A stunningly vivid photograph of Mikhail Tal taken during a simultaneous display in Warsaw in the 1970s.

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Via AP_Archive, footage of Mikhail Tal at Hastings, 1963/64. His opponent in this, the opening round (played 30th December 1963) was Owen Hindle.

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Move of the day :

22. Qg7+! (1-0)

Henry Bird - Pinkerly, London, 1850

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⚪️#253 (Strategy-White to Move)
🔸Garcia Palermo,C (2391)
🔸Godena,M (2463)
🔸78th ch-ITA 2018

24.e4!? [24.Rfa1! White who had already placed his knight on the ideal c5–outpost, now could have tried to control the open files on the queenside. 24...Qb4 25.Rb1 Qa5 26.Nc3 Qd8 27.Rxa8 Qxa8 28.e4 Kh8 29.exd5 cxd5 30.Qf3 f5 31.Re1 Nd6 32.Ne6 Ng8 (32...Qc6 33.Qf4 Nf7 34.Qc7 Kg8 35.Qxc6 Nxc6 36.Nxd5+–) 33.Qxd5 Qxd5 34.Nxd5; 24.Nc3!? Qd8 25.Rfa1 Rxa2 26.Rxa2 Nf5 27.Ne2 Nfd6 28.Ra6 Qc7 29.Nf4 Rc8 30.Qc2 Qe7 31.Qa4 Qe8 32.Nfe6 Ne4 33.Nxe4 Qxe6 34.Nc5 Qg4 35.Qa1 Nd6 36.Ra7 Qf5 37.Qb2 Qg4 38.Qb1 Kh8 39.Nd3 Qf5 40.g4 Qxg4 41.Nf4 Nb5 42.Rf7 Kg8 43.Rxf6 Nxd4 44.exd4 Kg7 45.f3 Qh4 46.Rxc6 Rxc6 47.Qb7+ Kh8 48.Qxc6 Qxf4 49.Qxd5+–]

24...Qc7 [¹24...Qd8 25.g4±]

25.Re2 [25.Qf3! Qd6 26.Re2 Nc8 27.exd5 Rxe2 28.Qxe2 cxd5 29.Re1+–]

25...Nd6 26.e5 fxe5 27.dxe5 Nc4 28.e6±

1–0

⚫️#253 (Endgame-Black to Move)
🔸Brunello,M (2338)
🔸Zimina,O (2386)
🔸78th ch-ITA Women 2018