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Last Seen Profiles
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I’m back after another long break from social media. I had to put together my health and other projects in my life before focusing more fully on this chess project.
Some of you asked why I’m into chess. It is an emotional attachment that would take long to explain. I will most
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A temple of chess games
Hello everyone, and welcome to the story of Antonio Radic, better known as Agadmator. This is the story of a humble chess player from Croatia who brought chess, real chess, to the general public. Agadmator was the first YouTube channel about chess to
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What I'm about to tell you may revolutionize the way you see life. But first, look at this picture: what comes to your mind?
You're probably wondering if a man this age can even play chess. Worse still, can he endure a game several hours long? Enter Viktor Korchnoi: he was 2
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Fabiano Caruana elevating his chess
Fabiano won the Superbet Chess Classics. He pockets 100k dollars and wins 9 rating points. But I don't see this as an isolated success. It is the beginning of the resurgence of one of the all-time greatest.
If you've read me before, you
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Mikhail Tal's requiem 🖤💫
Mikhail Tal, the legendary chess grandmaster, faced Garry Kasparov in a 1992 Moscow blitz tournament. It was Tal's final game, played just weeks after he had been released from the hospital. Tal defeated the reigning world champion in a mere 17 moves.
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My first ever composition. I created this puzzle for you guys 😁
White to play and checkmate in 2 moves.
#ChessPuzzles
#chesspunks
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Garry Kasparov training Magnus Carlsen in 2009.
“I am no bearded Dumbledore, but it was impossible not to see Magnus as a type of Harry Potter, a super-talent destined to become one the greatest and to leave a deep mark (a lightning bolt?) on our ancient game.”
#chesschampions
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Magnus Carlsen according to Garry Kasparov
"Magnus is a lethal combination of Fischer and Karpov. It’s very unusual because Fischer's style was very dynamic, just fighting to the last pawn, using every resource available. Karpov was very different. He had an unparalleled ability
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When I asked Fischer why he hadn't played a certain move in our game, he replied, "Well, you laughed when I wrote it!" - Mikhail Tal
#chess
#chesslegends
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Kasparov and his 'great successors' in chronological order! It's as if he was appointing Ding for the glory that was yet to come.
Caruana symbolically relegated to the second row as the best chess player not to become world champion (for now).
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This picture is one of my favorites. In a land of cricket lovers, a prodigy captured the nation's attention and elevated chess to the next level. Here, you can see 12-year-old Praggnanandhaa being hoisted onto the shoulders of his schoolmates in Chennai, India, on June 26, 2018,
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Homeschooled American chess geniuses.
Hikaru Nakamura was raised in White Plains with a famous chess master as his stepfather, while Fabiano Caruana grew up in Park Slope and began playing chess at the age of 5. Both were homeschooled after completing their elementary education.
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How good was teenage Bobby Fischer?
This charming picture was taken prior to the game between these two young geniuses, at the Zuerich tournament of 1959. Bobby was 16 years and 2 months old. Tal was 22.
At that time, Tal was probably already the best player in the world. In
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Bobby Fischer's formula for improving your skill
This is the story of how Bobby Fischer improved his chess skill beyond what was considered humanly possible. The way he attained it will surprise you.
The first crucial factor is to get as much deliberate practice as possible.
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Is it possible for every skilled chess player to excel at poker? Grandmaster Walter Brown argued that both games demand quick recognition of familiar structures, self-control, intuition, patience, and reasonable aggression. What is your stance on this?
Photo: Hustler Casino
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The best 12-year-old chess player in history
Are women naturally less capable than men at chess? I think the answer to this question is no. Under the right motivational influences, women can get extremely good at chess. Think about any physical sport, and imagine a teenage girl
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The cheating scandal continues, but is this justified?
Recently, former World Champion Vladimir Kramnik joined the list of players who accuse Hans Niemann of cheating at chess. Kramnik gave an extended explanation of qualitative evidence based on his blitz game against Niemann.
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My favorite Ding Liren moment until the recent World Championship.
Carlsen had never lost a tournament tie-breaker match, but that day he was absolutely dominated by Ding's stelar performance.
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Who is the king of
#SpeedChess
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Dramatic ending for one of the most exciting match-ups of our time. Carlsen clinches the victory in a crazy final game with mutual chances right until the end. Sometimes he wins widely, others narrowly, but he almost never loses. As it is often
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This is Bobby Fischer. You can see the fire in his eyes. He'd come this far, this time he wasn't going to fail. This is the moment he'd been waiting for his whole life.
