Nikita Vitiugov first played in the Russian Championship as a 19-year-old in 2006 and has missed just one of the 15 tournaments since — in 2021 he finally won, with Valentina Gunina winning her 4th women's title!
https://chess24.com/en/read/news/vitiugov-and-gunina-win-russian-championship-titles
https://chess24.com/en/read/news/vitiugov-and-gunina-win-russian-championship-titles
"А я так долго шёл до пьедестала, что вмятины в помосте протоптал". Means so much for me! Russian Champion 2021.
🔗 Nikita Vitiugov (@N\_Vitiugov)
🔗 Nikita Vitiugov (@N\_Vitiugov)
Revisit our conversation with stars Anya Taylor Joy and Thomas Sangster
: https://netflixqueue.com/anya-taylor-joy-and-thomas-brodie-sangster-make-bold-moves/
: https://netflixqueue.com/anya-taylor-joy-and-thomas-brodie-sangster-make-bold-moves/
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This evening, "King Enigma" visited Got Talent España, one of the most popular TV shows in Spain. In primetime, he played against Risto Mejide.
It was a high stakes game: had he lost, he would have had to reveal his secret identity 😱 ♟
🔗 Got Talent España (@GotTalentES):
It was a high stakes game: had he lost, he would have had to reveal his secret identity 😱 ♟
🔗 Got Talent España (@GotTalentES):
Mikhail Botvinnik in the 1940s (Multimedia Art Museum Archive, Moscow).
🔗 Olimpiu G. Urcan (@olimpiuurcan)
🔗 Olimpiu G. Urcan (@olimpiuurcan)
"You must take your opponent into a deep dark forest where 2+2=5, and the path leading out is only wide enough for one."
🔸 MIkhail Tal
@UnityChessClub
🔸 MIkhail Tal
@UnityChessClub
USSR, the summer of 1974. Anatoly Karpov (centre) is pictured with his trainers Semyon Furman (left) and Yuri Razuvaev, during preparations for Karpov's FIDE Candidates' final v. Viktor Korchnoi.
🔗 Douglas Griffin (@dgriffinchess)
🔗 Douglas Griffin (@dgriffinchess)
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100 Years 100 Brilliancies!
Rudolf Teschner (West Germany) faces Mikhail Tal (USSR) in the 11th round of the international tournament in Riga, 18th December 1959.
The event was won by Spassky, ahead of Mikėnas (2nd) and Tolush (3rd). Tal finished 4th.
🔗 Douglas Griffin (@dgriffinchess)
The event was won by Spassky, ahead of Mikėnas (2nd) and Tolush (3rd). Tal finished 4th.
🔗 Douglas Griffin (@dgriffinchess)
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Rudolf Teschner (West Germany) faces Mikhail Tal (USSR) in the 11th round of the international tournament in Riga, 18th December 1959. The event was won by Spassky, ahead of Mikėnas (2nd) and Tolush (3rd). Tal finished 4th. 🔗 Douglas Griffin (@dgriffinchess)
teschner_tal_1959.pgn
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Bent Larsen, giving a simul exhibition in my hometown of Oviedo, Spain, on December 19, 1969.
🔗 David Llada ♞ (@davidllada)
🔗 David Llada ♞ (@davidllada)
A portrait of World Chess Champion Anatoly Karpov (USSR), taken, according to the archive, in June 1977.
🔗 Douglas Griffin (@dgriffinchess)
🔗 Douglas Griffin (@dgriffinchess)
13 years ago today, I scored my first major tournament victory, sharing first place at the 2008 World Youth u18. Time really flies! Hard to believe this was almost half my life ago.
🔗 Sam Shankland (@GMShanky)
🔗 Sam Shankland (@GMShanky)
'Grandmaster discussion' - a photo from the Novosti Press archives. The circumstances of this one are not clear, but it features Lev Polugaevsky, Anatoly Karpov, Vasily Smyslov and Mikhail Botvinnik.
USSR, 1975.
🔗 Douglas Griffin (@dgriffinchess)
USSR, 1975.
🔗 Douglas Griffin (@dgriffinchess)