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June 9
June 9, 2016
QUOTE OF THE DAY
Kramnik was the luckiest man in the history of chess. He never won a single cycle, he got all the matches that he played for political reasons.- Veselin Topalov, 2014
CHESS EVENTS
1970. The first Chess game between space and earth was played on June 9, 1970 by the Soyez-9 crew. The game ended in a draw.
