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King Salman World Rapid Championship is off to a great start in Moscow.

15 rounds are spread over 3 days. 2019 rapid champions will be crowned on Dec 28. The combined prize fund of open & women's events is half a million US dollars.

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After the first day of King Salman World Rapid Championship, there are 5 leaders with 4,5/5 in the open section:

Wang Hao (🇨🇳 2748)
Shakhriyar Mamedyarov (🇦🇿 2752)
Ilia Smirin (🇮🇱 2584)
Jan-Krzysztof Duda (🇵🇱 2751)
Leinier Dominguez (🇺🇸 2755)

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After the first day of play, Meri Arabidze (🇬🇪, 2416), Olga Girya (🇷🇺, 2365), and Irina Bulmaga (🇷🇴, 2383) lead the women's section of King Salman World Rapid Championship with the perfect score 4/4.
Participants in the Amsterdam IBM tournament, July 1975.
L to R: Makarichev, Razuvaev, Uhlmann, Hübner, Jansa, Timman, Ljubojević, Raičević, Smejkal, Sosonko.

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Although the Knight is generally considered to be on a par with the Bishop in strength, the latter piece is somehat stronger in the majority of cases in which they are opposed to each other.

🔸 Jose Raul Capablanca

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Amsterdam, 14th July 1970. World Champion Boris Spassky (USSR) faces grandmaster Svetozar Gligorić (Yugoslavia) in the 1st round of the IBM tournament.

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Tony Miles, pictured at the IBM tournament in Amsterdam, July 1976. The English grandmaster shared 1st-2nd place in the event with Viktor Korchnoi (USSR).

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15-Year-Old Vasily Smyslov's Amazing Endgame Study