Some great names in this photo. From the 'Match of the Century' - Rest of the World v. USSR, Belgrade 1970.
Left to right: Spassky, Hort, Tal, Petrosian, Polugaevsky & Fischer.

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“I soon realized that it is not enough for a master simply to analyse variations scrupulously just like an accountant. He must learn to work out which particular moves he should consider and then examine just as many variations as necessary - no more and no less.”

🔸Alexander Kotov

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Alexander Alekhine on his way to winning against Junge at Munich 1942.

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Judit Polgar vs Levon Aronian
2nd European Championship 2001, Ohrid MKD, rd 2

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Lan Nepomniachtchi wins a very nice game on the White side of the Berlin against none other than Vladimir Kramnik! Great use of the two bishops.

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🔸chess.com IoM Masters Douglas ENG 2018
🔸Round 7
⚪️Grischuk,Alexander (2769)
⚫️Jumabayev,Rinat (2605)
🔸1-0

40.Bg5+! [After this check, Black has no way to save the game. All Whites pieces are ready to mount an invasion.]

40...Bxg5 [40...Kg7 41.Bxf6+‚ Kxf6 42.Qa1+! Kf7 43.Ng5+ Kf8 44.Qf6+ Kg8 45.Re8#; 40...Kh5 41.Kg3! △Rh1 41...Nxe1 42.Qxe1+– △Qh1]

41.fxg5+ [△Qc7]

41...Kh5 [41...Kg7 42.Qc7+ Qf7 43.Re7 Bd5 44.Rxf7+ Bxf7+–]

42.Qc7! [With an unstoppable mate.]

1–0

🔴 Today is birthday of Jan Werle
♦️ Dutch chess Grandmaster

👏👏👏👏👏 Happy birthday 🌺💐☘️💐🌸🌷
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Round 3 at Tata Steel in Wijk aan Zee: Ding Liren beat Van Foreest, Nepomniachtchi (2763) beat Kramnik, and Duda beat Fedoseev. Nepomniachtchi leads 2.5 out of 3. Ding and Anand each have 2 out of 3. Kramnik is in last place with 0.5 out of 3 after 2 consecutive losses.

🔹 Tata Steel Chess Masters | Round 3
🔹 PGN format

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Tata Steel Chess Challengers | Round 3 Standings

🔹 Tata Steel Chess Challengers | Round 3
🔹 PGN format

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Venice, 29th September 1950. In the 2nd round of the tournament Aleksandr Kotov faces fellow Soviet GM Vasily Smyslov; meanwhile Harry Golombek (England) faces Herman Steiner (USA).
Kotov took 1st place in the event, ahead of Smyslov.

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Bobby Fischer at Bled, 1961.

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Belgrade, Yugoslavia, March/April 1970. On board 2 of the 'Match of the Century' (Rest of the World v. USSR), Bobby Fischer faces Tigran Petrosian.

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