QUIZ21

***** Quiz 21 *****
ICC Chess History and Trivia Quiz #21--By Naisortep



        "I saw him in a far corner of the tournament hall  His game was removed
from the others.  He sat hunched over the board, studying it intently.  He had
to, for Joe Kennedy is legally blind.  We've all seen blind players before.
What makes Joe so different?   Well,  Joe is not only legally blind,  he is
hard of hearing to the point of deafness, cannot speak without an
interpreter and, to top it all off,  he cannot walk.  Oh,  I forgot to
mention that he has two steel rods in his backbone to
help support his upper torso.

        "... Joe's rating is a healthy 2058 (as of this writing) and has been
steadily going up ...  In order for Joe to read anything his family has to
painstakingly blow it up five to six times normal so he can see it.  It
takes him over two hours just to study one page of a chess book!  But he
doesn't give up.

        ".... Until recently, Joe used to punch his own clock, but now his
family does it for him.  Joe was winning a game but lost on time when his
hand would not allow him to punch the button on the clock.  He missed it four
times, then his flag fell.  Sadly, his opponent would not allow Joe to
continue and claimed a win on time.  His family also keeps score for him, as
he cannot control a pen well enough to write legibly.

        ".... I want to tell you something.  Joe is just one of the many
handicapped chessplayers all over the country,  the unsung heroes of chess.
[Chess Life, January 1989]


Chess Anniversaries (Source: 1996 International Chess Calendar, P.O. Box 30,
Milford, CT., 06460)
* = Birth
+ = Death

4/10 Capablanca defeats Lasker to become World Champion (1921).  Najdorf and
Pachman first at Mar del Plata over Fischer and Ivkov (1959).
* Alexander Herbstmann (1900), Robert Wade (1921)
+ Sam Loyd (1911)

4/11 Portisch and Smyslov tie for first in 3rd International Tournament at
Monaco (1969).
+ Henry Bird (1908)

4/12 Start of International Tournament at Margate.  Won by Keres over
Capablanca and Flohr (1939)
* Joel Lautier (1973)

4/13 Start of International Tournament at Bucharest.  Won by Gheorghiu (1967).
* Gary Kasparov (1963)
+ Jean Dufresne (1893)

4/14 * Yefim Bogolyubov (1889)
+ George Mackenzie (1891)

4/15 * Martin From (1828), Herman Steiner (1905), Miguel Najdorf (1910)

4/16 Fischer plays long draw with Ivkov en route to decisive win in
Rovinj-Zagreb "Tournament of Peace"
* Goran Antunac (1945)

4/17 Lasker wins New York International  over Capablanca, Marshall,
Alekhine, and Reti (1924).
* Vladas Mikenas (1910)

4/18 Spassky defeats Geller 5 1/2 - 2 1/2 in World Championship
quarter-final match at Sukhumi (1968)
* Walter Shipman (1929),  William Watson (1962)
+ Rudolph Charousek (1900)

4/19 * C.H.O.D. Alexander (1909), Michael Valvo (1942), Zsuzsa Polgar (1969)

4/20 * Robert Byrne (1928)
+ Edgar Colle (1932)

4/21 Start of International Masters Chess Tournament at St. Petersburg.  Won
by Lasker over
Capablanca and Alekhine (1914).
* Yakov Estrin (1923)

4/22 Petrosian and Stein tie for first at Las Pamas, Grand Canary (1973).
+ Alexander Petrov (1867)

4/23 Averbach and Vasiukov tie for first at Moscow over Barcza, Bronstein,
Lilienthal, and
Shamkovitch (1962)
* Vladimir Nabokov (1899), Anthony Miles (1955), Pia Cramling (1963)
+ George Walker (1879), Alain White (1951)

4/24 Start of International Tournament at Cambridge Springs, Pennysylvania.
Won by Marshall
over Janowski and Lasker (1904).

CHESS TRIVIA QUESTION: This weeks question was submitted by Allan -->
Currently, who is the youngest American GM?

ANSWER AND WINNER OF QUIZ #20: GM Jonathan Nunn is the youngest
undergraduate ever accepted into Oxford. Congratulations TASSILOLASSA !!!

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Brian Karen/Naisortep