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Frank Marshall and Edward Lasker during the 1923 match for the U.S. championship title. The board position is from the opening game and the photograph was published in the March 20, 1923 Chicago Tribune. After he started with two losses, Marshall ultimately triumphed (+5 -4 =9).

🔗 Olimpiu G. Urcan (@olimpiuurcan)
Fischer with his mother, 1957
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🔗 Roaring Pawn (@chessContact)
Like the alchemist of old, for ever searching for the philosopher’s stone, the analyst today never stops looking for stronger moves to prevent the defender from establishing equality.

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Ex-World Champion Mikhail Botvinnik (USSR), pictured during a simultaneous display at the MacLellan Galleries in Glasgow, Scotland. 13th January 1967.
(Photo via http://chessscotland.com.)

🔗 Douglas Griffin (@dgriffinchess)
Bobby Fischer studying in the bathtub, his mom’s foot on his head.
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🔗 Roaring Pawn (@chessContact)
GM Mikhail Antipov, incidentally one of the players who chose to play without a face mask, has left the Russian Championship Superfinal as he tested positive for COVID-19. Points scored by and against him remain in the crosstable.
Ian Nepomniachtchi beats Sergey Karjakin in just 2 hours to not only take the sole lead in the Russian Championship but climb above Ding Liren to world no. 3 with a personal best 2794.9 live rating!
16-year-old Leya Garifullina is the first player to avoid defeat to 19-year-old Polina Shuvalova, who now leads the Women's Russian Championship with 6.5/7!
14.Nf6+!?? is just a typical day at the office for Valentina Gunina!