"He will smell any kind of danger 20 moves before!"~Fischer on Petrosian.

"He quickly grasps all the problems of a position and immediately solves them, armed with all the new ideas in chess."~Petrosian on Fischer.

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Sittard, Netherlands, 1st April 1964. The Dutch junior championship; in play with the white pieces - the 12-year-old Jan Timman.
(Photo: J. Smulders / ANEFO, via http://nationaalarchief.nl.)

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It was impossible to win against Capablanca; against Alekhine it was impossible to play. – Paul Keres.

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"On the whole, the life of a chess professional is not as easy as it appears at first sight. One needs to devote some ten hours a day to chess and to everything connected with it - physical and psychological preparation."

🔸 Vladimir Kramnik

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Members of the USA team at the 22nd Olympiad, Haifa 1976. L to R: Larry Evans, Lubomir Kavalek, Robert Byrne. (Photo: Huffington Post.)

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https://t.me/UnityChessClub/27651

New York City, 30th December 1965. Robert Byrne and Larry Evans are seen analysing their 11th-round game from the U.S. Championship. Byrne's brother Donald sits on his left.
(Photo: Beth Cassidy.)

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2nd World Champ Emanuel Lasker sacrificing two bishops to crush his opponent.
Lasker vs Johann Hermann Bauer, Amsterdam (1889). #chess #gameoftheday

One of the most beautiful chess maneuvers ever 👀

♝d7-♝c6-♝e4!-♟h6!!-♝h7!! with the idea of Qg6! and mate on b1! 😍

Incredible play by the great David Bronstein!

Bronstein's Bishop Battery Baffles Veresov! - Best Of The 60s - Veresov vs. Bronstein, 1960

Move of the Day!

♔ In 1963 Bobby Fischer played a brilliant miniature vs Reuben Fine.

Watch us break down this classic game move by move! ⬇️

Bobby Fischer's Brilliant Miniature

Best Checkmate Combinations Ever! - 43

Happy Birthday, Michał Krasenkow!
Michał Krasenkow is a Polish chess grandmaster, a chess trainer and writer. He is one of the strongest Polish chess players since World War II. His playing style is aggressive and he has won many "best game" awards.

Krasenkow - Hickl, Jakarta 1996

https://chesspuzzle.net/Puzzle/175103

Girls power in the endgame

With few seconds in the clock the girl had cold blood to finish the game, forcing his opponent to resign it.

Result: (0-1)

13th World Champion Garry Kasparov and Queen's Gambit Creator Scott Frank Visit US Chess Girls Club

How to get good at chess

https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2020/nov/14/how-to-get-good-at-chess-the-queens-gambit?utm_term=Autofeed&CMP=twt_gu&utm_medium&utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1605347419

FIDE Rating List, Jan 1973:
1. Fischer (USA) 2780
2. Karpov (USSR) 2660
3. Tal (USSR) 2660
4. Spassky (USSR) 2655
5. Korchnoi (USSR) 2650
6. Portisch (Hungary) 2650
7. Petrosian (USSR) 2640
8. Botvinnik (USSR) 2630
9. Polugaevsky (USSR) 2625
10. Larsen (Denmark) 2620

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2020 #SpeedChess Championship

Two matches left in the #speedchess round of 16!

Don't miss these next two matches 👀

Sunday: Duda vs. FabianoCaruana

Monday: Anish giri vs. Artemiev

♜ The #SpeedChess Championship continues this Sunday with a must-watch matchup!

⚔️ GM Fabiano Caruana vs GM Jan-Krzysztof Duda ⚔️