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Via the Associated Press Archive, footage of the 1st game of the most famous match of them all - Spassky v Fischer, Reykjavík 1972.

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Happy Birthday to Indian star GM Pentala Harikrishna 🎂🎉🎊

Former World Junior Champion and longtime India #2 Harikrishna turns 33 today!
"Hari" is a strategic genius and one of the best endgame players of the world today.

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The official website for FIDE Women’s Candidates Tournament 2019 launched today: https://fwct2019.com/en/
The 8-player double round-robin tournament will take place on May 30 - June 18. The winner will qualify for the World Championship Match with Ju Wenjun.
#FIDEWomenCandidates

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"Bronze Horseman" (Vitiugov, Dominguez, Matlakov, Rodshtein, Najer, Ponkratov, Alekseenko, Goganov) wins Russian Team Championship that finished in Sochi. "Ugra" gets the women title for the 3rd time.

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Ugra Wins Russian Team Women's Championship for the Third Time

The Russian Team Championships finished in Sochi on May 10. Premier League, last round's results: Bronze Horseman (Saint Petersburg) - Molodezhka (Tyumen region) 4.5-1.5, Guards of Law and Order (Saint Petersburg) - ShSM Legacy Square Capital (Moscow)…

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tchrusp19.pgn

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🔹 Russian Team Championship 2019
🔹 PGN format

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tchrusw19.pgn

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🔹 Russian Team Women's Championship 2019
🔹 PGN format

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Round 9 results and final rapid standings. Up next: 18 rounds of blitz! #Abidjan #GrandChessTour

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With 6 wins and 3 draws in the rapid part of Côte d'Ivoire Grand Chess Tour, Magnus Carlsen gains 34 rating points and goes above 2900 again (2903). His personal best rapid rating was 2919 in July 2017.

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🔹 Cote d'Ivoire Rapid 2019
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The prize fund for the World Senior Championships have been increased by 30.000 € in total. An additional provision of 20.000 € has been allocated to support individual nominees who are over 65 and find themselves in an unstable financial situation.

https://www.fide.com/component/content/article/1-fide-news/11592-increased-prize-fund-for-the-world-senior-championships-.html

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Increased prize fund for the World Senior Championships

FIDE - World Chess Federation

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https://www.chess.com/news/view/ten-decisive-results-in-cote-divoire-rapid-blitz-day-3-as-carlsen-leads-the-way

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Ten Decisive Results In Côte d’Ivoire Rapid & Blitz Day 3 As Carlsen Leads The Way

Maxime Vachier-Lagrave closed the rapid segment of the Côte d’Ivoire Rapid & Blitz with three victories over Veselin Topalov, Ian Nepomniachtchi and Bassem Amin. The French player, who had lost two important games in the first two days, is now third on 11/18…

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GM Jan-Krzysztof Duda awarded the best Polish chess player of 2018 as well as received President's Cup for the best sport achievement of 100 Years of Independence.

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https://chess24.com/en/read/news/cote-d-ivoire-day-3-carlsen-crosses-2900

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Côte d’Ivoire, Day 3: Carlsen crosses 2900

Magnus Carlsen described his play as “better, but not
perfect yet” as for a third day in a row he scored 2.5/3, crossing 2900 on the
rapid rating list and taking a 3-point lead into the 18 rounds of blitz this
weekend. Hikaru Nakamura said he played “very…

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🔴 The #GrandChessTour live show has started!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=omQQc8Kzl4M

https://chess24.com/en/watch/live-tournaments/grand-chess-tour-abidjan-2019#live

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2019 Côte d’Ivoire Rapid & Blitz: Day 4

The 2019 Cote d’Ivoire Rapid & Blitz is the first leg on the largest Grand Chess Tour ever! Players compete in rapid and blitz chess for a total prize fund o...