21.c5! [َA well-time breakthrough in order to create some weaknesses on the Black's king and clear the c4 square for the white knight as well.]

[21.Qf5!? △c5 21...Rg7 22.c5‚]

21...dxc5 [21...bxc5 22.e5! △Rab1 22...dxe5™ 23.Rab1! △R×b7 23...Qd6 24.c4 △Qa3 24...Rg7 25.Qa3 h5 26.Ne4 Qa6 27.Nxc5 Nxc5 28.Qxc5±; 21...Nxc5?? 22.Qf5++–]

22.d6 [The following continuation would be even stronger:]

[¹22.Nc4! △B×c7 22...Ba6 23.d6 Qe6 24.dxc7 Rdh8 25.Nxb6+!+– △Rb1]

22...Qe6 23.dxc7‚ Re8 24.Qd3! [△Nc4]

24...f5 25.Rxf5 Nf6 26.Re5 [¹26.Rxf6! Qxf6 27.Nc4 Qe6 28.Nd6+ Kd7 29.Nxb7+ Ke7 30.Nd8 Qd7 31.Bd6+ Kf6 32.Rf1+ Kg6 33.e5+ Kg7 34.c8Q+–]

26...Qd7 27.Rxe8+ Nxe8 28.Nc4!+–

Four World Champions - Vasily Smyslov, Mikhail Botvinnik, Max Euwe & Mikhail Tal. Pictured at Schiphol Airport, 19th June 1961.

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First-class players lose to second-class players because second-class players sometimes play a first-class game

🔸 Siegbert Tarrasch

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In 1982, the Georgian Chess Federation organized a "mini-match" between David Bronstein and Mikhail Tal, where they played 8 games at the same time - with the clocks running.

Tal won the match with a score of +4 - 2 = 2.

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Tal, Mihail (2605) vs. Bronstein, David I (2495)
1-0 Tbilisi sim m Tbilisi 1982 ECO: C63

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Wijk aan Zee, 29th January 1989. In the final round of the Hoogovens tournament, the young Indian star Vishy Anand is seen in play v. Rudy Douven. Gyula Sax can be seen in the background.

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At the 1984/85 World Championship match in Moscow - Chief Arbiter Svetozar Gligorić, Challenger Garry Kasparov and FIDE President, Florencio Camponanes.

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Wei Yi 🇨🇳 is in the final of Jerusalem Grand Prix. He eliminated David Navara on a tiebreak, winning the second rapid game.

In the final that starts on December 21, the Chinese grandmaster will face Ian Nepomniachtchi.