Spassky vs Tal 1958 USSR championship. To be honest it looks like Tal is about to fall asleep :D.
Spassky had to win the game, in order to qualify for the interzonal, so he refused a draw offer from Tal, already in the opening, but he blundered in the endgame and lost.
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Spassky had to win the game, in order to qualify for the interzonal, so he refused a draw offer from Tal, already in the opening, but he blundered in the endgame and lost.
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Spassky vs Tal 1958 USSR championship. To be honest it looks like Tal is about to fall asleep :D. Spassky had to win the game, in order to qualify for the interzonal, so he refused a draw offer from Tal, already in the opening, but he blundered in the endgame…
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"My opponents make good moves too. Sometimes I don't take these things into consideration."
🔸 Bobby Fischer
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From the same issue, a photo of the 3rd-round match between Sweden & the USSR. On top board, Anatoly Karpov faces Ulf Andersson; on board 2, Lars Karlsson faces Mikhail Tal.
Details here: http://olimpbase.org/1980e/1980fa03.html#urs
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Details here: http://olimpbase.org/1980e/1980fa03.html#urs
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Daily chess puzzle
Alexandra Botez - Laubscher, Chess Olympiad, Baku 2016
https://chesspuzzle.net/Puzzle/140809
Alexandra Botez - Laubscher, Chess Olympiad, Baku 2016
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Puzzle 140809: White to win
Click the diagram to solve this chess puzzle from the game Botez, Alexandra - Laubscher, Anzel, Baku 2016.
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♜ The Best Chess Players Over Time ♜
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Nakamura regrets when he does not win
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Ending game with GMs
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Petrosian's King March Staggers Kasparov - Best Of The 1980s - Kasparov vs. Petrosian, 1981
Anand Gets 1st Win At Legends Of Chess
Viswanathan Anand finally won his first match in the chess24 Legends of Chess tournament. In a repeat of the 2012 world championship match, the Indian grandmaster defeated Boris Gelfand. Report:
https://www.chess.com/news/view/chess24-legends-of-chess-round-7
Viswanathan Anand finally won his first match in the chess24 Legends of Chess tournament. In a repeat of the 2012 world championship match, the Indian grandmaster defeated Boris Gelfand. Report:
https://www.chess.com/news/view/chess24-legends-of-chess-round-7
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Anand Gets 1st Win At Legends Of Chess
GM Viswanathan Anand finally won his first match in the chess24 Legends of Chess tournament. In a repeat of the 2012 world championship match, the Indian grandmaster defeated GM Boris Gelfand. GM Magnus Carlsen won his seventh match, against GM Peter Svidler.…
Vishy Anand: "I’m getting fed up with the Zoom world, to be honest. I really hope we can see each other’s faces again because it feels surreal. I’m sitting here alone, at home, my son wanders in once in a while - it just doesn’t feel real!"
https://chess24.com/en/read/news/chess24-legends-7-vishy-grabs-first-win-as-magnus-extends-lead
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chess24 Legends 7: Vishy grabs first win as Magnus extends lead
Vishy Anand finally won a match in the chess24 Legends of
Chess in Round 7 as he defeated his 2012 World Championship challenger Boris
Gelfand. The leaders kept on winning, with Magnus Carlsen extending his lead by
defeating Peter Svidler 2.5:1.5 while…
Chess in Round 7 as he defeated his 2012 World Championship challenger Boris
Gelfand. The leaders kept on winning, with Magnus Carlsen extending his lead by
defeating Peter Svidler 2.5:1.5 while…