1960 Gold Medal Winning Student Team, Leningrad, USSR, August 1, 1960

Collection of US Chess

Pictured from left to right: Eliot Hearst, Raymond Weinstein, Jerry Spann, William Lombardy, Edmar Mednis

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Judit Polgar defeating Kasparov - Russia vs Rest of the World

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“The draw by stalemate looks like a spot of discontinuity in the otherwise harmonious universe of values. To save a game by letting yourself be so completely humiliated as not being able to make a move looks rather undeserved.”

🔸 Mihail Marin

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Sharjah Masters 2019 Round 5 Highlights

#EICC2019 round 9 features an exciting battle between Russia's rising star Andrey Esipenko (2603) and Sweden's No 1 Nils Grandelius (2694).

🔹 20th European Individual Championship 2019
🔹 PGN format

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🔴 European Championship | Round 9

https://chess24.com/en/watch/live-tournaments/european-championship-2019/9/1/2

🔴 3rd Sharjah Masters | Round 6

https://chess24.com/en/watch/live-tournaments/sharjah-masters-2019/6/1/1

Inarkiev is the sole leader of the Sharjah Masters again and his 9/10 since the last four rounds of the Aeroflot Open has taken him back into the 2700 club!

🔹 3rd Sharjah Masters 2019-R6
🔹 PGN format

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Happy 34th Birthday to David Navara (World #22)! He is an eight-time Czech Chess Champion.🎂🎁🎉🎊

🔴 U.S. Championship | Round 7

https://chess24.com/en/watch/live-tournaments/us-championship-2019/7/1/1

Vugar Gashimov Memorial 2019 Promo

Shamkir Chess 2019 is a 10-player single round-robin held in memory of Vugar Gashimov. The 6th edition of the tournament in Shamkir, Azerbaijan runs from 30 March to 9 April 2019 and features World Champion Magnus Carlsen. The total prize fund is €100,000, with €30,000 for first place.

https://chess24.com/en/watch/live-tournaments/shamkir-chess-gashimov-memorial-2019/1/1/1

🔸St Louis Winter A 2018
🔸Round 2
⚪️Swiercz,D (2636)
⚫️Motylev,A (2661)
🔸1-0

26.c4! [White is an exchange up, but his rook on a7 is trapped. He finds a subtle way to rescue it.]

[26.Qb2? Nf4 27.Re1 Nxg2! 28.Kxg2 Qxg5+ 29.Kh2 Qf4+ 30.Kg2 Qg4+=]

26...Ne7 [¹26...Qc7 27.Bd3! Nf4 28.Bf1 Qb8 29.Rxa6 bxa6 30.g3!+–]

27.Qb2! Kg8 28.Be4! [28.d5? exd5 29.cxd5 Rxc1+ 30.Qxc1 Qb8! 31.Qc5 Nxd5! △b6 32.Rxa6 bxa6 33.Ba2 Nb4 34.Bc4=]

28...Nc6 29.Bxc6™ Rxc6 30.d5! Rd6 31.Qf6 [31.Rd1!? △c5 31...exd5 32.Rxd5 Rxd5 33.cxd5+–]

31...exd5 32.Ra8 Qxa8 33.Qxd6 Bxc4 34.Re1 Bb5 35.Qxd5+–

⚪️#176 (Strategy-White to Move)
🔸Debashis,D (2548)
🔸Trent,L (2391)
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