Morphy making a move against Louis Paulsen during the First American Chess Congress (New York, 1857).

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Santa Monica, California, 17th July 1966. In the opening round of the 2nd Piatigorsky Cup, which was held at the Miramar Hotel, Samuel Reshevsky faces Robert J. Fischer.

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"If an opening is dubious, it is playable."

🔸 Savielly Tartakower

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One of Karpov's earliest published games - from 'Chess in the USSR' (No. 11, 1966) - the game I. Zaitsev v. Karpov, Tournament of Masters & Candidate Masters, Leningrad 1966.

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Jan Timman (Netherlands) v. Bill Lombardy (USA), 12th round, IBM Tournament, Amsterdam, July 1974. The American grandmaster won this game in 40 moves.

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☑️ Amsterdam IBM (1974)

⚪️🇳🇱 Jan Timman
⚫️🇺🇸 William James Lombardy

Spanish Game: Schliemann Defense. Dyckhoff Variation (C63)

Result : 0-1

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Six hours across a Magnus Carlsen pressing feels like a painfully slow-paced journey through a meat grinder.

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✅ Sinquefield Cup 2018 - Round 2

⚪️🇳🇴 Carlsen, Magnus (2842)
⚫️ 🇷🇺Karjakin, Sergey (2773)

Result : 1-0

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🔹 Magnus Carlsen vs. Sergey Karjakin |Sinquefield Cup 2018
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🔹 Analysed by Chess.com

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✴️ #Hansen_chess_quotes_001

🔸 Sune Berg Hansen
🔸 Danish chess grandmaster

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✴️ #about_Hansen

🔸 Sune Berg Hansen
🔸 Danish chess grandmaster

🔰 Sune Berg Hansen is a Danish chess grandmaster. He is a seven-time Danish Chess Champion.

🔘Country: Denmark
🔘Born: 21 April 1971 (age 47)
🔻Gentofte, Denmark
🔘Title: Grandmaster (1998)
🔘FIDE rating: 2589 (August 2018)
🔘Peak rating: 2603 (November 2010)

🔰Hansen earned his international master title in 1993 and his grandmaster title in 1998. He has won the Danish Chess Championship on seven occasions: in 2002, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 and 2015.
🔻He has competed in eight Chess Olympiads: in 1994, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2010, 2012 and 2016.
🔻He has also competed in six European Team Chess Championships: in 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013 and 2015. As of September 2017, he has a rating of 2580, which makes him the No. 3 ranked Danish player.

♦️ A memorable game by Sune Berg Hansen👇
▪️David Navara vs Sune Berg Hansen
▪️European Team Championship (2015), Reykjavik ISL, rd 1, Nov-13
▪️Queen's Gambit Declined: Barmen Variation (D37)

♦️Review and download PGN file👇
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🔸David Navara - Sune Berg Hansen, Reykjavik 2015
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🔹 Unity Bughouse Tournament August 17th, 2018!

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🔸Saint Louis Rapid 2018
🔸Round 5
⚪️Anand,Viswanathan (2768)
⚫️Aronian,Levon (2767)
🔸0-1

38. g5??
Anand underestimates his opponent's threats.
38.Rg1! Re8 39. Kf1=
38... Qh2+ 39. Kf1 Qh1+ 40. Ke2 Re8+ 0-1