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SUMMARY:May 5
DESCRIPTION:QUOTE OF THE DAY\n\nIn the 70s Karpov was a darling of the Politburo or the political elite. So Kramnik is now. Just like the old days. But at least Karpov\, unlike him\, played in and won qualifying matches.- Veselin Topalov\nBIRTHS \nRudolf Spielmann (1883–20.08.1942)\, an Austrian Master. He was known as “The Master of Attack”.\nAndor Lilienthal (1911-08.05.2010)\, a Soviet-born Hungarian Grandmaster. At the time of his death\, he was the oldest living Grandmaster.\nCarlos Bielecki (1940)\, an Argentine International Master who won the World Junior Championship in 1959.\nRoman Dzindzihashvili (1944)\, US Grandmaster and author born in Georgia who won the U.S. Championship in 1983 and again in 1989.\nKonstantine Shanava (1985)\, a Georgian Grandmaster who was World U16 champion in 2001.\nVolodymyr Eryomenko (1987)\, a Ukrainian Grandmaster.\nNatalia Zhukova (1979)\, Ukrainian Grandmaster born in Germany who was twice European Women’s Champion. \nDEATH \nMikhail Moiseyevich Botvinnik (17.08.1911-1995)\, Soviet Grandmaster who was the 5th World Champion (mostly from 1948-1963). \nCHESS EVENTS \n1928 Netherland. E. Bogoljubov (USSR) became the first official Champion of FIDE as a result of defeating Dr. Max Euwe (NED) by the score 4½ -3½. The games were played in Amsterdam and The Hague.\n2001 Almira Skripchenko-Lautier of Moldova won the European Women’s Championship held in Warsaw. \nWORLD EVENTS \n1494 Christopher Columbus lands on the island of Jamaica and claims it for Spain.\n1821 Emperor Napoleon dies in exile on the island of Saint Helena in the South Atlantic Ocean.\n1835 The first railway in continental Europe opens between Brussels and Mechelen.\n1912 Pravda\, the “voice” of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union\, begins publication in Saint Petersburg.\n1925 The government of South Africa declares Afrikaans an official language.\n1936 Italian troops occupy Addis Ababa\, Ethiopia.\n1955 West Germany gains full sovereignty.\n2005 Tony Blair’s Labour Party is re-elected for a third consecutive term in UK general election.\n(Source: Wikipedia-Onthisday) \nGAME OF THE DAY \n\n\n \n\n\n	\n				[Event "Vienna Gambit"]\n[Site "Vienna"]\n[Date "1903.??.??"]\n[Round "?"]\n[White "Maroczy\, Geza"]\n[Black "Chigorin\, Mikhail"]\n[Result "1-0"]\n[ECO "C37"]\n[PlyCount "45"]\n[EventDate "1903.??.??"]\n[EventType "tourn"]\n[EventRounds "18"]\n[EventCountry "AUT"]\n[SourceTitle "HCL"]\n1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 g5 4. Bc4 g4 5. Nc3 gxf3 6. Qxf3 d6 7. d4 Be6 8. Nd5\nc6 9. O-O cxd5 10. exd5 Bf5 11. Bxf4 Bg6 12. Bb5+ Nd7 13. Rae1+ Be7 14. Bxd6\nKf8 15. Rxe7 Nxe7 16. Re1 Kg7 17. Bxe7 Qa5 18. Qe2 Nf8 19. Bf6+ Kg8 20. Qe5 h6\n21. Bxh8 f6 22. Qe7 Kxh8 23. Qxf6+ 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-69d2a4a5c1cee-1" + ' .rpbchessboard-chessgameAnchor';\n			$(selector).removeClass('rpbchessboard-chessgameAnchor').chessgame({"pgn":"[Event \"Vienna Gambit\"]\r\n[Site \"Vienna\"]\r\n[Date \"1903.??.??\"]\r\n[Round \"?\"]\r\n[White \"Maroczy\, Geza\"]\r\n[Black \"Chigorin\, Mikhail\"]\r\n[Result \"1-0\"]\r\n[ECO \"C37\"]\r\n[PlyCount \"45\"]\r\n[EventDate \"1903.??.??\"]\r\n[EventType \"tourn\"]\r\n[EventRounds \"18\"]\r\n[EventCountry \"AUT\"]\r\n[SourceTitle \"HCL\"]\r\n1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 g5 4. Bc4 g4 5. Nc3 gxf3 6. Qxf3 d6 7. d4 Be6 8. Nd5\r\nc6 9. O-O cxd5 10. exd5 Bf5 11. Bxf4 Bg6 12. Bb5+ Nd7 13. Rae1+ Be7 14. Bxd6\r\nKf8 15. Rxe7 Nxe7 16. Re1 Kg7 17. Bxe7 Qa5 18. Qe2 Nf8 19. Bf6+ Kg8 20. Qe5 h6\r\n21. Bxh8 f6 22. Qe7 Kxh8 23. Qxf6+ 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
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