"When you defend, try not to worry or become upset. Keep your cool and trust your position - it's all you've got."

🔸 Pal Benko

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Bobby Fischer with the Frank Marshall Trophy at the Marshall Chess Club in January 1964. The position on that massive cake is from his splendid 22-move win over Pal Benko, after 19.Rf6!!, in the tenth round on December 30, 1963 (Michael Ochs Archive).

🔗 Olimpiu G. Urcan (@olimpiuurcan)

At age 20, Bobby Fischer won the 1963–64 US Championship with 11 wins in 11 games, the only perfect score in the history of the tournament. A marvelous game where in Pirc defense Fischer goes for a rook sacrifice which not only block’s the f-pawn’s further advancement but also demoralizes the whole black army! A classical example of a block which will live forever!

☑️ US Championship (1963/64), New York

⚪️🇺🇸 Robert James Fischer
⚫️🇭🇺 Pal Benko

Pirc Defense: Austrian Attack. Weiss Variation (B09)

Result : 1-0

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Amsterdam, 17th July 1973. Jan Timman is seen in play in the 1st round of the IBM event. In the background, Genna Sosonko (who arrived in the Netherlands from the USSR in 1972) faces former compatriot Oleg Romanishin in the 'B' group.
(Photo: G. van de Werff / ANP.) #chess

🔗 Douglas Griffin (@dgriffinchess)

Move of the Day!

Daily chess puzzle
Jacob Rosanes - Adolf Anderssen, Breslau 1862

https://chesspuzzle.net/Puzzle/192038

Magnus Carlsen finally loses a classical game of chess, to Jan-Krzysztof Duda, after an unbeaten streak that lasted 125 games - or 2 years, 2 months & 10 days!

https://chess24.com/en/watch/live-tournaments/altibox-norway-chess-2020/9/1/1
#c24live #NorwayChess

Magnus Carlsen's first classical loss in 125 games (since July 31, 2018)! 😲

Congrats to Jan-Krzysztof Duda on a tremendous game!

Replay the game: https://www.chess.com/events/2020-altibox-norway-chess/05-Duda_Jan_Krzysztof-Carlsen_Magnus

By resigning to Jan-Krzysztof Duda, Magnus Carlsen signed off on a historic streak of 125 consecutive games played at the highest level without a loss between July 31, 2018 and October 10, 2020.

Firouzja beats Tari and is now leading #NorwayChess with impressive 10 points. Considering the positions of the two remaining games, It may only be Aronian who overruns Firouzja.

Unity Chess Weekly Magazine
October 4th, 2020
Women Championship
Volume 11

Unity Chess Weekly Magazine
October 4th, 2020
Women Championship
Volume 11
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