Grandmasters Jan Timman and John Nunn, pictured at Wijk aan Zee, 19th January 1982.

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The passion for playing chess is one of the most unaccountable in the world...

🔸 H.G. Wells

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Florencio Campomanes did play some chess before he became FIDE president in 1982, here against Mikhail Tal in the Leipzig Olympiad 1960, Philippines vs. the USSR. Photo source unknown.

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Mikhail Tal 🆚 Florencio Campomanes

Leipzig ol (Men) qual-B (1960), Leipzig GDR, rd 4, Oct-20
Caro-Kann Defense: Standard. Unorthodox Replies (B15)

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Judit Polgar in Mexico, 2012, during the UNAM Festival with Magnus Carlsen, Lazaro Bruzon and Manuel Leon Hoyos

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Judit Polgar Giving a Hard Time to Carlsen in Mexico

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Indian prodigy Praggnanandhaa 🇮🇳 wins the london chess FIDE open with 7.5/9.
He wins it jointly with GM Anton Smirnov 🇦🇺

Pragg has now officially crossed 2600 as he gained an impressive 15 elo points to his existing 2586.

Grandmaster from Peru, GM Cordoba won vs World's top 10 player, GM Grishuck, from Russia, this beautiful ending game with King+Bishop+Knight vs King.

Monaco #WomenGrandPrixFIDE standings after 5 rounds:
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1. Koneru - 3,5 points
2-6. Kosteniuk, Cramling, Goryachkina, Harika, Dzagnidze - 3
7-9. Muzychuk M., Muzychuk A., Zhao Xue - 2,5
10. Lagno - 2
11-12. Gunina, Paehtz - 1.

Humpy Koneru🇮🇳 keeps her lead, while Alexandra Kosteniuk🇷🇺 is now second after round 5! Here are today's results

Standings going into the final day of #GCTFinals. Join us at 7:50AM CST/8:50AM EST/1:50PM GMT for rapid and blitz!

China's No 1 Ding Liren defeats MVL in the second classical game to grab a 6-point lead before the rapid&blitz session. #GCTFinals #LondonChessClassic

What a defense by Magnus Carlsen who saves an incredible game against Levon Aronian.
This is the world champ's 107th unbeaten classical game and it helps him maintain a 6-point lead in the 3rd-place match. #GCTFinals #LondonChessClassic

Replay the game between Ding Liren and Maxime Vachier-Lagrave here #GCTFinals