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SUMMARY:December 20
DESCRIPTION:QUOTE OF THE DAY \nFischer was the first to send me a telegram when I was in Amsterdam after I had defected\, saying ‘Congratulations on the correct move’.- Vikor Kortchnoi \, 1986 NIC\nBIRTHS \nRamon Rey Ardid (1903-21.01.1988)\,  a Spanish Master who was one of the last players to play Alexander Alekhine\, in 1944 Rey Ardid lost a match to Alexander Alekhine (+0 –1 =3).\nJoseph Ney Babson (1852-1929)\, an American chess composer famous for the creation of the Babson task problem.\nAlexei Kornev (1976)\, a Russian Grandmaster.\nDavid Klein\, (1993)\, a Dutch Grandmaster. \nDEATH \nAlbin Planinc (Planinec) (18.04.1944-2008)\, a Slovenian Grandmaster who was twice Slovenian Champion. died in Ljubljana\, Slovenia. \nCHESS EVENTS \n1850. France\, the English player Howard Staunton defeated in Paris the French player Saint-Amant. It was the first international match. It was played without time-control and clocks.\n1858 France\, The first game in Paris between Morphy and Anderssen was played.\n1991 Hungary. Judit Polgar of Hungary was the youngest person to attain international grandmaster status\, at 15 years and 150 days old.\n2003 Levon Aronian (ARM) won the World Junior Championship in India. The 17-year old Zhao (CHN) won the Girls event on tie break. \nWORLD EVENTS  \n1192 Richard I of England is captured and imprisoned by Leopold V of Austria on his way home to England after signing a treaty with Saladin ending the Third Crusade.\n1334 Pope Benedict XII is elected.\n1803 The Louisiana Purchase is completed at a ceremony in New Orleans.\n1812 “Grimm’s Fairy Tales” by Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm is published.\n1830 Great Britain\, France\, Prussia\, Austria and Russia recognize Belgium.\n1916 World War I: The battle of Verdun results in a French victory after more than 9 months of intense fightings.\n1917 Cheka\, the first Soviet secret police force\, is founded.\n1922 14 republics form Union of Soviet Socialistic Republics (USSR).\n1924 Adolf Hitler is released from Landsberg Prison.\n1955 Cardiff is proclaimed the capital city of Wales\, United Kingdom.\n1957 The initial production version of the Boeing 707 makes its first flight.\n1960 National Front for the Liberation of Vietnam is formed.\n1990 Soviet Foreign Minister Eduard Shevardnadze resigns.\n1992 Slobodan Milosevic re-elected president of Serbia.\n1999 Macau is handed over to China by Portugal.\n2007 Elizabeth II becomes the oldest monarch of the United Kingdom\, surpassing Queen Victoria\, who lived for 81 years\, 7 months and 29 days. \n(Source: Wikipedia) \nGAME OF THE DAY \n\n\n \n\n\n	\n				[Event "Paris it"]\n[Site "Paris"]\n[Date "1858.12.20"]\n[Round "?"]\n[White "Morphy\, Paul"]\n[Black "Anderssen\, Adolf"]\n[Result "1-0"]\n[ECO "C38"]\n[PlyCount "37"]\n[EventRounds "30"]\n[EventCountry "FRA"]\n\n1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 g5 4. Bc4 Bg7 5. O-O d6 6. c3 Nc6 7. Qb3 Qe7 8. d4\nNf6 9. Nxg5 Nxe4 10. Bxf7+ Kd8 11. Nxe4 Qxe4 12. Bxf4 Bh3 13. gxh3 Nxd4 14. Nd2\nNe2+ 15. Kf2 Qxf4+ 16. Kxe2 Qg5 17. Rae1 Bh6 18. Qd5 Re8+ 19. Kd1 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-69e81c0632d7d-1" + ' .rpbchessboard-chessgameAnchor';\n			$(selector).removeClass('rpbchessboard-chessgameAnchor').chessgame({"pgn":"[Event \"Paris it\"]\r\n[Site \"Paris\"]\r\n[Date \"1858.12.20\"]\r\n[Round \"?\"]\r\n[White \"Morphy\, Paul\"]\r\n[Black \"Anderssen\, Adolf\"]\r\n[Result \"1-0\"]\r\n[ECO \"C38\"]\r\n[PlyCount \"37\"]\r\n[EventRounds \"30\"]\r\n[EventCountry \"FRA\"]\r\n\r\n1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 g5 4. Bc4 Bg7 5. O-O d6 6. c3 Nc6 7. Qb3 Qe7 8. d4\r\nNf6 9. Nxg5 Nxe4 10. Bxf7+ Kd8 11. Nxe4 Qxe4 12. Bxf4 Bh3 13. gxh3 Nxd4 14. Nd2\r\nNe2+ 15. Kf2 Qxf4+ 16. Kxe2 Qg5 17. Rae1 Bh6 18. Qd5 Re8+ 19. Kd1 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
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