Quote of the day
The first duty towards children is to make them happy. If you have not made them so, you have wronged them. No other good they may get can make up for that.
William Hartston

Born: August 12, 1947 (age 77)
Bio: William Roland "Bill" Hartston is an English journalist who writes the Beachcomber column in the Daily Express and a chess player who played competitively from 1962 to 1987 with a highest Elo rating of 2485.
Known for:
- Chess (1985)
- The Encyclopedia of Useless Information (2006)
- Soft Pawn (1980)
- Karpov-Korchnoi 1974 (1974)