A photo via the Georgian on-line archives (http://dspace.nplg.gov.ge/handle/1234/77927) from Nana Alexandria's personal collection.
Standing, L to R: Alexandria, Aleksandr Kotov, Mikhail Tal, Tigran Petrosian. Photographed in May 1979.
🔗 Douglas Griffin (@dgriffinchess)
Standing, L to R: Alexandria, Aleksandr Kotov, Mikhail Tal, Tigran Petrosian. Photographed in May 1979.
🔗 Douglas Griffin (@dgriffinchess)
"According to such great attacking players as Bronstein and Tal, most combinations are inspired by the player's memories of earlier games."
🔸 Pal Benko
@UnityChessClub
🔸 Pal Benko
@UnityChessClub
With great sorrow I share the news of the passing of my mother, Klara Shagenovna Kasparova. My role model, my greatest champion, my wise counsel, and the strongest person I will ever know. I love you, Mama.
🔗 Garry Kasparov (@Kasparov63)
🔗 Garry Kasparov (@Kasparov63)
Klara Shagenovna Kasparova, Garry Kasparov's mother and inspiration, passed away yesterday. Here she is this January speaking at the 85th birthday celebration of Garry's coach, Alexander Nikitin
https://chess24.com/en/read/news/rip-klara-kasparova-garry-kasparov-s-mother-and-confidant
https://chess24.com/en/read/news/rip-klara-kasparova-garry-kasparov-s-mother-and-confidant
🔗 Garry Kasparov (@Kasparov63):
That is my mother on the right.
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🔗 Douglas Griffin (@dgriffinchess):
Training camp, Armenia, 1979. Left to right: Artur Jussupow, @Kasparov63, Lev Psakhis, Zurab Azmaiparashvili, Klara Shagenovna Gasparian. (Photo: Psakhis archive, via http://www.chesspro.ru.)
That is my mother on the right.
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🔗 Douglas Griffin (@dgriffinchess):
Training camp, Armenia, 1979. Left to right: Artur Jussupow, @Kasparov63, Lev Psakhis, Zurab Azmaiparashvili, Klara Shagenovna Gasparian. (Photo: Psakhis archive, via http://www.chesspro.ru.)
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Klara Kasparova with a young Kasparov. In the first volume of "Garry Kasparov on Garry Kasparov" (2011), he wrote: "She did not teach me what I should think, but that I should have a critical attitude to everything that I read or heard."
🔗 Olimpiu G. Urcan (@olimpiuurcan)
🔗 Olimpiu G. Urcan (@olimpiuurcan)
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Do you know Diana Lanni, once the 2nd highest rated female chess player in the U.S., and a likely inspiration for Beth Harmon's character in #TheQueensGambit?
Chess historian batgirl tells her fascinating story! 👀
Chess historian batgirl tells her fascinating story! 👀
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