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The Sinquefield Cup sees Magnus Carlsen and 11 more of the world's best players compete in the Saint Louis Chess Club from 17-28 August 2019. The event is the fifth leg of the 2019 Grand Chess Tour. In addition to tour points the prize fund is $325,000, with…
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Magnus vs. History: Sinquefield Cup starts Saturday
World Champion Magnus Carlsen will be dreaming of setting
new chess records when he starts the 11-round Sinquefield Cup against Anish Giri on Saturday. He
goes into the event, featuring all of the world’s top 9 players, on a rating of
2882, matching the…
new chess records when he starts the 11-round Sinquefield Cup against Anish Giri on Saturday. He
goes into the event, featuring all of the world’s top 9 players, on a rating of
2882, matching the…
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Players and officials in the 1953 FIDE chess Candidates' tournament at Zürich, 1953.
Back row (L to R:) Petrosian, Kotov, Szabó, Geller, Averbakh, Smyslov, Boleslavsky, Taimanov, Bronstein, Keres, Najdorf.
Front row: Postnikov, ?, ?, Rogard, Ragozin, ?.
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Back row (L to R:) Petrosian, Kotov, Szabó, Geller, Averbakh, Smyslov, Boleslavsky, Taimanov, Bronstein, Keres, Najdorf.
Front row: Postnikov, ?, ?, Rogard, Ragozin, ?.
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◼️ Chess History - Tournaments
▪️ Zurich 1953
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◼️ Chess History - Tournaments
▪️ Zurich 1953
#chess_history_tornaments
#Zurich_1953
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🔷 Chess History - Tournaments
🔹 Zurich 1953
🔹 Switzerland
🔹 August 30 - October 24
🔹 CHAMPION: Vasily Smyslov |18/28 (+9 -1 =18) |
🔰 Zurich 1953 was a chess tournament won by Vasily Smyslov. It was a Candidates Tournament for the 1954 World Chess Championship, which led to the match between Smyslov and Mikhail Botvinnik. The tournament is famous for the strength of the players, the high quality of the games, and books on the tournament by David Bronstein and Miguel Najdorf that are regarded as among the best tournament books ever written. As of 2017, Yuri Averbakh is the only player from this tournament who is still alive, and the oldest living chess grandmaster.
🔰 The Swiss Chess Federation spent 100,000 Swiss francs in order to stage the event, which was one of the reasons they insisted that host countries pay the travel expenses for their respective players. Prize money for first place was 5,000 Swiss francs. Alois Nagler was tournament director.
♦️ The final standings and crosstable was as above👆
♦️ Download "Zurich 1953" Games database by PGN format👇
#chess_history_tornaments
#Zurich_1953
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@unitychess
🔹 Zurich 1953
🔹 Switzerland
🔹 August 30 - October 24
🔹 CHAMPION: Vasily Smyslov |18/28 (+9 -1 =18) |
🔰 Zurich 1953 was a chess tournament won by Vasily Smyslov. It was a Candidates Tournament for the 1954 World Chess Championship, which led to the match between Smyslov and Mikhail Botvinnik. The tournament is famous for the strength of the players, the high quality of the games, and books on the tournament by David Bronstein and Miguel Najdorf that are regarded as among the best tournament books ever written. As of 2017, Yuri Averbakh is the only player from this tournament who is still alive, and the oldest living chess grandmaster.
🔰 The Swiss Chess Federation spent 100,000 Swiss francs in order to stage the event, which was one of the reasons they insisted that host countries pay the travel expenses for their respective players. Prize money for first place was 5,000 Swiss francs. Alois Nagler was tournament director.
♦️ The final standings and crosstable was as above👆
♦️ Download "Zurich 1953" Games database by PGN format👇
#chess_history_tornaments
#Zurich_1953
. . . . . . . . . . . . .
@unitychess
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