In this photo, taken in Berlin in 1946, Lipnitsky can be seen giving a simultaneous display.

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One of the new FIDE Trainers Commission awards is set up to recognize the first coach, as endorsed by leading chess player(s). It bears the name of Liu Wenzhe (1940-2011), the pioneer and leader of China’s chess over four decades.
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Tribute to Liu Wenzhe: https://www.fide.com/news/955

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In this video, filmed during the third edition of the Asian Cities Chess Championship (Hong Kong, February/March 1981) you can see Liu Wenzhe in action playing for Bejing.
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Thank you Olimpiu G. Urcan for sending it to us! #ChessHistory

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In 1986, FIDE took the rare step of issuing a detailed review of press coverage of its activities. For the full, fascinating account, see the end of https://bit.ly/3psmMjH.

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Magnus Carlsen and Garry Kasparov in April 2010, photographed by Heiko Junge. The average Elo rating of this formidable two-man team at their peak: 2866.

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Magnus Carlsen picks his Chess Fantasy Football Team, starting with the goalkeeper... ⚽️

"He’s a good player who rarely loses, but he also doesn’t win enough games or tournaments to warrant a place in the outfield!"

https://chess24.com/en/read/news/magnus-carlsen-picks-his-chess-fantasy-football-team
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"It wouldn’t surprise me if Anya Taylor Joy's stellar portrayal does more to promote chess worldwide than all the real­-world champions," says Garry Garry Kasparov, a former world chess champion. "Anyone who can do that can do anything" #TIME100Next https://ti.me/3qut2sG

Creative genius & master of tactics (as described by his peers) David Bronstein was born #OnThisDay in 1924.

One of the strongest players of his generation & a renowned writer; his book Zurich International Chess Tournament 1953 is among the greatest chess books ever written.

Creative genius and one of the strongest players to not become a world champion, David Bronstein was born on this day in 1924.

For him, "chess is imagination". Here is one of his amazing moves played in 1963 against Brzozka: 48... Rxb3+! 💥

Full game: https://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1262289

"I maintain that in every position that arises, we should deliberately search, among other things, for pieces which have no retreat. If we see one, we automatically look to see if it can be netted."

🔸 Cecil Purdy

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Born on this day in 1924 in Bila Tserkva, Ukraine - grandmaster David Bronstein, World Championship Challenger in 1951, seen here in the 1st round of the FIDE_chess Candidates' Tournament in Amsterdam, 27th March 1956.

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Yerevan, 1975. Kasparian and Bronstein are giving a simultaneous chess exhibition! Note that both were born in February and today is Bronstein's 97th birth anniversary!

This game is against Korchnoi in the 1962 Moscow vs. Leningrad Match. It ended with an amazing Rxh6+, "one of the best combinations in my life, if not the best" in his own words.

🔸 David Bronstein - Viktor Korchnoi, Leningrad-Moscow (1962), round 2
🔸 39. Rxh6+!!
🔸 Black resigned the game!

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▪️ About this game Bronstien has noted:
" Korchnoi remained unruffled. He wrote down my move on his scoresheet and began carefully studying the position. I think it seemed incredible to him that White could sacrifice his last rook (I myself could not believe my eyes!). And only when he had convinced himself, did he stop the clocks. These are the variations: A) 39...Kf7 40.Qc7+ Kg8 41.Qc8+ Kf7 42.Qe6+ Kf8 43.Rh8 mate; B) 39...Kg5 40.Qe5+ Kxg4 41.Rg6+ Kh4 42.Qg5 mate; C) 39...gxh6 40.Qg8+ Kf6 41.Qf8+; D) 39...Kxh6 40.Qh8+ Kg6 41.Qh5+ Kf6 42.g5+!"
[ ... New In Chess, 2007/1. For the Love of the Game, pp. 56–61 ... ]

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🔸 David Bronstein - Viktor Korchnoi, Leningrad-Moscow (1962), round 2
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