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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20161223
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SUMMARY:December 23
DESCRIPTION:QUOTE OF THE DAY \nCarlsen: “I ran out of steam towards the end but fortunately I played better than he did”- Magnus Carlsen\, 2017\nBIRTHS \nLaszlo Lindner (1916- 21.08.2004)\, a Hungarian composer\, journalist\, and organizer.\nRobin Ault (1941-16.09.1994)\, an Amercian who won the U.S. Junior Championship three times in a row (1959\, 1960\, 1961).\nMartin Kraemer (1987)\, a German Grandmaster. \nDEATH \nNarcisco Rabell-Mendez (1936-2913)\, a Puerto Rican player and FIDE Official. \nCHESS EVENTS \n1985 Garry Kasparov announced his refusal to play the revenge match against Anatoly Karpov as requested by FIDE.\n1995 The team of  Philippines won the Asian Team Championship in Singapore. \nWORLD EVENTS \n558 Chlothar I is crowned King of the Franks.\n1688 King James II\, the last Roman Catholic British monarch flees to France from William of Orange.\n1909 Albert I becomes the third King of the Belgians.\n1941 Japan begins assault on Rangoon\, Burma.\n1952 Alain Bombard arrives in Barbados after 65 days at sea proving his theory that a shipwrecked person could survive with almost no provisions\, despite having lost 25 kg (65 lbs)in weight.\n1947 The transistor is first demonstrated at Bell Laboratories.\n1948 Seven Japanese convicted of war crimes by the International Military Tribunal for the Far East are executed at Sugamo Prison in Tokyo\, Japan.\n1954 First successful kidney transplant is performed by J. Hartwell Harrison and Joseph Murray.\n1960 King Saud of Saudi Arabia takes power1970 – The Democratic Republic of the Congo officially becomes a one-party state.\n1963 Beach Boys 1st appearance on “Shindig”\n1972 A 6.5 magnitude earthquake strikes the Nicaraguan capital of Managua killing more than 10\,000.\n1972 The 16 survivors of the Andes flight disaster are rescued after 73 days\, having reportedly survived by cannibalism.\n1979 Soviet war in Afghanistan: Soviet Union forces occupy Kabul\, the Afghan capital.\n2007 An agreement is made for the Kingdom of Nepal to be abolished and the country to become a federal republic with the Prime Minister becoming head of state. \n(Source: Wikipedia and Internet) \nGAME OF THE DAY \n\n\n \n\n\n	\n				[Event "Groningen Harmonie"]\n[Site "Groningen"]\n[Date "2002.12.23"]\n[Round "1"]\n[White "Smeets\, Jan"]\n[Black "Werle\, Jan"]\n[Result "1-0"]\n[ECO "B80"]\n[WhiteElo "2461"]\n[BlackElo "2434"]\n[PlyCount "55"]\n[EventDate "2002.12.21"]\n[EventType "tourn"]\n[EventRounds "9"]\n[EventCountry "NED"]\n1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. f3 e6 7. Be3 Be7 8. Qd2\na6 9. g4 Qc7 10. O-O-O Nxd4 11. Qxd4 O-O 12. g5 Nd7 13. h4 Ne5 14. f4 Nc6 15.\nQd2 b5 16. h5 Rd8 17. g6 Bf6 18. Bd3 Rb8 19. e5 $1 dxe5 20. Ne4 Be7 21. gxf7+\nKh8 22. Qg2 Bb7 23. Qg6 $3 Nb4 24. Rdg1 $1 Bf8 25. Nf6 Nxd3+ 26. Kb1 hxg6 27.\nhxg6+ Bxh1 28. Rxh1# 1-0\n				\n			You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization.		\n	\n	\n	\n		jQuery(document).ready(function($) {\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-69e9ed713448b-1" + ' .rpbchessboard-chessgameAnchor';\n			$(selector).removeClass('rpbchessboard-chessgameAnchor').chessgame({"pgn":"[Event \"Groningen Harmonie\"]\r\n[Site \"Groningen\"]\r\n[Date \"2002.12.23\"]\r\n[Round \"1\"]\r\n[White \"Smeets\, Jan\"]\r\n[Black \"Werle\, Jan\"]\r\n[Result \"1-0\"]\r\n[ECO \"B80\"]\r\n[WhiteElo \"2461\"]\r\n[BlackElo \"2434\"]\r\n[PlyCount \"55\"]\r\n[EventDate \"2002.12.21\"]\r\n[EventType \"tourn\"]\r\n[EventRounds \"9\"]\r\n[EventCountry \"NED\"]\r\n1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. f3 e6 7. Be3 Be7 8. Qd2\r\na6 9. g4 Qc7 10. O-O-O Nxd4 11. Qxd4 O-O 12. g5 Nd7 13. h4 Ne5 14. f4 Nc6 15.\r\nQd2 b5 16. h5 Rd8 17. g6 Bf6 18. Bd3 Rb8 19. e5 $1 dxe5 20. Ne4 Be7 21. gxf7+\r\nKh8 22. Qg2 Bb7 23. Qg6 $3 Nb4 24. Rdg1 $1 Bf8 25. Nf6 Nxd3+ 26. Kb1 hxg6 27.\r\nhxg6+ Bxh1 28. Rxh1# 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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