He was friends with Misha and "Viktor Terrible". But in 1968 he chose Tal in the semifinal match. Genna Sosonko wrote a wonderful essay about Misha and a wonderful book about Victor ...

🔗 Sergey Kim (@sergey\_e\_kim)

"The essential disadvantage of the isolated pawn ... lies not in the pawn itself, but in the square in front of the pawn."

🔸 Richard Reti

@UnityChessClub

Chess master George Koltanowski had a chess puzzle in The Chronicle for many years. Here he plays several opponents blindfolded in December 1948.

Chess legend George Koltanowski: An archive deep dive of record-breaking chess champion and Chronicle columnist

https://www.sfchronicle.com/chronicle_vault/article/Chess-legend-George-Koltanowski-An-archive-deep-15819607.php

Buenos Aires 1980. Miguel Quinteros analyzes the game with Friedrik Olafsson. Hort and Andersson are watching. Wonderful times when grandmasters, having played a game, continued to communicate at the chessboard. Now this is rarely seen ... Especially at super tournaments

🔗 Sergey Kim (@sergey\_e\_kim)

https://t.me/UnityChessClub/4386

Mikhail Botvinnik during a simultaneous exhibition while touring the Netherlands in late 1958 (Associated Press archive).

🔗 Olimpiu G. Urcan (@olimpiuurcan)

Best Checkmate Combinations Ever - 47

Is 21...Nf4!! the greatest chess move ever played? 🤔

In game 6 of his 1960 world championship match with Botvinnik, Tal stunned the Soviet patriarch with this incredible intuitive knight sacrifice. 👏

🔗 Sam Copeland (@Sam\_Copeland)

Mikhail Tal Explains His Greatest Chess Move! - Best of the 60s - Botvinnik vs. Tal, 1960

Emanuel Lasker was born on December 24, 1868. The longest-reigning world chess champion, he retained his title for 26 years and 337 days from 1894 to 1921.

He was also a mathematician, philosopher, and excelled in other games like bridge or Go.

#OnThisDay #ChessHistory

Emanuel Lasker's Best Chess Tactics -1

Memories of another day

🔗 Viswanathan Anand (@vishy64theking)

20 years ago #OnThisDay Vishy Anand won his first of five world championship titles. Starting from a 100-player knockout, the final, played in Tehran, Iran, saw Anand beating Alexei Shirov 3.5-0.5.

#Legend

Daily chess puzzle
Valery Skatchkov - Meri Arabidze, Titled Tuesday 2020

https://chesspuzzle.net/Puzzle/216310

#OnThisDay in 1868 the German mathematician, philosopher, and most of all, the second official world chess champion Emanuel Lasker was born. Lasker still holds the record for the longest reign: 27 years.

Here's a lesson where you can Play like Lasker:

https://www.chess.com/lessons/play-like-emanual-lasker