"The chessboard is the world, the pieces are the phenomena of the universe, the rules of the game are what we call the laws of nature, and the player on the other side is hidden from us."

🔸 Thomas Huxley

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Amsterdam, 23rd July 1978. Jan Timman is in play v. Ljubomir Ljubojević in the 8th round of the IBM tournament, as Zoltán Ribli looks on.

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Some more AP_Archive film from Reykjavík, including footage of Spassky playing tennis with Iivo Nei.

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FIDE releases an official statement regarding Igors Rausis case. Read it here:

https://www.fide.com/component/content/article/1-fide-news/11733-official-statement-regarding-igors-rausis-.html

Maxime Vachier-Lagrave is the first semifinalist of FIDE Grand Prix in Riga after winning yesterday vs Veselin Topalov and a draw in their second game
results at #GrandPrixFIDE:
🇺🇸 So 1/2-1/2 Karjakin 🇷🇺
🇦🇿 Mamedyarov 1/2-1/2 Duda 🇵🇱
🇨🇳 Yu 1/2-1/2 Grischuk 🇷🇺
🇫🇷 Vachier-Lagrave 1/2-1/2 Topalov 🇧🇬

results at Dortmund Sparkassen Chess Meeting 2019- Round 3

The #FIDEGrandPrix semifinalists:
MVL v Grischuk & Mamedyarov v So. #GrandPrixFIDE

🇺🇸 So - Karjakin 🇷🇺 : 4,5-3,5
🇦🇿 Mamedyarov - Duda 🇵🇱 : 2,5-1,5
🇷🇺 Grischuk - Yu 🇨🇳 : 2,5-1,5

⚪️#259 (Strategy-White to Move)
🔸Brunello,S (2542)
🔸Garcia Palermo,C (2391)
🔸78th ch-ITA 2018

28.d5!? [28.Ng6! would be strong: 28...Ree8 29.g4 Be6 30.d5 Bxg4 31.Nxg4 hxg4 32.Ne5 Qh5 33.Qg3 Ndf5 34.Qf4 Qh6 35.Qf1 Qh5 36.Nxc6 Rxe1 37.Rxe1 Rxd5 38.Qg2 Qxh4 39.Rh1 Rd2 40.Ne7+ Kf8 41.Qa8+ Kxe7 42.Rxh4 Nxh4 43.Qe4+ Ne6 44.Qb4+ Rd6 45.Qxg4±; 28.Qc3 Nb5 29.Qb4 Nd6 30.a3 Rde8 31.Qc3 Kf8 32.d5 c5 33.Ka2 Nb5 34.Qd2 Nd4 35.Bb1 Nf3 36.Qf2 Nxe1 37.Ng6+ Kg8 38.Nxe7+ Rxe7 39.Rxe1=]

28...c5 29.Ng4 Bxg4 30.Rxe7 Bxd1 31.Bxd1+/=

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