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cyna
15-Jul-09, 22:33

Today In Chess History

July 15, Today In Chess History:


Jul 15, 1656: Marco Aurelio Severino died in Napoli, Italy.

Jul 15, 1796: Domenico Lorenzo Ponziani died in Modena, Italy.

Jul 15, 1876: Janos Lowenthal died in Hastings, England.

Jul 15, 1908: Albert Volkmann, German composer, was born in Dusseldorf, Germany.

Jul 15, 1927: Beniamino Vergani died in Montebelluna, Italy.

Jul 15, 1928: Pal Benko was born in Amiens, France.

Jul 15, 1956: Salvatore Gallitto was born in Sortino, Italy.

Jul 15, 1964: Igor Berdichevski was born, Russia.

Jul 15, 1967: Atanas Kolev was born in Botewgrad, Bulgaria.

Jul 15, 1971: Aleksander Delchev was born in Sofia, Bulgaria.

Jul 15, 1972: Oscar De La Riva Aguado was born in Barcelona, Spain.

Jul 15, 1976: Boris Baranov died, Russia.

Jul 15, 1984: Federico Norcia died in Modena, Italy.


Source: Chess History Forum, posted by henry55, on chess.com: www.chess.com


doji
16-Jul-09, 14:53

Glad
... we survived yesterday - lol

Jo
cyna
16-Jul-09, 14:57

Right! Now We need to survive today!!
July 16, Today In Chess History:


Jul 16, 1829: Alexander Cywinski von Puchala, Austrian composer,was born in Vienna, Austria.

Jul 16, 1882: Alberto Fidi was born in Catania, Italy.

Jul 16, 1914: Carl Kockelkorn died in Koeln, Germany.

Jul 16, 1917: Vincenz Hruby died in Trieste, Italy.

Jul 16, 1923: William Geary died, England.

Jul 16, 1930: Horst Rittner was born in Breslau, Germany,now Poland.

Jul 16, 1936: Samuel Schweber was born, Argentina.

Jul 16, 1956: Karel Hromadka died in Prague, Czech Republ.

Jul 16, 1964: Ashot Anastasian was born, Armenia.

Jul 16, 1967: Colm Daly was born, Ireland.


SOURCE: Chess History Forum, Chess.com: www.chess.com
cyna
17-Jul-09, 09:26

Today In Chess History
Jul 17, 1877: Stefano Rosselli Del Turco was born in Firenze, Italy (died Aug 18, 1947, in Firenze, Italy).

Jul 17, 1905: John Lindsay McCutcheon died in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA (born May 28, 1857, in Allegheny, Pennsylvania, USA.

Jul 17, 1907: Fortunato Amodei was born in Samo di Calabria, Italy (died Oct 24, 1981 in Milano, Italy).

Jul 17, 1917, Arturo Reggio died in Milano, Italy (born Jan 19, 1863, in Gorizia, Italy).

Jul 17, 1952: Vasily Nikolayevich Platov died in Moskva, USSR (born Mar 24, 1881 in Riga, Latvia, USSR).


SOURCE: www.maskeret.com
doji
17-Jul-09, 09:28

I....
am still alive and born on another date!



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