Wijk aan Zee, January 1970 - at the board, Mark Taimanov (white) & Igor Platonov (both - USSR), as the 19-year-old Ulf Andersson (Sweden) looks on. Already nearly 50 years ago...
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Lugano-68. Today, this team would have looked like a veteran. Petrosyan - 39, Spassky - 31, Geller - 43, Smyslov - 47. And in those years, it was believed that chess players were in their prime! How time has changed ...
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🔴LIVE WRC 2019 Day 1
King Salman World Rapid Championship 2019. Rounds 1-5
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u373NQmV0Eo
King Salman World Rapid Championship 2019. Rounds 1-5
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u373NQmV0Eo
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King Salman World Rapid Championship 2019. Rounds 1-5
Commentators: GM Peter Leko, IM Almira Skripchenko, and GM Evgeny Miroshnichenko.
Official website with games, info, photos, etc: https://wrbc2019.com/
#rapidblitz
Official website with games, info, photos, etc: https://wrbc2019.com/
#rapidblitz
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King Salman World Rapid Championship is off to a great start in Moscow.
15 rounds are spread over 3 days. 2019 rapid champions will be crowned on Dec 28. The combined prize fund of open & women's events is half a million US dollars.
https://wrbc2019.com/ #rapidblitz
15 rounds are spread over 3 days. 2019 rapid champions will be crowned on Dec 28. The combined prize fund of open & women's events is half a million US dollars.
https://wrbc2019.com/ #rapidblitz
After the first day of King Salman World Rapid Championship, there are 5 leaders with 4,5/5 in the open section:
Wang Hao (🇨🇳 2748)
Shakhriyar Mamedyarov (🇦🇿 2752)
Ilia Smirin (🇮🇱 2584)
Jan-Krzysztof Duda (🇵🇱 2751)
Leinier Dominguez (🇺🇸 2755)
https://wrbc2019.com/ #rapidblitz
Wang Hao (🇨🇳 2748)
Shakhriyar Mamedyarov (🇦🇿 2752)
Ilia Smirin (🇮🇱 2584)
Jan-Krzysztof Duda (🇵🇱 2751)
Leinier Dominguez (🇺🇸 2755)
https://wrbc2019.com/ #rapidblitz
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King Salman World Rapid and Blitz Chess Championship 2019
Participants in the Amsterdam IBM tournament, July 1975.
L to R: Makarichev, Razuvaev, Uhlmann, Hübner, Jansa, Timman, Ljubojević, Raičević, Smejkal, Sosonko.
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L to R: Makarichev, Razuvaev, Uhlmann, Hübner, Jansa, Timman, Ljubojević, Raičević, Smejkal, Sosonko.
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Although the Knight is generally considered to be on a par with the Bishop in strength, the latter piece is somehat stronger in the majority of cases in which they are opposed to each other.
🔸 Jose Raul Capablanca
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🔸 Jose Raul Capablanca
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Amsterdam, 14th July 1970. World Champion Boris Spassky (USSR) faces grandmaster Svetozar Gligorić (Yugoslavia) in the 1st round of the IBM tournament.
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