"Agreeing to draws in the middlegame, equal or otherwise, deprives you of the opportunity to practice playing endgames, and the endgame is probably where you need the most practice."
🔸 Pal Benko
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🔸 Pal Benko
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USSR, 1978. Ex-World Champion Mikhail Tal gives a simultaneous display against schoolchildren.
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Via http://ruchess.ru, 4 photos by B. Dolmatovsky from the Smyslov-Kasparov Candidates' final (Vilnius, 1984).
#1 Kasparov, his mother (left) & trainer, Nikitin (right)
#2 Mr & Mrs Smyslov, Taimanov & Averbakh.
#3 Smyslov
#4 The players at the closing ceremony.
#1 Kasparov, his mother (left) & trainer, Nikitin (right)
#2 Mr & Mrs Smyslov, Taimanov & Averbakh.
#3 Smyslov
#4 The players at the closing ceremony.
Федерация шахмат России
Chess Federation of Russia
Федерация шахмат России: новости, события, обзоры.
Via http://chesspro.ru, a couple of photos from the event.
#1 The players on their way to the venue (the Palace of Artworkers of the Lithuanian SSR)
#2 One of the match-games about to start, with chief arbiter Vladas Mikėnas on the stage.
(Photo credits: D. Fligelis.)
https://t.me/unitychess/21157
#1 The players on their way to the venue (the Palace of Artworkers of the Lithuanian SSR)
#2 One of the match-games about to start, with chief arbiter Vladas Mikėnas on the stage.
(Photo credits: D. Fligelis.)
https://t.me/unitychess/21157
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Semyon Furman and a young Anatoly Karpov during a training session. No apps, no websites, no sophisticated engines and no tropical resorts for training camps. Just good old-fashioned books, magazines, and the irreplaceable one-to-one connection in a cold Soviet-era flat.
Daily chess puzzle
Fairclough - Sharaibi, Chess Olympiad, Thessaloniki 1988
https://chesspuzzle.net/Puzzle/149633
Fairclough - Sharaibi, Chess Olympiad, Thessaloniki 1988
https://chesspuzzle.net/Puzzle/149633
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Puzzle 149633: Black to win
Click the diagram to solve this chess puzzle from the game Fairclough, Neil JAM - Sharaibi, F. NGR, Thessaloniki 1988.
A tricky King hunt is today's daily chess puzzle
Macovei - Gitelson, Titled Tuesday 2020
https://chesspuzzle.net/Puzzle/149677
Daily chess puzzle
Kozak - Gasanov, Titled Tuesday 2020
https://chesspuzzle.net/Puzzle/150537
Anish Giri - Goryachkina, Titled Tuesday 2020
https://chesspuzzle.net/Puzzle/151250
Ramu - Mahit, FISCA Online Open 2020
https://chesspuzzle.net/Puzzle/152867
Macovei - Gitelson, Titled Tuesday 2020
https://chesspuzzle.net/Puzzle/149677
Daily chess puzzle
Kozak - Gasanov, Titled Tuesday 2020
https://chesspuzzle.net/Puzzle/150537
Anish Giri - Goryachkina, Titled Tuesday 2020
https://chesspuzzle.net/Puzzle/151250
Ramu - Mahit, FISCA Online Open 2020
https://chesspuzzle.net/Puzzle/152867
chesspuzzle.net
Puzzle 149677: Black to win
Click the diagram to solve this chess puzzle from the game Macovei, Andrei - Gitelson, Arkady, chess.com 2020.
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GM Hikaru Nakamura Narrowly Misses Chess Immortality | So vs. Nakamura, 2015
The semifinals of the third leg of the Women's #SpeedChess Grand Prix will start an hour earlier than usual on July 10 at 13:30 CEST.
Hou Yifan will face off with Sarasadat Khademalsharieh and Kateryna Lagno will meet with Alexandra Kosteniuk.
#WomenInChess
Hou Yifan will face off with Sarasadat Khademalsharieh and Kateryna Lagno will meet with Alexandra Kosteniuk.
#WomenInChess