Fischer gets a skiing lesson from American skiing instructor Tony Kastner in the Catskills at the Grossinger Country Club, Liberty, New York, 1957.
In exchange Fischer will teach chess to Kastner.
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In exchange Fischer will teach chess to Kastner.
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🔗 Roaring Pawn (@chessContact)
#OnThisDay 50 years ago Bobby Fischer won what would eventually be his very last tournament: the Palma de Mallorca Interzonal, before beating Taimanov, Larsen (both 6-0), Petrosian and Spassky to become the 11th world champion.
'Queen's Gambit' deja-vu for Hungary chess champ Polgar
https://today.rtl.lu/news/world/a/1628575.html
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'Queen's Gambit' deja-vu for Hungary chess champ Polgar
Watching the hit Netflix show "The Queen's Gambit" sparked deja-vu for Hungarian chess great Judit Polgar, regarded as the game's best-ever female player.
A pencil drawing I made of the former World chess champion Viswanathan Anand! 😊 Belated Happy Birthday to the legend! #pencilonpaper
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Ian Nepomniachtchhi maintains leadership at the Russian Championship Superfinal. Aleksandra Goryachkina is half a point behind Polina Shuvalova https://ruchess.ru/en/news/all/ian_nepomniachtchhi_maintains_leadership_at_russian_championship_superfinal/
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Ian Nepomniachtchhi Maintains Leadership at Russian Championship Superfinal
The eighth round of the Russian Championships Superfinals was played in the Central Chess Club in Moscow on December 13.
The leader of the open event Ian Nepomniachtchi had white pieces in his game against Vladimir Fedoseev. It looks like Nepo was not…
The leader of the open event Ian Nepomniachtchi had white pieces in his game against Vladimir Fedoseev. It looks like Nepo was not…
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Polina Shuvalova suffers her first loss at the Russian Women's Superfinal against experienced Alisa Galliamova.
Despite the loss, Shuvalova still maintains half a point lead over Alexandra Goryachkina, whom she's gonna face in the penultimate round.
Despite the loss, Shuvalova still maintains half a point lead over Alexandra Goryachkina, whom she's gonna face in the penultimate round.
Superfinal, 3 rounds to go:
Nepomniachtchi 6
Karjakin 5.5
Dubov 4.5
Fedoseev 4.5
Artemiev 4.5
https://chess24.com/en/watch/live-tournaments/russian-superfinal-2020/8/1/1
Nepomniachtchi 6
Karjakin 5.5
Dubov 4.5
Fedoseev 4.5
Artemiev 4.5
https://chess24.com/en/watch/live-tournaments/russian-superfinal-2020/8/1/1
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Karjakin, Sergey vs. Svidler, Peter | Russian Championship Superfinal 2020
Replay the Russian Championship Superfinal Round 8 game played on 13/12/2020 with computer analysis
First round finished without big surprises (although French GM Lagarde and Austrian GM Dragnev drew their games). Tomorrow we'll start with lectures and a cocktails' masterclass!
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Top-3 ranked players, GM Korobov (2693), GM Cheparinov (2660) and GM Lagarde (2651), will be leading a 26-GM-field.