QUOTE OF THE DAY

BIRTHS

Igor Berdichevski (1964), a Russian Grandmaster and author of historical books.
Atanas Kolev (1967), a Bulgarian Grandmaster, author, and coach.
Alfredo Giaccio (1970), an Argentine Grandmaster.
Aleksander Delchev (1971), a Bulgarian Grandmaster who was three times was Bulgarian champion.
Oscar De La Riva Aguado (1972), Andorran Grandmaster. Spanish champion in 2003.
Pavel Ponkratov (1988), a Russian Grandmaster.
Boris Kharchenko (1991), a Ukrainian Grandmaster.
Sasa Martinovic (1991), a Croatian Grandmaster.

DEATHS

Adolf Alapin (09.11 1856-1923), a Russian chess master and openings analyst.
Domenico Ponziani Domenico (1719-1796), an Italian law professor, priest, chess player, composer and theoretician.

CHESS EVENTS

1851 In London, at the fourth-round final of the first international tournament, Anderssen beat Wyvill and the first place. The tournament was planned as knock-out contest involving sixteen of Europe’s best players.
1926The 3^rd Congress opened in Budapest, Hungary with 13 Federations represented.
1968 Candidates Semi Final in Moscow, V. Korchnoi (USSR) beat M. Tal (USSR 5½-4½.)
1987 N. Short (ENG). J. Speelman (ENG) and G. Sax (HUN) were the qualifiers from the Interzonal at Subotica, Yugoslavia.
1996 In Elista, Russia, Anatoly Karpov (RUS) won the World Championship beating Gata Kamsky (USA) 10½-7½.
2000 Pavel Tregubov of Russia won the 1st Individual European Championship.

WORLD EVENTS

1099 First Crusade: Christian soldiers take the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem after the final assault of a difficult siege.
1823  A fire destroys the ancient Basilica of Saint Paul Outside the Walls in Rome, Italy.
1834 The Spanish Inquisition is officially disbanded after nearly 356 years.
1916 In Seattle, Washington, William Boeing and George Conrad Westervelt incorporate Pacific Aero Products (later renamed Boeing).
1918 World War I: The Second Battle of the Marne begins near the River Marne with a German attack.
1974 In Nicosia, Cyprus, Greek junta-sponsored nationalists launch a coup d’état, deposing President Makarios and installing Nikos Sampson as Cypriot president.
2003 AOL Time Warner disbands Netscape. The Mozilla Foundation is established on the same day.
2006 Twitter is launched, becoming one of the largest social media platforms in the world.

(source: Wikipedia)

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