⚫️#451 (Strategy-Black to Move)
🔸Ni Hua
🔸Carlsen,M
🔸London, 2009

Unity Chess Multiple Choice 451
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C: Be8 – 15
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 88%
Seyed habib, Jonas, Kenneth, Gavin, @Afshin3333, Nikhil, Jayden, @SteveWongso, Bryson, @MerissaWongso, Drew, @RichardPeng, Adhvaith, Atharva, Vedant

B: Qb6 – 2
👍 12%
@Sophia_Peng, Pranav

A: Rd8
▫️ 0%

👥 17 people voted so far.

⚪️#452 (Strategy-White to Move)
🔸Short,N
🔸Mikhalevski,V
🔸Gibraltar, 2011

Unity Chess Multiple Choice 452
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C: Bc6 – 16
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 89%
@Mohammadchamsarchamani, Jonas, Kenneth, Gavin, @Afshin3333, Nikhil, Jayden, @SteveWongso, Bryson, @MerissaWongso, Omid, Drew, @Sophia_Peng, @RichardPeng, Adhvaith, Vedant

A: Bd2 – 1
▫️ 6%
Atharva

B: Bg1 – 1
▫️ 6%
Jaikrishnan

👥 18 people voted so far.

The day after regaining the World Championship Alexander Alekhine was interviewed on Dutch radio by Lodewijk Prins.
(Source: De Tijd & Arnhemsche Courant, 18 December 1937)

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On stage at the 44th USSR Championship final, Moscow, 1976. Round 4, 1st December. Grandmaster Boris Gulko, in play v. ex-World Champion Tigran Petrosian, is served a cup of tea.

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“Tactics is knowing what to do when there is something to do; strategy is knowing what to do when there is nothing to do.”

🔹 Savielly Tartakower

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Bobby Fischer holds the chess pieces behind his back as Tigran Petrosian taps the hand to determine the draw for the semifinal tournament in Buenos Aires Sept. 30th 1971. AP Photo.

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Journalist: "You scored very well tonight. How did you do it?" Korchnoi after winning Game 29 in Baguio: "With the help of my opponent."

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In less than a week...

Altibox Norway Chess, one of the strongest chess tournaments in the world, starts on May 27. The participants list is impressive as always.

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Varuzhan Akobian catches up with tournament leader Vasif Durarbayli prior to the last round of Summer Chess Classic.
Today Durabayli will face off with Samuel Sevian, who currently ranks the 3rd, and Akobian will play against Daniel Fridman, the 9th in the list.

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🔹 St Louis Summer A
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🔹 St Louis Summer B
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Happy Birthday to one of the greatest chess players in history.
Twelfth World Champion Anatoly Karpov turns 67 today.

For May 23, Happy Birthday to Anatoly Karpov, who turns 67. He was a Candidate Master at age 11. In 1970, he was the world's youngest GM. By 1975, he was the 12th world champion. USSR champ 3 times. In 2006, he autographed 1,951 of his books in one sitting - a world record.