"On the chessboard, lies and hypocrisy do not survive long. The creative combination lays bare the presumption of a lie; the merciless fact, culminating in the checkmate, contradicts the hypocrite."
🔸 Emanuel Lasker (1926). “Lasker's Manual of Chess”
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🔸 Emanuel Lasker (1926). “Lasker's Manual of Chess”
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Amsterdam, 28th July 1964. Bent Larsen is pictured in play v Theo van Scheltinga in the 7th round of the IBM tournament.
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A young Bobby Fischer, with a copy of Alekhine's 'My Best Games of Chess'.
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The final day of #ChampionsShowdown #Chess9LX ended today! Read the recaps from all 4 days here!
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Abracadabra! 🧙♂️
Nakamura completed a soul-crushing comeback win over Aronian, while Kasparov couldn't quite win the final day against Caruana! Final report on the #Chess9LX in St. Louis:
https://chess24.com/en/read/news/chess9lx-day-4-nakamura-completes-comeback
https://chess24.com/en/read/news/chess9lx-day-4-nakamura-completes-comeback
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Chess9LX, Day 4: Nakamura completes comeback
Hikaru Nakamura started the last day of Chess960 in St.
Louis a point behind Levon Aronian but went on to win the match with two rounds
to spare, as Levon went an incredible 14 games without a win. Elsewhere it took
Wesley So just one game to wrap up victory…
Louis a point behind Levon Aronian but went on to win the match with two rounds
to spare, as Levon went an incredible 14 games without a win. Elsewhere it took
Wesley So just one game to wrap up victory…