Over 100 teams from 78 Russian regions and 22 other countries are participating in the 49th Belaya Ladya (White Rook) tournament in Sochi.
Russian President Vladimir Putin sent his greetings to participants, organisers and guests
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Russian President Vladimir Putin sent his greetings to participants, organisers and guests
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In the Hotel Kurhaus, The Hague, 23rd February 1948 - the Soviet delegation for the FIDE World Championship match-tournament.
Seated: Postnikov, Smyslov, Bondarevsky, Keres, ?, Flohr, Lilienthal.
Standing: Kotov, ?, ?.
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Seated: Postnikov, Smyslov, Bondarevsky, Keres, ?, Flohr, Lilienthal.
Standing: Kotov, ?, ?.
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The Hague, 26th February 1948 - the drawing of lots for the FIDE World Championship match tournament. At the invitation of Burgemeester Visser, Max Euwe draws, while behind him stand Vasily Smyslov, Paul Keres & Sammy Reshevsky.
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Boris Spassky, Mr. and Mrs. Piatigorsky, and Bobby Fischer at the 1966 Piatigorsky Cup in Santa Monica.
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Amsterdam, 27th March 1956. In the opening round of the FIDE Candidates' Tournament, the all-Soviet clash between grandmasters Efim Geller and Tigran Petrosian.
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Mr & Mrs Najdorf being greeted on their arrival at Amsterdam Centraal station, 4th November 1950.
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Chess first of all teaches you to be objective.
- Alexander Alekhine
"The Soviet School of Chess". Book by Alexander Kotov, 2001.
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- Alexander Alekhine
"The Soviet School of Chess". Book by Alexander Kotov, 2001.
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🔵 #about_Timman
🔹 Jan Timman
🔹 Dutch chess Grandmaster
♦️ Jan Timman is a Dutch chess Grandmaster who was one of the world's leading players from the late 1970s to the early 1990s. At the peak of his career he was considered to be the best non-Soviet player and was known as "The Best of the West".
▪️ Full name: Jan Hendrik Timman
▪️ Country: Netherlands
▪️ Born: 14 December 1951 (age 66)
Amsterdam, The Netherlands
▪️ Title: Grandmaster (1974)
▪️ FIDE rating: 2555 (June 2018)
▪️ Peak rating: 2680 (January 1990)
♦️Timman likes to challenge opponents directly in the areas of their strengths. Yasser Seirawan describes a game where Timman had an over-the-board inspiration to opt for a complicated game—the kind that Timman knew Seirawan really enjoyed—in spite of having prepared an equalizing variation beforehand. Timman's fearlessness has caused him to lose a lot of games, but also makes him a feared competitor because nobody likes to lose from their favourite positions. Raymond Keene described Timman's playing style as that of "a fighter, in the mould of Emanuel Lasker".
He has always adopted a wide and varied opening repertoire, playing an array of different systems as both White and Black. When he first reached the world class level in the 1970s, this was relatively unusual, with most elite grandmasters deploying a more narrowly focused range of openings, but it is now the norm.
♦️ A memorable game by Timman👇🏼
🔘 Jan Timman vs Nigel Short
🔘 Interpolis 14th (1990), Tilburg NED, rd 14, Sep-24
🔘 Dutch Defense: Classical. Stonewall Variation Botvinnik Variation (A93)
Timman is a Dutch Grandmaster and Nigel Short has played Dutch opening against he ....
Now see....😃😃😄😄😇😇
♦️ Review and download PGN file👇🏼
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🔹 Jan Timman
🔹 Dutch chess Grandmaster
♦️ Jan Timman is a Dutch chess Grandmaster who was one of the world's leading players from the late 1970s to the early 1990s. At the peak of his career he was considered to be the best non-Soviet player and was known as "The Best of the West".
▪️ Full name: Jan Hendrik Timman
▪️ Country: Netherlands
▪️ Born: 14 December 1951 (age 66)
Amsterdam, The Netherlands
▪️ Title: Grandmaster (1974)
▪️ FIDE rating: 2555 (June 2018)
▪️ Peak rating: 2680 (January 1990)
♦️Timman likes to challenge opponents directly in the areas of their strengths. Yasser Seirawan describes a game where Timman had an over-the-board inspiration to opt for a complicated game—the kind that Timman knew Seirawan really enjoyed—in spite of having prepared an equalizing variation beforehand. Timman's fearlessness has caused him to lose a lot of games, but also makes him a feared competitor because nobody likes to lose from their favourite positions. Raymond Keene described Timman's playing style as that of "a fighter, in the mould of Emanuel Lasker".
He has always adopted a wide and varied opening repertoire, playing an array of different systems as both White and Black. When he first reached the world class level in the 1970s, this was relatively unusual, with most elite grandmasters deploying a more narrowly focused range of openings, but it is now the norm.
♦️ A memorable game by Timman👇🏼
🔘 Jan Timman vs Nigel Short
🔘 Interpolis 14th (1990), Tilburg NED, rd 14, Sep-24
🔘 Dutch Defense: Classical. Stonewall Variation Botvinnik Variation (A93)
Timman is a Dutch Grandmaster and Nigel Short has played Dutch opening against he ....
Now see....😃😃😄😄😇😇
♦️ Review and download PGN file👇🏼
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