"You need to motivate yourself, no matter what-definitely when things are bad, but also when things are good. Or else, you risk becoming complacent."

🔸 Viswanathan Anand

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One of José Raúl Capablanca's finest queen sacrifices was played in a game against A. Chase in New York on February 23, 1922.

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International Master & trainer V. N. Kozlov (b. 1950) has passed away.
In this famous photo of the Botvinnik training school (also featuring Dvoretsky, Jussupow & a young Kasparov), Kozlov is seated on the far right.

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Best Checkmate Combinations Ever - 9

What a checkmate! 😍

Shuvalova sacrifices her queen and rook with 31.Rxg7+! and 32.Qxh7+!! to begin one of the prettiest finishes you'll ever see at the 2019 World Youth Girl's Championship!

https://www.chess.com/events/2019-world-youth-girls-championships/07-Shuvalova_Polina-Afonasieva_Anna

Shuvalova, Polina - Afonasieva, Anna

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World Youth Girl's Chess Championships 2019 round 07

A 5-year-old girl is playing grown men in chess, blindfolded. And she's winning

🔸St Louis Winter A 2018
🔸Round 3
⚪️Ali Marandi,C (2552)
⚫️Benjamin,Joe (2526)
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12.Qa6! [White exploits unprotected Black's queen in order to seize the initiative.]

12...Qxa6? [¹12...Qd8! 13.Nxb4 Qb8! 14.Nd3 c5 △c4 15.b3 c4 16.Nb2 cxb3 17.axb3 Bb4 18.Bc4 0–0!² △Nc5]

13.Nc7+ Kd8 14.Nxe6+! [This move was calculated in advance. White gains the two-bishop advantage and damages Black's pawn structure.]

14...fxe6 15.Bxa6 Nc5 16.Bc4 a5 17.a3! Rb8 18.axb4 axb4 19.Nh3!± [19.b3!? h6 20.Nh3 Nfd7 21.Kf2 Kc7 22.Kg3 Be7 23.Nf2 Rhd8 24.g5! Nb6 25.Bxb4 Nxe4+ 26.Nxe4 Bxb4 27.Bxe6±]

Back in 1896, Wilhelm Steinitz lost in a simul game in Harleem against a certain Van Foreest.
A position from this game is included in the book "The Woodpecker Method".

"Chess is a sport. A violent sport."

🔸 Marcel Duchamp (2010). “Drawing on Art: Duchamp and Company”

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Amazing mate in 4 from the game Elina Danielian vs Anna Zatonskih, Duisburg, 1992.
White to move and mate in 4.

Footage of the 1960 Leipzig, Germany chess olympiad.

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Happy Birthday to Ruslan Ponomariov, former FIDE World Champion (2002–2004), charismatic grandmaster and a tireless chess streamer! 🎁