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SUMMARY:December 26
DESCRIPTION:QUOTE OF THE DAY \nBotvinnik and Tal are among the best; I also like Spassky\, but I think Petrosian is better than all of them. His weakness is too many draws\, even against players he could beat easily. Maybe he lacks self-confidence.- Robert Fischer\, 1960\nBIRTHS \nJoseph Ney Babson (1852-20.12.1929)\, an American chess composer. His name has remained forever associated to the task of the 4 reciprocal white and black promotions.\nCarl Ahues 1883-31.12.1888)\, a German International Master who won the German championship in 1929.\nJacobo Bolbochan (1906-29.07.1984)\, an Argentine International Master who won twice the Argentine championship in 1931 and 1932.\nSaturnin Limbach (1909 -11.12.1984)\, a Polish chess composer who was born in Ukraine.\nVitold Yakimchik\, (1909-28.05.1977)\, a Soviet chess composer and IJC.\nNikolai Kralin (1944)\, a Russian composer specialized in end games studies.\nAttila Czebe (1975)\, a Hungarian Grandmaster.\nArthur Gabrielian (1982)\, a Russian Grandmaster.\nSamuel Sevian (2000) an American Grandmaster who holds the record for the youngest ever United States Grandmaster at the age of 13 years\, 10 months\, and 27 days.\nCarlos Daniel Albornoz Cabrera (2000)\, a Cuban Grandmaster.  \nDEATH \nAshot Anastasian (16.07.1964-2016)\, an Armenian Grandmaster who won eight Armenian championships. \nCHESS EVENTS \n1985 J. Magnusson SWE won the 1st World Junior Championship for visually handicapped in Solna\, Sweden.\n1993 P. Adreito won the African Junior Championship in Nairobi\, Kenya.\n2000 Viswanathan Anand of India beat Alexey Shirov of Spain 3½-½ and became the 15th World Champion. \nWORLD EVENTS \n1799 Four thousand people attend George Washington’s funeral where Henry Lee III declares him as “first in war\, first in peace and first in the hearts of his countrymen”.\n1860 First ever inter-club football match between Hallam F.C. and Sheffield F.C. at Sandygate Road ground in Sheffield\, England\n1898 – Marie and Pierre Curie announce the isolation of radium.\n1908 Jack Johnson TKOs Tommy Burns in 14 for heavyweight boxing title\, becomes 1st black heavyweight champion\n1944 World War II: George S. Patton’s Third Army breaks the encirclement of surrounded U.S. forces at Bastogne\, Belgium.\n1963 The Beatles’ “I Want to Hold Your Hand” and “I Saw Her Standing There” are released in the United States\, marking the beginning of Beatlemania on an international level.\n1972 The 33rd president of the United States\, Harry S. Truman\, died in Kansas City\, Mo.\n1982 TIME magazine’s Man of the Year\, in the issue dated January 4\, 1983\, was a computer.\n1991 The Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union meets and formally dissolves the Soviet Union.\n1992 Time magazine announced it had chosen President-elect Bill Clinton its 1992 “Man of the Year.”\n2004 The 9.1–9.3 Mw Indian Ocean earthquake shakes northern Sumatra with a maximum Mercalli intensity of IX (Violent). One of the largest observed tsunamis follows\, affecting the coastal areas of Thailand\, India\, Sri Lanka\, the Maldives\, Malaysia\, Myanmar\, Bangladesh\, and Indonesia; death toll is between 230\,000–280\,000.\n2004 Orange Revolution: The final run-off election in Ukraine is held under heavy international scrutiny.\n2009 China opens the world’s longest high-speed rail route\, which links Beijing and Guangzhou. \n(Source: Wikipedia and onthisday.com) \nGAME OF THE DAY \n\n\n \n\n\n	\n				[Event "Lodz"]\n[Site "Lodz"]\n[Date "1907.12.26"]\n[Round "?"]\n[White "Rubinstein\, Akiba"]\n[Black "Rotlewi\, Georg A"]\n[Result "1-0"]\n[ECO "D26"]\n[PlyCount "29"]\n[EventDate "1907.??.??"]\n[EventType "tourn"]\n[EventRounds "12"]\n[EventCountry "POL"]\n1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 dxc4 4. e3 Nf6 5. Bxc4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. O-O a6 8. Qe2\ncxd4 9. Rd1 Be7 10. exd4 O-O 11. Bf4 b5 12. d5 exd5 13. Bxd5 Nxd5 14. Nxd5 Bd7\n15. Bc7 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-69e82e1f095ea-1" + ' .rpbchessboard-chessgameAnchor';\n			$(selector).removeClass('rpbchessboard-chessgameAnchor').chessgame({"pgn":"[Event \"Lodz\"]\r\n[Site \"Lodz\"]\r\n[Date \"1907.12.26\"]\r\n[Round \"?\"]\r\n[White \"Rubinstein\, Akiba\"]\r\n[Black \"Rotlewi\, Georg A\"]\r\n[Result \"1-0\"]\r\n[ECO \"D26\"]\r\n[PlyCount \"29\"]\r\n[EventDate \"1907.??.??\"]\r\n[EventType \"tourn\"]\r\n[EventRounds \"12\"]\r\n[EventCountry \"POL\"]\r\n1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 dxc4 4. e3 Nf6 5. Bxc4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. 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