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SUMMARY:December 12
DESCRIPTION:QUOTE OF THE DAY \nKarpov Lost\, Kasparov Lost\, the Only One Who Remained Is Me.- Silvio Danailov\, 2014\nBIRTHS \nGeorge Salwe (1862-15.12.1920)\, a Polish Master.\nAkiba Rubinstein (1882-15.03.1961)\, a Polish Grandmaster who lived the last part of his life in Belgium. Akiba was one of the best players of his time\, but unfortunately\, he was denied the opportunity to play for the world title.\nBrian Patrick Reilly (1901-29.12.1991)\, an Irish Master\, writer and magazine editor.\nCharles Pelle\, (1911-08.08.1965)\, a French composer.\nWolfgang Pietzsch (1930-28.12.1996)\, a German Grandmaster who was the Champion of the German Democratic Republic in 1960\, 1962 and 1967.\nMartin Mrva (1971)\, a Slovakian Grandmaster who was Slovakian Champion in 1989.\nZhao Jun (1986)\, a Chinese Grandmaster who was a member of the national team which won the Asian Team Championship in 2008. \nDEATHS \nEmanuel Schiffers (04.05.1850-1904)\, a Russian Master and chess writer who was the second leading Russian player after Mikhail Chigorin.\nLeopold Trebitsch (1842-1906)\, an Austrian player and chess patron. After his death\, the Wiener Schachklub organized a Memorial Tournament from 1907 until 1938.\nIlya Kan (04.05.1909-1978)\, a Soviet Master who contributed to the development of the Sicilian defence. \nWORLD EVENTS \n1098 First Crusade: Siege of Ma’arrat al-Numan: Crusaders breach the town’s walls and massacre about 20\,000 inhabitants. After finding themselves with insufficient food\, they reportedly resort to cannibalism.\n1787 Pennsylvania becomes the second state to ratify the United States Constitution\, five days after Delaware became the first.\n1800 Washington\, D.C. established as capital of US.\n1812 French invasion of Russia comes to an end.\n1822 Mexico officially recognized as an independent nation by US.\n1858 1st Canadian coins circulated (1 cent\, 5 cent\, 10 cent & 20 cent)\n1897 Belo Horizonte\, the first planned city in Brazil\, is founded.\n1901 Guglielmo Marconi receives the first transatlantic radio signal (the letter “S” [***] in Morse Code)\, at Signal Hill in St John’s\, Newfoundland.\n1911 Delhi replaces Calcutta as the capital of India.\n1915 President of the Republic of China\, Yuan Shikai\, announces his intention to reinstate the monarchy and proclaim himself Emperor of China.\n1924 Spanish troops leave Morocco.\n1925 The Majlis of Iran votes to crown Reza Khan as the new Shah of Iran\, starting the Pahlavi dynasty.\n1936 Chinese leader Chiang Kai-shek declares war on Japan.\n1941 World War II: The United Kingdom declares war on Bulgaria. Hungary and Romania declare war on the United States. India declares war on Japan.\n1941 Adolf Hitler declares the imminent extermination of the Jews at a meeting in the Reich Chancellery.\n1963 Kenya gains its independence from the United Kingdom.\n1965 The Beatles’ last concert in Great Britain (Capitol Theatre in Cardiff\, Wales).\n1968 Arthur Ashe becomes 1st black to be ranked #1 in tennis.\n1991 The Russian Federation gains independence from the USSR.\n2000 The United States Supreme Court releases its decision in Bush v. Gore. \n(Source: Wikipedia) \nTHE GAME OF THE MONTH \n\n\n \n\n\n	\n				[Event "London Classic 3rd"]\n[Site "London"]\n[Date "2011.12.12"]\n[Round "9"]\n[White "Nakamura\, Hikaru"]\n[Black "Adams\, Michael"]\n[Result "1-0"]\n[ECO "C36"]\n[WhiteElo "2758"]\n[BlackElo "2734"]\n[PlyCount "81"]\n[EventDate "2011.12.03"]\n[EventType "tourn"]\n[EventRounds "9"]\n[EventCountry "ENG"]\n[EventCategory "20"]\n[SourceTitle "CBM 146"]\n[Source "ChessBase"]\n[SourceDate "2012.01.18"]\n\n1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 d5 4. exd5 Nf6 5. Bc4 Nxd5 6. O-O Be6 7. Bb3 c5 8.\nKh1 Nc6 9. d4 c4 10. Ba4 Bd6 11. b3 c3 12. Qd3 O-O 13. Bxc6 bxc6 14. Nxc3 Re8\n15. Nxd5 Bxd5 16. c4 Be4 17. Qc3 a5 18. a3 f6 19. Bb2 Ra7 20. Rad1 Rae7 21. b4\naxb4 22. axb4 Kh8 23. Qb3 Rb7 24. Bc3 Qb8 25. b5 cxb5 26. c5 b4 27. Bd2 Bf8 28.\nRde1 g5 29. Qc4 g4 30. Nh4 f3 $2 (30... b3 31. c6 Rbe7 $19) 31. d5 fxg2+ 32.\nNxg2 Bf3 33. Kg1 Rc8 34. c6 Rb5 35. Nf4 Bc5+ 36. Be3 Bxe3+ 37. Rxe3 Qb6 38.\nRfe1 b3 39. Qc3 Rf8 40. 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