Prizewinners at the 1953 World Junior (U-20) Championship in Copenhagen: 1st O. Panno (Argentina), the winner on tie-break from K. Darga (West Germany). On the right, 3rd-place F. Ólafsson (Iceland).
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"...Petrosian was perhaps the first reigning world champion whom ordinary players felt free to patronize, as though it was unforgivable for him not to play like Tal." https://bit.ly/3e7MGEb
This photo (via http://beeldbank.amsterdam.nl) is something of a puzzle. The archive entry states that it is from Amsterdam, 1931, and the players are J. van den Bosch & A. Alekhine.
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Firouzja - Giri, chessbrah Invitational 2020
https://chesspuzzle.net/Puzzle/138104
Firouzja - Giri, chessbrah Invitational 2020
https://chesspuzzle.net/Puzzle/138104
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Puzzle 138104: White to win
Click the diagram to solve this chess puzzle from the game Firouzja, Alireza - Giri, Anish, chess.com 2020.
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Golden Games! Alekhine vs Kaufmann 1919
Here are 24 mates and chess combinations from the games of AZE GM Gadir Guseinov (34th birthday today) : http://wtharvey.com/guse.html . Find the winning moves. #puzzles
The round-robin stage of chess24com Lindores Abbey Rapid Challenge is completed.
Nakamura, Karjakin, Yu Yangyi, So, Carlsen, Ding, Dubov, and Aronian qualified for the knockout. Grischuk, Firouzja, Duda, and Wei Yi are out.
The quarters begin on Saturday.
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Nakamura, Karjakin, Yu Yangyi, So, Carlsen, Ding, Dubov, and Aronian qualified for the knockout. Grischuk, Firouzja, Duda, and Wei Yi are out.
The quarters begin on Saturday.
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Lindores Abbey: On to the quarter-finals
https://en.chessbase.com/post/lindores-abbey-2020-preliminary-3
https://en.chessbase.com/post/lindores-abbey-2020-preliminary-3
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Lindores Abbey: On to the quarter-finals
Four players dropped out of the Lindores Abbey Rapid Challenge after the preliminary single round robin finished on Thursday. Alexander Grischuk was eliminated on tiebreaks despite getting a last-round win over Wei Yi. Wei, Alireza Firouzja and Jan-Krzysztof…
Thursday saw stars such Alexander Grischuk and Alireza Firouzja knocked out of the Lindores Abbey Rapid Challenge, while Magnus Carlsen only survived by the skin of his teeth! https://chess24.com/en/read/news/lindores-abbey-rapid-challenge-day-3-carlsen-survives-scare
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Lindores Abbey Rapid Challenge Day 3: Carlsen survives scare
Alexander Grischuk, Alireza Firouzja, Jan-Krzysztof Duda and
Wei Yi have all been knocked out of the Lindores Abbey Rapid Challenge after a
dramatic last day of the preliminary stage saw World Champion Magnus Carlsen also
on the brink of an exit. Magnus lost…
Wei Yi have all been knocked out of the Lindores Abbey Rapid Challenge after a
dramatic last day of the preliminary stage saw World Champion Magnus Carlsen also
on the brink of an exit. Magnus lost…
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Amsterdam, 17th February 1948. In his study, ex-World Champion Max Euwe. Within a couple of weeks the Match-tournament for the World Championship, left vacant by the death of Alekhine, would begin in The Hague.
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