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Excellent Dutch footage from the opening of the 1956 Candidates tournament in Amsterdam. Three future world champions among the ten participants (Smyslov, Petrosian, and Spassky). Or, in other words, a lot of "famous legends."
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Sarana - Mamedyarov, World Blitz Championship 2019
https://chesspuzzle.net/Puzzle/90481
Sarana - Mamedyarov, World Blitz Championship 2019
https://chesspuzzle.net/Puzzle/90481
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Puzzle 90481: White to win
Click the diagram to solve this chess puzzle from the game Sarana, Alexey - Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar, Moscow 2019.
"The experience of AI in the chess world should be instructive for defense strategists."
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War on the Rocks
What Chess Can Teach Us About the Future of AI and War - War on the Rocks
This article was submitted in response to the call for ideas issued by the co-chairs of the National Security Commission on Artificial Intelligence, Eric
LIVE: Puzzle Battle World Championship - Day 2 with hosts GM Hess and IM Rensch #puzzlebattle
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LIVE: Puzzle Battle World Championship - Day 2 with hosts GM Hess and IM Rensch #puzzlebattle
International Arbiter Alberto Muñiz looks at what happened in Firouzja vs. Carlsen and what we all need to know about "losing on time"!
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What happened in Carlsen vs. Firouzja?
Magnus Carlsen’s triumph in the 2019 World Blitz
Championship owed a lot to his win against Alireza Firouzja with just three
rounds to go. 16-year-old Firouzja had been winning the game at various moments and would never
have lost the final position –…
Championship owed a lot to his win against Alireza Firouzja with just three
rounds to go. 16-year-old Firouzja had been winning the game at various moments and would never
have lost the final position –…
17.Bxf4! [White exchanges the opponent's active piece.]
17...Rxf4 18.Rfe1 [The following continuation would have been better:]
[¹18.Nfd2! Nf8 (18...c5! 19.Qxe6 cxd4 20.g3! △f4 20...Rf5 21.f4 Nc5 22.Nxc5 Bxc5 23.Qc4±) 19.Qe3!‚ g5 20.g3 Rf7 21.Nc4! △Ncd6 21...Ng6 22.Ncd6 Bxd6 23.Nxd6±]
18...Nf8 19.Qg3 Rf5 20.Rad1?! [White reduces his advantage with the dubious moves. This move was unnecessary and it would have been better to seize more space with:]
[¹20.h4! Qd5 21.Nc3 Qc4 22.Rad1+/=]
20...g5=
17...Rxf4 18.Rfe1 [The following continuation would have been better:]
[¹18.Nfd2! Nf8 (18...c5! 19.Qxe6 cxd4 20.g3! △f4 20...Rf5 21.f4 Nc5 22.Nxc5 Bxc5 23.Qc4±) 19.Qe3!‚ g5 20.g3 Rf7 21.Nc4! △Ncd6 21...Ng6 22.Ncd6 Bxd6 23.Nxd6±]
18...Nf8 19.Qg3 Rf5 20.Rad1?! [White reduces his advantage with the dubious moves. This move was unnecessary and it would have been better to seize more space with:]
[¹20.h4! Qd5 21.Nc3 Qc4 22.Rad1+/=]
20...g5=
Roman Toran, Madrid 1957.
Román Torán Albero was born in Gijón. He was Spanish champion in 1951 and 1953, and awarded the IM title in 1954. He was FIDE vice president from 1982 until 1990.
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Román Torán Albero was born in Gijón. He was Spanish champion in 1951 and 1953, and awarded the IM title in 1954. He was FIDE vice president from 1982 until 1990.
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It is a profound mistake to imagine mistake to imagine that the art of combination depends only on natural talent, and that it cannot be learned. Every player knows that all (or almost all) combinations arise from a recollection of familiar elements.
🔸 Richard Reti
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Leeuwarden, 20/04/1977. In the 3rd round of the Dutch championship, Jan Timman is in play v. Paul Boersma.
Viktor Korchnoi looks on; he won this event with 12/13, 3½ points clear of Timman & Donner.
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Viktor Korchnoi looks on; he won this event with 12/13, 3½ points clear of Timman & Donner.
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Bitter rivals throughout the early and mid-1980s, here's Anatoly Karpov and Garry Kasparov enjoying the opening of the 27th Chess Olympiad on November 14, 1986 in Dubai, UAE.
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