‘. . . chess is a difficult game. If it were less difficult it would not be so much fun . . .

🔸 Wolfgang Heidenfeld

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World Champion Garry Kasparov, pictured in play v. Jan Timman at the Amsterdam (Optiebeurs) tournament, 19th May 1988.

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One of the commentators at the FIDE_chess #rapidblitz, Peter Leko, pictured (age 12) at Tilburg, October 1992. A couple of years later he became the world's youngest grandmaster.

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The amazing footage of the moment when Mikhail Tal arrived to Riga in 1960 after becoming world champion by defeating Mikhail Botvinnik 12.5-8.5.

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🔴LIVE WBC Day 1

King Salman World Blitz Championship 2019 | Rounds 1-12 |
Commentators: GM Peter Leko, IM Almira Skripchenko, and GM Evgeny Miroshnichenko.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cRAJ5mdLP5A

Vladimir Kramnik opens with a win over Alexander Huzman in his first FIDE rated game since retirement!

https://t.co/5QjvDY7px8

The 2019 World Blitz Chess Championship has started, with Magnus Carlsen trying to get the other half of the job done.

Timur Gareyev won a nice game against Leinier Domínguez with 1.b4.

https://t.co/CB7SszHfCy

Sergey Karjakin has won his first-round game but this was very close. 😂

https://t.co/915Xsmzn1F

These young fans in Moscow made a clear statement! And who is your favorite chess player?

#rapidblitz #Carlsen

Esipenko 1-0 Duda hits the hopes of last year's silver medalist:

https://t.co/m1mjgKrDi5