July 23rd, 1944. Alexander Alekhine is having lunch with players and organizers of the International Chess Tournament in Gijon, that he won.
🔗 David Llada ♞ (@davidllada)
🔗 David Llada ♞ (@davidllada)
At the 48th USSR Championship, December 1980.
At the board: O. Romanishin & R. Vaganian; standing: O. Dementiev (Vaganian's trainer), J. Dorfman, N. Golovko (Chief Arbiter) & A. Vaisser (trainer of L. Psakhis).
(📷N. Golovko, via http://www.chess-rostov.ru.)
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At the board: O. Romanishin & R. Vaganian; standing: O. Dementiev (Vaganian's trainer), J. Dorfman, N. Golovko (Chief Arbiter) & A. Vaisser (trainer of L. Psakhis).
(📷N. Golovko, via http://www.chess-rostov.ru.)
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"The biggest problem I see among people who want to excel in chess – and in business and in life in general – is not trusting their instincts enough."
🔸 Garry Kasparov
@UnityChessClub
🔸 Garry Kasparov
@UnityChessClub
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100 Years 100 Brilliancies!
You will never become like Alekhine if the variations control you - Botvinnik to young Kasparov.
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🔗 Chess History (@MrMarksTV)
Press photographers compete for the best shot of Paul Keres, Hastings, 30 December 1957. The amateur chess photographer (who took this shot) finds himself outmanoeuvred. A familiar scenario for all but the most determined chess photographers...
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🔗 John Saunders (@johnchess)
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Paul Keres - Best Chess Tactics!
Averkin - Polugaevsky, Moscow 1979
Solve here: https://chesspuzzle.net/Puzzle/303530
Solve here: https://chesspuzzle.net/Puzzle/303530
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Solution explained by Daniel King
Chess puzzle of the week - Black to play and win shorts
Chess puzzle of the week - Black to play and win shorts
Schmidmeier - Kersten, Magdeburg 2021
https://chesspuzzle.net/Puzzle/342641
https://chesspuzzle.net/Puzzle/342641
Huge Congrats to Poland's 23-year-old Jan-Krzysztof Duda (2729) who beat Sergey Karjakin in the #FIDEWorldCup Final to take the gold medal and $110,000 first prize.
Duda had an incredible run defeating GMs Sevian, Idani, Grischuk, Vidit, Carlsen, and Karjakin.
Duda had an incredible run defeating GMs Sevian, Idani, Grischuk, Vidit, Carlsen, and Karjakin.