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SUMMARY:February 19
DESCRIPTION:QUOTE OF THE DAY\n\nCarlsen is paying far less attention to opening theory than his rivals\, he is happy to go down paths that may offer no advantage yet have the benefit of dragging opponents out of their “openings book”. Once beyond the reaches of computer-aided openings\, Carlsen starts to turn the screw.- Judith Polgar\, FT\, 2014\nBIRTHS \nAlexander M. Konstantinopolsky 1910-21.09.1990)\, a Soviet Honorary Grandmaster born in Ukraine who was a trainer\, and an author. He won the first Soviet Correspondence Chess Championship in 1951\nDavid Bronstein (1924-05.12.2006)\, Soviet Grandmaster born in Ukraine who was one of the world’s strongest players from the mid-1940s into the mid-1960s and a World Title Challenger in 1948 and 1951.\nZsuzsa Veroci-Petronic\, (1949)\, a Hungarian Woman Grandmaster and International Arbiter.\nRogelio Antonio (1962)\, a Filipino Grandmaster who won the 1990 Philippines Championship and finished third in the 2009 Asia Continental Chess Championship.\nAlexander Baburin (1967)\, an Irish Grandmaster\, writer\, and journalist born in Russia.\nAhmed Adly (1987)\, an Egyptian Grandmaster who won the African Chess Championship in 2005\, and the World Junior Chess Championship in 2007.\nSvetlana Fomichenko\, (1976)\, a Russian Woman Grandmaster.\nMihaela Sandu (1977)\, a Romanian Woman Grandmaster.\nAnna Burtasova (1987)\, a Russian Woman Grandmaster.\nIozefina Paulet (1989)\, a Dutch Woman Grandmaster born in Romania who became the European Girls U20 Champion in 2001.\nMitra Hejazipour (1993)\, an Iranian Woman Grandmaster who was Iranian Women’s Champion in 2012. \nDEATH \nJohn Keeble (27.08.1855-1939)\, a British chess composer. \nCHESS EVENT \n1988. In Italy\, Szofia Polgar made the history by winning the Roma Open with 8½/9. Her rating performance was reaching 2910 Elo something that only Fischer had surpassed in 1971 with his 12 victories in a row in the Candidates against Taimanov and Larsen. \nWORLD EVENTS \n1600 The Peruvian stratovolcano Huaynaputina explodes in the most violent eruption in the recorded history of South America.\n1878 Thomas Edison patents the phonograph.\n1881 Kansas becomes 1st state to prohibit all alcoholic beverages\n1913 Pedro Lascuráin becomes President of Mexico for 45 minutes; this is the shortest term to date of any person as president of any country.\n1915 World War I: The first naval attack on the Dardanelles begins when a strong Anglo-French task force bombards Ottoman artillery along the coast of Gallipoli.\n1945 World War II: Battle of Iwo Jima: About 30\,000 United States Marines land on the island of Iwo Jima.\n1959 The United Kingdom grants Cyprus independence\, which is formally proclaimed on August 16\, 1960.\n1963 USSR informs JFK it is withdrawing several thousand troops from Cuba\n1985 William J. Schroeder becomes the first recipient of an artificial heart to leave hospital.\n1985 Mickey Mouse welcomed in China.\n(Source: Wikipedia-Onthisday) \n
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