The gold-medal-winning Hungarian team from the 1978 Buenos Aires Olympiad, pictured with János Kádár (Gen. Sec. of the Hungarian Socialist Workers' Party).
L to R: Csom, Sax, Portisch, Kádár, Ribli, Adorján, Vadász.
(Photo: M. Vigovszki, via http://www.origo.hu.) #chess

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Simul in Malmö, Sweden, in 1979 with the then junior world champion Yasser Seirawan. Those were the days, my friend.

🔗 Lars Grahn (@larsgrahn)

"I consider myself to be a genius who happens to play chess."

🔸 Bobby Fischer

@UnityChessClub

Last encounter between Capablanca and Alekhine took place in the AVRO 1938. First game was drawn the second was won by Alekhine on Capablanca's 50th birthday .

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The match took place in the boardroom of the Olympic Stadium. Commentary on the 5th game was provided by Hans Ree.
(Photo: J. de Nijs / ANEFO, via http://www.nationaalarchief.nl.)

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Poznań, 15th March 1931. Akiba Rubinstein is pictured giving a simultaneous display over 25 boards, at the city's Café Dobski.
(Photo source: the Polish digital archive, https://audiovis.nac.gov.pl.) #chess

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1980. Dortmund. The last summer of childhood ... The draw in the last round against Tibor Karolyi brought the gold medal of the World Youth Championship ...

🔗 Sergey Kim (@sergey\_e\_kim)

Georgia's wonder women: Nana Alexandria, Nana Ioseliani, and Maia Chiburdanidze.

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Best Checkmate Combinations Ever - 41

Puzzle of the Day!

GM Firouzja,Alireza (2728) - GM Giri,A (2764)
Chessbrah Inv May 2020 chess.com INT, 2020.05.16

https://chesspuzzle.net/Puzzle/138104?fbclid=IwAR2tXTNytZXyKzFfe8Hbzh016oTsiTJuYSjg1lfYTPQcB3AeTQLplehBWNQ

Beth Harmon's Top 5 Chess Moves | The Queen's Gambit - Netflix

Wesley So will have a full-point lead going into the final two rounds of the 2020 #USChessChamps tomorrow. Xiong & Robson still not far behind!

With 8/9, Wesley So has a full-point lead before the final two rounds of the 2020 #USChessChamps tomorrow.

Xiong and Robson are on 7/9. These three players will claim the medals as the gap between them and the rest of the field is 2.5 points.

Savielly Tartakower versus Edgard Colle - with Vera Menchik looking straight into the camera - during a 1929 tournament in Paris (Gamma-Keystone Archive).

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