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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David Bronstein's Best Chess Tactics - 1

Best Checkmate Combinations Ever!

Daily chess puzzle
Mikenas - Bronstein, Tallinn 1965

https://chesspuzzle.net/Puzzle/68360

Magnus Carlsen is among the players in action in 1 hour as the FIDE Online World Corporate Chess Championship begins! https://chess24.com/en/read/news/carlsen-giri-nepo-play-fide-world-corporate-championship
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A draw in the top game (maybe with a miss for Magnus?), but it's Sberbank's boards 2-4 that make them favourites in their group
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day 1 games at the FIDE_chess Online World Corporate Chess Championship:

https://worldcorporate.fide.com

1964, Amsterdam, interzonal tournament. Now it looks like a small "open" of 24 participants, but then we played for over a month! 12 tables, a special volunteer records the moves so that there is no confusion in the recording!

🔗 Sergey Kim (@sergey\_e\_kim)