Schiphol, 21st September 1977. The Soviet participants in the Tilburg Interpolis tournament - grandmaster Yuri Balashov, ex-World Champion Vasily Smyslov & World Champion Anatoly Karpov - arrive in the Netherlands.
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"If once a man delays castling and his king remains in the center, files will open up against him, bishops sweep the board, rooks will dominate the seventh rank, and pawns turn into queens."
🔸 Irving Chernev
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Happy 57th birthday to Garry Kasparov, 13th World Chess Champion, facing Viktor Korchnoi in a clock simultaneous display given by the (then!) Soviet grandmaster in Leningrad on 12th November, 1975.
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Here are 25 checkmates from the games of RUS GM Garry Kasparov, (57th birthday today) : http://wtharvey.com/kaspm8.html + 1,000s of his games. Find the winning moves. #puzzles
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Jakobsen - Guseinov, Cappelle la Grande 2006
https://chesspuzzle.net/Puzzle/122154
Jakobsen - Guseinov, Cappelle la Grande 2006
https://chesspuzzle.net/Puzzle/122154
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Puzzle 122154: Black to win
Click the diagram to solve this chess puzzle from the game Jakobsen,O - Guseinov,G, Cappelle la Grande 2006.
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Best Checkmate Combinations Ever - 39
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As Yasser Seirawan would say, a very "visual" game!
Veselin Topalov sacs 2 exchanges and overwhelms Aronian with two pair, a pair of bishops and a pair of passed pawn, in my #1 game of the 2000s.
Veselin Topalov sacs 2 exchanges and overwhelms Aronian with two pair, a pair of bishops and a pair of passed pawn, in my #1 game of the 2000s.
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Topalov Sacs 2 Exchanges, Overruns Aronian - Top 10 of the 2000s - Topalov vs. Aronian, 2006
The story of Sultan Khan, a remarkable chess talent from India who was brought to Europe, won the British Championship 3 times, and defeated Capablanca, is also a political tale. After seven years of research, GM Daniel King published a biography:
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The (Political) Story Of 'Extraordinary Genius' Sultan Khan
The story of Sultan Khan, a remarkable chess talent from India who was brought to Europe by his master, won the British Championship three times, and defeated Jose Capablanca in a tournament game, is also a political tale. After seven years of research, GM…
In case you missed it: #BanterBlitzCup final Carlsen-Firouzja now scheduled to take place on chess24.com on Wednesday at 7pm CET.