QUOTE OF THE DAY

BIRTHS 

Luis Paulsen (1833- 18.08.1891), a German Master and chess theorist, the author of the famous system of the same name plays in the Sicilian defense. He won two matches vs. A. Andersen.
Max A.K.S. Karstedt (1868 – 22-03-1945), a German chess composer.
Walter Gleave (1867 – 15-09-1902), a British chess composer.
Pritchett Graig (1949), a Scottish International Master and author who won two Scottish Championships.
Hans Boehm (1950), a Dutch International Master, author and chess journalist.
Dr. Aguinaldo Jaime (1954), an Angolese player, FIDE officer and former Minister.
Wojtkiewicz, Alexander (1963-14.07.2006), a Polish Grandmaster born in Latvia and living for many years in the U.S. He was jailed by the Soviets for a year for refusing to join the Soviet Army.
Sergei Zablotsky (1982), a Russian Grandmaster.
Jan Werle (1984), a Dutch Grandmaster who was a silver medalist at the European U18 Championship in 2001.

DEATH

Serafino Dubois (10.10.1817-1899), an Italian strongest player in the 1850’s-1960’s.
Kornel Havasi (10.01.1892-1945), a Hungarian Master who was Hungarian Champion in 1922.
David Janowsky (25.05.1868-1927), a French born-Russian Master who played and lost one match for the world chess championship in 1910 (=3 -8) against Em. Lasker.
Erwin Voellmy (09.09.1886-1951), a Swiss Master who was thrice Swiss Champion in 1911 (jointly), 1920 and 1922.

CHESS EVENTS

1861 France. The first issue of La Strategie came out.
1879 In Russia, M. Chigorin finished 1^st at St Petersburg tournament.
2001 USA. The Manhattan Chess Club in N.Y. closed down. The chess club existed for 124 years. Its last president was Jeff Kossak.

WORLD EVENTS

69 Otho seizes power in Rome, proclaiming himself Emperor, only rules for three months before committing suicide.
1535 Henry VIII declares himself head of the Church in England
1559 Elizabeth I is crowned Queen of England in Westminster Abbey, London, England.
1759 The British Museum opens.
1822 Greek War of Independence: Demetrios Ypsilantis is elected president of the legislative assembly.
1861 Steam elevator patented by Elisha Otis
1889 The Coca-Cola Company, then known as the Pemberton Medicine Company, is incorporated in Atlanta.
1919 Pianist & statesman Ignace Paderewski becomes first premier of Poland
1919 Rosa Luxemburg and Karl Liebknecht, two of the most prominent socialists in Germany, are tortured and murdered by the Freikorps at the end of the Spartacist uprising.
1934 The 8.0 Mw Nepal–Bihar earthquake strikes Nepal and Bihar with a maximum Mercalli intensity of XI (Extreme), killing an estimated 6,000–10,700 people.
1943 World’s largest office building, the Pentagon is completed.
1955 USSR ends state of war with German Federal Republic.
1962 The Derveni papyrus, Europe’s oldest surviving manuscript dating to 340 BC, is found in northern Greece.
1966 The First Nigerian Republic is overthrown in a military coup d’etat
1970 Muammar Gaddafi is proclaimed premier of Libya.
1975 The Alvor Agreement is signed, ending the Angolan War of Independence and giving Angola independence from Portugal.
2001 Wikipedia, a free wiki content encyclopedia, goes online.

(Source: Wikipedia and Onthisday)

GAME OF THE DAY