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USSR Championship 1973. That would be Spassky's second and last title in this competition. (He had previously won outright in 1961, and lost in playoffs in 1956 and 1963) @UnityChess

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USSR Championship 1973. That would be Spassky's second and last title in this competition. (He had previously won outright in 1961, and lost in playoffs in 1956 and 1963) @UnityChess

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Amsterdam, 12th July 1971. At the opening ceremony of the traditional IBM tournament - Paul Keres, Vasily Smyslov, Max Euwe and Jan Timman.

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Some studies make such a deep impression on you that they stay etched in your memory forever.

🔸 Jan Timman

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https://www.chess.com/blog/SamCopeland/not-bad-for-a-dead-man-mikhail-tal-vs-suetin-1969

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Not Bad For A Dead Man - Mikhail Tal vs. Suetin, 1969

Mikhail Tal's health problems plagued his career. In reading his biography, it often seems he was in the hospital as often as he was in the tournament hall, and being escorted from one venue to the other was not uncommon for Tal. In 1969, Tal had a kidney…

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https://en.chessbase.com/post/study-of-the-month-2019-10

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Exploring the history of world chess composition tournaments

Closing our three-parter about the most important official chess composition contests (for composers, i.e. solving tourneys would require a separate article), we will need to have a look at the World Chess Composition Tourneys, but mainly from the perspective…

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Amsterdam, 13th July 1971. Paul Keres is pictured in play in the opening round of the IBM tournament.

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Round 6 of the European Team Championship

https://chess24.com/en/watch/live-tournaments/european-team-championship-2019/6/1/1

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Andreikin, Dmitry vs. Ivanchuk, Vassily | 22nd European Team Championship 2019

Replay the 22nd European Team Championship Round 6 game played on 30/10/2019 with computer analysis

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Guseinov-Meier lasted 117 moves but there was no stopping Germany getting a win that takes them up into sole 2nd place behind Russia!

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In a central match of the European Team Championship Russia won against Ukraine due to Andreikin defeating Ivanchuk on board 1.

However, the game Moiseenko-Dubov on board 4 of this match was much more exciting - just check the diagrams! It ended in a draw.

#ETCC2019

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Wesley So to challenge the unofficial #FischerRandom World Champion Magnus Carlsen for the first official World #FRchess title.

Over 12 games at 3 different time controls (45, 15+2, 3+2), the two will fight for $125,000 first prize.

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Interesting discussion on #chess arbiters interventions during tournaments.

https://www.chess.com/article/view/chess-arbiters

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Do Chess Arbiters Intervene Too Much?

As we discussed in the previous article, people love chess for a variety of reasons. Our favorite game is a sport, art, science, fight and more, all at the same time! One of my favorite features of chess was well described by the great Emanuel Lasker: "On…

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"Ah, chess. The sport of kings. The game which every other game with some strategic element is compared to"

https://digg.com/2017/how-to-play-chess

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You Should Start Playing Chess, The Original Cult Classic Board Game - Digg

Life is a series of decisions. So is chess. At least in chess it's easy to start over again.