Amsterdam, 4th September 1954. The 11th Olympiad, Preliminary Group 'D', Round 1; the match England v. Belgium.
Board 1: C. H. O'D. Alexander (ENG) v. A. O'Kelly (BEL)
Board 2: A. Dunkelblum (BEL) v. J. Penrose (ENG)
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Board 1: C. H. O'D. Alexander (ENG) v. A. O'Kelly (BEL)
Board 2: A. Dunkelblum (BEL) v. J. Penrose (ENG)
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In a November 3, 1934 speech at the Ealing Chess Club, Emanuel Lasker reportedly brought the house down with these words: "Chess was as universal as love but it had been said that the passion for chess has an advantage over the passion for love in that it lasted longer."
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Halfway through the #WTCC2019 with Russian leading solely with 9/10 points.
Round 5 saw only one draw: England vs India. Congrats to the winning teams:
Egypt๐ช๐ฌ 1,5-2,5 ๐ธ๐ชSweden
China๐จ๐ณ 2,5-1,5 ๐ฎ๐ทIran
England๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ 2-2 ๐ฎ๐ณIndia
Kazakhstan๐ฐ๐ฟ 1-3 ๐ท๐บRussia
Azerbaijan๐ฆ๐ฟ 3-1 ๐บ๐ธUSA
Round 5 saw only one draw: England vs India. Congrats to the winning teams:
Egypt๐ช๐ฌ 1,5-2,5 ๐ธ๐ชSweden
China๐จ๐ณ 2,5-1,5 ๐ฎ๐ทIran
England๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ 2-2 ๐ฎ๐ณIndia
Kazakhstan๐ฐ๐ฟ 1-3 ๐ท๐บRussia
Azerbaijan๐ฆ๐ฟ 3-1 ๐บ๐ธUSA
Arkadij Naiditsch plays against Dariusz Swiercz in the first board of the match between Azerbaijan and the US.
The US team lineup for the 5th round of the #WTCC2019 included (from L to R) Sabina Foisor, Carissa Yip, Rochelle Wu, Tatev Abrahamyan and Katerina Nemkova. Coach: Melik Khachiyan.