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β| The world greatestβs masterminds return to Wijk aan Zee for the #TataSteelChess Tournament!
π The preparations for the 83rd edition of the #TataSteelChess Tournament in Wijk aan Zee are in full swing! Check out the progress! π
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βπ | Tata Steel Chess Tournament 2021 π Only 5οΈβ£ days to go!
#TataSteelChess
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#TataSteelChess
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π | The best kept secret of the North Sea coast and the perfect place for the #TataSteelChess Tournament: Wijk aan Zee! π
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#OnThisDay 135 years ago, the first game of the first official #chess world championship was played. The match between the eventual winner Wilhelm Steinitz and Johannes Zukertort started on January 11, 1886 in Cartier's Hall on Fifth Avenue in New York.
Via http://chesspro.ru, a photo of the traditional USSR v. Yugoslavia friendly match in Tbilisi, November 1973.
Among those pictured: Chiburdanidze (who was only 12 years old!), Gaprindashvili, Litinskaya-Shul, Petrosian, Taimanov, Vaganian, Vasiukov, GligoriΔ.
π Douglas Griffin (@dgriffinchess)
Among those pictured: Chiburdanidze (who was only 12 years old!), Gaprindashvili, Litinskaya-Shul, Petrosian, Taimanov, Vaganian, Vasiukov, GligoriΔ.
π Douglas Griffin (@dgriffinchess)
Piotr Romanovsky - Alexander Alekhine, Moscow 1920.
Alekhine offered a draw after move 9, that was accepted. It was enough for him to win the title.
π David Llada β (@davidllada)
Alekhine offered a draw after move 9, that was accepted. It was enough for him to win the title.
π David Llada β (@davidllada)
World Champion Mikhail Botvinnik signing autographs before the USSR v. Finland match in the opening round of the 11th Olympiad, Amsterdam, 4th September 1954.
(Photo credit: W. van Rossem / ANEFO, via http://www.nationaalarchief.nl.)
π Douglas Griffin (@dgriffinchess)
(Photo credit: W. van Rossem / ANEFO, via http://www.nationaalarchief.nl.)
π Douglas Griffin (@dgriffinchess)
FIDE Interzonal tournament, Petropolis (Brazil), August 1973. Local grandmaster Enrique Mecking ('Mequino') is pictured in play v. his Soviet counterpart Efim Geller in the adjourned session of the 12th round. The game was drawn.
(Photo via Veja SΓ£o Paulo.)
π Douglas Griffin (@dgriffinchess)
(Photo via Veja SΓ£o Paulo.)
π Douglas Griffin (@dgriffinchess)
OLIMPIADA THESSALONIKI 1988
Judit Polgar con 12 aΓ±os y un impresionante 12,5 puntos en su 13 partidas en el segundo tablero. Y los primeros tableros de Suecia Pia y de Hungria Zsuzsa que en sus respectivos primeros tableros sumaron 23 puntos de las 27 jugadas.Yo, de espaldas.
π Juan Manuel Bellon (@Jmbellonlopez)
Judit Polgar con 12 aΓ±os y un impresionante 12,5 puntos en su 13 partidas en el segundo tablero. Y los primeros tableros de Suecia Pia y de Hungria Zsuzsa que en sus respectivos primeros tableros sumaron 23 puntos de las 27 jugadas.Yo, de espaldas.
π Juan Manuel Bellon (@Jmbellonlopez)
Happy 31st Birthday to Sergey Karjakin! π
In 2002, he became the world's youngest Grandmaster at the age of 12 years and 7 months & went on to develop into the world championship challenger (2016), losing to Carlsen only on tiebreak.
#OnThisDay #HBD #chess
π International Chess Federation (@FIDE\_chess)
#Sergey Karjakin - Best Chess Tactics
In 2002, he became the world's youngest Grandmaster at the age of 12 years and 7 months & went on to develop into the world championship challenger (2016), losing to Carlsen only on tiebreak.
#OnThisDay #HBD #chess
π International Chess Federation (@FIDE\_chess)
#Sergey Karjakin - Best Chess Tactics
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Blackburne's Best Chess Tactics
Puzzle of the Day!
IM Zatonskih, Anna (2431) - GM Muzychuk, Anna (2555)
Olympiad Women 2018 Batumi GEO, 2018.10.05
Solve this puzzle on interactive board: chesspuzzle.net/Puzzle/138162
IM Zatonskih, Anna (2431) - GM Muzychuk, Anna (2555)
Olympiad Women 2018 Batumi GEO, 2018.10.05
Solve this puzzle on interactive board: chesspuzzle.net/Puzzle/138162
chesspuzzle.net
Puzzle 138162: Black to win
Click the diagram to solve this chess puzzle from the game Zatonskih, Anna - Muzychuk, Anna, Batumi 2018.
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Best Checkmate Combinations Ever! - 52