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February 4
February 4, 2016
QUOTE OF THE DAY
Thank the stars that I have been banned by FIDE so it is very clear I have nothing to do with this mess…- Garry Kasparov, 2015
BIRTHS
John Cochrane (1798-02.03.1878), one of the best English players of his time who was living in India for nearly half a century.
Jørgen Thorvald Møller (1873-20-11-1944), a Danish chess composer.
William Alfred Whyatt (1914-18-05-1976), an Australian composer.
William Alfred Whyatt (1914-18-05-1976), an Australian composer.
Bogdan Sliwa (1922), a Polish Grandmaster who won the Polish championship 6 times.
Aleksyi Borisovich Lisyanyi (1950) a Ukrainian chess composer.
Shaobin Wu (1969), a Singaporean Grandmaster. He won the national Singaporean Chess Championship in 2003 and 2005
Harriet Hunt (1978), an English Woman Grandmaster who is four times British Ladies’ champion and a researcher in archaeogenetics at the University of Cambridge.
Shaobin Wu (1969), a Singaporean Grandmaster. He won the national Singaporean Chess Championship in 2003 and 2005
Harriet Hunt (1978), an English Woman Grandmaster who is four times British Ladies’ champion and a researcher in archaeogenetics at the University of Cambridge.
Tsegmed Batchuluun (1987), a Mongolian Grandmaster who was Mongolian champion in 2006, 2014 and 2015.
Nikita Vitiugov (1987), a Russian Grandmaster who was a member of the gold-medal winning Russian team at the World Team Chess Championship in 2009 and 2013.
Valentina Gunina (1989), a Russian Grandmaster who won twice the Women’s European Individual Chess Championship and three times the Russian Women’s Championship.
Valentina Gunina (1989), a Russian Grandmaster who won twice the Women’s European Individual Chess Championship and three times the Russian Women’s Championship.
- John Cochrane (1798-1878), one of the best English players of his time. Won a match from Saint-Aman. He lived in India for nearly half a century. The author of the gambit with the same name.
- Bogdan Sliwa 1922, Polish chess player, the champion of the country for 6 times.
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- USSR. M. Botvinnik sent a long letter to A. Alekhine challenging for the World title. The challenge will never materialize as Alekhine will die on March 27.
WORLD EVENTS
1169 A strong earthquake struck the Ionian coast of Sicily, causing tens of thousands of injuries and deaths, especially in Catania.
1789 George Washington is unanimously elected as the first President of the United States by the U.S. Electoral College.
1797 The Riobamba earthquake strikes Ecuador, causing up to 40,000 casualties.
1917 Belgian Council of Flanders established
1936 Radium becomes the first radioactive element to be made synthetically.
1945 Roosevelt, Churchill & Stalin meet at Yalta in the Crimea to discuss the final phase of the war.
1948 Ceylon (later renamed Sri Lanka) becomes independent within the British Commonwealth.
1957 1st electric portable typewriter placed on sale (Syracuse NY)
1961 Angolan War of Independence begins.
1971 British car maker Rolls Royce declared itself bankrupt
1976 In Guatemala and Honduras an earthquake kills more than 22,000.
1988 Panamanian leader Manuel Noriega indicted on drug charges
1992 A coup d’état is led by Hugo Chávez against Venezuelan President Carlos Andrés Pérez.
2003 The Federal Republic of Yugoslavia is officially renamed Serbia and Montenegro and adopts a new constitution.
2004 Facebook, a mainstream online social networking site, is founded by Mark Zuckerberg.
1961 Angolan War of Independence begins.
1971 British car maker Rolls Royce declared itself bankrupt
1976 In Guatemala and Honduras an earthquake kills more than 22,000.
1988 Panamanian leader Manuel Noriega indicted on drug charges
1992 A coup d’état is led by Hugo Chávez against Venezuelan President Carlos Andrés Pérez.
2003 The Federal Republic of Yugoslavia is officially renamed Serbia and Montenegro and adopts a new constitution.
2004 Facebook, a mainstream online social networking site, is founded by Mark Zuckerberg.
(Source: Wikipedia and Onthisday)
GAME OF THE DAY
