Amsterdam, 15th July 1968. At the drawing of lots for the IBM tournament, grandmasters David Bronstein (USSR) and Hein Donner (Netherlands).

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"...Not so with Fischer..."

🔸 Mark Taimanov

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Yuri Averbakh playing Donald Byrne in USA-USSR match in New York, 1954. Byrne won his mini-match 3-1.

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Pictured in play at the 7th USSR People's Spartakiad in Moscow, July 1979 - 2nd board for the Azerbaijan SSR (behind grandmaster Vladimir Bagirov), the 16-year-old Master of Sport Kasparov.

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Kramnik's advice to the youngsters on how to press the chess clock during blitz!

It's nice to see that the 14th World Champion is working with these youngsters not just to improve their over the board skills, but also their off the overall attitude as well.

The sole leader after three rounds Alireza Firouzja had Black versus World Fischer Random champion Wesley So. It was Firouzja's first game against a Top-10 player in Wijk ann Zee. So won and grabbed the lead.

Our report on Round 4 of @tatasteelchess:
https://www.fide.com/news/313