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The FIDE Candidates quarter-final between Viktor Korchnoi (Switzerland) & Tigran Petrosian (USSR), Velden am Wörthersee (Austria), March 1980. #1, #2 The match in progress; #3 Petrosian & wife take a stroll; #4 Korchnoi on skiis. (📷P. Jarnoux / Paris…
Some more scenes from the match.
#1 The 7th match-game in progress.
#2 Korchnoi at the board.
#3 Petrosian at the board.
#4 The ex-World Champion takes a stroll.
Pretty remarkable that a place the size of Velden was able to stage it...
(📷P. Jarnoux / Paris Match)
🔗 Douglas Griffin (@dgriffinchess)
#1 The 7th match-game in progress.
#2 Korchnoi at the board.
#3 Petrosian at the board.
#4 The ex-World Champion takes a stroll.
Pretty remarkable that a place the size of Velden was able to stage it...
(📷P. Jarnoux / Paris Match)
🔗 Douglas Griffin (@dgriffinchess)
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March 28th, 2021
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🥇IM Yoseph Theofilius Taher
March 28th, 2021
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🥇IM Yoseph Theofilius Taher
An exhibition of 'living chess' in front of ~8,000 spectators in Palace Square, St Petersburg, 24th July 1924. The 'pieces' were men from the Red Fleet (White) & the Red Army (Black), respectively conducted by local masters Pyotr Romanovsky & Ilya Rabinovich.
🔗 Douglas Griffin (@dgriffinchess)
🔗 Douglas Griffin (@dgriffinchess)
"We can compare classical chess and rapid chess with theater and cinema - some actors don't like the latter and prefer to work in the theater."
🔸 Boris Spassky
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🔸 Boris Spassky
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I'm absolutely thrilled to report the discovery of this great 1950s photograph involving a very young Bobby Fischer. The two ladies are yet to be identified.
🔗 Olimpiu G. Urcan (@olimpiuurcan)
🔗 Olimpiu G. Urcan (@olimpiuurcan)
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#OnThisDay in 2013, Magnus Carlsen won one of the most dramatic Candidates Tournaments in history. He would clinch his first world title vs Viswanathan Anand in Chennai later that year. Here's Carlsen interviewed by Peter Doggers after his win in London:
Magnus Carlsen on winning the London Candidates' Tournament
Magnus Carlsen on winning the London Candidates' Tournament
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100 Years 100 Brilliancies! - 2
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Solution presented by Daniel King:
Chess puzzle of the week - White to play and win shorts
Chess puzzle of the week - White to play and win shorts