QUOTE OF THE DAY

BIRTHS

Sergey Kaminer (1908-92.11.1938), one of the founders of the Soviet study composer. He was shoot as an “enemy of the Soviet people”.
Alexander Roshal (1936-21.05.2007), Soviet Master, author, journalist and coach. He was for many years the chief editor of the Russian chess magazine 64.
Michael Rohde (1959), US Grandmaster.
Jonathan Tisdall (1958), Norwegian Grandmaster and journalist born in the USA.
Alexander Cherniaev (1969), Russian Grandmaster.
Georg Meier (1987), German Grandmaster.
Aaron, Summerscale (1969), English Grandmaster and author.
Zuzana Cibickova, (1988), Slovakian Women Grandmaster.

DEATH

John Griswold White (1845-1928) American chess amateur, and a bibliophile.White donated his collection, one of the largest in the world, to the Cleveland Public Library.
Pal Benko (1928-2019) American-Hungarian Grandmaster born in France.
Benko finished in first place (or tied for first place) in eight U.S. Open Chess Championships,

Events 
1991 The Candidates Quarterfinals finished in Brussels: A. Karpov (USSR) beat V. Anand (IND) 4½-3½; N. Short (ENG) beat B. Gelfand (USSR) 5-3; A. Yusupov (USSR) beat V. Ivanchuk (USSR) 4-4 (1-0) and J. Timman (NED) beat V. Korchnoi (SUI) 4½-2½.

WORLD EVENTS

1789 The Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen is approved by the National Constituent Assembly of France.
1910 Mother Teresa, Macedonian-Indian nun and missionary, Nobel Prize laureate was born. (d. 1997)
1920 The 19th amendment to the United States Constitution takes effect, giving women the right to vote.
1966 The Namibian War of Independence starts with the battle at Omugulugwombashe.
1978 Papal conclave: Albino Luciani is elected as Pope John Paul I.
1980 Tex Avery, American animator, director, and voice actor died (b. 1908).
1999 Russia begins the Second Chechen War in response to the Invasion of Dagestan by the Islamic International Peacekeeping Brigade.

(Source: Wikipedia)

GAME OF THE DAY