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SUMMARY:March 8
DESCRIPTION:QUOTE OF THE DAY\n\nDo you realize\, Fischer almost never has any bad pieces? He exchanges them\, and the bad pieces remain with his opponents.- Yury Balashov\nBIRTHS \nLouis Malpers (1893)\, a Belgian chess problemist.\nEfim Geller (1925-17.11.1998)\, a Ukrainian Grandmaster\, author and coach who won the Soviet Championship twice and was a Candidate for the World Championship on six occasions.\nVasha Neidze (1937)\, a Georgian International Master for composition.\nLexy Ortega (1960)\, Italian Grandmaster born in Cuba who was Italian  Champion in 2009.\nBogdan Lalic (1964)\, a Croatian Grandmaster and author living in England.\nAlexy Kuzmin (1963) a Russian Grandmaster and coach living in Qatar who worked for Karpov and Morozevich. \nDEATHS \nJose R. Capablanca (19.11.1888-1942)\, a Cuban Master\, author\, and diplomate who was the World Chess Champion from 1921 to 1927.\nPaul Lipke (30.06.1870-1955)\, a German Master who won the 7th DSB-Kongress in 1892.\nElisaveta Bykova (04.11.1913-1989)\, a Soviet International Master and Women Grandmaster who became the third and fifth Women’s World Chess Champion\, from 1953 until 1956\, and again from 1958 to 1962.\nProf. Lim Kok Ann (1920-2003)\, A Singaporean player who was the FIDE General Secretary for many years. \nCHESS EVENTS \n1999 The FIDE President Ilyumzhinov signed an application for membership at the IOC for chess to be recognized as a sport. \nWORLD EVENTS  \n1702 Queen Anne\, the younger sister of Mary II\, becomes Queen regnant of England\, Scotland\, and Ireland.\n1702 William III of Orange (51)\, Dutch King of England (1689-1702)\, died after falling from his horse1817 – The New York Stock Exchange is founded.\n1844 King Oscar I ascends to the thrones of Sweden and Norway.\n1886 Edward Kendall\, chemist\, isolated cortisone (Nobel 1950)\, was born.\n1917 International Women’s Day protests in St. Petersburg mark the beginning of the February Revolution (February 23rd in the Julian).\n1920 The Arab Kingdom of Syria\, the first modern Arab state to come into existence\, is established.\n1921 Spanish Prime Minister Eduardo Dato Iradier is assassinated while exiting the parliament building in Madrid.\n1930 Mahatma Gandhi started civil disobedience in India.\n1936 Daytona Beach and Road Course holds its first oval stock car race.\n1937 Spanish Civil War: The Battle of Guadalajara begins.\n1942 Japanese captured Rangoon\, Burma\, during World War II.\n1949 President of France Vincent Auriol and ex-emperor of Annam Bảo Đại sign the Élysée Accords\, giving Vietnam greater independence from France.\n1957 Ghana joins the United Nations.\n1974 Charles the Gaulle Airport (aka Roissy I) opened outside of Paris.\n1983 IBM released PC DOS version 2.0.\n2001 In Afghanistan the giant Buddha at Bamiyan was destroyed.\n(Source: Wikipedia-Timeline) \nGAME OF THE DAY \n\n\n \n\n\n	\n				[Event "Linares 17th"]\n[Site "Linares"]\n[Date "2000.03.08"]\n[Round "8"]\n[White "Kramnik\, Vladimir"]\n[Black "Kasparov\, Garry"]\n[Result "1/2-1/2"]\n[ECO "D23"]\n[WhiteElo "2758"]\n[BlackElo "2851"]\n[PlyCount "82"]\n[EventDate "2000.02.28"]\n[EventType "tourn"]\n[EventRounds "10"]\n[EventCountry "ESP"]\n[EventCategory "21"]\n1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. g3 d5 4. d4 dxc4 5. Qa4+ Bd7 6. Qxc4 Bc6 7. dxc5 Bd5 8.\nQa4+ Bc6 9. Qc4 Bd5 10. Qc2 e6 11. Bg2 Be4 12. Qc4 Bd5 13. Qh4 Bxc5 14. Nc3 Bc6\n15. O-O Be7 16. Rd1 Qa5 17. Bd2 Nbd7 18. g4 h6 19. Qg3 Qa6 20. h4 Qc4 21. Bf4\nQb4 22. a3 Qxb2 23. Nd4 g5 24. Nxc6 gxf4 25. Qd3 bxc6 26. Bxc6 O-O 27. Bxa8 Ne5\n28. Qd4 Rxa8 29. Qxe5 Rc8 30. Rac1 Nd5 31. Nxd5 Qxe5 32. Nxe7+ Kg7 33. Rxc8\nQxe2 34. Rg8+ Kf6 35. Rd7 Qe1+ 36. Kg2 Qe4+ 37. Kh2 Qc2 38. Kg2 Qe4+ 39. Kh2\nQc2 40. g5+ hxg5 41. 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