SF Deizisau convincingly wins the European Club Cup

https://en.chessbase.com/post/european-chess-club-cup-2021-final-2

In our newest lesson series, the world's #8 ranked chess player, GM Shakhriyar Mamedyarov gives a unique look at five of his greatest games!

If you've ever wondered what it takes to defeat a world champion like Carlsen or Anand, this lesson is for you! ⬇️

My Best Games – Shakhriyar Mamedyarov

https://www.chess.com/lessons/my-best-games-shakhriyar-mamedyarov

Participants in the New York international tournament of March-April 1924.
Standing, L to R: Marshall, Tartakower, Maróczy, Alekhine, Réti, Bogoljubow.
Seated: Yates, Capablanca, Janowski, Ed. Lasker, Em. Lasker.
(📷: Ullstein Bild.)

🔗 Douglas Griffin (@dgriffinchess)

"The knight is renowned for, among other things, its suitability as a blockader ... Because its strength lies in short-range operations it is not uncomfortable standing in a single spot for long periods, as the Bishop is."

🔸 Samuel Reshevsky

@UnityChessClub

Even now, the Russian national team with 8 players (not counting the spare) would be invincible. At the European championships of the last century, the only question was how many points the USSR national team would bypass the second prize-winner.

🔗 Sergey Kim (@sergey\_e\_kim)

USSR, April 1975. The newly-crowned World Champion Anatoly Karpov is pictured at the chessboard with his father, Evgeny.
(📷D. Donskoi, Novosti Press.)

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Bobby Fischer and Rainier III, Prince of Monaco, before the start of an international tournament in Monte Carlo in March/April 1967. The American won the event with 7/9, ahead of Smyslov, Geller and Larsen (AP Archive).

🔗 Olimpiu G. Urcan (@olimpiuurcan)

A close shave. The 13th World Chess Champion, Garry Kasparov, is pictured at the start of the day in his home in Baku, USSR. November 1986.
(📷B. Kaufman, Novosti Press.)

🔗 Douglas Griffin (@dgriffinchess)

The 12th World Chess Champion Anatoly Karpov and his wife Natalia are pictured at their Moscow home. November 1990.
(📷D. Donskoi, Novosti Press.)

🔗 Douglas Griffin (@dgriffinchess)