Carl Schlechter playing blindfolded in Vienna, December 1898. On the right, Georg Marco is writing notes on his pad.

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Botvinnik and Flohr at the 1935 Moscow international tournament. They shared 1st place ahead of Lasker and Capablanca. Ragozin is spectating.

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Two World Champions - Max Euwe and Anatoly Karpov, at the final Amsterdam IBM tournament, 20th May 1981.

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At the 1983 Tilburg (Interpolis) tournament. Round 7, 20th October. Anatoly Karpov (USSR) faces John van der Wiel (Netherlands).

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Endgame wizardry from the 12th World Champion: the final stages of the game Karpov-Kramnik (Vienna, 1996), as described by the Karpov, in conversation with Ron Henley.

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Max Euwe making the honorary first move at the women's Amsterdam chess championship 1937. The player with the white pieces is Euwe's mother, Elizabeth.

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The 1st match game between Max Euwe and Efim Bogoljubow, Amsterdam 4 April 1928. Euwe has just played 14...b7-b5. The game ended in a draw.

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But how difficult it can be to gain the desired full point against an opponent of inferior strength, when this is demanded by the tournament position!

🔹 Anatoly Karpov

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🅾️ #Chernev_chess_quotes_002

▪️ Irving Chernev
▪️ Russian-American chess Master and Author

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🅾️ #about_Chernev

▪️ Irving Chernev
▪️ Russian-American chess Master and Author

♦️ Irving Chernev was a chess player and prolific Russian-American chess author. He was born in Pryluky in the Russian Empire and emigrated to the United States in 1920. Chernev was a national master strength player, and was obsessed with chess.

🔸 Born: January 29, 1900
Pryluky, Russian Empire
🔸 Died: September 29, 1981
San Francisco, United States
🔸 Occupation: chess author

♦️ Several books from Irving Chernev:👇🏼
▪️ Chess Strategy and Tactics (with Fred Reinfeld); Black Knight 1933
▪️ Curious Chess Facts; Black Knight 1937
▪️ Chessboard Magic!; Chess Review 1943
▪️ An Invitation to Chess (with Kenneth Harkness); Simon & Schuster 1945
▪️ Winning Chess Traps; Chess Review 1946
▪️ The Russians Play Chess; McKay 1947
▪️ The Bright Side of Chess; McKay 1948
▪️ Winning Chess (with Fred Reinfeld); Simon & Schuster 1948
▪️ The Fireside Book of Chess (with Fred Reinfeld); Simon & Schuster 1949
▪️ 1000 Best Short Games of Chess; Simon & Schuster 1955
▪️ Logical Chess: Move by Move; Simon & Schuster 1957
▪️ Combinations: The Heart of Chess; Crowell 1960
▪️ Practical Chess Endings; Simon & Schuster 1961
▪️ The Chess Companion; Simon & Schuster 1968
▪️ Wonders and Curiosities of Chess; Dover 1974
▪️ Capablanca's Best Chess Endings; Oxford 1978
▪️ 200 Brilliant Endgames; Simon & Schuster 1989

♦️ A memorable game by Chernev👇🏼
🔸 Irving Chernev vs David Gladstone
🔸 USA-ch (1944), New York, NY USA, rd 13, May-01
🔸 Zukertort Opening: Dutch Variation (A04)

♦️ Review and download PGN file👇🏼

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▪️ Irving Chernev - David Gladstone, USA Ch 1944
▪️ PGN format

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GM Nigel Short (1965- ) is running for FIDE president for the 2018-2022 cycle. He is running against present president, Kirsan Ilyumzhinov and another presidential candidate, deputy president Georgios Makropoulos. Election is on October 3 during the Batumi Chess Olympiad.

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Nils Grandelius (3/4) solely leads the TePe Sigeman Chess Tournament with only one round to go.

Vidit Gujrathi and Tari Aryan are the runner-ups with 2.5/4 points.

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🔹 2018 Tepe Sigeman & Co | Round 4
🔹 PGN format

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