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February 5
February 5, 2016
QUOTE OF THE DAY
First-class players lose to second-class players because second-class players sometimes play a first-class game- Siegbert Tarrasch
BIRTHS
Jackson Showalter (1860-05.02.1935), an American master named “the lion from Kentucky” for his fighting character who was five-time U.S. Chess Champion.
Anatoly Lutikov (1933-15.10.1989), a strong Soviet Grandmaster from Moldova who once finished third in the USSR championship.
Kristina Radzikowska (1931-29.11.2006), a Polish Woman Grandmaster who was nine-time Polish Women’s Champion.
Kristina Radzikowska (1931-29.11.2006), a Polish Woman Grandmaster who was nine-time Polish Women’s Champion.
Gad Rechlis (05.02.1967) an Israeli Grandmaster and a computer analyst.
Tal Shaked (1978), an American Grandmaster and World Junior Champion in 1997. He left chess and to work as a software engineer for Google.
R.R. Laxman (1983), an Indian Grandmaster who became Commonwealth Champion in 2010.
Laura Rogule (1988), Latvian Woman Grandmaster who won 9 national women’s championships.
Markus Ragger (1988), the best Austrian player for a decade.
Dmitry Andreikin (1990), a Russian Grandmaster who was World Junior Champion in 2010 and Russian Champion in 2012.
Tal Shaked (1978), an American Grandmaster and World Junior Champion in 1997. He left chess and to work as a software engineer for Google.
R.R. Laxman (1983), an Indian Grandmaster who became Commonwealth Champion in 2010.
Laura Rogule (1988), Latvian Woman Grandmaster who won 9 national women’s championships.
Markus Ragger (1988), the best Austrian player for a decade.
Dmitry Andreikin (1990), a Russian Grandmaster who was World Junior Champion in 2010 and Russian Champion in 2012.
CHESS EVENTS
1983 Women’s Candidates Quarterfinal in Lviv, N. Gaprindashvili (USSR) lost to I. Levitina (USSR) 4-6.
1993 Candidates Final in San Lorenzo el Escorial, Spain with a prize fund of SFR 300,000. Nigel Short (ENG) defeated Jan Timman (NED) 7½-5½ and became the challenger to G. Kasparov.
1993 Candidates Final in San Lorenzo el Escorial, Spain with a prize fund of SFR 300,000. Nigel Short (ENG) defeated Jan Timman (NED) 7½-5½ and became the challenger to G. Kasparov.
WORLD EVENTS
AD 62 – Earthquake in Pompeii, Italy.
1782 Spanish defeat British forces and capture Minorca.
1818 Jean-Baptiste Bernadotte ascends to the thrones of Sweden and Norway.
1859 Wallachia and Moldavia are united under Alexandru Ioan Cuza as the United Principalities, an autonomous region within the Ottoman Empire, which ushered the birth of the modern Romanian state.
1885 King Leopold II of Belgium establishes the Congo as a personal possession.
1917 The last of the American troops commanded by General John Pershing leave Mexico; President Carranza will be assassinated within the next year
1917 The current constitution of Mexico is adopted, establishing a federal republic with powers separated into independent executive, legislative, and judicial branches.
1937 1st Charlie Chaplin talkie, “Modern Times,” released
1939 Generalísimo Francisco Franco becomes the 68th “Caudillo de España“, or Leader of Spain.
1945 World War II: General Douglas MacArthur returns to Manila.
1946 The Chondoist Chongu Party is founded in North Korea.
1962 French President de Gaulle calls for Algeria’s independence.
1982 British airline Laker Airways collapses owing 270M pounds ($351M).
1818 Jean-Baptiste Bernadotte ascends to the thrones of Sweden and Norway.
1859 Wallachia and Moldavia are united under Alexandru Ioan Cuza as the United Principalities, an autonomous region within the Ottoman Empire, which ushered the birth of the modern Romanian state.
1885 King Leopold II of Belgium establishes the Congo as a personal possession.
1917 The last of the American troops commanded by General John Pershing leave Mexico; President Carranza will be assassinated within the next year
1917 The current constitution of Mexico is adopted, establishing a federal republic with powers separated into independent executive, legislative, and judicial branches.
1937 1st Charlie Chaplin talkie, “Modern Times,” released
1939 Generalísimo Francisco Franco becomes the 68th “Caudillo de España“, or Leader of Spain.
1945 World War II: General Douglas MacArthur returns to Manila.
1946 The Chondoist Chongu Party is founded in North Korea.
1962 French President de Gaulle calls for Algeria’s independence.
1982 British airline Laker Airways collapses owing 270M pounds ($351M).
(Source: Wikipedia-Onthisday)
GAME OF THE DAY
