A perfect finish also saw Magnus Carlsen end as the 2700 chess blitz no. 1, by the smallest possible margin!
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Today is Mother's Day. So many chess players have been created because of the dedication and efforts of their mothers.
They say that behind every good man is a good woman. Well, we say that behind every good player is a great mom.
Happy Mother's Day!❤️
They say that behind every good man is a good woman. Well, we say that behind every good player is a great mom.
Happy Mother's Day!❤️
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Chess Grandmaster Anish Giri took on three of Optiver’s best in a blindfolded chess simul
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Moscow #GrandPrixFIDE:
🇳🇱 Giri 2787
🇦🇿 Mamedyarov 2781
🇷🇺 Nepomniachtchi 2773
🇷🇺 Grischuk 2772
🇦🇲Aronian 2762
🇺🇸 Nakamura 2761
🇦🇿 Radjabov 2759
🇺🇸 So 2754
🇷🇺 Karjakin 2752
🇷🇺 Svidler 2739
🇨🇳 Wei 2736
🇷🇺 Vitiugov 2734
🇵🇱 Duda 2728
🇵🇱 Wojtaszek 2724
🇷🇺 Jakovenko 2708
🇷🇺 Dubov 2690
🇳🇱 Giri 2787
🇦🇿 Mamedyarov 2781
🇷🇺 Nepomniachtchi 2773
🇷🇺 Grischuk 2772
🇦🇲Aronian 2762
🇺🇸 Nakamura 2761
🇦🇿 Radjabov 2759
🇺🇸 So 2754
🇷🇺 Karjakin 2752
🇷🇺 Svidler 2739
🇨🇳 Wei 2736
🇷🇺 Vitiugov 2734
🇵🇱 Duda 2728
🇵🇱 Wojtaszek 2724
🇷🇺 Jakovenko 2708
🇷🇺 Dubov 2690
The race for the 2020 World Chess Championship begins May 17 in Moscow with the first tournament in the FIDE World Chess Grand Prix.
A 16-player knock-out event will be held in Central Chess Player's House.
http://bit.ly/2HoFDsd
A 16-player knock-out event will be held in Central Chess Player's House.
http://bit.ly/2HoFDsd
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2019 FIDE Grand Prix Series starts in Moscow on May 17
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Moscow, 3rd December 1971. Viktor Korchnoi (USSR) is pictured in play against Levente Lengyel (Hungary) in the 7th round of the Alekhine Memorial tournament.
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"Many sacrifices do not require any concrete calculation at all... A glance at the resulting position is sufficient to realise the sacrifice is correct."
🔸 Mikhail Tal (as cited in Soltis, 2008, The Wisest Things Ever Said About Chess)
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🔸 Mikhail Tal (as cited in Soltis, 2008, The Wisest Things Ever Said About Chess)
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Did you know?
Keres was the only player who had an equal score against Fischer through the 1959 and 1962. candidates tournaments.
(+3 =2 -3).
In some ways they had similar styles and they rarely changed openings.
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Keres was the only player who had an equal score against Fischer through the 1959 and 1962. candidates tournaments.
(+3 =2 -3).
In some ways they had similar styles and they rarely changed openings.
@UnityChess