Alireza Firouzja caps a fine game with a beautiful finish and Round 3 of #TataSteelChess is over!
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Firouzja, Alireza 🆚 Anton Guijarro, David
Tata Steel Chess Tournament 2021 Wijk aan Zee, Netherlands 18 Jan 2021 Round: 3.7 ECO: D02
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Tata Steel Chess Tournament 2021 Wijk aan Zee, Netherlands 18 Jan 2021 Round: 3.7 ECO: D02
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Alireza Firouzja - Post Round 3 Interview
Very sad news: chess legend Lubomir Kavalek has passed away at 77. He was one of the greatest chess personalities of Czechoslovak and American chess.
After the Soviet invasion of Czechoslovakia, he first moved to Germany, and shortly after to the US, where he settled and won the national championship three times.
He also represented the US at the Chess Olympiads, winning one gold and five bronze medals with the American team.
Kavalek was also a second for Bobby Fischer during his famous 1972 match against Spassky, and for Nigel Short between 1990-93.
Lubomir was also a very active chess journalist, having worked briefly for "Voice of America", and later on as a columnist for "The Washington Post".
🔗 International Chess Federation (@FIDE\_chess)
After the Soviet invasion of Czechoslovakia, he first moved to Germany, and shortly after to the US, where he settled and won the national championship three times.
He also represented the US at the Chess Olympiads, winning one gold and five bronze medals with the American team.
Kavalek was also a second for Bobby Fischer during his famous 1972 match against Spassky, and for Nigel Short between 1990-93.
Lubomir was also a very active chess journalist, having worked briefly for "Voice of America", and later on as a columnist for "The Washington Post".
🔗 International Chess Federation (@FIDE\_chess)
RIP Lubomir Kavalek (1943-2021)
The grandmaster has passed away at 77.
https://ruchess.ru/en/news/all/rip_lubomir_kavalek_1943_2021/
https://www.chess.com/news/view/lubomir-kavalek-1943-2021
The grandmaster has passed away at 77.
https://ruchess.ru/en/news/all/rip_lubomir_kavalek_1943_2021/
https://www.chess.com/news/view/lubomir-kavalek-1943-2021
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RIP Lubomir Kavalek (1943-2021)
It is difficult to pinpoint an area of chess where grandmaster Lubomir Kavalek did not prove himself. A chess organizer, arbiter, coach, journalist, author and winner of multiple awards, he is, above all else, a brilliant grandmaster. He was born on the 9th…
Every year, I keep hearing from countless people: “I wish I have a coach so I can be a good chess player”. Imagine how good they would get if they started to self-improve each day, step by step, by learning tactics, endgame, strategy, etc., instead of wishing and doing nothing?♟
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🔗 Susan Polgar (@SusanPolgar)
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Lubomir Kavalek's stunning victory over Eduard Gufeld at the 1962 student Olympiad held in Mariánské Lázně.
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🔗 Olimpiu G. Urcan (@olimpiuurcan)
Tilburg 1991. In the final round (played 4th November) World Champion Garry Kasparov faces old rival Anatoly Karpov, as Viktor Korchnoi & Vishy Anand look on. Kasparov won to take 1st place in the event, 1½ points ahead of Nigel Short.
(📷Stadsarchief Breda.)
🔗 Douglas Griffin (@dgriffinchess)
(📷Stadsarchief Breda.)
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Unity Chess Club
Tilburg 1991. In the final round (played 4th November) World Champion Garry Kasparov faces old rival Anatoly Karpov, as Viktor Korchnoi & Vishy Anand look on. Kasparov won to take 1st place in the event, 1½ points ahead of Nigel Short. (📷Stadsarchief Breda.)…
kasparov_karpov_1991.pgn
704 B
Another photo of Khalifman, presumably from Wijk aan Zee 1991, and presumably from the Dutch archives (https://www.nationaalarchief.nl/), although I can't find it in there!
🔗 Douglas Griffin (@dgriffinchess)
🔗 Douglas Griffin (@dgriffinchess)
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Dr. Siegbert Tarrasch - Best Chess Tactics
Caracas, 1st July 1970; the 10th round of the 'Presidente de la Republica' event. The Czechoslovak/US grandmaster Lubosh Kavalek is photographed in play v. the 19-year-old Anatoly Karpov (USSR). Kavalek won this game on the way to winning the event.
(Source: L. Kavalek.)
🔗 Douglas Griffin (@dgriffinchess)
(Source: L. Kavalek.)
🔗 Douglas Griffin (@dgriffinchess)
Unity Chess Club
Caracas, 1st July 1970; the 10th round of the 'Presidente de la Republica' event. The Czechoslovak/US grandmaster Lubosh Kavalek is photographed in play v. the 19-year-old Anatoly Karpov (USSR). Kavalek won this game on the way to winning the event. (Source:…
kavalek_karpov_1970.pgn
938 B
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Best Checkmate Combiantions Ever! - 58
Daily chess puzzle
FM Tokman, Ariel (2316) - FM Bognar, Csaba Dr. (2135), Titled Tuesday 2020
https://chesspuzzle.net/Puzzle/240141
FM Tokman, Ariel (2316) - FM Bognar, Csaba Dr. (2135), Titled Tuesday 2020
https://chesspuzzle.net/Puzzle/240141
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Puzzle 240141: Black to win
Click the diagram to solve this chess puzzle from the game Tokman, Ariel - Bognar, Csaba Dr., chess.com 2020.
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♟ | Are you ready? Round 4 of the #TataSteelChess Tournament starts at 14.00 (CET).
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Alireza Firouzja will try to build on his 100% record (played 2, won 2 in last year's Norway Chess) against Aryan Tari in Round 4, where once again the players have played very few classical games against each other before!
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