Final combined standings of rapid and day 1 of blitz. We have 9 more...#STLRapidBlitz

Maxime continues his cunning strategy of winning/leading rapid and blitz tournaments while leaking rating points! :)
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Interview with Magnus Carlsen after day 1 of blitz #STLRapidBlitz

Also at the Yerevan Pioneers' Palace, the legendary endgame study composer Genrikh Kasparian. Pictured in 1973.

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Domination in 2,545 Endgame Studies

"For me, chess is not a profession, it is a way of life, a passion. People may feel that I have conquered the peak and will not have to struggle. Financially, perhaps that is true; but as far as chess goes, I'm still learning a lot!"

🔸 Vishy Anand

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Fischer vs Petrosian Bled 1961.
This was Fischers first win over Petrosian and he included it in his book My 60 memorable games.
Petrosian played the Caro-Can as Bobby had a terrible score but this wasn't the 16 year old Bobby anymore and he defeated him in a simple way.

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Robert James Fischer 🆚 Tigran Vartanovich Petrosian

Bled (1961), Bled YUG, rd 18, Sep-30
Caro-Kann Defense: Karpov Variation (B17) ·

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Yasser Seirawan played tennis with Robert Byrne in Merano 1981 between world championship games. Yasser was Kortchnoi's second.

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The 1981 World Chess Championship was played between Anatoly Karpov and Viktor Korchnoi in Merano, Italy from October 1 to November 19, 1981.
In the end final score was 6-2 in Karpovs favor (+6 -2 =10).

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Levon Aronian's smile was as big as his winning margin was small after he claimed the #STLRapidBlitz title! We take a look at the winners & losers:

Final #STLRapidBlitz standings with GCT points and prize distribution
Congratulations to Armenia's No 1 Levon Aronian on a wonderful victory in #STLRapidBlitz. After nine rounds of rapid and eighteen rounds of blitz, Aronian finished clear first with 22/36 points.