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Mikhail Gurevich turns 62 today. He reached his peak as a player during the years 1987-1991, when he climbed to #3 in the world ranking. He also assisted Garry Kasparov in several matches for the title.
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Mikhail Naumovich Gurevich was born on the 22nd of February 1959 in Kharkow, USSR. Awarded the IM title in 1985 and the GM title in 1986, he was USSR Champion in 1985 (after a play-off and tie-break). In 1987 he won the Keres memorial, was 1st at Moscow and 2nd at Leningrad after Rafael Vaganian. In 2001 he won the Belgian Championship with a perfect 9/9 score. Gurevich qualified for his first Candidates match by placing 8th at the FIDE World Cup (2005), but lost to Peter Leko, 3 1/2 - 1/2.
He currently lives in Turkey, and has added a third national championship to his resume' by winning the Turkish Championship (2006). In 2008 he won the Turkish Championship again. He is also a FIDE Arbiter and a FIDE Senior Trainer.
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Mikhail Naumovich Gurevich was born on the 22nd of February 1959 in Kharkow, USSR. Awarded the IM title in 1985 and the GM title in 1986, he was USSR Champion in 1985 (after a play-off and tie-break). In 1987 he won the Keres memorial, was 1st at Moscow and 2nd at Leningrad after Rafael Vaganian. In 2001 he won the Belgian Championship with a perfect 9/9 score. Gurevich qualified for his first Candidates match by placing 8th at the FIDE World Cup (2005), but lost to Peter Leko, 3 1/2 - 1/2.
He currently lives in Turkey, and has added a third national championship to his resume' by winning the Turkish Championship (2006). In 2008 he won the Turkish Championship again. He is also a FIDE Arbiter and a FIDE Senior Trainer.
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Gurevich still had a comeback some years later. In 2001 he won the Belgian Chess Championship with a perfect score (9/9). He achieved his highest rating of 2694 on the January 2001 rating list, raising again to 14th place in the world ranking.
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📸: Boris Dolmatovsky
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Ex-World Champion Mikhail Tal, pictured in play in the international tournament in Leningrad, July 1977.
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Moscow, July 1979. Viktor Kupreichik is pictured in play v. Tamasz Giorgadze on top board in the match between the Georgian & Belarussian republics in Semi-final Group 2 of the 7th USSR People's Spartakiad.
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Mikhail Chigorin, the father of Russian chess, was a great tactician! We take a look at some of his famous check-mating attacks:
https://chess24.com/en/read/news/chigorin-s-checkmates
https://chess24.com/en/read/news/chigorin-s-checkmates
16-year-old Soviet Master of Sport Garry Kasparov in play at the 7th USSR People's Spartakiad, Moscow, July 1979. He played on Board 2 for Azerbaijan in this event, behind grandmaster Vladimir Bagirov.
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Bobby Fischer on Johnny Carson's "Tonight Show"
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Bobby Fischer on Johnny Carson's "Tonight Show"
On September 1, 1972, Boris Spassky resigned the 21st game of the World Championship match Fischer vs Spassky 1972 in Reykjavik and Bobby Fischer was new World Champion. But after winning the title the American did not play an official game for 20 years,…
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Bobby Fischer solves a 15 puzzle in 17 seconds on Carson Tonight Show - 11/08/1972
Happy Birthday, Christopher Lutz!
Lutz - Backwinkel, Schachbundesliga 1989
https://chesspuzzle.net/Puzzle/205188
Lutz - Backwinkel, Schachbundesliga 1989
https://chesspuzzle.net/Puzzle/205188
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Puzzle 205188: White to win
Click the diagram to solve this chess puzzle from the game Lutz, Christopher - Backwinkel, Paul, Germany 1989.
GM Christopher Lutz
(born Feb-24-1971, 50 years old) Germany
He is a GM (1992) and has assisted the programming of Brutus (Computer), now Hydra (Computer).
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(born Feb-24-1971, 50 years old) Germany
He is a GM (1992) and has assisted the programming of Brutus (Computer), now Hydra (Computer).
Wikipedia
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Christopher Lutz
German chess player
Happy 38th Birthday to India's Surya S. Ganguly, a 6-time national and the 2009 Asian champion.
He also assisted Vishy Anand in winning the World Championship matches vs Kramnik, Topalov, & Gelfand.
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He also assisted Vishy Anand in winning the World Championship matches vs Kramnik, Topalov, & Gelfand.
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Did you know that for more than 20 years Anatoly Karpov plays chess against prisoners?
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