QUOTE OF THE DAY

BIRTHS

Vlastimil Hort (1944), a Czechoslovak-born German Grandmaster and writer. During the 1960s and 1970s, he was one of the world’s strongest players.
Willy Iclicki (1955), Liechtensteiner born-Belgium player, FIDE officer, a writer, and the owner of ECHESSPEDIA.
Jordanka Micic (Belic-1964), German born-Serbian Woman Grandmaster who was Women’s Serbian Champion in 1990.
Marat Dzhumaev (1976), an Uzbek Grandmaster who played few Olympiads.
Yuri Gonzalez Vidal, (1981), a Cuban Grandmaster.
Sergey Karjakin (1990), a Russian born-Ukrainian Grandmaster who holds the record of becoming for the world’s youngest grandmaster, having qualified for this title at the age of 12 years and 7 months. In 2006 he became an official challenger for the World Chess Championship but lost the championship match to Magnus Carlsen in November 2016.
Dronavalli Harika (1991), an Indian Grandmaster and Woman Grandmaster who was a multiple World Youth Champion, a Commonwealth Champion, and an Asian Champion.
Zhansaya Abdumalik 12.01.(2000), a Kazakh Women Grandmaster who won the World U8 Girls Championship in 2008 and the World U12 Girls Championship in 2011.

DEATH

James Mason, (19.11.1849-1905), an English chess player- one of the strongest players in early 1880-s, born in Ireland. Journalist and author.
Ivan Bukavshin (03.05.1995-12.01.2016), a Russian Grandmaster. He died of a massive overdose (or poisoning) of No-Spa.

WORLD EVENTS

1528 Gustav I of Sweden is crowned king.
1816 France decrees Bonaparte family excluded from the country forever
1875 Kwang-su becomes emperor of China.
1906 1st time Dow Jones closes above 100 (100.26)
1962 Vietnam War: Operation Chopper, the first American combat mission in the war, takes place.
1970 Biafra capitulates, ending the Nigerian Civil War.
1991 Persian Gulf War: An act of the U.S. Congress authorizes the use of American military force tdrive Iraq out of Kuwait.
1998 Nineteen European nations agree to forbid human cloning.
1991 Persian Gulf War: An act of the U.S. Congress authorizes the use of American military force to drive Iraq out of Kuwait.
1998 Nineteen European nations agree to forbid human cloning.

GAME OF THE DAY