Judit Polgar:
When we were sixteen :-)
https://chess24.com/en/read/news/the-16-best-16-year-old-chess-players-of-all-time-part-1
When we were sixteen :-)
https://chess24.com/en/read/news/the-16-best-16-year-old-chess-players-of-all-time-part-1
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18...Qxf7! and 19...Rxd3! 🤩
Just another day in the life of the most spectacular attacking master of all time, Mikhail Tal 😛
Just another day in the life of the most spectacular attacking master of all time, Mikhail Tal 😛
Daily #chesspuzzle
A beautiful combination played by Jan Rooze at the World Senior Championship 2019
https://chesspuzzle.net/Puzzle/99400
A beautiful combination played by Jan Rooze at the World Senior Championship 2019
https://chesspuzzle.net/Puzzle/99400
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Puzzle 99400: White to win
Click the diagram to solve this chess puzzle from the game Rooze,J - Giffard,N, Bucharest 2019.
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Game of the Day!
Wilhelm Steinitz
Bishop's Opening - Calabrese(C23) Countergambit
Wilhelm Steinitz
Bishop's Opening - Calabrese(C23) Countergambit
Levon Aronian on Nadal or Federer? "I go for Nadal, because Federer’s more talented but Nadal tries harder, pushes harder, and I’m more talented but some people push harder, so opposites attract!"
Don't miss this Q&A: https://t.co/vfXeoyvC61?amp=1
Don't miss this Q&A: https://t.co/vfXeoyvC61?amp=1
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Aronian: "I’m more talented, but some people push harder"
Levon Aronian was spending a lot of time in airports today and decided to answer questions from his followers on Instagram. “The Chess Prophet”, as he currently styles himself there, provided some predictably entertaining but also serious answers to questions…
Wijk aan Zee, 12th January 1984. At the opening ceremony for the Hoogovens tournament, L to R: Aleksandr Beliavsky (USSR), Genna Sosonko (Netherlands) & Vladimir Tukmakov (USSR).
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"A lot of the difference between an IM and GM is a seriousness to the game..."
🔸 Nick de Firmian
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Fischer and Smyslov preparing for theyr game at the Monte Carlo tournament 1967.
The game ended in a draw but Fischer won the tournament with a dominating 7/9 score (+6 -1 =2).
It is important to note that in this tournament Fischer suffered his last loss against Geller.
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The game ended in a draw but Fischer won the tournament with a dominating 7/9 score (+6 -1 =2).
It is important to note that in this tournament Fischer suffered his last loss against Geller.
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Fischer and Smyslov preparing for theyr game at the Monte Carlo tournament 1967. The game ended in a draw but Fischer won the tournament with a dominating 7/9 score (+6 -1 =2). It is important to note that in this tournament Fischer suffered his last loss…
fischer_smyslov_1967.pgn
716 B
12.c5! [White opens the f1–a6 diagonal for his light-squared bishop and tries to prevent Black from developing his pieces.]
12...Be6? [The following continuation would be better:]
[¹12...dxc5 13.Bc4! Be6™ (13...e6? 14.0–0 Ne7 15.Qf6 Rf8 16.Rcd1 Bd7 17.Rxd7 Kxd7 18.Rd1+ Ke8 19.Bg5 Qc7 20.Qxe7+ Qxe7 21.Bb5++–) 14.Bxe6 fxe6 15.e5! Qa6 16.Rd1±]
13.cxd6! [△Bd4]
13...0–0–0 14.Bd4 Nf6 15.Qf4?!± [White could have finished the game at once with:]
[15.e5! Nd7 16.dxe7 Rde8 17.Rb1! Bd5 18.Qh3‚ Rxe7 19.Bd3 Kb8 20.0–0+–]
1–0
12...Be6? [The following continuation would be better:]
[¹12...dxc5 13.Bc4! Be6™ (13...e6? 14.0–0 Ne7 15.Qf6 Rf8 16.Rcd1 Bd7 17.Rxd7 Kxd7 18.Rd1+ Ke8 19.Bg5 Qc7 20.Qxe7+ Qxe7 21.Bb5++–) 14.Bxe6 fxe6 15.e5! Qa6 16.Rd1±]
13.cxd6! [△Bd4]
13...0–0–0 14.Bd4 Nf6 15.Qf4?!± [White could have finished the game at once with:]
[15.e5! Nd7 16.dxe7 Rde8 17.Rb1! Bd5 18.Qh3‚ Rxe7 19.Bd3 Kb8 20.0–0+–]
1–0