"It is not a move, even the best move, that you must seek, but a realisable plan."

🔸 Eugene Znosko-Borovsky

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Mikhail Botvinnik and Vassily Smyslov arriving in Moscow for the Russian leg of the 1948 world championship, when five world-class masters had to play to decide who was the world chess champion. https://bit.ly/37AjH8j

Move of the Day!

Daily #chesspuzzle
Tal - Rantanen, Tallinn 1979

https://chesspuzzle.net/Puzzle/81262

Golden Games! Lasker vs Thomas 1912

Aeroflot Open 2020: Top seed Vladislav Artemiev picked the white pawn during the drawing of lots

Starting list:http://chess-results.com/tnr508930.aspx?lan=1&art=0

Tournament page:

https://ruchess.ru/en/championship/detail/2020/aeroflot_open_2020/

Markus Ragger saves the game against Sam Shankland to conclude the all-draws round 6 of Prague Chess
Masters.
Vidit Santosh Gujrathi continues to comfortably lead the tournament with 4½/6, a point above the field.

but in the Challengers top seed Nijat Abasov scored a nice win over high-flying Andrey Esipenko - 39.e6! was a nice final touch:

First victory for the young Dutchman Jorden Van Foreest in the #picf2020 Challengers after an interesting pawn sacrifice. "The tournament was not going so well for me as I made 5 draws so far, and I wanted to try to win!"

33 years ago, in Seville...

GM David Bronstein was born on February 19, 1924.

One of the strongest players of the mid-twentieth century, he narrowly missed becoming the world champion in 1951, drawing the match with Mikhail Botvinnik 12-12 (so the title stayed with the holder).

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"We cannot resist the fascination of sacrifice, since a passion for sacrifices is part of a Chessplayer's nature."

🔸 Rudolf Spielmann

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