QUIZ11

***** Quiz 11 *****

ICC Chess History & Trivia Quiz #11-- By Naisortep

Some advice:

"... I felt that things were on the move, I started to visualize the 
problem.That is the way that I solve any problem.This method of working 

is probably characteristic of chess players.A chess player always sees 
a position, not the one which is on the board, but the one which is in 
the variation, that is he sees blindfold.I feel that this ability to 
see blindfold must be common to all outstanding players; it is a sort 
of visual memory." (GM Mikhail Botvinnik)

"Having once taken a decision , he (Botvinnik)would follow it firmly 
without diverging.I think that this quality-belief in yourself, in the 
correctness of the chosen plan, of your own idea-is extremely important 

for a top class player...All the world champions I have seen at close 
quarters have possessed this quality to some degree." (GM Genna Sosonko)

"Its like this, if you don't have success, you will get accustomed to 
the situation with the passage of time.You don't have any successes any 

more and that becomes a normal situation...with success I prove the 
correctness of my approch.A person who does'nt have success in life 
feels insecure while he badly needs psychological stability."
                                                (GM Viktor Korchnoi)

"The healthy mind chooses of 2 equally suitable moves the one that is 
more straight forward and less sophisticated." (GM Emanuel Lasker)

"Here is a bit of philosophy for chess and for life.Control your own 
destiny.Do not wait for things to happen to you." (SM Sunil Weeramantry)

Chess Anniversaries This Week (Source:1996 International Chess 
Calendar,P.O. Box 30, Milford, CT.,06460)

11/5 Donner first at Venice over Petrosian,Evans,Pachman, and 
Jansevic(1967)
Birthdates(*) Ildiko Madl(1969)
Deaths(+) Arpad Elo(1992)

11/6 Larsen wins first Philippine International Tournament(1973)
*Robert Hubner(1948)
+C.J.S. Purdy(1979)

11/7 *Aron Nimzovich(1886),Lembit Oll(1964)

11/8 Unzicker and Schmitt tie for first in the German 
Championship(1953)

11/9 Kasparov defeats Karpov to become World Champion(1985)
*Mikhail Tal(1936),Domemico Poniziani(1719)
+Gyula Breyer(1921),Frank Marshall(1944)

11/10 Start of Moscow 1925.Won by Bogoljubow.
*Kevin Spraggett(1954)
+Nikolai Grigoriev(1938)

11/11 Start of 16th USSR Championship Tournament at Moscow.Won by 
Bronstein and Kotov(1948)
*Daniel Fiske,Jan Adamski(1943)
+Frederick Yates(1932)

11/12 Alekhine defeats Bogolyubov to retain the World Championship 
Title(1929)
*Mikhail Chigorin(As HWR and Tassilolasa pointed out Chigorin was born 
on this day and not 10/31 as another quiz stated.I was going by a chess 
calendar(not Hanon Russel's)that did not convert the old russian 
calendar into the julian system.)(1850),Borislav Ivkov(1933),Leonid 
Stein(1934),Hanka Radzewska(1946)
+Gavriil Veresov(1979), Herman Pilnik(1981)

CHESS TRIVIA QUESTION (Message Naisortep With Answers):  In which state 
was Robert James Fischer born?

ANSWER AND WINNERS OF LAST WEEK'S QUIZ:  Lasker was 55 when he won NY 
1924.However, enough people messaged me that he was 56 that I suspect 
different sources must list different ages.So I will indicate the prize 
winners along with the age they guessed:  NERUDA(55),MATEMAN(55),
TASILLOLASA(55),DAVEO(55),BOOK(56),MPG(56),ET(56),BAFFOON(56),CARP(56)