QUOTE OF THE DAY

BIRTHS

Harold James Murray (1868-16.05.1955), an English chess historian. He was the first to publish the theory that chess originated in India.
Darso James Densmore (1867-24.06.1917), an American chess composer who published 300 chess problems.
Harry Schussler was born in Malmo, Sweden. a Swedish Grandmaster who was Swedish Champion in 1976 and 1978.
Ian Rogers (1960) was born in Hobart, Tasmania, Australia. the first Australian Grandmaster, FIDE Senior Trainer, and chess journalist. He stopped to play chess in 2007.
Ali Nihat Yazici (1964), FIDE Officer, President of the Turkish Chess federation and chess organizer.
Boris Gelfand (1968), an Israeli Grandmaster born in Belarus. In 2012, he lost to V. Anand the World Chess Championship Final Mach after the tiebreak games (6-6, 2.5-1.5).
Juan Carlos Gonzalez Zamora (1968), a Mexican Grandmaster..
Jilin Zhang (1986), a Chinese Woman Grandmaster, FIDE Arbiter and FIDE Trainer.

DEATH

Darso James Densmore (24.06. 1867-1917), an American chess composer who published 300 chess problems.

CHESS EVENTS

1964 24.06 Smyslov USSR, Spassky and Tal all USSR and Larsen DEN shared first place with 17/23 in the 6^th Interzonal Tournament. B. Fischer didn’t enter the tournament.

WORLD EVENTS

217 BC – The Romans, led by Gaius Flaminius, are ambushed and defeated by Hannibal at the Battle of Lake Trasimene.
1497 John Cabot lands in North America at Newfoundland leading the first European exploration of the region since the Vikings.
1509 Henry VIII and Catherine of Aragon are crowned King and Queen of England.
1597 The first Dutch voyage to the East Indies reaches Banten, Java.
1793 The first Republican constitution in France is adopted.
1880 First performance of O Canada, the song that would become the national anthem of Canada
1932 A bloodless revolution instigated by the People’s Party ends the absolute power of King Prajadhipok of Siam (now Thailand).
1939 Siam is renamed Thailand by Plaek Phibunsongkhram, the country’s third prime minister.
1950 Apartheid: In South Africa, the Group Areas Act formally segregating races is passed.
1963 The United Kingdom grants Zanzibar internal self-government.
2010 Julia Gillard assumes office as the first female Prime Minister of Australia.
(Source: Wikiepdia)

GAME OF THE DAY