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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🔗 Douglas Griffin (@dgriffinchess)
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Best Checkmate Combinations Ever!
Bobby Fischer on Johnny Carson's "Tonight Show"
https://en.chessbase.com/post/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).
Wikipedia
(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
Wikipedia
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.
#OnThisDay in Chess
He also assisted Vishy Anand in winning the World Championship matches vs Kramnik, Topalov, & Gelfand.
#OnThisDay in Chess
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Today marks 7 years since the launch of chess24! Join us for 5 hours of live shows starting with Radjabov & Giri playing Hand & Brain 1 hour from now: https://chess24.com/en/live/video/45986e98f1-radjabov-and-giri---hand-and-brain-against-premium-users
Registration is open! Sign up now for the ChessKid USA Girls & Women's Championship.
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Did you know that for more than 20 years Anatoly Karpov plays chess against prisoners?
"Imagine, a person leaves jail after 10 years and has no family, no work, nothing to go on. I assumed that they can go to a chess club and through chess reengage with society."
#ChessForAll
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"Imagine, a person leaves jail after 10 years and has no family, no work, nothing to go on. I assumed that they can go to a chess club and through chess reengage with society."
#ChessForAll
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How to play the Queen's Gambit: Elmar Magerramov vs Garry Kasparov
Grandmaster Daniel King presents Elmar Magerramov vs Garry Kasparov, Baku 1977. Support on Patreon: 🔥
Grandmaster Daniel King presents Elmar Magerramov vs Garry Kasparov, Baku 1977. Support on Patreon: 🔥
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December 13th, 2020
Team Championship
Volume 21
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December 13th, 2020
Team Championship
Volume 21
A rare photograph of Akiba Rubinstein at the beginning of a simultaneous display in Göteborg in early 1920.
🔗 Olimpiu G. Urcan (@olimpiuurcan)
🔗 Olimpiu G. Urcan (@olimpiuurcan)
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A remarkable fact about Akiba Rubinstein's play: he has beaten Emanuel Lasker, José Raúl Capablanca and Alexander Alekhine in his very first encounter with each of these iconic masters.
🔗 Olimpiu G. Urcan (@olimpiuurcan)
🔗 Olimpiu G. Urcan (@olimpiuurcan)
"As long as my opponent has not yet castled, on each move I seek a pretext for an offensive. Even when I realize that the king is not in danger."
🔸 Mikhail Tal
@UnityChessClub
🔸 Mikhail Tal
@UnityChessClub
Ex-World Champion Vasily Smyslov, pictured in play in Moscow, 1979.
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🔗 Douglas Griffin (@dgriffinchess)