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After Fabi's win over Ding Liren we have Magnus Carlsen and Caruana tied for 1st place before they meet tomorrow!
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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This beautiful photograph of a young Mikhail Botvinnik comes from the archive of the State Museum of Russian Political History. The board position seems nothing special: his connected passed pawns are impossible to stop. http://polithistory.ru
Move of the Day!!
In the final of TCEC chess Season 17, Leela Zero defeated Stockfish 52.5-47.5 and became the strongest chess engine at the moment. 29 games in the 100-game match were decided, plus 71 draws.

Games: https://tcec-chess.com/archive.html?season=17&div=sf&game=1
Magnus Carlsen (vs. Caruana) and Hikaru Nakamura (vs. Firouzja) scored the full 3 points on Day 5 of the #MagnusInvite!
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