Seated in the front (L to R) are: Jose Raul Capablanca, Edward Lasker, Jacob Bernstein, and Frank Marshall.
The 1915 New York Masters Tournament with 8 invited players.
Capablanca won the tournament.
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The 1915 New York Masters Tournament with 8 invited players.
Capablanca won the tournament.
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(Sitting) Karpov, Geller, and Balashov, (standing) Kasparov, Tal and Polugaevsky. Malta, 1980.
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Susan Polgar playing a quick game against former World Champion Mikhail Tal.
The little girl leaned on the table is no one else but Judit Polgar, who then was about five years old.
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The little girl leaned on the table is no one else but Judit Polgar, who then was about five years old.
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In 1939, Najdorf played in the Buenos Aires Olympiad. It saved his life. Not one of his 300 members of his family survived the holocaust.
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In October 2008, school children in the USA played a chess match with astronaut Greg Chamitoff, who was on the International Space Station.
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This brief clip sequence of Capablanca in simultaneous play in Leningrad in February 1935 is so good that you can see the glow in his eyes.
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📘 36.Ne3!
A prophylactic retreat to prevent ...Nd3 and ...Nd1.
36...Nd3 37.Qe4+ +-
36...Kg7 37.Qb4 Qb1 38.g4 Kg8 39.Nf5 Qc2 40.Qb8+ Kh7 41.Qb7 Kh8 42.Qe7 1-0
A prophylactic retreat to prevent ...Nd3 and ...Nd1.
36...Nd3 37.Qe4+ +-
36...Kg7 37.Qb4 Qb1 38.g4 Kg8 39.Nf5 Qc2 40.Qb8+ Kh7 41.Qb7 Kh8 42.Qe7 1-0
📘 The combinations are on the way!
19.N×e6! N×e6 20.Qd5 Q×d5 21.e×d5 R×f3! 22.g×f3 Ne5 23.R×e5! d×e5 24.d×e6 =
19.N×e6! N×e6 20.Qd5 Q×d5 21.e×d5 R×f3! 22.g×f3 Ne5 23.R×e5! d×e5 24.d×e6 =
📘 39.Ra1?
Georg Meier missed a golden opportunity to defeat the world champion.
[39.Rh5!
A)39...a3 40.Be6 a2 41.R×h7+ K×h7 42.Qh5#
B)39...Qf7 40.R×h7+! K×h7 41.Rh1+ Kg8 42.Be6 +-
C)39...Qe7 40.Be6 Qf6 41.Rf5 Qe7 42.R×f8+ Q×f8 43.Rb1 Bc6 44.Rb8 Be8 45.B×d5 +- ]
39...Qe7 40.Q×g7+ Q×g7 41.R×g7 K×g7 42.R×a4 Bc6 43.Rb4 ½-½
Georg Meier missed a golden opportunity to defeat the world champion.
[39.Rh5!
A)39...a3 40.Be6 a2 41.R×h7+ K×h7 42.Qh5#
B)39...Qf7 40.R×h7+! K×h7 41.Rh1+ Kg8 42.Be6 +-
C)39...Qe7 40.Be6 Qf6 41.Rf5 Qe7 42.R×f8+ Q×f8 43.Rb1 Bc6 44.Rb8 Be8 45.B×d5 +- ]
39...Qe7 40.Q×g7+ Q×g7 41.R×g7 K×g7 42.R×a4 Bc6 43.Rb4 ½-½
📘 8.Rg1!?
A novelty that Grischuk employed successfully against Kramnik at the Tal blitz tournament in Moscow last month.
8...Nc6 9.g4 e5 10.g5 Ne8 11.Qb1
A novelty that Grischuk employed successfully against Kramnik at the Tal blitz tournament in Moscow last month.
8...Nc6 9.g4 e5 10.g5 Ne8 11.Qb1
📕18.Rb1!
Black is prevented from disrupting the white center with ...b5-b4, putting a pawn alongside his furthest advanced pawn in thematic style, when after the capture c3xb4 he has ...Bxf3 followed by ...Qxd4+. He is also restrained from utilizing his queenside pawn majority with ...a7-a5 and ... b5-b4, when he might have created a passed pawn. Black's cause is greatly hampered by the fact that his king's bishop is buried on g7: White's own dark-squared bishop has no rival when it comes to restraining any counterplay on the queenside.
Black is prevented from disrupting the white center with ...b5-b4, putting a pawn alongside his furthest advanced pawn in thematic style, when after the capture c3xb4 he has ...Bxf3 followed by ...Qxd4+. He is also restrained from utilizing his queenside pawn majority with ...a7-a5 and ... b5-b4, when he might have created a passed pawn. Black's cause is greatly hampered by the fact that his king's bishop is buried on g7: White's own dark-squared bishop has no rival when it comes to restraining any counterplay on the queenside.