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SUMMARY:November 18
DESCRIPTION:QUOTE OF THE DAY \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 \nHarold Lommer (1904-17.12.1980)\, a British composer.\nAlexander Guliayev (1908-18.02.1998)\, an outstanding Russian composer. The author of 600 problems and studies\, International Judge of Chess Compositions and International Grandmaster for Chess Compositions.\nUmberto Castellari (1912-02.11.1976)\, an Italian composer and Judge.\nMiguel Cuellar Gacharna 1916-05.12.1985)\, a Colombian International Master who won nine national titles.\nTouw Hian Bwee (1943)\, an Indonesian composer\, was born in Pekalongan\, Jawa\, Indonesia.\nAdrian Mikhalchishin (1954)\, Slovenian Grandmaster born in Ukraine. Trainer\, author and ECU officer.\nAbram Gurvich\, (1897-1962)\, a Russian endgame composer\, called “The Poet” for the beauty of many of his works\, most of which were miniatures.\nMasha Klinova (1968)\, Israeli International Master\, Women Grandmaster and International Arbiter born in Ukraine.\nRobert Fontaine (1980)\, French Grandmaster living in Switzerland who was a French U20 champion in 1997 and 2000.\nAlexander Lie Kjetil (1980)\, Norwegian Grandmaster who was Norwegian champion in 2009 and 2010 \nDEATHS \nAlexander Galitsky (1863-1921)\, a Russian composer who created some 1850 problems.\nFrederic Lazard (28.02.1883-1948)\, a French Master\, problemist and journalist.\nVladimir Vukovic (26.08.1898-1975)\, a Croatian chess writer\, theoretician\, player\, arbiter\, and journalist.Yugoslavia played for Yugoslavia on second board in the 1st Chess Olympiad at London 1927.\nElena Donaldson-Akhmilovskaya (11.03.1957-2012)\, a Russian-American Woman Grandmaster  who played a match against Maia Chiburdanidze for the Women’s World Chess Championship 1986\, but lost by 8½–5½. \nCHESS EVENTS \n1981 Itay\, Anatoly Karpov retains his title of World Champion after winning the 18th game and defeating Viktor Korchnoi in Merano (6-2).\n1984 Opening of the 26th Olympiad in Thessaloniki\, Greece\, with 88 countries participating.\n2010 In Moscow\, Levon Aronian (ARM) became the World Blitz Champion ahead of Teimour Radjabov (AZE) and Magnus Carlsen (NOR).\n2013 In Warsaw\, Poland\, Azerbaijan became for a second time the European Team Champion ahead of France and Russia. Ukraine won the European Women’s Team Championship ahead of Russia. \nWORLD EVENTS \n1095 The Council of Clermont begins: called by Pope Urban II\, it led to the First Crusade to the Holy Land.\n1493 Christopher Columbus first sights the island now known as Puerto Rico.\n1626 The new St. Peter’s Basilica is consecrated.\n1883 American and Canadian railroads institute five standard continental time zones\, ending the confusion of thousands of local times.µ\n1903 The Hay–Bunau-Varilla Treaty is signed by the United States and Panama\, giving the United States exclusive rights over the Panama Canal Zone.\n1918 Latvia declares its independence from Russia.\n1944 The Popular Socialist Youth is founded in Cuba.\n1963 The first push-button telephone goes into service.\n1978 In Jonestown\, Guyana\, Jim Jones led his Peoples Temple to a mass murder–suicide that claimed 918 lives in all\, 909 of them in Jonestown itself\, including over 270 children. Congressman Leo Ryan is murdered by members of the Peoples Temple hours earlier. \n(Source : Wikipedia) \nGAME OF THE DAY \n
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