QUOTE OF THE DAY

BIRTHS

Ilya Shumov (04.06.1819-1881), a Russian Master and chess composer.
Paul Troger (1913-20.01.1992), a German Master and sports journalist who was West German Champion in 1957.
Miroljub Lazic was born, Yugoslavia (1966), a Serbian Grandmaster who was U14 World champion in 1979 and Yugoslav champion in 1993.
Camil Seneca (15.12.1923-1977), a French chess composer and author.
Dmitry Jakovenko (1983), a Russian Grandmaster who was European Champion in 2012 and World Under-18 Championship in 2001.
Aarthie Ramaswamy (1981), an Indian Woman Grand Master who was the national champion in 2003 and Girls’ U18 World Championship.
Nelson Mariano (1974), a Filipino Grandmaster who was Asian Junior Chess Champion in 1994.
Anish Giri (1994), a Russian,-born top Dutch Grandmaster and former chess prodigy who achieved the Grandmaster title at the age of 14 years and 7 months.
Yunguo Wan (1990), a Chinese Grandmaster.

DEATHS

Mikhail Tal (09.11.1936-28_06.1992), a Soviet-Latvian Grandmaster who became the 8th World Champion (1960-1961).
Julio Bolbochán (10.03.1920–1996), an Argentine Grandmaster who won four national titles.

CHESS EVENTS

1973 2Viktor Korchnoi USSR, Anatoly Karpov USSR and Robert Byrne USA managed to qualify for the Candidates’ Tournament.
1974 28.06 The GA approved the re-election of Dr. Max Euwe NED as FIDE President. The final result was Euwe 43 votes vs. N. Rabell Mendez PUR 29 votes.
1990 28.06 Boris Gelfand USSR won the Interzonal Tournament held in Manila.

WORLD EVENTS

1389 Ottomans defeat Serbian army in the bloody Battle of Kosovo, opening the way for the Ottoman conquest of Southeastern Europe.
1461 Edward IV crowned king of England.
1519 King Carlos I elected Holy Roman Catholic Emperor Charles V.
1635 French colony of Guadeloupe established in the Caribbean.
1762 Russian tsarina Catherine II seizes power, declaring herself Catherine II, the sovereign ruler of Russia.
1838 Coronation of Queen Victoria in Westminster Abbey, London.
1846 Saxophone is patented by Antoine Joseph Sax.
1914 Franz Ferdinand, Archduke of Austria and his wife Sophie are assassinated in Sarajevo by young Serb nationalist Gavrilo Princip at 10.45, the casus belli of WWI.
1919 Treaty of Versailles, ending WWI and establishing the League of Nations, is signed in France.
1939 Joe Louis TKOs Tony Galent in 4 for heavyweight boxing title.
1946 Enrico de Nicola becomes 1st President of Italy.
1965 1st US ground combat forces in Vietnam authorized by President Lyndon B. Johnson.
1967 Israel annexes East Jerusalem.
1992 The Constitution of Estonia is signed into law.
1996 The Constitution of Ukraine is signed into law.
2006 The Republic of Montenegro was admitted as the 192nd Member of the United Nations by General Assembly resolution 60/264.

GAME OF THE DAY