Wijk aan Zee, 2nd February 1978. The winner of the Hoogovens tournament, Hungarian grandmaster Lajos Portisch.

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In life, unlike chess, the game continues after Checkmate!

🔸 Issac Asimov

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Amsterdam, 15th July 1978. In the 3rd round of the IBM tournament, Jan Timman (Netherlands) is pictured in play v. the onlooking Walter Browne (USA).
The Dutch grandmaster won this encounter in 52 moves.

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Move of the Day!

Daily #chesspuzzle
Rossetto - Tal, Interzonal, Portoroz 1958

https://chesspuzzle.net/Puzzle/54238

Best Checkmate Combinations Ever! - 31

🎂#OnThisDay in 1931, the great Viktor Korchnoi was born.

We are sharing one of his best games!

Chess puzzle form a simul, Viktor Korchnoi vs. Peterson, Kiev, 1964.

White to move and win in 4.

[1. Qg7+ Ke8 2. Qxe7+ Kxe7 3. Rg7+ Ke8 4. Nf6#]

Here are 28 mates and chess combinations from the games of SUI GM Viktor Korchnoi, (1931-2016) : http://wtharvey.com/korc.html . Find the winning moves. #puzzles

Ian Nepomniachtchi coughed his way to a win that may have ended Ding Liren's World Championship hopes while Anish Giri picked up his first ever #FIDECandidates win! https://chess24.com/en/read/news/candidates-2020-6-nepo-ends-ding-s-hopes
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#FIDECandidates Round 6:
Grischuk (RUS) – Caruana (USA) 1/2
Alekseenko (RUS) – Giri (NED) 0:1
Nepomniachtchi (RUS) – Ding Liren (CHN) 1:0
Wang Hao (CHN) – MVL (FRA) 1/2

Standings:
1.Nepo - 4.5
2.MVL - 3.5
3-6.Giri, Caruana, Wang Hao, Grischuk - 3
7-8.Ding Liren, Alekseenko - 2