Pictured in Baku in February 1978, the 14-year-old Garry Kasparov. At that time he was fresh from winning the Sokolsky Memorial tournament in Minsk with 13/17, exceeding by 3½ points the norm for the title of Soviet Master of Sport.

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From 'Shakhmaty (Riga)', No. 9, 1978 - a cross-table for the Sokolsky Memorial event, with the players' Soviet Elo ratings indicated.
Kasparov lost to Mochalov & Dydyshko, but won his first individual game v. a grandmaster - Anatoly Lutikov, who finished =7th-8th.

Garry Kasparov 🆚 Anatoly S Lutikov

8th Sokolsky Memorial (1978), Minsk, rd 17, Feb-??
Indian Game: Wade-Tartakower Defense (A46)

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Hikaru Nakamura won the sixth #SpeedChess Championship Grand Prix after beating Iran's GM Amin Tabatabaei in the knockout final. Nakamura is now third in the overall GP, which is still led by GM Vladislav Kovalev:

https://chess.com/news/view/nakamura-wins-6th-speed-chess-grand-prix

No upsets in the round of 16! In the second segment today Anna Ushenina, Alexandra Kosteniuk, Sarasadat Khademalsharieh, and Harika Dronavalli reached the quarterfinals of the Women's #SpeedChess Grand Prix.

https://chess.com/news/view/womens-speed-chess-championship-grand-prix-leg-3-results

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Best Team: 🇮🇷IRAN🇮🇷

India had the highest points, but two accounts got closed by Lichess and that made Iran to become the best team for week 16!

Here is the username of the accounts got closed by Lichess:
🔴 bulletmoves
🔴 saaker