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FIDE and Ugra Chess Federation signed an agreement on World Cup 2019. It will be held in Khanty-Mansiysk from September 9th to October 4th.
The #CairnsCup $150,000 women's supertournament starts today in Saint Louis! Check out all the details:
Grand Swiss, Grand Prix, Women's Candidates: Recapping Recent FIDE News
Chess Masterpieces: Anand Crushes The Sicilian - Anand vs. Sokolov, 1992

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Tilburg, 18th January 1986. The 2nd game of the Candidates' Quarter-final between Jan Timman & Artur Jussupow. Despite losing the 1st game, the Soviet grandmaster won the match by the score 6:3 (+4, =1, =4).

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“The ability to work hard for days on end without losing focus is a talent. The ability to keep absorbing new information after many hours of study is a talent.”

🔸 Garry Kasparov (2007) "How Life Imitates Chess"

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Amsterdam, 25th July 1978. The 10th round of the traditional IBM tournament; Walter Browne (USA) faces Ulf Andersson (Sweden). Black won this encounter in 48 moves.

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At the drawing of lots for the Wijk aan Zee tournament, 16th January 1976 - ex-World Champion Mikhail Tal.
The 'A' Group was ultimately won by Ólafsson & Ljubojević, ahead of Tal & Kurajica.

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Inaugural Cairns Cup Takes Off With 4 Decisive Games.

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🔹 2019 Cairns Cup
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Interview with Alexander Lyashuk about the recent success of Lc0

https://goo.gl/wYoQxD
Stockfish has a slight lead over Leela Chess Zero after 5 of the last 10 games were decisive in the TCEC final, but it looks clear that self-taught chess engines like LCZero (following in the footsteps of AlphaZero) are going to dominate soon: