Bogdan Sliwa vs Bobby Fischer at the 1962 USA-Poland match.

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Bogdan Sliwa vs Robert James Fischer
Warszawa tt (1962) · Queen's Gambit Declined: Exchange. Reshevsky Variation (D36)

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NEW BLOG POST: With details of a project that I have been working on with Chess_Informant- a fully-revised & greatly extended 50th-anniversary edition of Petrosian & Matanović's book on the 'Match of the Century' (Belgrade, 1970).

https://t.co/XER4A8Hm4i?amp=1

This piece, dated 12th century, is an example of the representational chess design found in Northern Europe. Made of walrus ivory. Perhaps from Trondheim.

It's a wonderful King whose beard is longer than his sword!

Musée du Louvre

Cabinet card image of chess robot Ajeeb the Wonderful 1886

Move of the Day!

Tigran Petrosian and Nigel Short

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Daily #chesspuzzle

Malec,S (2069) - Mickiewicz,P (2216)
68th ch-Warsaw 2019 Warsaw POL, 2019.11.19

https://chesspuzzle.net/Puzzle/99748

Best Checkmate Combinations Ever - 19

2020 Cairns Cup Opens with Thrilling Field and Grant Renewal Announcement

https://new.uschess.org/news/2020-cairns-cup-opens-thrilling-field-grant-renewal-announcement/

The 16-year-old kid is playing the KID!

https://chess24.com/en/watch/live-tournaments/cairns-cup-2020/1/1/2

🔸Bundesliga 2018–19
🔸Round 4
⚪️Schreiner,Pe (2480)
⚫️Rapport,R (2726)
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22...Qf6! [A masterful plan. Black intends to transfer his queen into the active position on f5.]

[22...h4?! 23.Qd3+ Kh8 24.b3! Rg8 25.d5 Qxd5 26.Qxd5 exd5 27.Rxd5²]

23.Ne5 Qf5! 24.Qe3 Rfd8! [Black exerts more pressure against the opponent's position by controlling vital lines.]

[24...Rc2!? 25.Rc1 Rfc8 26.Nf3 Bf6 27.Bxh6 Na5! △Nc4 28.Rxc2 Rxc2 29.Rc1 Nc4³]

25.Rc1 Na5!=/+ [△Nc4]

Dzagnidze, Koneru Score In Cairns Cup Opener