Hoogovens, Wijk aan Zee, 28th Jan 1969. The 12th-round encounter between Hungarian grandmaster Lajos Portisch and ex-World Champion Mikhail Botvinnik (USSR).

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Tune in for the full chat with Indian chess veteran Vishy Anand from the launch of his autobiography, #MindMaster, ft SportStar web yesterday.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0OIph5QF0nY

Congratulations to Ian Nepomniachtchi, who drew against Wei Yi today to win the Jerusalem #GrandPrixFIDE & qualify for the Candidates!

https://t.co/JuPzwPzsU7

The line-up is:
Caruana
Radjabov
Ding Liren
Wang Hao
Grischuk
Nepo
Giri
Alekseenko (unconfirmed wild card)
https://t.co/3GjS6B0fPw

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Ian Nepomniachtchi won Jerusalem Grand Prix after defeating Wei Yi 1,5-0,5 in the final match and qualified to the Candidates Tournament 2020. 🏆

Congratulations to Anton Korobov on taking clear first place in the Sunway Sitges tournament, with 8.5/10 and around 2850 performance!

Could there be a better couple of commentators for #SunwaySitges than Anna Rudolf and Daniel King? We're glad to have them here, and we hope everyone's enjoying them as much as we are! (besides that, we get the bonus, which is to see how nice they are away from cameras too!)

New Ladies Knight podcast: Jennifer Shahade with Sabina Foisor on emotional strength, the over-emphasis of female chessplayers appearances and her recent trip to India:

https://new.uschess.org/news/ladies-knight-featuring-sabina-foisor/

The winners at #sunwaysitges!

Final standings of #GrandPrixFIDE series 2019:
1️⃣ Alexander Grischuk 🇷🇺 - 20 points (qualified to the Candidates)
2️⃣ Ian Nepomniachtchi 🇷🇺 - 19 points (qualified to the Candidates)
3. Maxime Vachier-Lagrave 🇫🇷 - 16
4. Shakhriyar Mamedyarov 🇦🇿 - 10

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Wijk aan Zee, January 1972 - the drawing of lots for the Hoogovens tournament.
#1 L to R: Lajos Portisch, Vasily Smyslov, Kick Langeweg, Jan Timman, Hein Donner.

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#2 Vasily Smyslov.

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"The turning point in my career came with the realization that Black should play to win instead of just steering for equality."

🔸 Bobby Fischer

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