Magnus Carlsen prepares for meeting with prodigy Alireza Firouzja
https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2020/apr/09/chess-magnus-carlsen-prepares-for-meeting-with-prodigy-alireza-firouja?CMP=share_btn_tw
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Chess: Magnus Carlsen prepares for meeting with prodigy Alireza Firouzja
The world champion reached the Banter Blitz final with a Bobby Fischer-style 9-0 victory, while the 16-year-old rising star defeated India’s Srinath Narayanan 9-6 in Friday evening’s second semi-final
world championship match press center. Moscow-1984. Palatnik, Psakhis, Dolmatov, Taimanov, Yusupov ... So many grandmasters did not come together often then ...
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4 questions & answers by Boris Spassky, Bent Larsen, Tigran Petrosian, Bobby Fischer, Viktor Korchnoi, Lajos Portisch, Lev Polugaevsky, Vlastimil Hort, Efim Geller, and other legends.
https://www.chess.com/blog/Spektrowski/match-of-the-century-player-interviews
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Match Of The Century: Player Interviews
Inspired by Peter Doggers' news post, I found the old Match Of The Century book, edited by Mikhail Yudovich. Along with the forty games, there were short interviews by all 24 players, including non-playing reserves Bronstein and Darga. All players were asked…
Wijk aan Zee, 21st January 1976. Ljubomir Ljubojević & Walter Browne are pictured in play in the 5th round.
The Yugoslav grandmaster won this encounter in 133 moves, on his way to sharing 1st-2nd place in the event.
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The Yugoslav grandmaster won this encounter in 133 moves, on his way to sharing 1st-2nd place in the event.
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Throwback Thursday: 19-year-old Leko wins Dortmund
https://en.chessbase.com/post/throwback-thursday-leko-dortmund-1999
https://en.chessbase.com/post/throwback-thursday-leko-dortmund-1999
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Throwback Thursday: 19-year-old Leko wins Dortmund
Back in 1999, Peter Leko confirmed his status as a serious contender for the World Championship title by winning the 27th edition of the Sparkassen Chess Meeting in Dortmund, ahead of 'Mr. Dortmund' himself, Vladimir Kramnik. Leko was only 19, and three years…
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27...Rh7!!
A magnificent move from Vachier Lagrave who offers his rook for luft in his "favorite game." Who could imagine the rook would (much) later emerge to win the game.
A magnificent move from Vachier Lagrave who offers his rook for luft in his "favorite game." Who could imagine the rook would (much) later emerge to win the game.
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MVL's Zombie Rook Wins The Game - Top 10 of the 2000s - Morozevich vs. Vachier-Lagrave, 2009
https://chess24.com/en/read/news/magnus-carlsen-invitational-line-up-revealed
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chess24.com
Magnus Carlsen Invitational line-up revealed
Magnus Carlsen will be joined by Fabiano Caruana, Ding
Liren, Ian Nepomniachtchi, Maxime Vachier-Lagrave, Anish Giri, Hikaru Nakamura
and Alireza Firouzja when the Magnus Carlsen Invitational starts one week today
on Saturday April 18th. We’re all set…
Liren, Ian Nepomniachtchi, Maxime Vachier-Lagrave, Anish Giri, Hikaru Nakamura
and Alireza Firouzja when the Magnus Carlsen Invitational starts one week today
on Saturday April 18th. We’re all set…