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Players and officials in the 1953 FIDE chess Candidates' tournament at Zürich, 1953.
Back row (L to R:) Petrosian, Kotov, Szabó, Geller, Averbakh, Smyslov, Boleslavsky, Taimanov, Bronstein, Keres, Najdorf.
Front row: Postnikov, ?, ?, Rogard, Ragozin, ?.
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Back row (L to R:) Petrosian, Kotov, Szabó, Geller, Averbakh, Smyslov, Boleslavsky, Taimanov, Bronstein, Keres, Najdorf.
Front row: Postnikov, ?, ?, Rogard, Ragozin, ?.
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◼️ Chess History - Tournaments
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◼️ Chess History - Tournaments
▪️ Zurich 1953
#chess_history_tornaments
#Zurich_1953
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🔷 Chess History - Tournaments
🔹 Zurich 1953
🔹 Switzerland
🔹 August 30 - October 24
🔹 CHAMPION: Vasily Smyslov |18/28 (+9 -1 =18) |
🔰 Zurich 1953 was a chess tournament won by Vasily Smyslov. It was a Candidates Tournament for the 1954 World Chess Championship, which led to the match between Smyslov and Mikhail Botvinnik. The tournament is famous for the strength of the players, the high quality of the games, and books on the tournament by David Bronstein and Miguel Najdorf that are regarded as among the best tournament books ever written. As of 2017, Yuri Averbakh is the only player from this tournament who is still alive, and the oldest living chess grandmaster.
🔰 The Swiss Chess Federation spent 100,000 Swiss francs in order to stage the event, which was one of the reasons they insisted that host countries pay the travel expenses for their respective players. Prize money for first place was 5,000 Swiss francs. Alois Nagler was tournament director.
♦️ The final standings and crosstable was as above👆
♦️ Download "Zurich 1953" Games database by PGN format👇
#chess_history_tornaments
#Zurich_1953
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🔹 Zurich 1953
🔹 Switzerland
🔹 August 30 - October 24
🔹 CHAMPION: Vasily Smyslov |18/28 (+9 -1 =18) |
🔰 Zurich 1953 was a chess tournament won by Vasily Smyslov. It was a Candidates Tournament for the 1954 World Chess Championship, which led to the match between Smyslov and Mikhail Botvinnik. The tournament is famous for the strength of the players, the high quality of the games, and books on the tournament by David Bronstein and Miguel Najdorf that are regarded as among the best tournament books ever written. As of 2017, Yuri Averbakh is the only player from this tournament who is still alive, and the oldest living chess grandmaster.
🔰 The Swiss Chess Federation spent 100,000 Swiss francs in order to stage the event, which was one of the reasons they insisted that host countries pay the travel expenses for their respective players. Prize money for first place was 5,000 Swiss francs. Alois Nagler was tournament director.
♦️ The final standings and crosstable was as above👆
♦️ Download "Zurich 1953" Games database by PGN format👇
#chess_history_tornaments
#Zurich_1953
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The 6th world chess champion Mikhail Botvinnik was born on August 17, 1911.
He kept the title for the most of 1948 to 1963. Smyslov and Tal briefly interrupted his reign (one year each) but he reclaimed it in the rematches.
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He kept the title for the most of 1948 to 1963. Smyslov and Tal briefly interrupted his reign (one year each) but he reclaimed it in the rematches.
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"If once a man delays castling and his king remains in the center, files will open up against him, bishops sweep the board, rooks will dominate the seventh rank, and pawns turn into queens."
🔸 Irving Chernev
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Fabiano Caruana on a possible rematch with Magnus Carlsen: “It’s a really difficult thing. I can’t say it’s a pleasant experience, playing a world championship match. I mean, the pressure is enormous. But I want nothing more than to play again.”
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U.S. Chess Star Fabiano Caruana On The Need For Sponsors And A Potential Magnus Carlsen Rematch
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