Today, half a century ago, one of the greatest chess events of the 20th century started in Belgrade, Yugoslavia. Virtually all of the top players in the world participated in this match between the Soviet Union and the Rest of the World. The event was repeated…

Footage of the USSR vs The rest of the world, if only these footages would be longer. So nice to see all the legends playing.

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How close are you to Paul Morphy? Probably not that close. After all, Morphy was by far the best player of his time but he had a short life (June 22, 1837 – July 10, 1884) and a short career. Still, Bob Jones in CHESS Magazine wanted to know how close he…

Havana, 26th Aug 1965. Ex-World Champion Vasily Smyslov is pictured in play v. Bobby Fischer in the 2nd round of the Capablanca Memorial.
The American's moves were famously transmitted via telex, as he had been unable to obtain a visa.

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Havana (1965) chess tournament: games, players, results, crosstables, discussion forums, etc.

Click the diagram to solve this chess puzzle from the game Keres, Paul EST - Dunkelblum, Arthur BEL, Stockholm 1937.

The suspension of the 2020 Candidates Tournament is the
nightmare the World Chess Federation (FIDE) must have feared from the moment
they rejected Teimour Radjabov’s proposal to postpone the tournament and
replaced him with Maxime Vachier-Lagrave. The…

While the FIDE Candidates tournament was stopped at the halfway point and almost all players are now back home, the situation surrounding GM Teimour Radjabov is still the talk of the town. In this report we've collected comments in other media sources from…

IM Dorsa Derakhshani is a third year undergraduate at Saint Louis University on a chess scholarship. Being in St. Louis she's a 'regular' at the Saint Louis Chess Club, and has recorded several lectures for their extensive YouTube channel. Continuing <a …