Anatoly Yakovlevich Lein was a Soviet-born American chess Grandmaster.
Born: March 28, 1931, Saint Petersburg, Russia
Died: March 1, 2018

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A photo of grandmaster Anatoly Lein . Some biographical details:
Moscow Champion 1970, winner at Cienfuegos 1972, Novi Sad (1972, 1973). Emigrated to the USA 1976, won the US Open the same year. In US Team at Buenos Aires Olympiad, 1978.

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Leningrad 1986. At the World Championship match between Kasparov & Karpov, in the Hotel. Aleksandr Khalifman, Aleksandr Kochyev, Yakov Feldman, Eduard Gufeld; standing - Gennady Nesis.

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Mikhail Tal returning to Riga after winning the 1958 Portorož Interzonal.

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🔸International Khazar Cup 2018
🔸Round 1
⚪️Volkov,Sergey (2612)
⚫️Khamisi,S Jafar (2236)
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🔸International Khazar Cup 2018
🔸Round 1
⚪️Rostami,Rouzbeh (2208)
⚫️Darini,Pouria (2492)
🔸0-1

🔹 Tal Memorial Rapid Chess After Day 2
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Players and officials at the international tournament at Lvov, 1984. Front row: N. Short, V. Eingorn, L. Psakhis, ?, M. Tal, ?, T. Giorgadze, Ki. Georgiev. Back row: ?, ?, V. Malaniuk, J. Dorfman, D. Šahović, ?, ?, A. Mikhalchishin, ?, V. Kart.

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Murray Chandler (England) v. Boris Gulko (USA), at the Amsterdam OHRA tournament, 13th August 1987.

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Before play, Soviet grandmasters Rafael Vaganian & Boris Gulko. On the wall is the emblem of the Sporting Soviety 'Burevestnik'. In 1976 there was a match between Burevestnik and 'Spartak' in Moscow; this is possibly from that event.

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Mikhail Tal, year unknown.

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Nigel Short - The Challenger

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GM Nigel Short, age 52, rated 2681, is perhaps the most traveled grandmaster in history. So far, he has visited 123 countries and wants to visit them all before he dies (North Korea being has last country he wants to visit). He is the oldest player in the top 100 list of GMs.

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🔹 Bobby Fischer
🔹 Chess Grandmaster

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🔹 Bobby Fischer
🔹 Chess Grandmaster

♦️Robert James Fischer was an American chess grandmaster and the eleventh World Chess Champion. Many consider him to be the greatest chess player of all time.

▪️ Full name: Robert James Fischer
▪️ Country: United States , Iceland (2005–2008)
▪️ Born: March 9, 1943 Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
▪️ Died: January 17, 2008 (aged 64) , Reykjavík, Iceland
▪️ Title Grandmaster (1958)
▪️ World Champion: 1972–1975
▪️ Peak rating: 2785 (July 1972)

♦️ Fischer showed skill at an early age; at 13, he won a "brilliancy" that became known as "The Game of the Century". Starting at age 14, Fischer played in eight United States Championships, winning each by at least a one-point margin. At 15, Fischer became both the youngest grandmaster up to that time and the youngest candidate for the World Championship.

At age 20, Fischer won the 1963–64 U.S. Championship with 11/11, the only perfect score in the history of the tournament. His book My 60 Memorable Games, published in 1969, is regarded as a classic work of chess literature. Fischer won the 1970 Interzonal Tournament by a record 3½-point margin and won 20 consecutive games, including two unprecedented 6–0 sweeps in the Candidates Matches. In July 1971, he became the first official FIDE number-one-rated player.

♦️ A memorable game by Fischer known "The Pann-handler" in chessgames.com site👇🏼👇🏼
🔸 Robert James Fischer vs Oscar Panno
🔸 Buenos Aires (1970), Buenos Aires ARG, rd 8, Jul-30
🔸 Formation: King's Indian Attack (A07)

♦️Review and download PGN file👇🏼👇🏼

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▪️ Robert James Fischer - Oscar Panno, Buenos Aires (1970)
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