QUOTE OF THE DAY

BIRTHS

Vladimir Zagorovsky (1925-06.11.1994), a Soviet Correspondence Grandmaster who was the fourth ICCF World Champion (1962-1965).
Yakov Vilner (1899-1931), a Ukrainian Master who became three times the Ukrainian Champion.
Miron N. Sher (1952), a Russian Grandmaster and FIDE trainer living in the USA.
Pengxiang Zhang (1980), a Chinese Grandmaster and Trainer who won the 2007 Asian Championship.
Marat Askarov (1987), a Russian Grandmaster
Ivan Salgado Lopez (1991), a Spanish Grandmaster who was Spanish Champion in 2013.
Sergio Barrientos (1986),  a Colombian Grandmaster.
Tanguy Ringoir, Tanguy (1994), a Belgian Grandmaster who won three Belgian Championships

CHESS EVENTS

1974 Bahamas, British Virgin Islands, Surinam, Algeria, Jordan, and Zaire were admitted as new members of FIDE.
1974 At the proposal of the Moroccan CF and 15 other federations, the Congress decided by 26:17 and 21 abstentions to suspend temporarily South Africa and Rhodesia.

WORLD EVENTS

1194 Sverre is crowned King of Norway.
1880 France annexes Tahiti.
1881 In Sudan, Muhammad Ahmad declares himself to be the Mahdi, the messianic redeemer of Islam.
1974 Isabel Perón is sworn in as the first female President of Argentina.
1974 Mikhail Baryshnikov defects from the Soviet Union to Canada while on tour with the Kirov Ballet.
1975 Steve Wozniak tested his first prototype of Apple I computer.
1976 The Seychelles become independent from the United Kingdom.
2007 Apple Inc. releases its first mobile phone, the iPhone.

GAME OF THE DAY