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Wesley So and Leinier Dominguez after the tie-breaks of the FIDE Grand Prix 2022
French Team at the 4th Chess Olympiad in Prague. Aristide Gromer (2nd board), Marcel Duchamp (reserve player), Alexander Alekhine (1st), Victor Kahn (3rd), and Louis Betbeder (4th). Alekhine won the gold medal scoring 75% of the points.
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The gold-medal-winning USSR team from the 1982 Women's Olympiad in Lucerne, Switzerland. All 4 members of the team - Maia Chiburdanidze, Nana Alexandria, Nona Gaprindashvili, & Nana Ioseliani - were from the Georgian SSR.
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Spassky and Petrosian before game 1 of their 1966 WCC match.
Spassky's facial impression shows that he's bored, but Petrosian is ready for all the tricks.
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Spassky's facial impression shows that he's bored, but Petrosian is ready for all the tricks.
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Player of the Day! Isaac Kashdan β¨
The puzzle of the week requires a lot of precision, but Daniel King explains the solution in his video.
Solve: https://chesspuzzle.net/Puzzle/452328
Solve: https://chesspuzzle.net/Puzzle/452328
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Find the checkmate! Chess puzzle of the week - Black to play and win #shorts
Haifa, 27th November 1989. The 4th round of the European Team Championship. 13-year-old Judit Polgar is seen in play v. Aleksander Wojtkiewicz on Board 2 of the Hungary v. Poland match.
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"Iβm retired, but Iβm probably the strongest amateur chess player in the world. I still feel the responsibility. Chess gave me so much β global fame, publicity β and it helped me forge my character. Giving back to chess is somehow my duty"
https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2022/feb/12/this-much-i-know-garry-kasparov-the-thing-about-jail-is-the-sound-when-they-lock-the-door
https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2022/feb/12/this-much-i-know-garry-kasparov-the-thing-about-jail-is-the-sound-when-they-lock-the-door
Hikaru Nakamura and Levon Aronian take the lead on Day 1 of the Berlin FIDE Grand Prix semi-finals, so Richard Rapport and Leinier Dominguez both need to win on demand tomorrow to force tiebreaks!
https://chess24.com/en/watch/live-tournaments/fide-grand-prix-2022-leg-1-knockout/1/1/1
https://chess24.com/en/watch/live-tournaments/fide-grand-prix-2022-leg-1-knockout/1/1/1
Both GM Hikaru Nakamura and Levon Aronian scored emphatic wins today at the #FIDEGrandPrix2022 semifinals!