Your eye on the wings, your mind on the centre, that is the deepest meaning of positional play
🔸 Aron Nimzowitsch
@UnityChess
🔸 Aron Nimzowitsch
@UnityChess
Tal Takes His Trainer Into A Deep, Dark Forest - Tal vs. Koblents, 1957
https://www.chess.com/blog/SamCopeland/tal-takes-his-trainer-into-a-deep-dark-forest-tal-vs-koblents-1957
https://www.chess.com/blog/SamCopeland/tal-takes-his-trainer-into-a-deep-dark-forest-tal-vs-koblents-1957
Chess.com
Tal Takes His Trainer Into A Deep, Dark Forest - Tal vs. Koblents, 1957
To my mind, the most typically "Tal" of Tal's games is his 1957 training game against his longtime trainer and friend, Alexander Koblents. You must take your opponent into a deep dark forest where 2+2=5, and the path leading out is only wide enough for one.…
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"You must take your opponent into a deep, dark forest where 2+2=5, and the path leading out is only wide enough for one."
Tal's most famous quote perfectly sums up this game against his trainer!
Mikhail Tal 🆚 Alexander Koblents
Riga ;MAINB: Riga ;MAINB: 1957.??.??
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Tal's most famous quote perfectly sums up this game against his trainer!
Mikhail Tal 🆚 Alexander Koblents
Riga ;MAINB: Riga ;MAINB: 1957.??.??
1-0
A great story about chess in Newark.
https://www.tapinto.net/towns/nutley/articles/newark-chess-club-clocks-10-years-of-helping-youth-make-moves-9
https://www.tapinto.net/towns/nutley/articles/newark-chess-club-clocks-10-years-of-helping-youth-make-moves-9
TAPinto
Newark Chess Club Clocks 10 Years of Helping Youth Make Moves
NEWARK — Daryll Shapiro was fresh out of Rutgers-Newark Law School when he received his first call for a favor in 2009. On the other end of the line, Shapiro’s friend was desperate for someone to...
"Some feathers are going to fly" said Levon Aronian about the extraordinary Carlsen-MVL, and he wasn't entirely wrong as we got a crazy game that the players and commentators struggled to understand!
https://chess24.com/en/read/news/gct-finals-day-1-crazy-complications
https://chess24.com/en/read/news/gct-finals-day-1-crazy-complications
chess24.com
GCT Finals Day 1: Crazy complications
Magnus Carlsen and Maxime Vachier-Lagrave began their Grand
Chess Tour Finals semi-final match in London with a fantastically complicated
Najdorf that had Levon Aronian predicting “some feathers are going to fly!” He
wasn’t entirely wrong, as Maxime had…
Chess Tour Finals semi-final match in London with a fantastically complicated
Najdorf that had Levon Aronian predicting “some feathers are going to fly!” He
wasn’t entirely wrong, as Maxime had…
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Even the World Champion Magnus Carlsen blunders his queen and hopes for opponent's blunder, but in chess there is no mercy. It doesn't matter if you are the World Champion or not.
Alexander Morozevich Wins Rapid Grand Prix Final
https://ruchess.ru/en/news/all/alexander_morozevich_wins_rapid_grand_prix_final_/
https://ruchess.ru/en/news/all/alexander_morozevich_wins_rapid_grand_prix_final_/
Российская Шахматная Федерация
Alexander Morozevich Wins Rapid Grand Prix Final
The Rapid Grand Prix Final of Russia (Top 16) finished in Khanty-Mansiysk. Final standings: 1. Alexander Morozevich - 12 points out of 15 2. Aleksandr Shimanov - 11 3. Zhamsaran Tsydypov - 10.5 4-5. Dmitry Kokarev, Saveliy Golubov - 9.5 6. Pavel Ponkratov…
Monaco #WomenGrandPrixFIDE Round 1 results:
(2518) Harika ½-½ Dzagnidze (2502)
(2484) Paehtz ½-½ Zhao Xue (2485)
(2443) Cramling ½-½ Kosteniuk, A. (2483)
(2575) Goryachkina ½-½ Lagno (2549)
(2509) Gunina 0-1 Koneru (2577)
(2552) Muzychuk M. ½-½ Muzychuk A.(2543)
(2518) Harika ½-½ Dzagnidze (2502)
(2484) Paehtz ½-½ Zhao Xue (2485)
(2443) Cramling ½-½ Kosteniuk, A. (2483)
(2575) Goryachkina ½-½ Lagno (2549)
(2509) Gunina 0-1 Koneru (2577)
(2552) Muzychuk M. ½-½ Muzychuk A.(2543)
"It's a beautiful city and venue. I have participated in a number of events in Monte Carlo and all of them were organized really well. This one is no exception." Anna Muzychuk.
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