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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
Quite a fascinating story:
https://www.middleeasteye.net/discover/turkey-ancient-board-games-bronze-age-anatolia
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Ancient boardgames: Experts find the missing piece (but can't figure out how to play)
'Dogs and Pigs', a set of 5,000-year-old figurines found in Turkey’s southeast, is nominated as one of the world's oldest and most crowded games but its rules remain a mystery
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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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(Photo credit: J. Cooke, Corbis.) #chess
🔗 Douglas Griffin (@dgriffinchess)
https://t.me/UnityChessClub/21833
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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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(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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Viktor Kupreichik (USSR) took 1st in the event, ahead of Browne, with Miles & Genna Sosonko (Netherlands) sharing 3rd-4th.
(Source: http://skaksogufelagid.is.) #chess
🔗 Douglas Griffin (@dgriffinchess)
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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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This encounter features in Fischer's 'My 60 Memorable Games'.
(Photo: Ullstein Bild.) #chess
🔗 Douglas Griffin (@dgriffinchess)
https://t.me/UnityChessClub/3744
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Responding to check with a checkmate!
Crushing win by Alexander Alekhine in a 1930 simul exhibition. #chess #gameoftheday
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Crushing win by Alexander Alekhine in a 1930 simul exhibition. #chess #gameoftheday
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Crazy win by John Nunn in King's Indian Defense against Alexander Beliavsky, Hoogovens (1985) #chess #gameoftheday
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🔗 Chessify (@ChessifyMe)
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2nd World Champ Emanuel Lasker sacrificing two bishops to crush his opponent.
Lasker vs Johann Hermann Bauer, Amsterdam (1889). #chess #gameoftheday
Lasker vs Johann Hermann Bauer, Amsterdam (1889). #chess #gameoftheday
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Something that makes people put their smartphones down, gather together, and think by themselves, can't be a bad thing. #chess
🔗 David Llada ♞ (@davidllada)
🔗 David Llada ♞ (@davidllada)
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Today world chess champion Magnus Carlsen turns 30.🥳
Carlsen is an outstanding player whose achievements are impossible to fit in one tweet. He is also a well-rounded person with multiple talents, and we wish him further success in all his endeavors!
#OnThisDay #chess #Carlsen
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Carlsen is an outstanding player whose achievements are impossible to fit in one tweet. He is also a well-rounded person with multiple talents, and we wish him further success in all his endeavors!
#OnThisDay #chess #Carlsen
🔗 International Chess Federation (@FIDE\_chess)
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Participants at Bad Kissingen, August 1928.
L to R (standing) Euwe, Yates, Tartakower, Spielmann, Réti, Mieses, Bogoljubow; (seated) Nimzowitsch, Capablanca, Tarrasch, Marshall.
(Source: https://audiovis.nac.gov.pl.) #chess
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L to R (standing) Euwe, Yates, Tartakower, Spielmann, Réti, Mieses, Bogoljubow; (seated) Nimzowitsch, Capablanca, Tarrasch, Marshall.
(Source: https://audiovis.nac.gov.pl.) #chess
🔗 Douglas Griffin (@dgriffinchess)
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The Queens Gambit miniseries is a truly amazing artwork for many reasons but this is one of the touching scenes. A single word can change your attitude for a life time. #Chess&Education #TheQueensGambit #AnyaTaylorJoy
🔗 Judit Polgar (@GMJuditPolgar)
🔗 Judit Polgar (@GMJuditPolgar)
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It's GM Rustam Kasimdzhanov's birthday.🥳
Kasimdzhanov emerged as a winner of the 2004 FIDE World Chess Championship in Tripoli, beating Adams on a tiebreak in the final and earning the World Champion title. He's also famous as a second to Anand, Karjakin, Caruana.
#HBD #chess
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Kasimdzhanov emerged as a winner of the 2004 FIDE World Chess Championship in Tripoli, beating Adams on a tiebreak in the final and earning the World Champion title. He's also famous as a second to Anand, Karjakin, Caruana.
#HBD #chess
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Daniil Dubov's beautiful win against Sergey Karjakin which helped Nepomniachtchi take the Russian Champion title after a 10-year break. #gameoftheday #chess
Is Dubov vs. Sergey Karyakin the game of the year?! 🤔
Is Dubov vs. Sergey Karyakin the game of the year?! 🤔
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🔗 Garry Kasparov (@Kasparov63):
That is my mother on the right.
➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖
🔗 Douglas Griffin (@dgriffinchess):
Training camp, Armenia, 1979. Left to right: Artur Jussupow, @Kasparov63, Lev Psakhis, Zurab Azmaiparashvili, Klara Shagenovna Gasparian. (Photo: Psakhis archive, via http://www.chesspro.ru.)
That is my mother on the right.
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🔗 Douglas Griffin (@dgriffinchess):
Training camp, Armenia, 1979. Left to right: Artur Jussupow, @Kasparov63, Lev Psakhis, Zurab Azmaiparashvili, Klara Shagenovna Gasparian. (Photo: Psakhis archive, via http://www.chesspro.ru.)
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#OnThisDay 135 years ago, the first game of the first official #chess world championship was played. The match between the eventual winner Wilhelm Steinitz and Johannes Zukertort started on January 11, 1886 in Cartier's Hall on Fifth Avenue in New York.
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Happy 31st Birthday to Sergey Karjakin! 🎉
In 2002, he became the world's youngest Grandmaster at the age of 12 years and 7 months & went on to develop into the world championship challenger (2016), losing to Carlsen only on tiebreak.
#OnThisDay #HBD #chess
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#Sergey Karjakin - Best Chess Tactics
In 2002, he became the world's youngest Grandmaster at the age of 12 years and 7 months & went on to develop into the world championship challenger (2016), losing to Carlsen only on tiebreak.
#OnThisDay #HBD #chess
🔗 International Chess Federation (@FIDE\_chess)
#Sergey Karjakin - Best Chess Tactics