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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.)

🔗 Douglas Griffin (@dgriffinchess)

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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

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100 Years 100 Brilliancies!

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You will never become like Alekhine if the variations control you - Botvinnik to young Kasparov.

🔗 Chess History (@MrMarksTV)

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A Century of Chess: Ostend 1905

A Century of Chess: Ostend 1905

https://www.chess.com/blog/kahns/a-century-of-chess-ostend-1905

Chess.com

From 1901 to 1904 the international tournament scene was dominated by the Monte Carlo series organized by the mercurial Prince Dadian of Mingrelia and his cantankerous amanuensis de Rivière. By 1905 the romance between Dadian and the chess world had frayed.…

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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...

🔗 John Saunders (@johnchess)

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The Polish Immortal. https://bit.ly/3rVJFz3

🔗 Olimpiu G. Urcan (@olimpiuurcan)

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Paul Keres - Best Chess Tactics!

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6-year-old Judit Polgar in November 1982. https://bit.ly/3kJh5zi

🔗 Olimpiu G. Urcan (@olimpiuurcan)

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Averkin - Polugaevsky, Moscow 1979
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

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Schmidmeier - Kersten, Magdeburg 2021
https://chesspuzzle.net/Puzzle/342641

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Jan-Krzysztof Duda is the winner of the #FIDEWorldCup!

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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.

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