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February 1
February 1, 2016
QUOTE OF THE DAY
Good players actually use their long-term memory much more than inexperienced players, who use their short-term memory. Good players try to recall patterns.- Magnus Carlsen 2016, 2016
BIRTHS
Adolf Albin (14.09.1848-1920), a Hungarian Master, the author of the counter gambit 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e5!?
Irina Chelushkina (1962), a Serbian born-Ukrainian Woman Grandmaster who was USSR Women’s Champion and Women’s Yugoslav Champion three times.
Robert Rabiega (1971), a German Grandmaster who is a real estate agent by profession.
Michael Feygin (1975), a Ukrainian Grandmster.
Vasiliy Yemelin (1976), a Russian Grandmaster.
Alexander Galkin (1979), a Russian Grandmaster who won the 1999 World Junior Chess Championship
Deshun Xiu (1989), a Chinese Grandmaster who was a member of the gold medal-winning Chinese team at the Asian Nations Cup 2014.
Nafisa Muminova (1990), Uzbek Woman Grandmaster who was Women’s Uzbekistani Champion in 2008 and 2011.
Michael Feygin (1975), a Ukrainian Grandmster.
Vasiliy Yemelin (1976), a Russian Grandmaster.
Alexander Galkin (1979), a Russian Grandmaster who won the 1999 World Junior Chess Championship
Deshun Xiu (1989), a Chinese Grandmaster who was a member of the gold medal-winning Chinese team at the Asian Nations Cup 2014.
Nafisa Muminova (1990), Uzbek Woman Grandmaster who was Women’s Uzbekistani Champion in 2008 and 2011.
DEATHS
Elisabeta Polihroniade (24.04.1935-2006), a Romanian Woman Grandmaster, Honorary member of FIDE, International Arbiter and chess journalist.
CHESS EVENTS
1925 Alexander Alekhine set up in Paris a new world record in blind chess by winning 78% of the games and scoring 83.8 %.
1961 01.02 A. O’Kelly of Belgium won the 3rd Chess Correspondence World Championship.
1968 01.02 Hans Berliner USA won the 5th Correspondence World Championship.
WORLD EVENTS
1908 King Carlos I of Portugal and his son, Prince Luis Filipe, are killed in Terreiro do Paço, Lisbon.
1918 Russia adopts the Gregorian calendar.
1924 The United Kingdom recognizes the USSR.
1923 Fascists Voluntary Militia forms in Italy under Benito Mussolini
1942 World War II: U.S. Navy conducts Marshalls–Gilberts raids, the first offensive action by the United States against Japanese forces in the Pacific Theater.
1946 Trygve Lie of Norway is picked to be the first United Nations Secretary-General.
1946 The Parliament of Hungary abolishes the monarchy after nine centuries, and proclaims the Hungarian Republic.
1948 Nine Malay sultanates and two British Straits Settlements (Penang and Malacca) form the Federation of Malaya
1964 The Beatles have their first number one hit in the United States with “I Want to Hold Your Hand”.
1972 Kuala Lumpur becomes a city by a royal charter granted by the Yang di-Pertuan Agong of Malaysia.
1974 A fire in the 25-story Joelma Building in São Paulo, Brazil kills 189 and injures 293.
1979 Iranian Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini returns to Tehran after nearly 15 years of exile.
2003 Space Shuttle Columbia disintegrated during the reentry of mission STS-107 into the Earth’s atmosphere, killing all seven astronauts aboard.
2009 The first cabinet of Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir was formed in Iceland, making her the country’s first female prime minister.
2015 France defeats Qatar to win the World Handball Championship.
1924 The United Kingdom recognizes the USSR.
1923 Fascists Voluntary Militia forms in Italy under Benito Mussolini
1942 World War II: U.S. Navy conducts Marshalls–Gilberts raids, the first offensive action by the United States against Japanese forces in the Pacific Theater.
1946 Trygve Lie of Norway is picked to be the first United Nations Secretary-General.
1946 The Parliament of Hungary abolishes the monarchy after nine centuries, and proclaims the Hungarian Republic.
1948 Nine Malay sultanates and two British Straits Settlements (Penang and Malacca) form the Federation of Malaya
1964 The Beatles have their first number one hit in the United States with “I Want to Hold Your Hand”.
1972 Kuala Lumpur becomes a city by a royal charter granted by the Yang di-Pertuan Agong of Malaysia.
1974 A fire in the 25-story Joelma Building in São Paulo, Brazil kills 189 and injures 293.
1979 Iranian Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini returns to Tehran after nearly 15 years of exile.
2003 Space Shuttle Columbia disintegrated during the reentry of mission STS-107 into the Earth’s atmosphere, killing all seven astronauts aboard.
2009 The first cabinet of Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir was formed in Iceland, making her the country’s first female prime minister.
2015 France defeats Qatar to win the World Handball Championship.
(Source: Wikipedia and Onthisday)
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