In memory of the honored coach, grandmaster Gennady Kuzmin

An outstanding chess player (2-6 places in the "star" championship of the USSR 1973), a great coach (Chiburdanidze, Ponomarev) ... Read an excellent article by D. Kryakvin on the Russian Chess Federation website https://ruchess.ru/blogs/dimakrya/165/?fbclid=IwAR2eH0p_2w_MPV-IrLvvq9toJaxgpP-IrdE8-IzsS2-m_IfFy_QcS8_TIeM

"Any experienced player knows how a change in the character of the play influences your psychological mood."

🔸 Garry Kasparov

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The 24th Olympiad in Malta - in the 11th round (played 2nd December, 1980), On Board 4 of the same match the 17-year-old World Junior Champion, Garry Kasparov, faced Leonid Shamkovich.

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Move of the Day!

Daily #chesspuzzle
Suer - Duraku, Chess Olympiad, Varna 1962

https://chesspuzzle.net/Puzzle/111773

Mikhail Tal ❤️

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Boris Spassky’s Best Chess Tactics - 1

Happy 24rd Birthday to Richard Rapport (2760 World #13)! He became a Grandmaster at the age of 13 years, 11 months and 6 days.

Here are 28 mates and chess combinations from the games of HUN GM Richard Rapport (24th birthday today) : http://wtharvey.com/rapp.html + 100s of his games. Find the winning moves. #puzzles

Vachier-Lagrave Beats Nepomniachtchi At FIDE Candidates

Standings halfway the #FIDECandidates:

🇫🇷Vachier-Lagrave 1-0 🇷🇺Nepomniachtchi
Moves: 42
7/14 round of #FIDECandidates

Olimpiu G. Urcan:
Daniil Dubov [after 16.Qd1]: "A decent result for Maxime Vachier-Lagrave in the opening." http://shorturl.at/qzCS9

Olimpiu G. Urcan:
Not a worry in the world for the Frenchman.