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SUMMARY:February 24
DESCRIPTION:QUOTE OF THE DAY\n\nChess politic is not my dream\, but I will be happy when we start to change things and organize a better chess life in the world.- Anatoly Karpov\, 2010\n\nBIRTHS \nBoris Kostic 1887-03.11.1963)\, One of the top Serbian players before WWII. At New York in 1916\, he once played twenty opponents without sight of a board and won nineteen games and drew one\, while engaging in polite conversation with opponents and spectators.\nCenek Kottnauer (1910-14.02.1996)\, an English International Master and International Arbiter who played few Olympiads for Czechoslovakia and England.\nKlaus Darga (24.02.1934)\, a German Grandmaster who was West German chess champion in 1955 and 1961 and one of the best German players of his time.\nOrest Gritsak(1973)\, a Ukrainian Grandmaster who was Ukrainian Champion in 1993 and a coach of Ivanchuk for few years.\nSurya\, Shekhar Ganguly (1983)\, an Indian Grandmaster who became 2009 Asian champion and six-time Indian champion.\nXiaowen Zhang (1989)\, a Chinese Woman Grandmaster.\nVasif Durarbayli (1992)\, an Azeri Grandmaster who won the World U18 Youth Chess Championship for boys. \nDEATH \nJames Mortimer (April 22/04.1833-1911)\, an American player and journalist who was living in England. \nWORLD EVENTS \n1582 With the papal bull Inter gravissimas\, Pope Gregory XIII announces the Gregorian calendar.\n1607 L’Orfeo by Claudio Monteverdi\, one of the first works recognized as an opera\, receives its première performance.\n1848 King Louis-Philippe of France abdicates the throne.\n1854 A Penny Red with perforations was the first perforated postage stamp to be officially issued for distribution.\n1868 US House of Representatives votes 126 to 47 to impeach President Andrew Johnson.\n1895 Revolution breaks out in Baire\, a town near Santiago de Cuba\, beginning the Cuban War of Independence\, that ends with the Spanish–American War in 1898.\n1918 Estonian Declaration of Independence.\n1920 The Nazi Party is founded.\n1944 Argentina coup by the minister of war Juan Peron.\n1945 Egyptian Premier Ahmad Mahir Pasha is killed in Parliament after reading a decree.\n1946 Juan Peron (Labor Party) first elected President of Argentina\n2008 Fidel Castro retires as the President of Cuba and the Council of Ministers after 32 years.\n2013 Raúl Castro is elected to a second term as the President of Cuba.\n(Source: Wikipedia-Onthisday) \nGAME OF THE DAY \n\n\n \n\n\n	\n				[Event "St Petersburg"]\n[Site "St Petersburg"]\n[Date "1909.02.24"]\n[Round "?"]\n[White "Tartakower\, Saviely"]\n[Black "Schlechter\, Carl"]\n[Result "1-0"]\n[ECO "C30"]\n[PlyCount "63"]\n[EventDate "1909.??.??"]\n[EventType "tourn"]\n[EventRounds "20"]\n1. e4 e5 2. f4 Bc5 3. Nf3 d6 4. fxe5 dxe5 5. c3 Nf6 6. Nxe5 O-O 7. d4 Bd6 8.\nNf3 Nxe4 9. Bd3 Re8 10. O-O h6 11. Nbd2 Nf6 12. Nc4 c5 13. Nfe5 cxd4 14. Nxf7\nKxf7 15. Qh5+ Kg8 16. Rxf6 Re1+ 17. Rf1 Rxf1+ 18. Bxf1 Bf8 19. Bxh6 Qf6 20. Bg5\nQf5 21. Nd6 Bxd6 22. Bc4+ Be6 23. Rf1 Qxf1+ 24. Bxf1 Nd7 25. Bd3 Nf8 26. cxd4\nBf7 27. Qf3 Ne6 28. Be3 Rb8 29. g4 g5 30. Qf6 Bf8 31. Bh7+ Kxh7 32. Qxf7+ 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-69e818061c66f-1" + ' .rpbchessboard-chessgameAnchor';\n			$(selector).removeClass('rpbchessboard-chessgameAnchor').chessgame({"pgn":"[Event \"St Petersburg\"]\r\n[Site \"St Petersburg\"]\r\n[Date \"1909.02.24\"]\r\n[Round \"?\"]\r\n[White \"Tartakower\, Saviely\"]\r\n[Black \"Schlechter\, Carl\"]\r\n[Result \"1-0\"]\r\n[ECO \"C30\"]\r\n[PlyCount \"63\"]\r\n[EventDate \"1909.??.??\"]\r\n[EventType \"tourn\"]\r\n[EventRounds \"20\"]\r\n1. e4 e5 2. f4 Bc5 3. Nf3 d6 4. fxe5 dxe5 5. c3 Nf6 6. Nxe5 O-O 7. d4 Bd6 8.\r\nNf3 Nxe4 9. Bd3 Re8 10. O-O h6 11. Nbd2 Nf6 12. Nc4 c5 13. Nfe5 cxd4 14. Nxf7\r\nKxf7 15. Qh5+ Kg8 16. Rxf6 Re1+ 17. Rf1 Rxf1+ 18. Bxf1 Bf8 19. Bxh6 Qf6 20. Bg5\r\nQf5 21. Nd6 Bxd6 22. Bc4+ Be6 23. Rf1 Qxf1+ 24. Bxf1 Nd7 25. Bd3 Nf8 26. cxd4\r\nBf7 27. Qf3 Ne6 28. Be3 Rb8 29. g4 g5 30. Qf6 Bf8 31. Bh7+ Kxh7 32. Qxf7+ 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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