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"Endings of one rook and pawns are about the most common sort of endings arising on the chess board. Yet though they do occur so often, few have mastered them thoroughly..."

🔸 Jose Raul Capablanca

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26 years ago:
Larsen defeats Deep Blue!

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FIDE World Cup Final starts peacefully. Match for the 3rd place also began with a draw.
🔸Tata Steel India Rapid 2018
🔸Round 8
⚪️Ganguly,S (2615)
⚫️Vidit,S (2702
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22.Rxc8? [Ganguly misses a golden opportunity to gain huge advantage.]

[22.Nb3! Clearing the d4–square for the bishop in order to attack the misplaced Black's queen. 22...axb4?? (22...Rxc1 23.Rxc1 Qa7 24.Nxa5+–) 23.Bd4! Rxc1 24.Rxc1 Qd6 25.Bc5 Qe5 26.Bxe7+–]

22...Bxc8 23.b5=
Michael Tal is usually considered in conjunction with Alexander Koblenz. But Valentin Kirillov was also quite often the second-champion of the ex-world champion. Many years later, he wrote a book of memoirs about his friend, which immediately became a rarity!

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"The beauty of a move lies not in its appearance but in the thought behind it."

🔸 Aron Nimzowitsch

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Spassky vs Korchnoi 1977 Candidates Final held in Belgrade, Yugoslavia.

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West German grandmaster Robert Hübner, pictured at the Tilburg Interpolis tournament, October 1986.

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Ding Liren defeats Teimour Radjabov in game 2 of FIDE World Cup Final. Maxime Vachier-Lagrave and Yu Yangyi made a draw.
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Ding Liren's strategic masterclass against Teimour Radjabov's risky opening choice in the second game of the #FIDEWorldCup final.