Players and officials at the Karseladze Memorial Tournament, Tbilisi, November 1976.

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"The chessboard is the world, the pieces are the phenomena of the universe, the rules of the game are what we call the laws of nature, and the player on the other side is hidden from us."

🔸 Thomas Huxley

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Amsterdam, 23rd July 1978. Jan Timman is in play v. Ljubomir Ljubojević in the 8th round of the IBM tournament, as Zoltán Ribli looks on.

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Some more AP_Archive film from Reykjavík, including footage of Spassky playing tennis with Iivo Nei.

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FIDE releases an official statement regarding Igors Rausis case. Read it here:

https://www.fide.com/component/content/article/1-fide-news/11733-official-statement-regarding-igors-rausis-.html

Maxime Vachier-Lagrave is the first semifinalist of FIDE Grand Prix in Riga after winning yesterday vs Veselin Topalov and a draw in their second game
results at #GrandPrixFIDE:
🇺🇸 So 1/2-1/2 Karjakin 🇷🇺
🇦🇿 Mamedyarov 1/2-1/2 Duda 🇵🇱
🇨🇳 Yu 1/2-1/2 Grischuk 🇷🇺
🇫🇷 Vachier-Lagrave 1/2-1/2 Topalov 🇧🇬

results at Dortmund Sparkassen Chess Meeting 2019- Round 3

The #FIDEGrandPrix semifinalists:
MVL v Grischuk & Mamedyarov v So. #GrandPrixFIDE

🇺🇸 So - Karjakin 🇷🇺 : 4,5-3,5
🇦🇿 Mamedyarov - Duda 🇵🇱 : 2,5-1,5
🇷🇺 Grischuk - Yu 🇨🇳 : 2,5-1,5