Mikhail Tal was born on this day in 1936. A few years ago I found this photo portrait of Mikhail Tal in Vasily Smyslov's personal archive.

🔗 Andrey Terekhov (@ddtru)

The Magician from Riga pulling a rabbit out of the hat in a blitz game against Anatoly Karpov, SWIFT Blitz (1987). #chess #worldchampion #gameoftheday

🔗 Chessify (@ChessifyMe)

Mikhail Tal [in his autobiography]: "I am probably a little jealous if the spectators react noisily to a move made on a neighbouring board or by my opponent, and not by me."

🔗 Olimpiu G. Urcan (@olimpiuurcan)

Mikhail Tal, the Magician from Riga, would have turned 84 today!

https://chess24.com/en/read/players/mikhail-tal

Enjoy this Tal lesson!
https://www.chess.com/lessons/play-like-mikhail-tal

#OnThisDay in 1985, Garry Kasparov became the 13th world champion by winning the 24th match game in what Chess.com rated as the fifth-most exciting world championship of all time! Read all about it here:

https://www.chess.com/article/view/karpov-vs-kasparov-world-chess-championship-1985

🔗 Garry Kasparov (@Kasparov63):
A short story about the night before this fateful game that made me the world champion 35 years ago today. The evening of November 8, I received two phone calls from two former world champions, both named Mikhail. 1/3
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🔗 Olimpiu G. Urcan (@olimpiuurcan):
On November 9, 1985, thirty-five years ago, Garry Kasparov became world champion after a Herculean effort against Anatoly Karpov. Scenes from the Soviet television archive: https://bit.ly/2IlYPv5
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Mikhail Botvinnik, my old teacher, the Patriarch of Soviet chess, was typically him. Very serious voice, seeing the good and bad. "Garry, whatever happens tomorrow, you showed that you were worthy after they canceled the first match, that you are equal to Karpov." 2/3

🔗 Garry Kasparov (@Kasparov63)

The next phone call was was from Mikhail Tal, who had a very different message and style. "Garry, remember that tomorrow is my birthday, and I fully expect you to deliver the present!" So Happy Birthday to him today as well! 3/3

🔗 Garry Kasparov (@Kasparov63)

Daily chess puzzle
McDonnell - La Bourdonnais, London 1834

https://chesspuzzle.net/Puzzle/206700

Top 10 facts about Mikhail Tal

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November 8th, 2020
Team Championship
‼️Provisional Prize List‼️
💎Individual💎


🔷Open

🥇3) IM Mitrabha, Guha 5057000 Mitrabha 2445 IND

🥈4) IM Aronyak Ghosh 25072846 Aronyak1 2436 IND

🥉5) GM Javokhir Sindarov 14205483 Uzbek005 2544 UZB



🔷Women

🥇55) WFM Zahedifar, Anahita 12560715 Azchess21 2213 IRI

🥈60) WCM Ghomi, Parnian
22502785 Prniiian_ghomi 2006
IRI

🥉72) Laysa Latifah 7111541 ll_11 1917 INA




https://lichess.org/tournament/r1ZxE6j2

Dear Unity Team Championship Participants,

Since that was our first International team tournament and many players didn’t know about our new rule and also in our tournament site in Lichess we didn’t explain it how to play correctly under the camera in Zoom, we are going to accept all players who attended in Zoom for this time.

At least now all players know about this new rule and we are going to apply it from the next tournament (U2200 Championship).

Please don’t forget, this is our new rule for playing under camera:

🔴Video camera needs to cover the full view of the screen and player body. 


Best Regards,

Pedram Atoufi
November 10th, 2020

November 8th, 2020
Team Championship
‼️Provisional Prize List‼️
💎Individual💎


🔷Open

🥇1) GM Tabatabaei, M. Amin 12521213 Amin_____tb 2629 IRI

🥈2) IM Abdisalimov Abdimalik 14206323 Abdisalimov 2392 UZB

🥉3) IM Mitrabha, Guha 5057000 Mitrabha 2445 IND


🔷Women

🥇55) WFM Zahedifar, Anahita 12560715 Azchess21 2213 IRI

🥈60) WCM Ghomi, Parnian
22502785 Prniiian_ghomi 2006
IRI

🥉72) Laysa Latifah 7111541 ll_11 1917 INA



https://lichess.org/tournament/r1ZxE6j2

November 8th, 2020
Team Championship
‼️Provisional Prize List‼️
💎Team💎


🔷(Open Section)
1️⃣ UnityChess A (IRI) 260 ($100)
2️⃣ Uzbek Tigers (UZB) 257 ($60)
3️⃣ THE ETERNALS (IND) 247 ($40)
4️⃣ Indian Blitz Masters (IND) 231 ($30)
5️⃣ BKD Unity-1 (INA) 213 ($30)

(Asia)
1️⃣ Ozhan (IRI) 207 ($25)
2️⃣ DKI JAYA (INA) 207 ($25)
3️⃣ Anoa Sultra Glory (INA) 186 ($10)

(Africa)
1️⃣ Ethioterrace (ETH) 130 ($30)
2️⃣
3️⃣

(Latin America)
1️⃣
2️⃣
3️⃣

🔷(1600-1999)
1️⃣ YCND (INA) 188 ($100)
2️⃣ IRAN CHESS (IRI) 183 ($60)
3️⃣The Dark Knight (IND) 182 ($40)
3️⃣ Blitzerss (IND) 182 ($40)
5️⃣Debankan Dhara (INA) 182 ($40)


(Asia)
1️⃣ Kyrgyz Gambit (KGZ) 178 ($25)
2️⃣ Q Chess (IRI) 163 ($15)
3️⃣ Centre Control MPM (IND) 162 ($10)

(Africa)
1️⃣ TUNISIA (TUN) 150 ($25)

(Latin America)
1️⃣ Top MX (MEX) 134 ($25)
2️⃣ Matesote (COL) 130 ($15)
3️⃣ Panamá Friends (PAN) 110 ($10)

🔷(U1600)
1️⃣ Legends (IND) 159 ($100)
2️⃣ RISING ROCKSTARS (IND) 147 ($60)
3️⃣ TeamABC (IND) 147 ($60)
4️⃣ Karnataka Legends (IND) 136 ($30)
5️⃣ Dragon (IRI) 136 ($20)

(Asia)
1️⃣ Harmanem (IRI) 135 ($25)
2️⃣ Ak Shumkar (KGZ) 130 ($15)
3️⃣ Indian Legends (IND) 129 ($10)

(Africa)
1️⃣ Vineyard Chess UG (UGA) 86 ($25)

(Latin America)
1️⃣ Los herederos de el diablo (COL) 97 ($25)
2️⃣ Club de Ajedrez Alef Cero (PAN) 91 ($15)


https://lichess.org/tournament/r1ZxE6j2

The real-life story of Vera Menchik, the undisputed women's world chess champion and the first woman to challenge men grandmasters, was even more fascinating than that of the fictional protagonist of "The Queen's Gambit"

https://www.chess.com/article/view/vera-menchik-the-real-life-beth-harmon

The iconic photo of Kasparov vs Karpov 1984 WCC.
Try to find a better one😉.

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