Re. So vs Caruana; this position is from Emanuel Lasker v. Edward Lasker, New York 1924. The game was drawn.
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Tbilisi, 1977 - the 6th game of the Women's Candidates' quarter-final match between Nana Alexandria (playing White) and Maia Chiburdanidze.
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Left to right: David Bronstein, Tigran Petrosian and Nona Gaprindashvili, Tengiz Giorgadze, and Yuri Averbakh. Photographed in Tbilisi, USSR, early 1960s.
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Margaret Thatcher, former Prime Minister of Great Britain, at Kasparov vs Karpov return match gala opening.
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On page 14 of New In Chess 2/1999, Garry Kasparov was asked "What was the best thing you ever did?" His reply: "Becoming world champion. An incredible sensation, unbelievable."
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🔹 Bobby Fischer
🔹 Chess Grandmaster and world Chess Champion
♦️ Robert James Fischer was an American chess grandmaster and the eleventh World Chess Champion. Many consider him to be the greatest chess player of all time.
▪️ Full name: Robert James Fischer
▪️ Country: United States
Iceland (2005–2008)
▪️ Born: March 9, 1943
Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
▪️ Died: January 17, 2008 (aged 64)
Reykjavík, Iceland
▪️ Title: Grandmaster (1958)
▪️ World Champion: 1972–1975
▪️ Peak rating: 2785 (July 1972 FIDE rating list)
♦️ Fischer made numerous lasting contributions to chess. In the 1990s, he patented a modified chess timing system that added a time increment after each move, now a standard practice in top tournament and match play. He also invented Fischerandom, a new variant of chess known today as "Chess960".
♦️ A memorable game by Fischer against Keres in Belgrade Candidates 1959 which known "Bled to Death" in chessgames.com site!!👇🏼
🔸 Paul Keres vs Robert James Fischer
🔸 Bled-Zagreb-Belgrade Candidates (1959), Bled, Zagreb & Belgrade YUG, rd 1, Sep-07
🔸 Sicilian Defense: Najdorf Variation. Main Line (B99)
♦️ Review and download PGN file👇🏼👇🏼
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🔹 Chess Grandmaster and world Chess Champion
♦️ Robert James Fischer was an American chess grandmaster and the eleventh World Chess Champion. Many consider him to be the greatest chess player of all time.
▪️ Full name: Robert James Fischer
▪️ Country: United States
Iceland (2005–2008)
▪️ Born: March 9, 1943
Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
▪️ Died: January 17, 2008 (aged 64)
Reykjavík, Iceland
▪️ Title: Grandmaster (1958)
▪️ World Champion: 1972–1975
▪️ Peak rating: 2785 (July 1972 FIDE rating list)
♦️ Fischer made numerous lasting contributions to chess. In the 1990s, he patented a modified chess timing system that added a time increment after each move, now a standard practice in top tournament and match play. He also invented Fischerandom, a new variant of chess known today as "Chess960".
♦️ A memorable game by Fischer against Keres in Belgrade Candidates 1959 which known "Bled to Death" in chessgames.com site!!👇🏼
🔸 Paul Keres vs Robert James Fischer
🔸 Bled-Zagreb-Belgrade Candidates (1959), Bled, Zagreb & Belgrade YUG, rd 1, Sep-07
🔸 Sicilian Defense: Najdorf Variation. Main Line (B99)
♦️ Review and download PGN file👇🏼👇🏼
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📘 25.Be3!
An interesting idea by Grischuk to improve the position of his pieces.
25...Rc8 26.Re1 Bc4 27.Nf3 Ba3 28.Bd4
An interesting idea by Grischuk to improve the position of his pieces.
25...Rc8 26.Re1 Bc4 27.Nf3 Ba3 28.Bd4
📘 33...R×e4?
54-year old Ukrainian GM has committed a wrong sacrifice. Wojtaszek exploits it with a clever intermediate move.
34.B×g7! B×g7 35.Qg5 Re2+ 36.Kf1 Qf6 37.Q×f6 R×f6 38.K×e2 +-
54-year old Ukrainian GM has committed a wrong sacrifice. Wojtaszek exploits it with a clever intermediate move.
34.B×g7! B×g7 35.Qg5 Re2+ 36.Kf1 Qf6 37.Q×f6 R×f6 38.K×e2 +-
📘 23...R×a3!
A finishing sacrifice by 33-year old Hungarian GM Berkes.
24.b×a3 Q×a3+ 25.Kb1 Rc6 26.c5 R×c5 0-1
A finishing sacrifice by 33-year old Hungarian GM Berkes.
24.b×a3 Q×a3+ 25.Kb1 Rc6 26.c5 R×c5 0-1
📘 28.N×f6+!
A beautiful combination to expose the Black king's position.
28...g×f6 29.Rg1+ Kh8 30.Rg6! Qh7 31.R×f6 Ng7 32.R×h6 1-0
A beautiful combination to expose the Black king's position.
28...g×f6 29.Rg1+ Kh8 30.Rg6! Qh7 31.R×f6 Ng7 32.R×h6 1-0