Only 14 players in history had crossed the 2800-rating barrier. Alireza Firouzja is the most recent addition to the 2800-club after scoring a sensational 8/9 at the #ETCC2021.
How does he compare to MagnusCarlsen, Garry Kasparov, and Bobby Fischer?
https://www.chess.com/news/view/alireza-firouzja-youngest-chess-player-ever-to-break-2800
How does he compare to MagnusCarlsen, Garry Kasparov, and Bobby Fischer?
https://www.chess.com/news/view/alireza-firouzja-youngest-chess-player-ever-to-break-2800
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Alireza Firouzja Youngest Chess Player Ever To Break 2800
While there are currently over a thousand grandmasters in the world, only 14 players in history had crossed the 2800-rating barrier. GM Alireza Firouzja is the most recent addition to the 2800-club after scoring a sensational 8/9 at the European Team Championship.…
It's official! Alireza Firouzja's heroics give France their 1st European Team Championship SILVER medals in 20 years, but Ukraine take GOLD on tiebreaks. Poland's 3.5:0.5 demolition of Georgia earned them BRONZE:
https://chess24.com/en/watch/live-tournaments/european-team-championship-2021/9/1/1
#c24live #ETCC2021
https://chess24.com/en/watch/live-tournaments/european-team-championship-2021/9/1/1
#c24live #ETCC2021
Ukraine won European Team Ch. Open section, Russia won Women's tournament.
The Russian women's team is the European champion. Team Ukraine won the open event https://ruchess.ru/en/news/all/russian_women_s_team_is_european_champion/
Photo: Artem Pugachev #CFR #ETCC2021
Photo: Artem Pugachev #CFR #ETCC2021
1973. Ex-World Champion Mikhail Tal (bottom right) gives a simultaneous display against workers at the Zeya hydroelectric plant in the Amur Oblast of the Soviet Far East.
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As a rule, the more mistakes there are in a game, the more memorable it remains, because you have suffered and worried over each mistake at the board.
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@UnityChessClub
🔸 Viktor Korchnoi
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16-year-old Bobby Fischer in Zurich in mid-1959 (Keystone Archive).
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10 years ago. Moscow, 25th November 2011. In Round 9 of the Tal Memorial, Ian Nepomniachtchi is seen in play v. Lev Aronian; behind, Vasily Ivanchuk is in play v. Sergey Karjakin.
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Another photo of Ian Nepomniachtchi at the Tal Memorial, Moscow, November 2011.
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Here is Lan Nepomniachtchi vs Magnus Carlsen in the sixth round of the FIDE World Blitz Championship in Dubai, 2014.