Amsterdam, 22nd July 1969. Hungarian grandmaster Lajos Portisch is pictured in play v. Stefano Tatai (Italy) in the 7th round of the IBM tournament.

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"When you play Bobby, it is not a question if you win or lose. It is a question if you survive."

🔸 Boris Spassky

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Sergey Kim:
Four years ago in Tashkent ... Of course, the game of the young champion of Iran was still far from perfect. But ... There was something in him that made me think
https://twitter.com/sergey_e_kim/status/1250871611231789061

Footage from the opening round of the 2nd Soviet Union versus Rest of the World match (Isle of Dogs, East London, June 24-29, 1984). The Soviet team won by a 21 to 19 score.

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Move of the Day!

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Graf -Jan Gustafsson, Altenkirchen 2005

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Game of the Day!

Azerbaijani chess players Nijat Abasov and Khayala Abdullah

http://chess-news.ru/node/27005

Nepomniachtchi and Caruana scored comeback wins in Armageddon in today's Day 4 of the #MagnusInvite!

After Fabi's win over Ding Liren we have Magnus Carlsen and Caruana tied for 1st place before they meet tomorrow!

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At the Piatigorsky Cup, Los Angeles, July 1963 - Jacqueline Piatigorsky is flanked on the left & right by grandmasters Svetozar Gligorić (Yugoslavia) and Friðrik Ólafsson (Iceland).

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"The main Objective of any operation in an open file is the eventual Occupation of the seventh or eighth Rank."

🔸 Aron Nimzowitsch

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Reykjavík, 2nd February 1964. In the 13th round of the international tournament organised in the Icelandic capital, ex-World Champion Mikhail Tal (USSR) faces the local player, Ingvar Ásmundsson.

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Mikhail Tal 🆚 Ingvar Asmundsson

Reykjavik (1964), Reykjavik ISL, rd 13, Feb-02
French Defense: Winawer. Petrosian Variation (C16)

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