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SUMMARY:December 16
DESCRIPTION:QUOTE OF THE DAY \nCarlsen will sooner or later become World Champion. I like him\, he is a Monty Python fan\, just like me.- Vishy Anand\, 2008\nBIRTHS \nDavid Hume (1862-14.01.1936)\, a Scottish chess composer.\nMarcel Berman (1895-03.07.1960)\, a French player and FIDE VP.\nMilan Vidmar (1909 09.11.1980)\, a Slovenian Grandmaster born in Austria. As a member of the Yugoslav team\, he was awarded a team gold medal at the 1950 Olympiad.\nSonja Graf-Stevens (1914-06.03.1965)\, a German Women International Master who lived in Argentina and the United States. She was the Women’s World Candidate and a two-time winner of the U.S. Women’s Chess Championship.\nArshak Petrosian (1953)\, an Armenian Grandmaster who was the Armenian Champion in 1974 and 1976.\nSinisa Drazic (1967)\, a Serbian Grandmaster\, journalist and coach.\nFernando Peralta (1979)\, an Argentine Grandmaster who was Argentine Champion in 2006.\nSandugach Shaydullina (1981)\, a Russian Woman Grandmaster.\nVera Nebolsina (1989)\, a Russian Woman Grandmaster.\nDaniele Vocaturo (1989)\, a top Italian Grandmaster. \nDEATHS \nThomas Rayner Dawson (28.11.1889-1951)\, a British chess composer.\nIvan Nemet (14.04.1943-2007)\, a Swiss-Serbian Grandmaster who was Yugoslav  Champion in 1979 and Swiss Champion in 1990.\nNikola Karaklajic (24.02.1926-2008)\, a Serbian Grandmaster\, International Arbiter and journalist who was the national champion in 1955. \nCHESS EVENTS \n1937 Alexander Alekhine regained his title back in Holland by beating Euwe 15½-9½.\n1969 Nona Gaprindashvili (USSR) won the first European Cup for Women in Vrnjacka Banja\, Yugoslavia.\n2000 In India\, Xie Jun of China retained her title as Women’s World Champion.\n2007 In Khanty-Mansiysk\, Gata Kamsky of USA\, undefeated\, won the World Cup. In the final he beat Alexei Shirov of Spain 2.5-1.5. \nWORLD EVENTS \n1707 Last recorded eruption of Mount Fuji in Japan.\n1770 Ludwig van Beethoven\, composer was born (d. 1827).\n1944 A single-engine plane carrying U.S. Army Major Glenn Miller disappeared in thick fog over the English Channel while en route to Paris.\n1946 Thailand joins the United Nations.\n1950 Korean War: U.S. President Harry S. Truman declares a state of emergency after Chinese troops enter the fight in support of communist North Korea.\n1971 Bangladesh Liberation War and Indo-Pakistani War of 1971: The surrender of the Pakistan Army brings an end to both conflicts. This is commemorated annually as Victory Day in Bangladesh.\n1991 Kazakhstan declares independence from the Soviet Union.\n1995 NATO launched a military operation in support of the Bosnia peace agreement.\n1996 Britain’s agriculture minister announced the slaughter of an additional 100\,000 cows thought to be at risk of contracting BSE in an effort to persuade the EU to lift its ban on Britain. \n(Source: Wikipedia) \nGAME OF THE DAY \n  \n\n\n \n\n\n	\n				[Event "Berlin"]\n[Site "Berlin"]\n[Date "1924.12.16"]\n[Round "5"]\n[White "Johner\, Paul F"]\n[Black "Teichmann\, Richard"]\n[Result "1-0"]\n[ECO "C86"]\n[PlyCount "61"]\n[EventDate "1924.??.??"]\n[EventType "tourn"]\n[EventRounds "6"]\n[EventCountry "GER"]\n[SourceTitle "HCL"]\n[Source "ChessBase"]\n[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]\n\n1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Be7 7. a4 b4 8. Qe2\nO-O 9. a5 d6 10. c3 h6 11. d4 bxc3 12. bxc3 Rb8 13. Bc4 Bg4 14. Be3 exd4 15.\nBxd4 Bc8 16. Re1 Ra8 17. Nbd2 Qd7 18. Nf1 Re8 19. Qa2 Nd8 20. Rad1 Bb7 21. Ng3\nNe6 22. e5 Nh7 23. exd6 Bxf3 24. Rxe6 Bxd1 25. dxe7 Rxe7 26. Rg6 Re1+ 27. Nf1\nNg5 28. Rxg7+ Kf8 29. Qa3+ c5 30. Qxc5+ Qe7 31. 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