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SUMMARY:May 16
DESCRIPTION:QUOTE OF THE DAY\n\n\nKasparov’s book are the best\, as far as high level analyses are concerned.- Jan Timman\, 1991 NIC\nBIRTHDAY \nNorbert Kovacs (1874-1946)\, a Hungarian chess composer.\nAnthony Saidy (1937)\, a U.S. Internationa Master\, a retired physician and author.\nEvgeni Janev (1973)\, a Bulgarian Grandmaster\nAtousa Pourkashiyan (1988)\, an Iranian Woman Grandmaster.\nBetul Cemre Yildiz (1989) a Turkish Woman Grandmaster.\nTereza Rodshtein (1991)\, a Czech Woman Grandmaster married to the Israeli GM Maxim Rodshtein who was Women’s Czech Champion in 2012 and 2015. \nDEATHS \nHarold James Ruthven Murray (24.06.1868-1955)\, a British chess historian\, died in Midhurst\, England. \nCHESS EVENTS \n1977 Women’s Candidates Match in Sochi\, E. Fatalibekova USSR beat Kozlovskaya USSR 6-2.\n1993 FIDE announced that Kasparov and Short would be dropped from the rating list.\n2013 In Genva\, the Georgian Bela Khotenashvili became the winner of Neva Fondation Women Grand Prix 2013. \nWORLD EVENTS \n1004 Henry II the Saint crowned king of Italy.\n1866 The U.S. Congress eliminates the half dime coin and replaces it with the five cent piece\, or nickel.\n1868 United States President Andrew Johnson is acquitted in his impeachment trial by one vote in the United States Senate.\n1905 Las Vegas Nevada founded\n1920 In Rome\, Pope Benedict XV canonizes Joan of Arc.\n1929 In Hollywood\, the first Academy Awards ceremony takes place.\n1935 The Moscow Metro is opened to public.\n1940 McDonald’s opens its first restaurant in San Bernardino\, California.\n1943 The Holocaust: The Warsaw Ghetto Uprising ends.\n1966 The Communist Party of China issues the “May 16 Notice”\, marking the beginning of the Cultural Revolution.\n1974 Josip Broz Tito is elected president for life of Yugoslavia.\n1986 Argentine ex-president Galtieri sentenced to 12 years?\n1988 USSR begins withdrawing its 115\,000 troops from Afghanistan.\n1997 Mobutu Sese Seko\, the President of Zaire\, flees the country.\n(Source: Wikipedia-Onthis day) \nGAME OF THE DAY \n\n\n \n\n\n	\n				[Event "Khanty-Mansiysk FIDE GP"]\n[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]\n[Date "2015.05.16"]\n[Round "3"]\n[White "Caruana\, Fabiano"]\n[Black "Tomashevsky\, Evgeny"]\n[Result "1-0"]\n[ECO "D15"]\n[WhiteElo "2803"]\n[BlackElo "2749"]\n[PlyCount "81"]\n[EventDate "2015.05.14"]\n[EventType "tourn"]\n[EventRounds "11"]\n[EventCountry "RUS"]\n[EventCategory "21"]\n1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. a4 e6 6. Bf4 a5 7. e3 Be7 8. g4 Na6\n9. g5 Nd7 10. h4 Nb4 11. Be2 b6 12. h5 Bb7 13. cxd5 exd5 14. Qd2 f5 15. gxf6\nBxf6 16. h6 g6 17. e4 dxe4 18. Nxe4 O-O 19. O-O-O Nd5 20. Bg3 Ba6 21. Bxa6 Rxa6\n22. Rhe1 Ra8 23. Kb1 Be7 24. Qd3 Rf5 25. Ne5 Qc8 26. Nc3 Nxc3+ 27. Qxc3 Nxe5\n28. Qb3+ Rf7 29. dxe5 Qf5+ 30. Ka2 Bb4 31. e6 Re7 32. Bh4 Ree8 33. e7+ Qf7 34.\nRe6 b5 35. Rd8 bxa4 36. Qe3 Bxe7 37. Rxa8 Rxa8 38. Bxe7 Re8 39. Ka1 a3 40. bxa3\nQf5 41. Qc3 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-69e818170f0b8-1" + ' .rpbchessboard-chessgameAnchor';\n			$(selector).removeClass('rpbchessboard-chessgameAnchor').chessgame({"pgn":"[Event \"Khanty-Mansiysk FIDE GP\"]\r\n[Site \"Khanty-Mansiysk\"]\r\n[Date \"2015.05.16\"]\r\n[Round \"3\"]\r\n[White \"Caruana\, Fabiano\"]\r\n[Black \"Tomashevsky\, Evgeny\"]\r\n[Result \"1-0\"]\r\n[ECO \"D15\"]\r\n[WhiteElo \"2803\"]\r\n[BlackElo \"2749\"]\r\n[PlyCount \"81\"]\r\n[EventDate \"2015.05.14\"]\r\n[EventType \"tourn\"]\r\n[EventRounds \"11\"]\r\n[EventCountry \"RUS\"]\r\n[EventCategory \"21\"]\r\n1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. a4 e6 6. Bf4 a5 7. e3 Be7 8. g4 Na6\r\n9. g5 Nd7 10. h4 Nb4 11. Be2 b6 12. h5 Bb7 13. cxd5 exd5 14. Qd2 f5 15. gxf6\r\nBxf6 16. h6 g6 17. e4 dxe4 18. Nxe4 O-O 19. O-O-O Nd5 20. Bg3 Ba6 21. Bxa6 Rxa6\r\n22. Rhe1 Ra8 23. Kb1 Be7 24. Qd3 Rf5 25. Ne5 Qc8 26. Nc3 Nxc3+ 27. Qxc3 Nxe5\r\n28. Qb3+ Rf7 29. dxe5 Qf5+ 30. Ka2 Bb4 31. e6 Re7 32. Bh4 Ree8 33. e7+ Qf7 34.\r\nRe6 b5 35. Rd8 bxa4 36. Qe3 Bxe7 37. Rxa8 Rxa8 38. Bxe7 Re8 39. Ka1 a3 40. bxa3\r\nQf5 41. Qc3 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  \n\n
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