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SUMMARY:December 18
DESCRIPTION:QUOTE OF THE DAY \nFIDE is now a political organization. And being a political organization\, it\, of course\, means that people in FIDE have some other interests – that is\, to sit in their positions for the next hundred years.- Silvio Danailov\, 2016\nBIRTHS \nOscar Cordel (1843-14.05.1923)\, a German player known for his work on the Spanish defence.\nPhilip Hamilton Williams (1873-14.09.1922)\, a British chess composer.\nLaszlo Schor (1897)\, a Hungarian composer born in Romania.\nNikola Mitkov (1971)\, Macedonian Grandmaster.\nAliaksei Charnushevich (1978)\, a French Grandmaster born in Belarus.\nPontus Carlsson (1982)\, a Swedish Grandmaster born in Colombia.\nAnna Sharevich (1985)\, an American Woman Grandmaster born in Belarus where she won few women’s national championships. \nDEATH \nMax Ignaz Weiss (21.07.1857-1943)\, an Austrian player who won few tournament in Austria and one in New York. \nCHESS EVENTS \n1983 At the Acorn Candidates World Championship Semi-Finals in London\, G. Kasparov (USSR) beat V. Korchnoi SUI (7-4). At the same event\, V. Smyslov (USSR) beat Z. Ribli (HUN) 6½4½.\n1987 In Sevilla at the World Chess Championship\, Garry Kasparov retained his World Championship title by winning the last game (24) and leveling the score at 12-12.\n2011 In Turkey\, China won the Women’s World Chess Team Championship ahead of Russia and Georgia. \nWORLD EVENTS  \n1777 The United States celebrates its first Thanksgiving\, marking the recent victory by the American rebels over British General John Burgoyne at Saratoga in October.\n1796 1st US newspaper to appear on Sunday (Baltimore Monitor).\n1833 The national anthem of the Russian Empire\, “God Save the Tsar!”\, is first performed.\n1865 US Secretary of State William Seward proclaims the adoption of the Thirteenth Amendment\, prohibiting slavery throughout the USA.\n1878 The Al-Thani family become the rulers of the state of Qatar.\n1916 World War I: The Battle of Verdun ends when German forces under Chief of staff Erich von Falkenhayn are defeated by the French and suffer 337\,000 casualties.\n1956 Japan admitted to UN.\n1964 “The Pink Panther” cartoon series premieres.\n2006 United Arab Emirates holds its first-ever elections.\n2015 Kellingley Colliery\, the last deep coal mine in Great Britain\, closes. \n(Source: Wikipedia) \nGAME OF THE DAY \n\n\n \n\n\n	\n				[Event "World Championship 34th-KK4"]\n[Site "Seville"]\n[Date "1987.12.18"]\n[Round "24"]\n[White "Kasparov\, Garry"]\n[Black "Karpov\, Anatoly"]\n[Result "1-0"]\n[ECO "A14"]\n[WhiteElo "2740"]\n[BlackElo "2700"]\n[PlyCount "127"]\n[EventDate "1987.10.12"]\n[EventType "match"]\n[EventRounds "24"]\n[EventCountry "ESP"]\n\n1. c4 e6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. g3 d5 4. b3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O b6 7. Bb2 Bb7 8. e3\nNbd7 9. Nc3 Ne4 10. Ne2 a5 11. d3 Bf6 12. Qc2 Bxb2 13. Qxb2 Nd6 14. cxd5 Bxd5\n15. d4 c5 16. Rfd1 Rc8 17. Nf4 Bxf3 18. Bxf3 Qe7 19. Rac1 Rfd8 20. dxc5 Nxc5\n21. b4 axb4 22. Qxb4 Qa7 23. a3 Nf5 24. Rb1 Rxd1+ 25. Rxd1 Qc7 26. Nd3 h6 27.\nRc1 Ne7 28. Qb5 Nf5 29. a4 Nd6 30. Qb1 Qa7 31. Ne5 Nxa4 32. Rxc8+ Nxc8 33. Qd1\nNe7 34. Qd8+ Kh7 35. Nxf7 Ng6 36. Qe8 Qe7 37. Qxa4 Qxf7 38. Be4 Kg8 39. Qb5 Nf8\n40. Qxb6 Qf6 41. Qb5 Qe7 42. Kg2 g6 43. Qa5 Qg7 44. Qc5 Qf7 45. h4 h5 46. Qc6\nQe7 47. Bd3 Qf7 48. Qd6 Kg7 49. e4 Kg8 50. Bc4 Kg7 51. Qe5+ Kg8 52. Qd6 Kg7 53.\nBb5 Kg8 54. Bc6 Qa7 55. Qb4 Qc7 56. Qb7 Qd8 57. e5 Qa5 58. Be8 Qc5 59. Qf7+ Kh8\n60. Ba4 Qd5+ 61. Kh2 Qc5 62. Bb3 Qc8 63. Bd1 Qc5 64. 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