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Buenos Aires 1980. Miguel Quinteros analyzes the game with Friedrik Olafsson. Hort and Andersson are watching. Wonderful times when grandmasters, having played a game, continued to communicate at the chessboard. Now this is rarely seen ... Especially at super tournaments

🔗 Sergey Kim (@sergey\_e\_kim)

https://t.me/UnityChessClub/4386
Mikhail Botvinnik during a simultaneous exhibition while touring the Netherlands in late 1958 (Associated Press archive).

🔗 Olimpiu G. Urcan (@olimpiuurcan)
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Is 21...Nf4!! the greatest chess move ever played? 🤔

In game 6 of his 1960 world championship match with Botvinnik, Tal stunned the Soviet patriarch with this incredible intuitive knight sacrifice. 👏

🔗 Sam Copeland (@Sam\_Copeland)
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Mikhail Tal Explains His Greatest Chess Move! - Best of the 60s - Botvinnik vs. Tal, 1960
Emanuel Lasker was born on December 24, 1868. The longest-reigning world chess champion, he retained his title for 26 years and 337 days from 1894 to 1921.

He was also a mathematician, philosopher, and excelled in other games like bridge or Go.

#OnThisDay #ChessHistory
Memories of another day

🔗 Viswanathan Anand (@vishy64theking)

20 years ago #OnThisDay Vishy Anand won his first of five world championship titles. Starting from a 100-player knockout, the final, played in Tehran, Iran, saw Anand beating Alexei Shirov 3.5-0.5.

#Legend
🔗 Tanmaya Lal (@Tanmaya\_Lal):

No guesses !

Vishy Anand was crowned the FIDE World Champion for the first time this day two decades ago in Tehran

A memorable title match to follow for us serving then in Iran

Seen here posing excitedly with Aruna and Vishy


🔗 Viswanathan Anand (@vishy64theking):

Today ....20 years ago . Any guesses?
#OnThisDay in 1868 the German mathematician, philosopher, and most of all, the second official world chess champion Emanuel Lasker was born. Lasker still holds the record for the longest reign: 27 years.

Here's a lesson where you can Play like Lasker:

https://www.chess.com/lessons/play-like-emanual-lasker
⚔️ Tactical shot of the day

#OnThisDay in 1868, the great Emanuel Lasker was born. He was the world champion for 27 years. Albert Einstein was a good friend of him!

Lasker playing black found an immediate way to win the game. Can you spot it?

Chigorin vs Lasker, 1895
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