“A book cannot by itself teach how to play. It can only serve as a guide, and the rest must be learned by experience.”
🔸 Jose Raul Capablanca
@UnityChessClub
🔸 Jose Raul Capablanca
@UnityChessClub
Photographed during the 4th USSR Team Championship, Voroshilovgrad (modern Luhansk), September 1955 - the Ukrainian team.
L to R: Zamikhovsky, Kots, Shianovsky, Vitkovskaya, Feldman, Vaisberg, Usachiy, Bannik, Lipnitsky.
🔗 Douglas Griffin (@dgriffinchess)
L to R: Zamikhovsky, Kots, Shianovsky, Vitkovskaya, Feldman, Vaisberg, Usachiy, Bannik, Lipnitsky.
🔗 Douglas Griffin (@dgriffinchess)
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A piece of American Pathé footage showing Alexander Alekhine during a 42-board simultaneous exhibition in Toronto on November 14, 1932.
🔗 Olimpiu Di Luppi (@olimpiuurcan)
🔗 Olimpiu Di Luppi (@olimpiuurcan)
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Player of the Day! Shakhriyar Mamedyarov ✨
"In chess the most unbelievable thing for me is that it's a game for everybody: rich, poor, girl, boy, old, young. It's a fantastic game which can unite people and generations!"
🔸 Judit Polgár
@UnityChessClub
🔸 Judit Polgár
@UnityChessClub
Kasparov being greeted by his fans after becoming the world champion in 1985.
🔗 Chess History (@MrMarksTV)
🔗 Chess History (@MrMarksTV)
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Miracle Chess Tactics!
one of the most influential women in chess of all time, Hall of Famer, Grandmaster and seventh Women's World Champ Xie Jun.
🔗 Jennifer Shahade (@JenShahade)
🔗 Jennifer Shahade (@JenShahade)
Puzzle of the week - quite tricky, but Daniel King explains the ideas in his video.
🧩: https://chesspuzzle.net/Puzzle/487197
📽: https://youtu.be/6qUzOlZRmtA
🧩: https://chesspuzzle.net/Puzzle/487197
📽: https://youtu.be/6qUzOlZRmtA
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Chess puzzle of the week - White to play shorts
Happy International Women's Day to all the incredible women who've broken down barriers in chess. From Menchik and Graf to Rudenko to Xie Jun to the Polgars to Kosteniuk, these women have expanded the dreams of future generations.
True Chess Queens 👑
🔗 Jennifer Shahade (@JenShahade)
True Chess Queens 👑
🔗 Jennifer Shahade (@JenShahade)