On Day 6 Magnus Carlsen played through the pain barrier to level the score (again!) at 3:3, so that on Thursday we have the final set of the final match of the Magnus Carlsen Chess Tour Finals! https://chess24.com/en/read/news/magnus-tour-final-6-carlsen-plays-through-pain-to-force-decider
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Back pain couldn't stand in the way of Magnus winning on demand to force an epic Magnus Carlsen Chess Tour decider tomorrow, when $220,000 will be on the line!
https://chess24.com/en/watch/live-tournaments/kiva-finals-of-the-magnus-carlsen-chess-tour-2020/10/1/1
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https://chess24.com/en/watch/live-tournaments/kiva-finals-of-the-magnus-carlsen-chess-tour-2020/10/1/1
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The world champ starts the 6th must-win set with a brilliant victory.
23.Nxg7!!
Great sacrifice and win by the World Champion #impactchess
23.Nxg7!!
Great sacrifice and win by the World Champion #impactchess
#OnThisDay in 1909 Olga Rubtsova was born. She was a four-time Soviet women's champion and the fourth women's world champion (1956-1958). Later she also became the first women's world correspondence chess champion, in 1972. [Image from Dutch newsreel at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olga_Rubtsova]
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📽 This 1957 video shows 1st Women's Chess Olympiad and you can see Olga Rubtsova who played for the winning Soviet Union team.
Сredit:Netherlands Institute for Sound & Vision
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Kira Zvorykina and Olga Rubtsova, the winning Soviet Union team.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1st_Women%27s_Chess_Olympiad
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Workers of the VAZ Volga automobile plant play chess, Togliatti, USSR, 1981
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Daily chess puzzle
Seegolam - Muendle, Chess Olympiad, Manila 1992
https://chesspuzzle.net/Puzzle/169160
Seegolam - Muendle, Chess Olympiad, Manila 1992
https://chesspuzzle.net/Puzzle/169160
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Puzzle 169160: Black to win
Click the diagram to solve this chess puzzle from the game Seegolam, Pradeep MRI - Muendle, Kurt LIE, Manila 1992.
Congratulations to Magnus Carlsen on winning the Magnus Carlsen Chess Tour and $140,000 after an absolutely epic final against Hikaru Nakamura!
https://chess24.com/en/watch/live-tournaments/kiva-finals-of-the-magnus-carlsen-chess-tour-2020/11/1/7
https://chess24.com/en/watch/live-tournaments/kiva-finals-of-the-magnus-carlsen-chess-tour-2020/11/1/7
Magnus Carlsen wins the MC Tour Finals after beating Hikaru Nakamura in a 7-set thrilling match.
The two players fought an equal battle for 6 sets and the 4 rapid + 2 blitz games of the 7th set to decide the champion through an Armageddon. Big Congrats! #ImpactChess
The two players fought an equal battle for 6 sets and the 4 rapid + 2 blitz games of the 7th set to decide the champion through an Armageddon. Big Congrats! #ImpactChess
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Magnus Carlsen won a truly epic match against Hikaru Nakamura. Check out our final video report on the final set!
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Carlsen Wins Magnus Carlsen Chess Tour Finals In Armageddon
https://www.chess.com/news/view/carlsen-wins-magnus-carlsen-chess-tour-finals-armageddon
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Carlsen Wins Magnus Carlsen Chess Tour Finals In Armageddon
In another mini-match that went all the way to armageddon, and holding that game to a draw with the black pieces, GM Magnus Carlsen emerged as the winner of the Magnus Carlsen Chess Tour Finals benefiting Kiva. Carlsen won $140,000 while GM Hikaru Nakamura…