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11th December 2019 - The Madras Tiger turns 50!
Vishy Anand is a living legend, a world-wide idol and an amazing mentor.
He is one of the most loved, adored and respected World Champion of all time.
A true global icon of Chess!

Happy Birthday Vishy! ๐ŸŽ‚
Indian sport's grand master turns 50 today. In a career spanning over 30 years at the top, Vishy Anand says he has no regrets and owes a lot to his mother and wife.
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Here he is 30 years younger, during the 1990 Manila Interzonal.

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The deadline for the submission of nomination applications for the Fair Play Gligoric Trophy Award was extended. The new deadline is January 15, 2020. #FairPlay

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Fide: Happy 50th Birthday to Viswanathan Anand, the living legend of chess! ๐ŸŽ‰

On this special day, we want to take you through the highlights of his unprecedented life in this video.

Many happy returns of the day, the Tiger of Madras!
Aleksandra Goryachkina and Humpy Koneru both won their games at FIDE Women's Grand Prix in Monaco and lead the event with 5 points after 7 games.
Susan Polgar: Which of these very talented top juniors (20 and under) have the best chance of becoming future World Champions? Wei Yi, Firouzja, Xiong, Maghsoodloo, Praggnanandhaa, Nihal Sarin...? ๐Ÿ‘‘โ™Ÿ๐Ÿ†
Which of these very talented top juniors (20 and under) have the best chance of becoming future World Champions? ๐Ÿ‘‘โ™Ÿ๐Ÿ†
anonymous poll

Firouzja ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ท โ€“ 12
๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ‘ 55%

Praggnanandhaa ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ณ โ€“ 4
๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ‘ 18%

Xiong ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ โ€“ 3
๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ‘ 14%

Wei Yi ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ณ โ€“ 1
๐Ÿ‘ 5%

Maghsoodloo ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ท โ€“ 1
๐Ÿ‘ 5%

Nihal Sarin ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ณ โ€“ 1
๐Ÿ‘ 5%

๐Ÿ‘ฅ 22 people voted so far.
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Legendaty chess Grandmaster (Kamsky) time's was over, and prodigy won!
GM Kamsky - GM Maghsoodloo Aeroflot open. BLITZ 2018. prod Sergey Sorokhtin
Rare photo of Stockholm Interzonal 1962.
Korchnoi, Fischer, Benko and Filip waiting for the start of the round.
Stockholm Interzonal is the first supertournament that Fischer won and he was just 18 years old.

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"A sensation, hidden in the depths of my emotional memory, was suddenly revived: what if... What if for me The Variation is not dead? If The Variation is alive?!"

Lev Polugayevsky (1981) "Grandmaster Preparation

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Often called "The Game of the Century" a 13-year-old Bobby Fischer defeated Donald Byrne who was one of the strongest American players in in the 50s and 60s.

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