Here's le Compte Villeneuve-Esclapon next to Madame Alekhine in the 1928 photo from the French championships with the participants and TD, Dr Alekhine.

L'Echiquier 1928

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"The good player is always lucky."

🔸 Jose Raul Capablanca

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Paul Keres after winning the legendary AVRO 1938 tournament.
With this victory Keres gained right to challenge Alekhine for the title but WW2 and the Soviet Union ruined everything for him.
Keres won after beating Reuben Fine in Tie-breaks with 8.5/14 (+3 -0 =11).

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Isaac Boleslavsky. The winner of the Candidates Tournament in 1950 put all his unrealized hopes into the 9th world champion ...

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Aleksandra Goryachkina draws with Tan Zhongyi and wins the FIDE Women's Candidates tournament with 2 rounds to spare!

20-year-old Russian player takes home 50.000 Euro and will face world champion Ju Wenjun in a match.

Congratulations to Aleksandra Goryachkina! 🙌🏆🙌

With a fantastic +6 performance, she clinches the #FIDEWomenCandidates with two rounds to spare, gains over 30 rating points, and wins the right to a World Championship match with Ju Wenjun!

2019 Турнир претенденток. 12 тур. Интервью с победительницей Александрой Горячкиной.

"I played all games without thinking of the tournament situation and will do the same in the two remaining games," #FIDEWomenCandidates winner Aleksandra Goryachkina.

Magnus Carlsen won 8 mini-matches in #NorwayChess 2019, but Fabiano Caruana won the last in Armageddon!

Magnus Carlsen seems both surprised and relieved that Fabiano Caruana did not go for 50.Nf5! which could have led to a study-like win for the American. A thrilling game.