World Champion Anatoly Karpov, pictured at the Tilburg (Interpolis) super-tournament, September-October 1982.
Karpov took 1st place, ahead of Timman (2nd), Andersson & Sosonko (3rd-4th), Petrosian & Smyslov (5th-6th), etc.
(Photographer: not known, image via ANP Archive.)#chess

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The 13-year-old Garry Kasparov - already USSR Under-18 champion - pictured in play at the Khalilbeyli Memorial tournament in Baku, Soviet Azerbaijan, May-June 1976.
(Photo credit: V. Kalinin, Novosti Press.) #chess

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13-year-old Judit Polgar, pictured in play at the Amsterdam OHRA tournament, July 1989.
(Photo credit: M. Antonisse / ANP, via http://anp-archief.nl.) #chess #c24live #NorwayChess

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Preparing for Spassky - Bobby Fischer, photographed by Harry Benson at Grossinger's Resort in the Catskill Mountains, New York state, 1972.

By the board is a copy of '#Chess in the USSR'.

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FIDE has decided to postpone the 2020 edition of the World Rapid and Blitz Championship. We will do our best to make it happen in spring 2021.

https://www.fide.com/news/773

#chess #RapidBlitz #FIDE

Experts find the missing piece of the 5,000-year-old board game, an ancient-great-grandfather of #chess?

Quite a fascinating story:

https://www.middleeasteye.net/discover/turkey-ancient-board-games-bronze-age-anatolia

Viktor Korchnoi, pictured in play v. Anatoly Karpov in their 1981 World Championship match in Merano, Italy.
(Photo credit: J. Cooke, Corbis.) #chess

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Poznań, 15th March 1931. Akiba Rubinstein is pictured giving a simultaneous display over 25 boards, at the city's Café Dobski.
(Photo source: the Polish digital archive, https://audiovis.nac.gov.pl.) #chess

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Reykjavík, 1980. The 6th-round clash between Walter Browne (USA) & Tony Miles (England), won by White in 47 moves.
Viktor Kupreichik (USSR) took 1st in the event, ahead of Browne, with Miles & Genna Sosonko (Netherlands) sharing 3rd-4th.
(Source: http://skaksogufelagid.is.) #chess

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Zürich, 19th May 1959. Bobby Fischer (USA) is pictured in play v. Edgar Walther (Switzerland) in the 1st round of the international tournament held in city's Kongreßhaus.
This encounter features in Fischer's 'My 60 Memorable Games'.
(Photo: Ullstein Bild.) #chess

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