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September 18, 1975: The newly crowned World Champion Anatoly Karpov receives a nice paycheck ($12,000) after winning in Milan, ahead of Portish, Petrosian, Ljubojevic and Tal.

๐Ÿ“ท: AP Radiofoto

๐Ÿ”— David Llada โ™ž (@davidllada)
Amsterdam, 10th July 1980. World Champion Anatoly Karpov (USSR) faces Vlastimil Hort (ฤŒSSR) in the 11h round of the IBM tournament, as Dutch grandmaster Jan Timman looks on.
(Photo credit: F. Pereira / ANEFO, via http://nationaalarchief.nl.) #chess

๐Ÿ”— Douglas Griffin (@dgriffinchess)
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Anatoly Karpov ๐Ÿ†š Vlastimil Hort

Amsterdam IBM (1980), Amsterdam NED, rd 11, Jul-10
Russian Game: Modern Attack. Center Variation (C43)

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"Chess tournament", a photo taken by Boris Ignatovich in 1935.

๐Ÿ”— David Llada โ™ž (@davidllada)
Move of the Day!
Can you find the checkmate, that Magnus Carlsen found here, when he was 12 years old?
Hammer - Carlsen, World Youth Chess Championship Under-14, Halkidiki 2003

https://chesspuzzle.net/Puzzle/190546
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The 2nd consecutive classical win for Carlsen and he's now the sole leader of #NorwayChess. This time he defeated World No 2 Fabiano Caruana.
Judit Polgar's Global Chess Festival goes online - on October 10!
Happy 27th birthday to Wesley So! ๐ŸŽŠ๐ŸŽˆ๐ŸŽ‰๐ŸŽ๐ŸŽ‚

Born in the Philippines, So has represented the U.S. since 2014. He is fifth-highest rated player in history and the reigning Fischer Random World Champion!