Julio Ernesto Granda Zuniga (1967), the best ever Peruvian Grandmaster who became four-time American continental champion and won many other national and international titles.
Pablo Ricardi (1962), an Argentine Grandmaster who won the Argentine Championship five times between 1994-96 and 1998-99.
Bazar Hatanbaatar (1973), a Mongolian Grandmaster who was the Mongolian champion in 2002, 2003, and 2005.
Nurlan Ibrayev (1977), a Khazak Grandmaster.
Vladimir Baklan (1978) a Ukrainian Grandmaster who became Ukrainian Champion in 1997 and 1998.
S.P. Sethuraman, (1993), an Indian Grandmaster and Indian 2014 Champion he was also the 2004 World U16 Champion in 2009.
Karen H Grigoryan (1995), an Armenian Grandmaster who was European U16 Champion in 2010.

CHESS EVENTS

1985 Mamedov, the head of Kasparov’s delegation at the World Championship Match Karpov-Kasparov, informed FIDE that the Challenger didn’t wish to continue the Match and accepted the FIDE decision. He would be ready to start a new match with the first game starting the first week of September.

WORLD EVENTS

1308 Edward II was crowned King of England.
1570 Pope Pius V issued the bull Regnans in Excelsis which excommunicated Queen Elizabeth the First of England.
1728 Peter II Alekseyevich (1715-1730) was crowned as czar of Russia.
1791 President George Washington signed a bill creating the Bank of the United States.
1836 Samuel Colt is granted a United States patent for the Colt revolver.
1875 Guangxu Emperor of Qing dynasty China begins his reign, under Empress Dowager Cixi’s regency.
1910 The Dalai Lama fled from the Chinese and took refuge in India.
1912 Marie-Adélaïde, the eldest of six daughters of Guillaume IV, becomes the first reigning Grand Duchess of Luxembourg.
1921 Tbilisi, capital of the Democratic Republic of Georgia, is occupied by Bolshevist Russia.
1926 Francisco Franco became Generalissimo of Spain.
1954 Gamal Abdel Nasser is made premier of Egypt.
1957 Nobosuke Kishi (1896-1987) began serving as prime minister of Japan. He continued for 2 terms to Jul 19, 1960.
1964 Cassius Clay (later Muhammad Ali) became world heavyweight boxing champion by defeating Sonny Liston in Miami Beach.
1991 The Warsaw Pact is declared disbanded.
1997 China’s elite bid a final farewell to Deng Xiaoping, the country’s last major revolutionary leader.

(Source Wikipedia-Timeline)

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