Spassky's salary during his reign as a champion was 500 soviet rubles per month (a soviet minister's salary at the time) and his seconds Geller and Krogius 250 rubles. Seems like nothing, compared to what Carlsen now earns, but in USSR most people earned no more than 150 rubles.
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🔗 Chess History (@MrMarksTV)
"The scheme of a game is played on positional lines; the decision of it, as a rule, is affected by combinations."
🔸 Richard Reti
@UnityChessClub
🔸 Richard Reti
@UnityChessClub
In February 1955, Dr. Dietrich Prinz (1903-1989) gave a basic two-move problem to his limited Ferranti computer. It took 15 minutes to solve it. The problem, with 1.Rh6! as the solution, is a version of the one concocted by Paul Morphy when he was 12: https://bit.ly/3jWXo37
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🔗 Olimpiu G. Urcan (@olimpiuurcan)
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100 Years 100 Brilliancies!
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Garry Kasparov during a simultaneous exhibition in Zagreb on May 19, 1993.
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Magnus Carlsen at his first FIDE World Cup in Tripoli, Libya in June/July 2004. https://amzn.to/2UDHsvu
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🔗 Olimpiu G. Urcan (@olimpiuurcan)
Happy B-Day Ian Nepomniachtchi 🎂! Wishing you a great day. P.S. did you read all those books in the background? 😱
#HappyBirthday #ChessChamps #Nepo
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#HappyBirthday #ChessChamps #Nepo
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Solution explained 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
The exciting Anand vs Kramnik match starts in one hour as part of the #SparkassenChessTrophy. The 2 former world champs will play a 4-classical-game match with the twist that castling is not allowed. #dortmundchess
📷Amruta Mokal
📷Amruta Mokal
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An interesting no-castling match between Kramnik and Anand is afoot in Dortmund. https://bit.ly/3wI5MtB
🔗 Olimpiu G. Urcan (@olimpiuurcan)
🔗 Olimpiu G. Urcan (@olimpiuurcan)
🔗 Peter Heine Nielsen (@PHChess):
No wonder Vishy does well, he didn't castle either in any of the 3 games he won in their 2008 World Championship match!
No wonder Vishy does well, he didn't castle either in any of the 3 games he won in their 2008 World Championship match!
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No wonder Vishy does well, he didn't castle either in any of the 3 games he won in their 2008 World Championship match! twitter.com/olimpiuurcan/s…
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The 2nd game of the "Kramnik vs Anand" match starts in a few minutes. Can Kramnik strike back with white pieces?
Enjoy Anand's win in the 1st round. #dortmundchess #chesstrophy
Enjoy Anand's win in the 1st round. #dortmundchess #chesstrophy
may have thrown hard against sindarov but sochi was so worth
#FIDEWorldCup
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🔗 Andrew Tang (@penguingm1)
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Top seed Magnus Carlsen starts with a win with the black pieces vs. Sasa Martinovic, who played on his 30th birthday:
https://www.chess.com/events/2021-fide-world-cup/02-01/Martinovic_Sasa-Carlsen_Magnus
#FIDEWorldCup
https://www.chess.com/events/2021-fide-world-cup/02-01/Martinovic_Sasa-Carlsen_Magnus
#FIDEWorldCup
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Shouldn't masks be compulsory? Indonesian Susanto Megaranto resigned a game against Fabiano Caruana in 15 moves. He has reportedly tested positive for COVID-19. https://chess24.com/en/watch/live-tournaments/sochi-fide-world-cup-2021/2/64/1
Amnesty for MVL as Moradiabadi takes a draw in a position where the computer gives +5 for White! https://chess24.com/en/watch/live-tournaments/sochi-fide-world-cup-2021/2/49/1
#c24live #FIDEWorldCup
#c24live #FIDEWorldCup