"I was thinking in Tata when I was at 50% after 8 rounds - this is just not who I am!"
Magnus Carlsen leads the #OperaEuroRapid on 4/5 after a spectacular first day. Check out our 7 Conclusions:
https://chess24.com/en/read/news/opera-euro-rapid-1-magnus-carlsen-leads-after-awesome-day-of-chess
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Magnus Carlsen leads the #OperaEuroRapid on 4/5 after a spectacular first day. Check out our 7 Conclusions:
https://chess24.com/en/read/news/opera-euro-rapid-1-magnus-carlsen-leads-after-awesome-day-of-chess
#c24live #ChessChamps
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Shirov ON FIRE π₯ | Shirov vs Skripchenko | Salamanca 2021
Grandmaster Daniel King presents Shirov vs Skripchenko from Salamanca 2021.
Grandmaster Daniel King presents Shirov vs Skripchenko from Salamanca 2021.
Impressive graphics of the Champ Chess Tour #OperaEuroRapid players' geography from the official broadcast on chess24com.
Black is in trouble. White wants to play Re8, but then Black still holds with f5. However, there is a way to elaborate on this idea, which Spassky did not find. He played 21.g4 and won anyway. But can you find the real killer move in this position?
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Best Checkmate Combinations Ever! - 74
Groningen, 13th August 1946. Osip Bernstein is pictured before the start of his 1st-round game v. ΔenΔk Kottnauer.
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Sister St Joseph with some of the members of the chess club from St David Lewis RC School in Bettws (Wales), circa 1985.
πΈ: Joan Russell
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Congrats to Levon Babujian (2440) on winning the 1st League of the 81st Armenian Championship. Alongside Tigran Harutyunian (2549) and Mamikon Gharibyan(2432), he qualified for the highest league and a chance to play on the Armenian team. #chessnews
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8.dxe4!?! πππ
One of the most creative chess players of all time, David Bronstein, sacs a piece for two pawns in the opening and walks his pawns all over a Norwegian champion: 21.e5!, 22.f4!, 25.g4!
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One of the most creative chess players of all time, David Bronstein, sacs a piece for two pawns in the opening and walks his pawns all over a Norwegian champion: 21.e5!, 22.f4!, 25.g4!
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How To Win A Chess Game With Just Pawns - Best Of The 50s - Bronstein vs. Rojahn, 1956
Puzzle of the Day!
Solve this puzzle on interactive board: chesspuzzle.net/Puzzle/24703
Solve this puzzle on interactive board: chesspuzzle.net/Puzzle/24703
Siegen (West Germany), 20th September 1970. The 19th FIDE_chess Olympiad. In round 6 of final group 'A', Boris Spassky faces Bobby Fischer on top board of the USSR v. USA match.
Boris Spassky - Bobby Fischer 1970
Boris Spassky - Bobby Fischer 1970
Carlsen leads after beating Nakamura in the last round of Day 2, but for now Hikaru is still in a qualifying place... just! Tomorrow will be a thriller, with no-one completely out of contention:
https://chess24.com/en/watch/live-tournaments/meltwater-champions-chess-tour-opera-euro-rapid-2021-prelims/10/1/3
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A dramatic late twist saw Magnus Carlsen retain the sole lead going into the final day of the #OperaEuroRapid prelims, but the real fight will be to finish in the Top 8 to qualify for the quarterfinals!
Day 2 report: https://chess24.com/en/read/news/opera-euro-rapid-day-2-carlsen-shocks-nakamura
Day 2 report: https://chess24.com/en/read/news/opera-euro-rapid-day-2-carlsen-shocks-nakamura
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Opera Euro Rapid Day 2: Carlsen shocks Nakamura
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for a knockout blow that left the World Chess Champion as the sole leader going
into the final day of the Opera Euro Rapid preliminary stage. Hikaru is on 50% and
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for a knockout blow that left the World Chess Champion as the sole leader going
into the final day of the Opera Euro Rapid preliminary stage. Hikaru is on 50% and
in a fierce battle for one ofβ¦