QUOTE OF THE DAY

BIRTHS

Istvan Csom (1940), a Hungarian Grandmaster who He was Hungarian Champion in 1972 and 1973 (jointly)
Gata Kamsky (1974), an American Grandmaster and Champion born in Russia who lost a World Championship Match vs. Anatoly Karpov in 1996.
Yannick Gozzoli (1983), a French Grandmaster.
Bella Gesser (1985), an Israeli Woman Grandmaster born in Russia.
Jon Ludvig Hammer, (1990), a Norwegian Grandmaster who won the Norwegian  Championship in 2013 and was the main second for Magnus Carlsen in few World Chess Championships
Tamas Jr. Fodor, (1991), a Hungarian Grandmaster.
Andrey Stukopin (1994) a Russian Grandmaster living in the USA.
Yi Wei (1999), a Chinese Grandmaster who won three titles of Chinese Champion.

DEATH
Vasja Pirc Pirc (19.12.1907-1980), a Slovenian Grandmaster who was champion of Yugoslavia five times in 1935, 1936, 1937, 1951, and 1953.

CHESS EVENTS

1971 Candidates Quarter-Final in Vancouver, Canada, Robert Fischer USA beat Mark Taimanov USSR 6-0.
2006 The GA approved the re-election of Kirsan Ilyumzhinov (RUS) President, G. Makropoulos (GRE) Deputy President, Ignatius Leong (SIN) General Secretary, Lewis Ncube (ZAM) Vice President (ANG) and Nigel Freeman (BER) Treasurer. The final result of the votes were: Kirsan Ilyumzhinov 96 votes and Bessel Kok 54 with 2 blank bulletins and 1 invalid bulletin.

WORLD EVENTS

575 Benedict I began his reign as Catholic Pope.
1793 Maximillian Robespierre, a member of France’s Committee on Public Safety, initiated the “Reign of Terror,” a purge of those suspected of treason against the French Republic.
904 Johnny Weissmuller, American gold-winning Olympic swimmer (1924), was born. He portrayed Tarzan in the movies.
1928 Nationalist Chiang Kai-shek captured Peking, China, in a bloodless takeover.
1946 The Italian monarchy was abolished by referendum in favor of a republic.
1953 Queen Elizabeth II of Britain was crowned in Westminster Abbey, 16 months after the death of her father, King George VI.
1992 Bill Clinton officially clinched the Democratic presidential nomination as he won the six final primaries of the campaign.
(Source: Timeline)

GAME OF THE DAY