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February 7
February 7, 2016
QUOTE OF THE DAY
In the past twenty years Kramnik has played a few thousand games, and if you show me a position from one of them, in 90 percent of the time I will be able to tell you which game it is from.- Vishy Anand, 2008
BIRTHS
Karel Opocensky (1898-1975), a Czech International Master, the author of several books. The chief arbiter at World Championship Matches in 1951, 1954.
Mark Taimanov (07.02.1926-28.11.2016), a Russian Grandmaster, World Candidate, Soviet Champion, World Champion and chess author.
Karel Mokry (1959), a Czech Grandmaster, a chess bookseller and collector who won the Czech championship in 1995.
Sergei Volkov (1974), a Russian Grandmaster who was vice European Champion in 2002.
Vladimir Rogovski (1965), a Ukrainian Grandmaster and FIDE Senior Trainer who was Ukrainian Champion in 2000.
Evgeniy Podolchenko (1988), a Belarus Grandmaster who became Belarus Champion in 2010.
Eduard Gorovykh (1990), a Russian Grandmaster.
Cristhian Cruz (1992), a Peruvian Grandmaster.
Mark Taimanov (07.02.1926-28.11.2016), a Russian Grandmaster, World Candidate, Soviet Champion, World Champion and chess author.
Karel Mokry (1959), a Czech Grandmaster, a chess bookseller and collector who won the Czech championship in 1995.
Sergei Volkov (1974), a Russian Grandmaster who was vice European Champion in 2002.
Vladimir Rogovski (1965), a Ukrainian Grandmaster and FIDE Senior Trainer who was Ukrainian Champion in 2000.
Evgeniy Podolchenko (1988), a Belarus Grandmaster who became Belarus Champion in 2010.
Eduard Gorovykh (1990), a Russian Grandmaster.
Cristhian Cruz (1992), a Peruvian Grandmaster.
CHESS EVENTS
1991 07.02 Xie Jun CHN defeated Alisa Maric YUG 4½-2½ to win the Women’s Candidates Match organized in Belgrade and Beijing. She became the first non-Soviet player to challenge Maya Chiburdanidze USSR.
1992 07.02 Jakarta won the Asian Cities Championship in Dubai, UAE.
2003 The Man vs Machine match between Garry Kasparov and Deep Junior ended in a 3-3, with Garry winning game 1 but losing game 6. FIDE President K. Ilyumzhinov donated $ 1,000,000 to prize fund.
WORLD EVENTS
457 – Leo I the Thracian becomes emperor of the Byzantine Empire.
1898 Dreyfus affair: Émile Zola is brought to trial for libel for publishing J’accuse.
1940 The second full-length animated Walt Disney film, Pinocchio, premieres.
1962 The United States bans all Cuban imports and exports.
1974 Grenada gains independence from the United Kingdom.
1990 Dissolution of the Soviet Union: The Central Committee of the Soviet Communist Party agrees to give up its monopoly on power.
1991 Haiti’s first democratically-elected president, Jean-Bertrand Aristide, is sworn in.
1992 The Maastricht Treaty is signed, leading to the creation of the European Union.
1999 Crown Prince Abdullah becomes the King of Jordan on the death of his father, King Hussein.
1999 Crown Prince Abdullah becomes the King of Jordan on the death of his father, King Hussein.
1898 Dreyfus affair: Émile Zola is brought to trial for libel for publishing J’accuse.
1940 The second full-length animated Walt Disney film, Pinocchio, premieres.
1962 The United States bans all Cuban imports and exports.
1974 Grenada gains independence from the United Kingdom.
1990 Dissolution of the Soviet Union: The Central Committee of the Soviet Communist Party agrees to give up its monopoly on power.
1991 Haiti’s first democratically-elected president, Jean-Bertrand Aristide, is sworn in.
1992 The Maastricht Treaty is signed, leading to the creation of the European Union.
1999 Crown Prince Abdullah becomes the King of Jordan on the death of his father, King Hussein.
1999 Crown Prince Abdullah becomes the King of Jordan on the death of his father, King Hussein.
(Source: Wikipedia-Onthisday)
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