Amsterdam, 16th March 1989. In the opening round of the Euwe Memorial tournament, Nigel Short is pictured in play v. Jan Timman, who looks on in the background.

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Schepel - Ouechtati, Chess Olympiad, Lucern 1982

https://chesspuzzle.net/Puzzle/118249

Best Checkmate Combinations Ever - 36

Peter Svidler:
Spring cleaning turned up some unexpected mementos
How many grandmasters do you recognize from the Oakham 1990 tournament?

Oakham International Chess 1990

Belgrade: Narrow win for the USSR

https://en.chessbase.com/post/belgrade-narrow-win-for-the-ussr

Today, Lajos Portisch - the "hungarian Botvinnik" celebrates his 83nd birthday.

Here are 23 mates and chess combinations from the games of HUN GM Lajos Portisch (83rd birthday today) : http://wtharvey.com/port.html + 100s of his games. Find the winning moves. #puzzles

Sanan Sjugirov wins 8.5:5.5 and goes through to play a semi-final against Magnus Carlsen - his score against the World Champion? 2 games, 2 wins, one of them classical!

Great story about the relation of chess and business.

https://t.co/evGrPESotD?amp=1

4 years old playing: in chess everything is possible
Theoretical and strong moves.
With characteristics of an experienced player, this 4 years old little future grandmaster plays chess in style. Every player who faces this young talent will have a difficult task ahead of him.

Using an earphone this player won vs GM
Grandmaster didn´t claimed his opponent was using a phone in his ears, but the ending game was astonishing