Šią dieną: 5/12/2006 Ukrainian grandmaster David Bronstein - TopicsExpress



          

Šią dieną: 5/12/2006 Ukrainian grandmaster David Bronstein dies at the age of 82. He was one of the greatest postwar chess players, who though never managed to win the World Championship. In 1951 he challenged Michael Botvinik, the world champion but he drew 12-12 and according to FIDE rules, the title remained with the holder. He wrote many chess books and he had a regular chess column in the soviet newspaper Izvestia 5/12/1996 Portlands Jermaine ONeal, 18, becomes youngest NBA player 5/12/1984 Kareem Abdul Jabbar becomes the oldest NBA player (37 years old) to sign a one-year contract with the LA Lakers 5/12/1969 Emil Zatopek is stripped of his military rank (colonel of the Czechoslovakian army) after criticizing the USSRs military intervention on his homeland
Posted on: Fri, 05 Dec 2014 07:36:26 +0000

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