Stockholm, March 1962. Bobby Fischer is pictured with a U.S. Embassy official after his victory in the Interzonal tournament, where he took 1st place with 17½/22, 2½ points clear of Geller & Petrosian, who shared 2nd-3rd.
(Photo: ANP Archive.)

🔗 Douglas Griffin (@dgriffinchess)

1954. Moscow. The Soviet Union was a country of parades, where not only the military marched. Mikhail Botvinnik and Vasily Smyslov, as the world's strongest chess players, were doomed to join the ranks of athletes.

🔗 Sergey Kim (@sergey\_e\_kim)

"No fantasy, however rich, no technique, however masterly, no penetration into the psychology of the opponent, however deep, can make a chess game a work of art, if these qualities do not lead to the main goal - the search for truth."

🔸 Vasily Smyslov

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Tilburg, 20th Oct 1991. Gata Kamsky faces World Champion Garry Kasparov in the 3rd round of the Interpolis tournament. The game was drawn; Kasparov took 1st place in the event with 10/14, 1½ points clear of the field.
(Photo credit: C. Out / ANP, via http://anp-archief.nl.) #chess

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Chess club in Krasnogorsk, on the outskirts of Moscow. July, 1939.

🔗 David Llada ♞ (@davidllada)

Amsterdam, 21st May 1992. Vishy Anand is pictured in play v. Jan Timman in the 6th round of the Euwe Memorial tournament.
(Photo credit: M. Antonisse / ANP, via http://anp-archief.nl.)

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13-year-old Judit Polgar, pictured in play at the Amsterdam OHRA tournament, July 1989.
(Photo credit: M. Antonisse / ANP, via http://anp-archief.nl.) #chess #c24live #NorwayChess

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Move of the Day!

Rotlewi - Rubinstein, Lodz 1907
Akiba Rubinstein's "immortal" game.

https://chesspuzzle.net/Puzzle/170613

Living my best life even if it is complicated!

🔗 Hikaru Nakamura (@GMHikaru)

It was a crazy end to the day with Alireza Firouzja winning his Armageddon game against Levon Aronian on time. Magnus Carlsen had earlier won his Armageddon against Fabiano Caruana. This means that with 3 rounds to go Alireza Firouzja has a 1-point lead over Magnus Carlsen, with Levon Aronian and Fabiano Caruana still in close pursuit.

https://chess24.com/en/watch/live-tournaments/altibox-norway-chess-2020/13/1/1

Magnus after scraping a draw then beating Fabi in Armageddon:
"I thought for sure it was extremely dangerous & the fact I’m holding after all this Ne5, Qc8 stuff is a bit of luck, I would say. Sometimes these things just collapse but fortunately it didn’t today!"
#NorwayChess

To paraphrase a Norwegian proverb, the stomach is not content with nice moves. https://bit.ly/2SORLbQ

Fireouzja. 🔥 https://chess24.com/en/watch/live-tournaments/altibox-norway-chess-2020/14/1/2

🔗 Olimpiu G. Urcan (@olimpiuurcan)

Alireza Firouzja beats Levon Aronian as Levon loses on time in Armageddon! https://chess24.com/en/watch/live-tournaments/altibox-norway-chess-2020/14/1/2
#c24live #NorwayChess

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