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Amsterdam, 12th July 1971. At the drawing of lots for the traditional IBM tournament - ex-World Champion Vasily Smyslov (USSR), who would go on to take clear 1st place in the event.
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Amsterdam IBM, Round 15, 31st July 1971. One of the stem games of the 'Hungarian Variation' of the Grünfeld Defence (4.Nf3 Bg7 5.Qb3 dxc4 6.Qc4 0-0 7.e4 a6) - Lajos Portisch v. András Adorján. Hein Donner looks on.
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Buenos Aires 1980 Korchnoi - Polugaevsky Candidates Semifinal Match.
Korchnoi won with 7.5-6.5 (+3 -2 =9)
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Korchnoi won with 7.5-6.5 (+3 -2 =9)
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Jan Timman - Werner Hug, Chess Olympiad, Nice 1974
https://chesspuzzle.net/Puzzle/135344
Jan Timman - Werner Hug, Chess Olympiad, Nice 1974
https://chesspuzzle.net/Puzzle/135344
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Puzzle 135344: White to win
Click the diagram to solve this chess puzzle from the game Timman, Jan NED - Hug, Werner SUI, Nice 1974.
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Garry Kasparov and Anatoly Karpov at the start of the 27th Chess Olympiad, Dubai, November 16, 1986.
New York: Dr. Lasker leads at halftime
https://en.chessbase.com/post/new-york-dr-lasker-leads-at-halftime
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New York: Dr. Lasker leads at halftime
After 11 of 22 rounds Emanuel Lasker leads the New York Tournament 1924 with 7½ points out of ten games. But the eleventh round was not a Lasker-round. Emanuel had some trouble against Frederick Yates and could be happy about a draw while Edward missed trick…
#OnThisDay in 1836 Wilhelm Steinitz was born. He became the first official world champion in 1886 when he beat Johannes Zukertort. Initially, Steinitz was a "romantic" player until he developed a new and highly influential positional style of play.
Here are 21 checkmates from the games of World Chess Champion Wilhelm Steinitz (1836 - 1900) : http://wtharvey.com/steim8.html . Find the winning moves. #puzzles #Chess
White mates in 2.
Wilhelm Steinitz vs Pilhal, Vienna, 1862
White mates in 2.
Wilhelm Steinitz vs Pilhal, Vienna, 1862
World Chess Champion Magnus Carlsen is today launching the $1 million Magnus Carlsen Chess Tour! https://chess24.com/en/read/news/the-1m-magnus-carlsen-tour-a-new-era-for-chess
After defeating Vladimir Kramnik in the semifinal via Armageddon, Alexander Grischuk beats Evgeny Tomashevsky 3-0 in the final to become the champion of #PlayForRussia Charity blitz event. Congrats!