Budapest, 1967. Participants and officials in the match between Hungary and the RSFSR.
Among those present, seated (L to R): 3rd-Polugaevsky, 5th-Spassky, 7th-Bondarevsky, 8th-Portisch, 9th-Nezhmetdinov.
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Among those present, seated (L to R): 3rd-Polugaevsky, 5th-Spassky, 7th-Bondarevsky, 8th-Portisch, 9th-Nezhmetdinov.
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“Weak points or holes in the opponent’s position must
be occupied by pieces not Pawns”
🔸 Siegbert Tarrasch
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be occupied by pieces not Pawns”
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Fischer vs Spassky Second Piatigorsky cup 1966.
At this point Fischer was half a point behind and needed a win but the game ended in a draw and Spassky won first place, Fischer second and Larsen in third.
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At this point Fischer was half a point behind and needed a win but the game ended in a draw and Spassky won first place, Fischer second and Larsen in third.
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The 21st Olympiad, Nice, June 1974. Soviet grandmaster Gennady Kuzmin analyses his game as ex-World Champion Mikhail Tal looks on.
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"A Passed Pawn increases in strength as the number of pieces on the board diminishes."
🔸 J. R. Capablanca
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🔸 J. R. Capablanca
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Nice, 1974. The 21st Olympiad. Final Group 'A', Rd. 9 (played 24th June). On Board 3 of the Hungary v. USSR match, Mikhail Tal is pictured in play v. István Csom.
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Mickey Adams won his first British Chess Championship title in 1989, at just seventeen years old. Today, 30 years later, he achieved his 7th title British Chess 2019.
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