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Fide: Happy 50th Birthday to Viswanathan Anand, the living legend of chess! 🎉
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!
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!
The seventh round of the Women’s Grand Prix in Monaco again produces five decisive results. The finish promises to be enthralling at the Yacht Club.
https://wgp2019.fide.com/tpost/k8x7lo9h6x-the-seventh-round-of-the-womens-grand-pr
https://wgp2019.fide.com/tpost/k8x7lo9h6x-the-seventh-round-of-the-womens-grand-pr
Fide
The seventh round of the Women’s Grand Prix in Monaco again produces five decisive results. The finish promises to be enthralling…
Which of these very talented top juniors (20 and under) have the best chance of becoming future World Champions? 👑♟🏆
anonymous poll
Firouzja 🇮🇷 – 12
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 55%
Praggnanandhaa 🇮🇳 – 4
👍👍 18%
Xiong 🇺🇸 – 3
👍👍 14%
Wei Yi 🇨🇳 – 1
👍 5%
Maghsoodloo 🇮🇷 – 1
👍 5%
Nihal Sarin 🇮🇳 – 1
👍 5%
👥 22 people voted so far.
anonymous poll
Firouzja 🇮🇷 – 12
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 55%
Praggnanandhaa 🇮🇳 – 4
👍👍 18%
Xiong 🇺🇸 – 3
👍👍 14%
Wei Yi 🇨🇳 – 1
👍 5%
Maghsoodloo 🇮🇷 – 1
👍 5%
Nihal Sarin 🇮🇳 – 1
👍 5%
👥 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
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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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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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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Viswanathan Anand on chess as patterns and contextual memory
https://www.thehindu.com/opinion/op-ed/viswanathan-anand-on-chess-as-patterns-and-contextual-memory/article30270147.ece
https://www.thehindu.com/opinion/op-ed/viswanathan-anand-on-chess-as-patterns-and-contextual-memory/article30270147.ece
The Hindu
Viswanathan Anand on chess as patterns and contextual memory
India’s first Grandmaster says chess players don’t necessarily have a photographic memory
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Vishy Anand | 50 Years in Chess | Happy Birthday Video
Viswanathan Anand: I am proud of the last few years that I’m able to fight
https://sportstar.thehindu.com/chess/viswanathan-anand-chess-world-champion-vladimir-kramnik/article30279763.ece
https://sportstar.thehindu.com/chess/viswanathan-anand-chess-world-champion-vladimir-kramnik/article30279763.ece
Sportstar
Viswanathan Anand: I am proud of the last few years that I’m able to fight
At 50, India’s first grandmaster reflects on his career and his book Mind Master that will be released in Chennai on Friday.
Hypermodern Master Breyer Crushes Classical Tarrasch - Breyer vs. Tarrasch, 1914
https://www.chess.com/blog/SamCopeland/hypermodern-master-breyer-crushes-classical-tarrasch-breyer-vs-tarrasch-1914
https://www.chess.com/blog/SamCopeland/hypermodern-master-breyer-crushes-classical-tarrasch-breyer-vs-tarrasch-1914
Chess.com
Hypermodern Master Breyer Crushes Classical Tarrasch - Breyer vs. Tarrasch, 1914
Gyula Breyer was a tremendously promising player and one of the leaders of the hypermodern school of chess. He passed away at a young age (28) in 1921 when he was at the height of his powers. Just one year prior he had won one of the biggest chess tournaments…
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Very methodical move order under pressure by this young prodigy, named Artemiev. In this end game he had 1 pawn + bishop and 1 Rook; his opponent 1 pawn and 1 Rook. How to convert this bishop's up advantage into a win?
Here's the answer...
GM Artemiev vs GM Matlakov (endgame)
Here's the answer...
GM Artemiev vs GM Matlakov (endgame)
19.Nf5?! [Thanks to the opponent's weak king and his uncoordinated pieces White is still better, but the following continuation would be much better:]
[19.Qd1! Qd8™ (19...a6? 20.Nc3! Qd6 21.Qg4+ Kh8 22.Nf5 Qe6 23.Nxd5‚) 20.Nxa7! △Nac6 20...Rc4 21.Nac6 Rxa1™ (21...Qe8? 22.Qg4+ Kh8 23.Rxa8 Qxa8 24.Qxd7+–) 22.Nxd8 Rxb1 23.Qxb1 Rxd4 24.exd5±]
19...Rab8! [19...Rcb8? 20.Qd1! Qd8 21.Qxd5 Ne5 22.Qxd8 Rxd8 23.Nc7 Rab8 24.Nd5!±]
20.Qxd5 Ne5! [△Qc5]
21.Qa2 Qc5=
[19.Qd1! Qd8™ (19...a6? 20.Nc3! Qd6 21.Qg4+ Kh8 22.Nf5 Qe6 23.Nxd5‚) 20.Nxa7! △Nac6 20...Rc4 21.Nac6 Rxa1™ (21...Qe8? 22.Qg4+ Kh8 23.Rxa8 Qxa8 24.Qxd7+–) 22.Nxd8 Rxb1 23.Qxb1 Rxd4 24.exd5±]
19...Rab8! [19...Rcb8? 20.Qd1! Qd8 21.Qxd5 Ne5 22.Qxd8 Rxd8 23.Nc7 Rab8 24.Nd5!±]
20.Qxd5 Ne5! [△Qc5]
21.Qa2 Qc5=