QUOTE OF THE DAY

BIRTHS

Gustavus Pfeiffer (1872-22.08.1953), American businessman and philanthropist who donated his entire collection of chessmen to the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York ( 1952/53) and over a hundred chess books to the NY. Public Library.
Rudolf Swiderski (1878-02.08.1902), German Master who won the Munich Haupttunier in 1900. Swiderski suffered ill-health and took his own life.
Marcel Duchamp (1887-02.10.1968) French player and a renowned painter.
Pieter Ten Cate (1902-27.06.1996), Dutch composer and International Master who composed 1300 problems.
Gavriil Veresov (1912-12.11.1979), Soviet International Master who few times Belarus champion. He is mostly recognised today for the opening that bears his name.
Marcel Sisniega Campbell (1959-19.01.2013), the first Mexican Grandmaster and film director.
Sergio Slipak (1965), Argentine Grandmaster Argentine, vice champion 1998 and 2002.
Ilia Balinov (1966), Bulgarian Grandmaster who move to Austria to teach chess.
Tomas Likavsky (1971), Slovakian Grandmaster.
Orelvis Perez Mitjans (1976), Spanish Grandmaster born in Cuba.
Carolina Sarai (1981), Venezuelian International Master and Women Grandmaster.
Costica-Ciprian Nanu (1977), Romanian Grandmaster.
Ibragim Khamrakulov (1982), Spanish Grandmaster born in Uzbekistan.
Arman Pashikian (1987) Armenian Grandmaster born in Russia who was Armenian Champion in 2009.
Narmin Kazimova (1992), Azeri Women Grandmaster who was 2010 Girls U18 World Champion.

DEATHS

Georges Renaud (08.01.1893-1975), French Master who was the first French Champion in 1923.

CHESS EVENTS

1927 28.07 The FIDE GA admitted Latvia, Portugal, Poland, Uruguay as full members. Also admitted a new unity representing the United States and the Spanish CF which replaced the Catalan CF.
1927 The FIDE GA agreed to award the winner of the Olympiad tournaments with a cup donated by The Honourable.Frederick Gustavus Hamilton Russell.
1927 The FIDE GA decided to grant the title of FIDE Master to all winners of FIDE tournaments or any tournaments organized under the auspices of FIDE.
1935 28.07 FIDE had many requests regarding chess in schools. GA created a special Commission for this purpose.
1935 The GA accepted Canada as a full member.

WORLD EVENTS

1971 28.07 Candidates Semi Final in Moscow, a sole victory in round 9 was sufficient for Tigran Petrosian USSR to beat Viktor Korchnoi USSR 5½-4½.

1540 Thomas Cromwell is executed at the order of Henry VIII of England on charges of treason. Henry marries his fifth wife, Catherine Howard, on the same day.
1794 French Revolution: Maximilien Robespierre and Louis Antoine de Saint-Just are executed by guillotine in Paris, France.
1808 Mahmud II became Sultan of the Ottoman Empire and Caliph of Islam.
1868 The 14th Amendment to the United States Constitution is certified, establishing African American citizenship and guaranteeing due process of law.
1914 In the culmination of the July Crisis, Austria-Hungary declares war on Serbia, igniting World War I.
1935 First flight of the Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress.
1942 World War II: Soviet leader Joseph Stalin issues Order No. 227. In response to alarming German advances, all those who retreat or otherwise leave their positions without orders to do so are to be tried in a military court, with punishment ranging from duty in a shtrafbat battalion, imprisonment in a Gulag, or execution.
1965 Vietnam War: U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson announces his order to increase the number of United States troops in South Vietnam from 75,000 to 125,000.
1976 The Tangshan earthquake measuring between 7.8 and 8.2-moment magnitude flattens Tangshan in the People’s Republic of China, killing 242,769 and injuring 164,851.
1993 Andorra joins the United Nations.
2001 Australian Ian Thorpe becomes the first swimmer to win six gold medals at a single World Championships.

GAME OF THE DAY