Leningrad, USSR Championship 1971. Three years later, the rivals will play the quarter-finals of the challenging matches. But while they don’t know about it ... Behind the back of Leo Polugaevsky the famous chess player Mark Zeitlin (one of the strongest masters of Leningrad)

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"You may learn much more from a game you lose than from a game you win. You will have to lose hundreds of games before becoming a good player."

🔸 Jose Raul Capablanca

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Nana Alexandria (USSR), pictured during her Candidates' semi-final match v. Milunka Lazarević (Yugoslavia) at Bladel, Netherlands, August-September 1971.
The Soviet player won the match by the score 5½:4½.

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NatGeo "My Brilliant Brain" featuring Susan Polgar

Born on this day in 1925 Shenkursk Russia, Ratmir Kholmov.

Here are 24 chess puzzles from the games of RUS GM Ratmir Kholmov (1925 - 2006) : http://wtharvey.com/khol.html . Find the winning moves. #puzzles #chess

White Mates in 2.
Kholmov vs Y Kliavinsh, Vilnius, 1955

Kholmov giving a simultaneous display, c. 1984.

Move of the Day!

Prestel, Oliver (2131) - GM L'Ami, Erwin (2611)
Bundesliga 2017-18 Aachen GER, 2018.02.24

https://chesspuzzle.net/Puzzle/131646

Mikhail Tal Wins Blitz Chess Brilliancy - Tal vs. Karpov, 1987

The #SteinitzMemorial starts Friday.

Vladimir Kramnik won the round-robin part of the #PlayForRussia charity tournament with 10,5 out of 14. The overall winner will be decided on May 14.

Semifinal matches:
Kramnik - Grischuk
Svidler - Tomashevsky

Details: https://ruchess.ru/en/news/all/vladimir_kramnik_wins_round_robin_part_of_play_for_russia_charity_tournament_/

https://chess24.com/en/watch/live-tournaments/play-for-russia-2020/14/1/4
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