"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.)

🔗 Douglas Griffin (@dgriffinchess)

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)

100 Years 100 Brilliancies! - 3

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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)

Different and at the same time very similar chess fates of the two great chess players. Both are invariably correct, always speaking to the point. It is no coincidence that they played an interesting match with each other. Both are now little remembered ...

🔗 Sergey Kim (@sergey\_e\_kim)

The newly-crowned Women's World Chess Champion, Nona Gaprindashvili, pictured on her return to Tbilisi in 1962. She gained the title by defeating reigning champion Elizaveta Bykova in Moscow by the crushing score 9:2 (+7-0=4).
(Photo: Georgian Chess Federation.)

🔗 Douglas Griffin (@dgriffinchess)

Rare interview with Smyslov from 1954 in Russian. I added English subtitles.

🔗 Chess History (@MrMarksTV)

12.Nxd5!!, 19.Bxg7+!!, and 20.Rxb7+!! 🤯

Surely this is the great Sammy Reshevsky's most brilliant attack! 👀

🔗 Sam Copeland (@Sam\_Copeland)