 Ne8 18.Ne3 Qd7\r\n19.Rad1 d4 20.Nec4 Qe6 21.f4 f5 22.Na5 Bd5 23.Qd3 Kh8 24.Qg3\r\nRa7 25.Nac4 Rg8 26.Rde1 g5 27.Re2 Bd8 28.Qd3 Rag7 29.g3 gxf4\r\n30.Rxf4 Rg5 31.Ref2 Ng7 32.Nd6 Qxe5 33.Nxf5 Nh5 34.Rxd4 Nxg3\r\n35.Nxg3 Rxg3+ 36.hxg3 Rxg3+ 37.Kf1 Rxd3 38.Rg4 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  \n
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