Back to 1955: Youth World Championship Antwerpen:
Boris Spassky won the tournament with impressive 8/9 points finishing a full point ahead of Edmar Mednis.
Spassky facing Spain's Miguel Farre Mallofre in the 2nd photo.
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Boris Spassky won the tournament with impressive 8/9 points finishing a full point ahead of Edmar Mednis.
Spassky facing Spain's Miguel Farre Mallofre in the 2nd photo.
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A look back at a revealing profile of Bobby Fischer. Three months prior to his "Match of the Century" against Boris Spassky, Fischer looks as confident as can be, not fearing to call himself the best chess player in the world. #Chess #History
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Fischer on "60 minutes", three months before becoming world champion
"What Rod Laver is to tennis, what Jack Nicklaus is to golf, that's what Bobby Fischer is to chess" are Mike Wallace's first words in the April 9th, 1972 edition of "60 Minutes", the highly influential CBS-TV news magazine. Three months prior to his "Match…
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Born on this day in 1913 Rostov Russia, Igor Bondarevsky!
Awarded the GM title in 1950 and the Grandmaster of Correspondence Chess (GMC) title in 1961, he was also an International Arbiter (1954). He finished 1st= with Andre Lilienthal in the USSR Championship of 1940 [https://t.me/unitychess/22418] and qualified for the 1950 Candidates tournament but due to illness was unable to play. He played in nine USSR Championships between 1937 and 1963. Later he turned to writing, teaching and training and acted as Boris Spassky 's second in his World Title Matches against Tigran Vartanovich Petrosian. His wife, Valentina Kozlovskaya, was one of the world's leading women players. He was an economist. He passed away in Piatigorsk in 1979.
Awarded the GM title in 1950 and the Grandmaster of Correspondence Chess (GMC) title in 1961, he was also an International Arbiter (1954). He finished 1st= with Andre Lilienthal in the USSR Championship of 1940 [https://t.me/unitychess/22418] and qualified for the 1950 Candidates tournament but due to illness was unable to play. He played in nine USSR Championships between 1937 and 1963. Later he turned to writing, teaching and training and acted as Boris Spassky 's second in his World Title Matches against Tigran Vartanovich Petrosian. His wife, Valentina Kozlovskaya, was one of the world's leading women players. He was an economist. He passed away in Piatigorsk in 1979.
Chess school of Igor Bondarevsky, Sochi, March 1967. Front left: Karpov; behind him, Sveshnikov.
Here are 8 chess puzzles from the games of RUS GM Igor Bondarevsky (1913 - 1979) : http://wtharvey.com/bond.html Find the winning moves. #puzzles
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