Just two players can still win the Gashimov Memorial in Shamkir: Ding Liren and Magnus Carlsen . Both won in the penultimate round, and will face each other in Saturday's final round with Carlsen behind the white pieces.
After the conclusion of the 1963 Botvinnik-Petrosian match, festival in Klin (Moscow Oblast). L to R: Leonid Stein, Boris Spassky, Tatiana Zatulovskaya, Anatoly Bannik, German Fridstein.
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The final game of the London Docklands Speed Chess Challenge 1987, Nigel Short vs Garry Kasparov.
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Garry Kasparov, student at the Azerbaijan State Institute of Foreign Languages, Baku, early 1980s.
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Old-school etiquette. Efim Bogoljubow forces Ludwig Rellstab's resignation in the last round of the German Championship, Bad Pyrmont, May 1949.
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⚛️ #about_Lisa_Lane
💢 Lisa Lane
💢 American chess player
♦️ Marianne Elizabeth Lane Hickey is an American former chess player. Her combination of good looks and chess-playing ability made her an international celebrity, even though she never achieved the title of chess master.
💢 Born: April 25, 1938 (age 80 years), Philadelphia, PA
💢 Nationality: American
💢 Books: Flashbacks: Jane the Hippie Vampire Series, MORE
♦️ Lisa Lane was born in Philadelphia on April 25, 1938. She is a former U.S. women's champion (1959, equal first in 1966). In 1961 Lane appeared on "What's My Line" (Season 12, Episode 38, May 21, 1961) and was featured in "Look" magazine, as well as on the cover of "Sports Illustrated." In 1961, she took 12th-14th place at the Women's Candidates Tournament in Vrnjacka Banja. Lane played four games in the Hastings Reserve tournament in 1961-62, then withdrew after one draw, two losses, and an adjourned game. She said she could not concentrate because she was "homesick and in love." In 1963, Lane opened a chess club, Queen’s Pawn Chess Emporium, in New York. In 1964, she took 12th place at the Women’s Candidates Tournament in Sukhumi. In 1966, Lane tied for 1st place with Gisela Kahn Gresser in the U.S. Women’s Chess Championship. She married Neil Hickey, editor-at-large of the Columbia Journalism Review, who was a friend of Bobby Fischer and assisted Fischer in some chess articles. For many years, Lane owned a natural food business, Amber Waves of Grain, in Carmel, New York. She now owns a gift shop, Earth Lore Gems and Minerals, originally in Pawling, New York and now in Kent, Connecticut.
♦️ A memorable short game by Lane👇🏼
🔹 Lisa Lane vs Spencer H van Gelder
🔹 61st US Open (1960), St. Louis, MO USA, rd 1, Aug-08
🔹 Modern Defense: Pseudo-Austrian Attack (B06)
♦️ Review and download PGN file👇🏼
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💢 Lisa Lane
💢 American chess player
♦️ Marianne Elizabeth Lane Hickey is an American former chess player. Her combination of good looks and chess-playing ability made her an international celebrity, even though she never achieved the title of chess master.
💢 Born: April 25, 1938 (age 80 years), Philadelphia, PA
💢 Nationality: American
💢 Books: Flashbacks: Jane the Hippie Vampire Series, MORE
♦️ Lisa Lane was born in Philadelphia on April 25, 1938. She is a former U.S. women's champion (1959, equal first in 1966). In 1961 Lane appeared on "What's My Line" (Season 12, Episode 38, May 21, 1961) and was featured in "Look" magazine, as well as on the cover of "Sports Illustrated." In 1961, she took 12th-14th place at the Women's Candidates Tournament in Vrnjacka Banja. Lane played four games in the Hastings Reserve tournament in 1961-62, then withdrew after one draw, two losses, and an adjourned game. She said she could not concentrate because she was "homesick and in love." In 1963, Lane opened a chess club, Queen’s Pawn Chess Emporium, in New York. In 1964, she took 12th place at the Women’s Candidates Tournament in Sukhumi. In 1966, Lane tied for 1st place with Gisela Kahn Gresser in the U.S. Women’s Chess Championship. She married Neil Hickey, editor-at-large of the Columbia Journalism Review, who was a friend of Bobby Fischer and assisted Fischer in some chess articles. For many years, Lane owned a natural food business, Amber Waves of Grain, in Carmel, New York. She now owns a gift shop, Earth Lore Gems and Minerals, originally in Pawling, New York and now in Kent, Connecticut.
♦️ A memorable short game by Lane👇🏼
🔹 Lisa Lane vs Spencer H van Gelder
🔹 61st US Open (1960), St. Louis, MO USA, rd 1, Aug-08
🔹 Modern Defense: Pseudo-Austrian Attack (B06)
♦️ Review and download PGN file👇🏼
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📘 37.Nd5?
Wojtaszek has missed an opportunity to win the game.
37.R×d7+! R×d7 38.N×d7 B×d7 39.Bf3 Bc6 40.Kf2 Kf6 41.B×h5! B×e4 42.Bf3! B×f3 43.Kf3 +-
With an easy win due to White's outside passed pawn.
37...B×d5 38.R×d5 Rc4 =
Wojtaszek has missed an opportunity to win the game.
37.R×d7+! R×d7 38.N×d7 B×d7 39.Bf3 Bc6 40.Kf2 Kf6 41.B×h5! B×e4 42.Bf3! B×f3 43.Kf3 +-
With an easy win due to White's outside passed pawn.
37...B×d5 38.R×d5 Rc4 =