USSR Young Masters' Championship, Dubna 1970.
Seated (L-R): Alburt, Radashkovich, arbiter (x2), Podgaets, Dzindzhichashvili.
Standing: Faibisovich, Kapengut, arbiter, Tukmakov, Kupreichik, Bokuchava, Dvoretsky, Vaganian, Butnorius, Sveshnikov, Romanishin, Razuvaev, Gulko.

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Here is the cross-table of the event, which was won by Vaganian, Tukmakov & Kupreichik.
(This photo via http://www.chess-news.ru ; photo credit unknown.)

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Grandmasters Luděk Pachman & Hein Donner, Beverwijk, 5th January 1965.

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“If you are going to make your mark among masters, you have to work far harder and more intensively, or, to put it more exactly, the work is far more complex than that needed to gain the title of Master.”

🔸 Mikhail Botvinnik (1960) “100 Selected Games”

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🏁✅ Garry Kasparov crushes Fabiano Caruana at Blitz Chess.
Check here!

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🔸European Club Cup 2018
🔸Round 4
⚪️Ding,Liren (2804)
⚫️Svidler,Peter (2756)
🔸1-0

29.Rcd1!± [A right decision. White avoids the exchange of the rooks and puts his rook behind the 'candidate d5–pawn'.]

29...Ne2 [29...Nc2? 30.d6 exd6 31.exd6 △d7 31...Rcd8 32.d7 Nd4 33.Bg5 △Nf6 33...h6 34.Bxd8 Rxd8 35.Nf6+ Bxf6 36.Rxf6 Ne6 37.b4+–]

30.Bg5!‚ f6? [¹30...Rce8 31.Rfe1 h6 32.Bxh6 Bxh6 33.Rxe2±]

31.exf6 exf6 32.Nxf6+ Bxf6 33.Bxf6 Nc3 34.Rd4 Rcd8 35.Bxd8 Rxf1+ 36.Kg2 Rf7 37.d6 Rd7 38.Bg5 Nxa2 39.Bd2 b5? 40.b4!+– Kf7 41.Rd3 [△Ra3] 1–0

FIDE World Youth Rapid and Blitz Championships finished in Greece on October 19th. FIDE President Arkady Dvorkovich visited the event and awarded the winners during the closing ceremony.