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This is the scoresheet by 13-year-old Bobby Fischer containing his game against Donald Byrne.
"The Game of the Century" was played in the Marshall Chess Club in 1956 and was published in numberous chess magazines. Check it out: https://chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1008361
In a December 1971 interview for a Mar del Plata newspaper, Bobby Fischer was asked to define chess: "It is science, but in a sporting format. You could say that it is a competitive science."
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Nana Dzagnidze defeats Marie Sebag and joins Aleksandra Goryachkina in the lead with three rounds to go at #WomenGrandPrixFIDE in Lausanne.
Standings after 8 rounds of #WomenGrandPrixFIDE:

1-2. Dzagnidze, Goryachkina - 5
3-6. Abdumalik, A. Muzychuk, Kashlinskaya, M. Muzychuk - 4½
7-9. Harika, Cramling, Ju Wenjun - 4
10. Stefanova - 3½
11. Sebag - 2½
12. Kosteniuk - 2
"For me, Chess is life and every game is like a new life. Every chess player gets to live many lives in one lifetime."

🔸 Eduard Gufeld

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Ex-World Champion Mikhail Botvinnik (USSR), pictured in Amsterdam, 4th July 1966. On the right, just out of shot, is his compatriot, grandmaster Salo Flohr.

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Mikhail Chigorin and Sigbert Tarrasch playing chess at the St Petersburg Chess Club on 8 April 1893

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The State Hermitage Museum collection

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A Match That Lasts The Whole Life: Anand vs Ivanchuk‎
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