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.)
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Standing, L to R: Marshall, Tartakower, Maróczy, Alekhine, Réti, Bogoljubow.
Seated: Yates, Capablanca, Janowski, Ed. Lasker, Em. Lasker.
(📷: Ullstein Bild.)
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"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
🔸 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)
🔗 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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(📷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)
🔗 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.)
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(📷B. Kaufman, Novosti Press.)
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The 12th World Chess Champion Anatoly Karpov and his wife Natalia are pictured at their Moscow home. November 1990.
(📷D. Donskoi, Novosti Press.)
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(📷D. Donskoi, Novosti Press.)
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The chess section at the Pioneers' Palace, Leningrad, USSR, 1959.
(📷: H. Sochurek, THE LIFE Magazine)
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(📷: H. Sochurek, THE LIFE Magazine)
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Hungarian grandmaster Lajos Portisch turns 84 today.
Here is a famous game (Moscow 1967) where he used Mikhail Tal's careless oversight. How did Portisch, with White, play here?
Here is a famous game (Moscow 1967) where he used Mikhail Tal's careless oversight. How did Portisch, with White, play here?
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100 Years 100 Brilliancies! - 3
Alexander Alekhine, photographed during the 4th chess Olympiad that was held in the cafe "Novak" in Prague. Next to him, the Swedish champion Gideon Stahlberg, who was his rival in that game. Alekhine was the best player in the Olympiad, scoring +10 -1 =7.
📸: Imagno / Scanpix
🔗 David Llada ♞ (@davidllada)
📸: Imagno / Scanpix
🔗 David Llada ♞ (@davidllada)