Former World Champion Tigran Petrosian with the President of the USSR Chess Federation (and former cosmonaut) Vitaly Sevastianov, pictured at the FIDE chess Interzonal Tournament in Moscow, September 1982.

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“Black is now in desperate need of a good idea. Or, to put it standard chess notation, +-”

🔸 Mark Dvoretsky

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Amsterdam, 22nd November 1950. In the 9th-round encounter in the international tournament that was held in the city's stock exchange, Gideon Ståhlberg (Sweden) faces Alberic O'Kelly (Belgium).

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Footage can be licenced via AP Archive, The Best of Vintage Chess - a British Movietone compilation

🔸Chess Display in Czechoslovakia - 1935
🔹Eleven Year Old Girl Check Mates Every Chess Competitor - 1937
🔸Chess Master - 1956
🔹Chess Championships - 1964
🔸Boy Wonder Challenges The Master - 1967
🔹Chess Congress - 1971

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Happy women's day to the great warriors of Indian chess!

Today at the #WTCC2019, we received the visit of Theodore J. Lyng, head of the US diplomatic mission in Kazakhstan.

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Theodore J. Wright, head of the US diplomatic mission in Kazakhstan: "I was a frustrated young chess player, and it has been sort of fulfilling a dream to visit this championship". #WTCC2019

📸: David Llada

#WTCC2019 round 4 results.
Open:
Sweden🇸🇪 3-1 🇦🇿Azerbaijan
USA🇺🇸 2-2 🇰🇿Kazakhstan
Russia🇷🇺 2-2 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿England
India🇮🇳 2-2 🇨🇳China
Iran🇮🇷 3-1 🇪🇬Egypt

🔹 12th World Teams 2019 R4
🔹 PGN format

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#WTCC2019 round 4 results
Women:
Egypt🇪🇬 1,5-2,5 🇭🇺Hungary
Georgia🇬🇪 2-2 🇺🇦Ukraine
Kazakhstan🇰🇿 2,5-1,5 🇺🇸USA
Armenia🇦🇲 1,5-2,5 🇨🇳China
Russia🇷🇺 3,5-1,5 🇮🇳India

🔹 12th World Teams Women R4
🔹 PGN format

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FIDE opens a bidding procedure for the Candidates Tournament 2020. The tournament will determine the challenger for the world championship and is scheduled to be held in the first half of 2020. All bids should be submitted by 6th June 2019.