⚪️ #132 (Endgame-‌White to Move)
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29.Bb2! [29.g4 Be6 30.g5 Nc1 31.Bb2 Nd3 32.Ba3 Nxf2 33.Bxe7+ Kg8 34.Kg3 Ng4 35.Ra8 Rxa8 36.Bxa8 f6=; 29.Bh3 Rd8 30.Bb2 Nd4 31.Ba3 Re8 32.Bd7 Nb5 33.Bxb5 Bxb5 34.g4 f5 35.Kg3 fxg4 36.Kxg4 h6 37.Kf4 Kf7 38.Ke5 Bc6 39.Bb4=]

29...Be6 30.Ra8 f6?! [30...Rxa8! 31.Bxa8 f6 32.f4 Bc4 33.Bf3 Kf7 34.Kg2 e5 35.fxe5 fxe5 36.Bxe5 Nc1=]

31.Rxc8+ Bxc8 32.Bf1 Ba6 33.Kg2 e5 [33...Kf7 34.f3 h5 35.Kf2 Nxg3 36.Bxa6 Nf5 37.f4 Nxh4 38.Bc4++/=]

34.f3 Bb5 35.Kf2 Nd4? [35...Nxg3 36.Bxb5 Nh5 37.Bc1±]

36.Bxd4 Bxf1 37.Bc5+

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Zürich Candidates, 1953. Mark Taimanov and his second, Salo Flohr.

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“In Chess, at least, the brave inherit the earth.”

🔸 Edmar Mednis

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Last days of Tal (with English subtitles)

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16.Ba6! was a very nice bolt from the blue from 14-year-old Vincent Keymer!

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15-year-old Alireza Firouzja wins his 2nd Iranian Chess Championship title with a round to spare!

Moscow, 1st October 1972. At the 'Grandmasters v. Young Pioneers' event - the leaders of the Kiev and Moscow teams, grandmaster David Bronstein & ex-World Champion Vasily Smyslov.

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"In positions of strategic maneuvering seek the worst-placed piece. Activating that piece is often the most reliable way of improving your position as a whole."

🔸 Mark Dvoretsky

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Leningrad, 17th September 1971. In the 3rd round of the 39th USSR Championship final, David Bronstein is in play v. Vladimir Tukmakov.
Tukmakov (Black) won this game in 41 moves.

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From the archives of RIA Novosti - a picture of Garry Kasparov in play v. ex-World Champion Vasily Smyslov, from the 'Komsomolskaya Pravda' GMs v. Young Pioneers event, Leningrad, November 1975.

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