The Chesspedia

February 8
2016-02-08
QUOTE OF THE DAY

Kramnik was the luckiest man in the history of chess. He never won a single cycle, he got all the matches that he played for political reasons.- Veselin Topalov, 2014
BIRTHS
Gisela Gresser, (1906-04.12.2000), an American woman chess player who won the US Women Championships eight times.
Yiri Averbakh (1922), a Russian Grandmaster, Soviet Champion in 1954, author, journalist, coach and Soviet Chess President in the 1970’s. He is the oldest Grandmaster alive.
Aivar Gipslis (1937-13.04.2000), a Latvian Grandmaster, journalist, and coach.
Johann Hjartarsson (1963), Icelandic Grandmaster, and Icelandic Champion. He lost a Candidate’ match in 1986 against Anatoly Karpov.
Peter Szekely (1955-31.08.2003), a Hungarian Grandmaster who died after a heart attack in 2003.
Ilia Gurevich (1972), an American Grandmaster who won the won the 1990 World Junior Championship.
Ralf Akesson (1961) Swedish Grandmaster who became the European Junior Chess Championship (U20) in 1985 the Swedish Chess Champion in 1999.
Gilles Miralles (1966), a French Grandmaster who was French Champion in 1986 and 1989. He is running the Geneva Chess Club.
Jolanta Zawadzka (1987), a Polish Woman Grandmaster who became the World Youth Chess U18 Championship and the women’s Polish Chess Championship in 2006, 2011 and 2015.
Yuri Solodovnichenko (1978), a Ukrainian Grandmaster.
Maze, Sebastien (1984), a French Grandmaster and coach of the national team in 2013.
Arik Braun (1988) a German Grandmaster who won the World Under-18 Chess Championship in 2006 and the German Chess Championship in 2009.
Suri Vaibhav (1997), an Indian Grandmaster who got the title at the age of 15 years 2 months 21 days.
Georgescu Tiberiu-Marian (1991), a Romanian Grandmaster.
DEATH
Lim Kok Aan (1920-11.03.2003) a Singapore player, International Arbiter and former FIDE General Secretary.
CHESS EVENT
1989 FIDE President Campomanes met IOC President Samaranch in Lausanne. “The first step is recognition of FIDE by IOC”. Mr. Samaranch said: “Chess is a sport”.
WORLD EVENTS
421 Constantius III becomes co-Emperor of the Western Roman Empire.
1587 Mary, Queen of Scots, is executed on suspicion of having been involved in the Babington Plot to murder her cousin, Queen Elizabeth I.
1837 Richard Johnson becomes the first Vice President of the United States chosen by the United States Senate.
1914 General Zamon becomes president of Haiti
1924 Capital punishment: The first state execution in the United States by gas chamber takes place in Nevada.
1926 Disney Brothers Cartoon Studio becomes Walt Disney Studios
1942 World War II: Japan invades Singapore.
1950 The Stasi, the secret police of East Germany, is established.
1955 Malenkov resigns as USSR premier, Bulganin replaces him
1960 The first eight brass star plaques are installed in the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
1963 The regime of Prime Minister of Iraq, Brigadier General Abd al-Karim Qasim is overthrown by the Ba’ath Party.
1963 The regime of Prime Minister of Iraq, Brigadier General Abd al-Karim Qasim is overthrown by the Ba’ath Party.
1971 The NASDAQ stock market index opens for the first time.
(Source: Wikipedia-Onthisday)
GAME OF THE DAY

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[Date "1901.02.08"]
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15. Bxe5 Nxe5 16. Rxe5 O-O-O 17. Na4 b6 18. h4 f6 19. Re3 Qd6 20. b4 Kb7 21.
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34. Qxc5 Bc8 35. Bxc8 Qxc8 36. Rxf6 Re6 37. Rf7 Ke8 38. Qxa7 Rf8 39. Rb7 1-0

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