#OnThisDay in 1916 Paul Keres was born. The five-time Estonian and three-time Soviet chess champion is considered to be one of the best players never to become world champion, along with Akiba Rubinstein and Viktor Korchnoi. Here's our full profile:
https://www.chess.com/players/paul-keres
Paul Keres was born 105 years ago today - check out our 8-part series on the life of the great Estonian chess player! https://chess24.com/en/read/news/paul-keres-viii-gulliver-among-the-lilliputians
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https://www.chess.com/players/paul-keres
Paul Keres was born 105 years ago today - check out our 8-part series on the life of the great Estonian chess player! https://chess24.com/en/read/news/paul-keres-viii-gulliver-among-the-lilliputians
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Paul Keres | Top Chess Players
Paul Keres was an Estonian-Soviet grandmaster and three-time Soviet champion. Learn more about Keres's achievements.
Outstanding: Paul Keres at the Chess Olympiad 1954
https://en.chessbase.com/post/outstanding-paul-keres-at-the-chess-olympiad-1954
https://en.chessbase.com/post/outstanding-paul-keres-at-the-chess-olympiad-1954
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Outstanding: Paul Keres at the Chess Olympiad 1954
105 years ago today, on January 7, 1916, Paul Keres was born. For more than 30 years, Keres was one of the world's best players, but although he finished second in four Candidates Tournaments, he never played a match for the World Championship. 105 yearsโฆ
Paul Keres, pictured at the 12th USSR Championship in Moscow, September-October 1940.
In the final photo he is seen in play v. Grigory Levenfish in the 17th round of the event, which was held in the Grand Hall of the Conservatory.
(Photo credits: A. Yegorov, Sovfoto.)
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In the final photo he is seen in play v. Grigory Levenfish in the 17th round of the event, which was held in the Grand Hall of the Conservatory.
(Photo credits: A. Yegorov, Sovfoto.)
๐ Douglas Griffin (@dgriffinchess)
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Paul Keres, pictured at the 12th USSR Championship in Moscow, September-October 1940. In the final photo he is seen in play v. Grigory Levenfish in the 17th round of the event, which was held in the Grand Hall of the Conservatory. (Photo credits: A. Yegorovโฆ
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Puzzle of the Day!
Solve this puzzle on interactive board: chesspuzzle.net/Puzzle/130143
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Paul Keres bronze monument in his hometown Narva, photo by Ad Meskens.
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๐ International Chess Federation (@FIDE\_chess)
The second top GM who arrived safely in #wijkaanzee is Vachier_Lagrave. Welcome back, Maxime, it is great to have you here after 6 years of absence. First round in 9 days. #tatasteelchess
๐ Jeroen Van Den Berg (@Jvdbergchess)
๐ Jeroen Van Den Berg (@Jvdbergchess)
Congrats to Max Warmerdam, who just scored his third GM norm (and his second in two weeks time!) to become the latest Dutch grandmaster!
https://www.chess.com/events/2020-bassano-january/09-Niemann_Hans_Moke-Warmerdam_Max
https://www.chess.com/events/2020-bassano-january/09-Niemann_Hans_Moke-Warmerdam_Max
โ๐ | This year we welcome four debutants in the Tata Steel Masters! How do you think these GM's are going to perform during the #TataSteelChess Tournament?
https://tatasteelchess.com/news/four-debutants-in-tata-steel-masters/
https://tatasteelchess.com/news/four-debutants-in-tata-steel-masters/
Tata Steel Chess Tournament 2021
Four debutants in Tata Steel Masters - Tata Steel Chess Tournament 2021
This year we have four debutants in the Tata Steel Masters; Andrey Esipenko, David Anton Guijarro, Nils Grandelius and Aryan Tari. All of them have participated before in the B-group of the Tata Steel Chess Tournament.
White heavy check mark FIDE approves Online Chess Regulations.
The FIDE Council has approved a new set of rules to be applied to official online chess competitions. The document will be incorporated into the laws of chess.
Find the Regulations here: https://fide.com/news/889
#FIDE #OnlineChess
The FIDE Council has approved a new set of rules to be applied to official online chess competitions. The document will be incorporated into the laws of chess.
Find the Regulations here: https://fide.com/news/889
#FIDE #OnlineChess
FIDE
FIDE approves Online Chess Regulations
The FIDE Council has approved a new set of rules to be applied to official online chess competitions.
40 years ago this month; Wijk aan Zee, January 1981.
#1 Jan Timman;
#2 Ulf Andersson & Genna Sosonko;
#3 Mark Taimanov & Evgeny Sveshnikov;
#4 Gyula Sax.
(Photo credits: R. Bogaerts (#1, #3, #4) M. Antonisse (#2), via http://www.nationaalarchief.nl.) #tatasteelchess
๐ Douglas Griffin (@dgriffinchess)
#1 Jan Timman;
#2 Ulf Andersson & Genna Sosonko;
#3 Mark Taimanov & Evgeny Sveshnikov;
#4 Gyula Sax.
(Photo credits: R. Bogaerts (#1, #3, #4) M. Antonisse (#2), via http://www.nationaalarchief.nl.) #tatasteelchess
๐ Douglas Griffin (@dgriffinchess)
"Morphy gained most of his wins by playing directly and simply, and it is simple and logical method that constitutes the true brilliance of his play, if it is considered from the viewpoint of the great masters."
๐ธ Jose Raul Capablanca
@UnityChessCub
๐ธ Jose Raul Capablanca
@UnityChessCub
Salo Flohr & Mikhail Botvinnik, pictured during their 12-game match held in Moscow & Leningrad, 1933 (via http://www.chesspro.ru). #chess
๐ Douglas Griffin (@dgriffinchess)
๐ Douglas Griffin (@dgriffinchess)