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SUMMARY:December 25
DESCRIPTION:QUOTE OF THE DAY \nI think that ACP is a small clique\, which gives power to more cliques.- Nigel Short\, 2016\nBIRTHS \nWilliam Shinkman (1847-25.05.1933)\, American chess composer and author born in the Czech Republic.\nLeonid Kubbel  (1891-1942)\, a Russian composer of chess endgame studies and problems\, the founders of the modern art endgame who died of starvation in 1942 during the Nazi siege of Leningrad.\nVera Chudova (1908-18.12.1977)\, a Soviet Woman Master and International Arbiter who won the first RSFSR Women’s Champion in 1934.\nAlexander Baturin\, (1909-15.08.1981)\, a Russian chess composer.\nRodolfo Tan Cardoso (1937-21.08.2013)\, a Filipino International Master who was the first IM in Asia.\nIvo Donev (1959)\, an Austrian International Master born in Bulgaria who was Czechoslovakian Champion in 1989. He is now a successful professional poker player.\nNenad  Sulava (1962)\, a Croatian Grandmaster and coach who is living in France.\nJohan Hellsten (1975)\, a Swedish Grandmaster who was Swedish Champion in 2006.\nAlexis Cabrera (1976)\, a Spanish Grandmaster born in Colombia who played few Olympiads for Cuba.\nBoris Kogan (08.02.1940-1993)\, a Russian-born American Master who won two Soviet Junior Championships.\nVinh Bui (1976)\, a Vietnamese Grandmaster who was the national champion in 2009. \nCHESS EVENTS \n1945 The FIDE President Dr. Rueb sent a letter to all the federations asking them to resume FIDE activities after the end of WWII.\n2001 In Moscow\, Zhu Chen from China became the new Women’s World Champion after beating Alexandra Kosteniuk of Russia after tie-break games. \nWORLD EVENTS \n333 Roman Emperor Constantine the Great elevates his youngest son Constans to the rank of Caesar.\n337 Earliest possible date that Christmas was celebrated on Dec 25th\n496 Clovis I\, king of the Franks\, is baptized into the Catholic faith at Reims\, by Saint Remigius.\n800 The Coronation of Charlemagne as Holy Roman Emperor\, in Rome.\n1000 The foundation of the Kingdom of Hungary: Hungary is established as a Christian kingdom by Stephen I of Hungary.\n1025 Coronation of Mieszko II Lambert as king of Poland.\n1066 William the Conqueror\, Duke of Normandy is crowned king of England\, at Westminster Abbey\, London.\n1076 Coronation of Bolesław II the Generous as king of Poland.\n1100 Baldwin of Boulogne is crowned the first King of Jerusalem in the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem.\n1717 Floods ravage Dutch coast provinces\, thousands are killed.\n1926 Emperor Taishō of Japan dies. His son\, Prince Hirohito\, succeeds him as Emperor Shōwa.\n1977 Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin meets in Egypt with its president Anwar Sadat.\n1989 Deposed President of Romania Nicolae Ceaușescu and his wife\, First-Deputy Prime-Minister Elena are condemned to death and executed after a summary trial.\n1991 Mikhail Gorbachev resigns as General Secretary of the Soviet Union (the union itself is dissolved the next day). Ukraine’s referendum is finalized and Ukraine officially leaves the Soviet Union. \n(Source: Wikipedia and Onthisday.com) \nGAME OF THE DAY \n\n\n \n\n\n	\n				[Event "Hastings 9091"]\n[Site "Hastings"]\n[Date "1990.12.25"]\n[Round "8"]\n[White "Bareev\, Evgeny"]\n[Black "Sax\, Gyula"]\n[Result "1-0"]\n[ECO "E31"]\n[WhiteElo "2590"]\n[BlackElo "2600"]\n[PlyCount "59"]\n[EventDate "1990.12.??"]\n[EventType "tourn"]\n[EventRounds "14"]\n[EventCountry "ENG"]\n1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Bg5 h6 5. Bh4 c5 6. d5 d6 7. e3 Bxc3+ 8. bxc3\ne5 9. f3 g5 10. Bg3 e4 11. h4 g4 12. h5 exf3 13. gxf3 Qe7 14. Bh4 Qxe3+ 15. Qe2\nQxe2+ 16. Nxe2 Nxh5 17. O-O-O Nd7 18. fxg4 Ng7 19. Ng3 Kf8 20. Ne4 Ne5 21. Nxd6\nBxg4 22. Re1 Nf3 23. Be7+ Kg8 24. Re3 f5 25. Be2 Ng5 26. Bxg4 fxg4 27. Rg1 Kh7\n28. Rxg4 Kg6 29. Reg3 Nh5 30. 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