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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#1 L to R: Lajos Portisch, Vasily Smyslov, Kick Langeweg, Jan Timman, Hein Donner.
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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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At the Dutch blitz championship, Weesp (Nord-Holland), 5th June 1971. 19-year-old Jan Timman is pictured in play against, and later receiving the 1st prize from, the ex-World Champion Max Euwe.
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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. @UnityChess
Wijk aan Zee, 12th January 1972. 20-year-old Jan Timman is picture in play v. Lajos Portisch in the 1st round of the Hoogovens tournament.
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One of Mikhail Tal's prettiest checkmates - a predecessor of Magnus Carlsen's brilliant Qh6+!! from the 2016 World Chess Championship. 👏
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Mikhail Tal Inspires Magnus Carlsen's Greatest Chess Move - Chukaev vs. Tal, 1956
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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 #c24live
#FIDECandidates 2020:
🇺🇸 Caruana - 2018 match runner-up
🇦🇿 Radjabov - World Cup #1
🇨🇳 Ding - World Cup #2
🇨🇳 Wang - Grand Swiss #1
🇷🇺 Grischuk - Grand Prix #1
🇷🇺 Nepomniachtchi - Grand Prix #2
🇳🇱 Giri - by rating
🇷🇺 Alekseenko - wildcard (to be confirmed)
🇺🇸 Caruana - 2018 match runner-up
🇦🇿 Radjabov - World Cup #1
🇨🇳 Ding - World Cup #2
🇨🇳 Wang - Grand Swiss #1
🇷🇺 Grischuk - Grand Prix #1
🇷🇺 Nepomniachtchi - Grand Prix #2
🇳🇱 Giri - by rating
🇷🇺 Alekseenko - wildcard (to be confirmed)
💙♟ | Merry Chessmas and see you in January 2020 in Wijk aan Zee! #TataSteelChess
King Salman World Rapid and Blitz Championship will be a cherry on the top of the exciting 2019 #chess year.
The official hashtag for this event is #rapidblitz, make sure to follow it and not miss any action on December 26-30.
The official hashtag for this event is #rapidblitz, make sure to follow it and not miss any action on December 26-30.
29.Rd1! [An accurate move that allows White to penetrate into the opponent's camp via the seventh rank. The white two bishops are placed on strong squares and are ready to attack any side.]
[29.Rxc8+?! Nxc8 30.Bd4 Qd8 31.Bh7+ Kh8 32.Bc3 Be7 33.Qxd8+ Bxd8 34.Bd3²]
29...Bc7 [29...Rd8 30.Bd4!‚ Qe6 31.f5! Qxa2 32.Be5 Qa5 33.Bc3 △f6 33...Qc5 34.f6 gxf6 35.Bxf6 Qc8 36.Qf3!‚ △Bd5 36...Qe6 37.Bd5 Nxd5 38.Bxd8+–]
30.Qd7! g6 31.Bb7 Rf8 [31...Rd8 32.Qxd8+! Bxd8 33.Rxd8+ △Bd4 33...Kh7 34.Bd4+–]
[29.Rxc8+?! Nxc8 30.Bd4 Qd8 31.Bh7+ Kh8 32.Bc3 Be7 33.Qxd8+ Bxd8 34.Bd3²]
29...Bc7 [29...Rd8 30.Bd4!‚ Qe6 31.f5! Qxa2 32.Be5 Qa5 33.Bc3 △f6 33...Qc5 34.f6 gxf6 35.Bxf6 Qc8 36.Qf3!‚ △Bd5 36...Qe6 37.Bd5 Nxd5 38.Bxd8+–]
30.Qd7! g6 31.Bb7 Rf8 [31...Rd8 32.Qxd8+! Bxd8 33.Rxd8+ △Bd4 33...Kh7 34.Bd4+–]
From the same article, a photo of the competitors in the youth championship of the Cheliabinsk province, 1961. Timoshchenko is 5th from left in the back row. The small boy standing in the centre at the front is Anatoly Karpov.
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