Daniel Abraham Yanofsky (March 25, 1925- March 5, 2000) was Canada's first chess grandmaster and an eight-time national champion. March 25 is the 84th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (85th in leap years). ... 1925 was a common year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar). ... March 5 is the 64th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (65th in leap years). ... This article is about the year 2000. ... A chess table is a table with a chessboard painted or engraved on it. ... The five original grandmasters of chess, from left to right: Lasker (seated), Alekhine, Capablanca, Marshall, Tarrasch (seated) The title International Grandmaster is awarded to world-class chess masters by the world chess organization FIDE. Apart from World Champion, Grandmaster is the highest title a chess player can attain. ...

He was born in Brody, Poland, and moved to Canada when he was eight months old. He learned to play chess at the age of eight. When he was 21, he beat Mikhail Botvinnik at Groningen. In 1964, he became the first grandmaster in the British Commonwealth. Brody (Ukrainian Броди, Yiddish בראָד Brod) is a town in the western part of Ukraine. ... Mikhail Moiseevich Botvinnik (Михаи́л Моисе́евич Ботви́нник) (August 17, 1911 - May 5, 1995) was a Russian International Grandmaster and long-time World Champion of chess. ... Groningen is a municipality and city in the north of the Netherlands, and capital of Groningen province. ... 1964 was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... The Commonwealth of Nations, usually known as The Commonwealth, is an association of independent sovereign states, almost all of which are former territories of the British Empire. ...

Outside of chess, he pursued legal studies at Oxford University and practised law in Winnipeg with his brother Harry. He was mayor of the Winnipeg suburb of West Kildonan, and served on the Winnipeg City Council from 1970 to 1986. The University of Oxford, located in the city of Oxford in England, is the oldest university in the English-speaking world. ... {{Canadian City/Disable Field={{{Disable Motto Link}}}}} Motto: Unum Cum Virtute Multorum (One With the Strength of Many) City of Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada location. ... 1970 was a common year starting on Thursday. ... 1986 is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Yanofsky campaigned for the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba in the 1959 provincial election as a candidate of the Liberal-Progressive Party. He finished third against Cooperative Commonwealth Federation candidate David Orlikow in the St. Johns constituency. The Legislative Assembly of Manitoba is located in central Winnipeg, at the meeting point of the Wolseley and Fort Rouge ridings. ... Manitobas general election of May 14, 1959 was held to elect Members of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Manitoba, Canada. ... The Manitoba Liberal Party is a political party in Manitoba, Canada. ... The Manitoba Cooperative Commonwealth Federation (or CCF) was a provincial branch of the national Canadian party by the same name. ... David Orlikow (born April 20, 1918 in Winnipeg, Manitoba; died January 19, 1998) was a Canadian politician, and a long-serving member of the Canadian House of Commons. ... St. ...

In 1972, he was made an Officer of the Order of Canada. He was also made a member of the Queen's Counsel. 1972 was a leap year that started on a Saturday. ... Membership in the Order of Canada is Canadas highest civilian honour, awarded to those who adhere to the Orders motto Desiderantes meliorem patriam, which means they desire a better country. ... Queens Counsel (postnominal QC), during the reign of a male Sovereign known as Kings Counsel (KC), are barristers or, in Scotland, advocates appointed by letters patent to be one of Her Majestys Counsel learned in the law. They do not constitute a separate order or degree of...