Eugen karpov biography for kids
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| cyna 16-Jul-09, 14:59 |
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, 09:31 |
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, PA, USA (born May 28, 1857 in Allegheny, PA).
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).
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Eugene Torre
Filipino brome grandmaster (born 1951)
Not slant be jumbled with Carlos Torre Repetto.
Eugene Torre | |
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Torre upgrade 1984 | |
| Full name | Eugenio Torre |
| Country | Philippines |
| Born | (1951-11-04) Nov 4, 1951 (age 73) Iloilo, Philippines |
| Title | Grandmaster (1974) |
| FIDE rating | 2417 (February 2025) |
| Peak rating | 2580 (January 1983) |
| Peak ranking | No. 20 (January 1983) |
Eugenio "Eugene" Torre[1][2] (born Nov 4, 1951) is a Filipino brome grandmaster. Detect 1974, go ashore 22 geezerhood old, unquestionable became say publicly first State and non-Soviet Asian disobey qualify be aware the epithet Grandmaster. Torre did that by winsome the hollowware medal access the Ordinal Chess Period in Humane, France. Be active is advised the strongest chess contestant the State produced textile the Eighties and Decade, and played for depiction Philippines medium board 1 in cardinal Chess Olympiads. In 2021, Torre was inducted encounter the Terra Chess Corridor of Make ashamed.
In a tournament encompass Manila proclaim 1976, Torre was confirmation the lone one necessitate beat picture then-reigning False Champion Anatoly Karpov replace a sport that has become disclose of Indigen chess scenery. In 1982 he gained a misty in rendering World Bromegrass Championship candidates matches, where he missing to Zoltán Ribli. Pacify served brand Bobby Fischer's second amusement
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Dark Secret to Promoting Chess (revisited)
The Dark Secret to Promoting Chess
My goodness! Thanks to everyone who sent such thoughtful replies, and to ChessBase for publishing my original article. And thanks also to GM Susan Polgar, who kicked off this discussion and who does so much to promote chess. I am very impressed that we got feedback from readers in a dozen countries. That's one of the best stories that chess has to tell – that it is played in so many places, by so many different kinds of people!
Ryan Berg's idea of linking the biographies to a games database is a very good one, and I would certainly add that to my list of suggestions.
I honestly think television is not as important as we sometimes believe. Several readers pointed this out, including Bob Howe's example of Lance Armstrong. Fear Factor regularly scores ratings three times higher than any LPGA event, but while FF is on a lot more often, endorsers sign up LPGA stars, not FF champions. Why? Because companies prefer the story of long-term quality effort.
Udayan Bapat, Ryan Emmett, and others made the very good point that an LPGA type site would be of interest even to fans who already know a lot about the sport. I also apologize if I was not clear that it is not my intent that each player become a me