"Capture of the adverse King is the ultimate but not the first object of the game."
🔸 Wilhelm Steinitz
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🔸 Wilhelm Steinitz
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Fischer vs Gheorghiu Buenos Aires 1970, round 3.
Fischer destroyed the field with 15/17 (+13 -0 =4), 3.5 points ahead of the runner up Tukmakov 11.5/17 (+7 -1 =9).
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Fischer destroyed the field with 15/17 (+13 -0 =4), 3.5 points ahead of the runner up Tukmakov 11.5/17 (+7 -1 =9).
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Tallinn, 1976. Vasily Smyslov, Iivo Nei, Boris Spassky & Mikhail Tal are seen analysing the late Paul Keres' game v. László Szabó from the Hungary v. USSR match, Budapest 1955, on the memorial day for the Estonian grandmaster.
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Paul Keres 🆚 Laszlo Szabo
HUN-URS (1955), Budapest HUN, rd 3, May-??
Sicilian Defense: Richter-Rauzer. Classical Variation (B64)
1-0
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HUN-URS (1955), Budapest HUN, rd 3, May-??
Sicilian Defense: Richter-Rauzer. Classical Variation (B64)
1-0
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Isaac Boleslavsky would be 101 today. Amazing player who nearly got to a Title Match, profound theoretician that was second to none in his pet openings - KID, Sicilian and RL. A coach that took Petrosian to the World Champion title. One of the founding fathers of modern Chess.
https://www.chess.com/blog/KingsBishop/remembering-isaac-boleslavsky
https://www.chess.com/blog/KingsBishop/remembering-isaac-boleslavsky
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Remembering Isaac Boleslavsky
"Today in Chess History" brings us the birthdays of five grandmasters: Issac Boleslavsky of the Soviet Union, born 1919, GM 1950, Died 2/15/1977. Radoslav Simic of Serbia, born 1948, GM 1984. Attila Grószpéter of Hungary, born 1960, GM 1986. Klaus Bischoff…
Anniversary Chess Match Space to Earth ends with a draw
https://en.chessbase.com/post/anniversary-chess-match-space-to-earth-ends-with-a-draw
https://en.chessbase.com/post/anniversary-chess-match-space-to-earth-ends-with-a-draw
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Anniversary Chess Match Space to Earth ends with a draw
On June 9, the second chess match between Space and Earth took place in the main hall of the Moscow Museum of Cosmonautics. The event has been co-organized by the Moscow Museum of Cosmonautics, the Roscosmos State Corporation, the Chess Federation of Russia…
Congratulations to Magnus Carlsen on qualifying to the semifinals! He also picked up an extra $8,000 for winning the final clutch game #ClutchChess
Magnus Carlsen: "Today could have gone either way!"
Full report on Magnus and Wesley So reaching the Clutch Chess semifinals: https://chess24.com/en/read/news/clutch-chess-day-3-carlsen-and-so-reach-semifinals
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Full report on Magnus and Wesley So reaching the Clutch Chess semifinals: https://chess24.com/en/read/news/clutch-chess-day-3-carlsen-and-so-reach-semifinals
#c24live #ClutchChess
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Clutch Chess Day 3: Carlsen and So reach semifinals
“Today could have gone either way” admitted World Champion
Magnus Carlsen after he lost the first game of the day and only finally
overcame 19-year-old Jeffery Xiong in the last clutch game. The final score
was a flattering 11.5:6.5 to Magnus while Wesley…
Magnus Carlsen after he lost the first game of the day and only finally
overcame 19-year-old Jeffery Xiong in the last clutch game. The final score
was a flattering 11.5:6.5 to Magnus while Wesley…