The oldest photograph of chessplayers may be from William Henry Fox Talbot (1800-1877). He took at least 10 pictures of chessplayers. These photos are of photographer Antoine Claudet (1797-1867) and Talbot's assistant, Nicolaas Henneman (1813-1898), taken between 1840 and 1847.
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If I am to choose one quality clip that illustrates best Anatoly Karpov's nonchalance in the mid-1970s, this bit of rare footage from a March 1975 simultaneous exhibition would be the one.
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Footage of Bobby Fischer arriving in Reykjavik on July 4, 1972. There are various versions of this out there but this is the clearest I've seen.
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đ˘ Carlsen won Fischer Random Chess Championship!!
âŚď¸ Carlsen - Nakamura, Fischer Random Match 2018
âŚď¸ The Unofficial World Championship
The Fischer Random chess match between Magnus Carlsen and Hikaru Nakamura took place in Baerum, Norway 9th to 13th February 2018. This is a variant of chess where one of 960 starting positions is used rather than the standard one. Castling Kingside and Queenside is always possible but can lead to some very large leaps by the king. Four pairs of rapid games from the same starting position were played for four days, then on the final day there were four pairs of blitz games.
Magnus Carlsen won the match 14-10 with a 9-7 win in the rapid (double points over the blitz) and 5-3 win in the blitz.
However, Magnus Carlsen is the new unofficial Fischer Random world champion after beating Hikaru Nakamura 14-10 yesterday in their match in Norway.
đš Review 13th game of this match(Blitz) and download PGN file of Fischer Random Match 2018 All Gamesđđźđđź
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đ˘ Carlsen won Fischer Random Chess Championship!!
âŚď¸ Carlsen - Nakamura, Fischer Random Match 2018
âŚď¸ The Unofficial World Championship
The Fischer Random chess match between Magnus Carlsen and Hikaru Nakamura took place in Baerum, Norway 9th to 13th February 2018. This is a variant of chess where one of 960 starting positions is used rather than the standard one. Castling Kingside and Queenside is always possible but can lead to some very large leaps by the king. Four pairs of rapid games from the same starting position were played for four days, then on the final day there were four pairs of blitz games.
Magnus Carlsen won the match 14-10 with a 9-7 win in the rapid (double points over the blitz) and 5-3 win in the blitz.
However, Magnus Carlsen is the new unofficial Fischer Random world champion after beating Hikaru Nakamura 14-10 yesterday in their match in Norway.
đš Review 13th game of this match(Blitz) and download PGN file of Fischer Random Match 2018 All Gamesđđźđđź
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đ¸Gibraltar Masters 2018
đ¸Round 5
âŞď¸Duda-Krzysztof (2724)
âŤď¸Nakamura,Hikaru (2781)
đ¸0-1
đ¸Round 5
âŞď¸Duda-Krzysztof (2724)
âŤď¸Nakamura,Hikaru (2781)
đ¸0-1
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đ¸Gibraltar Masters 2018
đ¸Round 6
âŞď¸Sandipan,Chanda (2579)
âŤď¸Ivanchuk,Vassily (2726)
đ¸1-0
đ¸Round 6
âŞď¸Sandipan,Chanda (2579)
âŤď¸Ivanchuk,Vassily (2726)
đ¸1-0
đ˘ Dronavalli Harika
đ˘ Indian chess Grandmaster
âŚď¸ Harika is an Indian chess player. She earned the third norm required for the Grandmaster title on July 23rd, 2011, by scoring 5.5 out of 9 in the 2011 Women Grandmaster Chess Tournament in Hangzhou, China.
đ¸ Full name: Dronavalli Harika
đ¸ Country: India
đ¸ Born: 12 January 1991 (age 28) Gorantla, Guntur, Andhra Pradesh, India
đ¸ Title: Grandmaster (2011) Woman Grand Master (2004)
đ¸ FIDE rating: 2503 (February 2018)
đ¸ Peak rating: 2543 (November 2016)
âŚď¸WGM (2004) and GM (2011). Harika is a bright young talent from India. Her achievements include conquering the world titles of World Youth Champion in 2006 (Girls Under-18) and U-14 Girls Champion in 2004. In 2007 Harika became the Women's Commonwealth Chess Champion. She added another feather to her cap, by becoming Women's World Junior Champion in 2008.
âŚď¸ In 2011, Harika won her 3rd GM norm when she came second in the 1st Hangzhou Women's GM Tournament (2011) to become India's second female grandmaster. In August 2012, she came =3rd at the Hogeschool Zeeland Chess Tournament 2012 with 7/9, half a point behind the joint leaders. She competed in the FIDE Knock-Out Women's World Championship (2012) and defeated Indian WGM Soumya Swaminathan, Armenian GM Elina Danielian, Georgian IM and WGM Lela Javakhishvili, and Chinese GM Zhao Xue to reach the semi finals. There she met and lost to former Women's World Champion, Bulgarian GM Antoaneta Stefanova to bow out of the contest.
âŚď¸ A memorable game by Harika đđźđđź
âŞď¸ Nigel Short vs Dronavalli Harika
âŞď¸ Tradewise Gibraltar (2016), Catalan Bay GIB, rd 3, Jan-26
âŞď¸ French Defense: Tarrasch. Morozevich Variation (C03)
âŚď¸ Review and download PGN fileđđźđđź
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đ˘ Indian chess Grandmaster
âŚď¸ Harika is an Indian chess player. She earned the third norm required for the Grandmaster title on July 23rd, 2011, by scoring 5.5 out of 9 in the 2011 Women Grandmaster Chess Tournament in Hangzhou, China.
đ¸ Full name: Dronavalli Harika
đ¸ Country: India
đ¸ Born: 12 January 1991 (age 28) Gorantla, Guntur, Andhra Pradesh, India
đ¸ Title: Grandmaster (2011) Woman Grand Master (2004)
đ¸ FIDE rating: 2503 (February 2018)
đ¸ Peak rating: 2543 (November 2016)
âŚď¸WGM (2004) and GM (2011). Harika is a bright young talent from India. Her achievements include conquering the world titles of World Youth Champion in 2006 (Girls Under-18) and U-14 Girls Champion in 2004. In 2007 Harika became the Women's Commonwealth Chess Champion. She added another feather to her cap, by becoming Women's World Junior Champion in 2008.
âŚď¸ In 2011, Harika won her 3rd GM norm when she came second in the 1st Hangzhou Women's GM Tournament (2011) to become India's second female grandmaster. In August 2012, she came =3rd at the Hogeschool Zeeland Chess Tournament 2012 with 7/9, half a point behind the joint leaders. She competed in the FIDE Knock-Out Women's World Championship (2012) and defeated Indian WGM Soumya Swaminathan, Armenian GM Elina Danielian, Georgian IM and WGM Lela Javakhishvili, and Chinese GM Zhao Xue to reach the semi finals. There she met and lost to former Women's World Champion, Bulgarian GM Antoaneta Stefanova to bow out of the contest.
âŚď¸ A memorable game by Harika đđźđđź
âŞď¸ Nigel Short vs Dronavalli Harika
âŞď¸ Tradewise Gibraltar (2016), Catalan Bay GIB, rd 3, Jan-26
âŞď¸ French Defense: Tarrasch. Morozevich Variation (C03)
âŚď¸ Review and download PGN fileđđźđđź
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đ 36...f2!
A spectacular finish by Nakamura!
37.BĂf2 Re7! 38.QĂe7 QĂc3+ 39.Ka3 Qa5#
A spectacular finish by Nakamura!
37.BĂf2 Re7! 38.QĂe7 QĂc3+ 39.Ka3 Qa5#