Amsterdam, 30th July 1973. In the 11th round of the IBM tournament, ex-World Champion Tigran Petrosian (USSR) faces Albin Planinc (Yugoslavia).

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Today is the 35th anniversary of the "Termination," the controversial cessation of the 1984-85 world championship match between Anatoly Karpov and Garry Kasparov.
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Move of the Day!

Daily #chesspuzzle
White to play and draw

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The most significant chess events in Czech history

All games finished in draws at Prague Chess Masters today.

Standings after 4 rounds:
1. Vidit - 3
2-4. Vitiugov, Firouzja, Duda - 2½
5-6. Grandelius, Anton - 2
7-9. Harikrishna, Shankland, Ragger - 1½
10. Navara - 1

Mateusz Bartel: "I was in a fighting mood today because Facebook told me that 8 years ago I won the Aeroflot Open" :)

A near miss! 😲

Alireza Firouzja launched a vicious attack with 28.Nf6!?, but after creating near ZUGZWANG against his opponent, Vitiugov, he erred in time trouble, allowing his opponent to escape with a draw.

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Humpy Koneru goes into tomorrow's final round of the #CairnsCup with a half-point lead, but Alexandra Kosteniuk, Ju Wenjun and Mariya Muzychuk are still in the hunt for 1st place!

Potentially a huge day in the #CairnsCup as Humpu Koneru is winning and Women's World Champion Ju Wenjun is currently in a lost position vs. 16-year-old Carissa Yip!

With today's win,Carissa Yip has broken into the top 50 women in the world according to the live rating list.
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