The Soviets had held the chess crown for 20 years. Their domination was such that it seemed impossible that
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Mikhail Tal, genius on and off the board
An anecdote that illustrates Tal's wit and sense of humor. During the closing ceremony of the Leipzig Olympiad (1960), Bobby Fischer had prepared a joke for Tal, who was then World Champion. Bobby claimed he'd been studying palmistry and
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John Nash is a mathematician and Nobel lauretee featured in the movie 'A Beautiful Mind'. In May 2015, he was in Norway to receive a special award. The evening before the ceremony, he met Magnus Carlsen. Apparently he was puzzled by Magnus' appearance. He remarked: "There is a
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One of my favorite games of chess, and one of the most awesome moves I've ever seen.
Karjakin thought he was safe in this position, but Dubov had prepared a nasty trap. Can you find the move?
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Can you imagine a 15 year old boy playing the Candidates Tournament with the 8 best players in the World? Don't imagine, Bobby Fischer did it in 1959.
However, the star of the tournament was Mikhail Tal (looking at the game in the picture!). His meteoric rise was unstoppable. He
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Chess champion Ding Liren, in a recent interview, praised his friend Richard Raport's artistic and innovative approach to the game. Liren, with his philosophical mind, often seeks to explore new openings but acknowledges his limitations in creating them. This is where Raport's
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The underrated genius
- He crossed the rating of 2400 at age 10.
- At age 12, he became a Grandmaster.
- At 13 he won the Uzbek national championship 2019, and again in 2021.
- At age 15, he also reached the fourth stage of the World Cup 2021, eliminating Tang, Firouzja and
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“The way Ding is playing now suggests that the World Championship matches between Carlsen and Ding could be very interesting!. I see a lot of young people reaching 2750, maybe even closer to 2800. But the World Champion is a different class. So far, of all the people in the scene
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Vishy Anand once received the best advice anyone could ever give him.
He was having a conversation with a stranger during a train trip. This friendly passenger asked him about his profession. When Anand explained, the man insisted that chess is not a reliable career. And this
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“Out of all the pleasures of a man, the most delicious thing is to move your mind.” - Boris Akunin
How many of these players can you recognize?
#chesschampions
#analysingchess
#chess
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Imagine the number of grains you would need to fill the entire chessboard (64 squares). Clear explanation: try to put 1 grain in the first square, two in the next square, four in the third, 16 in the fourth, etc. Before you even get to the middle of the board, you'll need more
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Destined to be great
Throughout chess history, there have been players of incredible qualities: Lasker had the undogmatic practical play; Capablanca had the clarity of ideas; Alekhine had the genius for combinations; Botvinnik had the analytical skills; Smyslov had the endgame
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Blessed by the Godess of chess
José Raúl Capablanca was the definition of natural gift. Legend has it that he learned the rules of chess just by watching his father play. If you find this impressive, how about doing it at age four! Soon after, he was beating his dad at the royal
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Garry Kasparov drew with Viktor Korchnoi when he was only 12 years old. It was in a simultaneous exhibition in 1975, a traditional event that brought together young chess players & the best Soviet Grand Masters of the time. Amazingly Viktor kept playing even after Garry retired.
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"It doesn't even make sense to look at the computer these days, because they are just too strong and their evaluation is inhuman" (Wesley So)
This is what Wesley reponded today when he was told that, according to the computer, he was "winning" when he forced a draw.
📸 Jamey
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From October 23, 1973 to October 16, 1974, Mikhail Tal played 95 consecutive games without losing a game.
This was the large sequence of unbeaten competitive chess for more than four decades, until Ding Liren broke the record in 2018
(Photo courtesy : unknown)
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“Thousands of calories”
Did you know that playing chess burns 1000 calories per hour? Competitive chess players burn 6000 calories per day. Chess players burn as many calories as marathon runners. And this is all backed by science, according to several sources.
Of course, how
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Quique Setien, the current manager of Villarreal and former head coach of Barcelona, has linked his success in football strategy to his experience playing chess. Setien, who holds a FIDE rating of 2055, has identified parallels between the two games. In a 2016 interview with
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"I'm watching the online chat, Magnus makes a mistake, and you see the bar... chess fans are really good at reading the bar. They have no idea what's going on on the board, but they can see the bar going up and down. Magnus literally makes one mistake, which might not even be a
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The Fellowship of the Ding 💫
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Face up to your nemesis
What would you do if a rival was consistently outplaying you in every game? Bobby Fischer found himself in this situation early in his career. His nemesis? none other than Mikhail Tal.
This game was played in the Leipzig Olmypiad of 1960. Fischer had
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Legendary picture of Magnus Carlsen vs Maxime Vachier Lagrave from 6th Lausanne Young Masters 2005 💜
Both are 1990 born, Carlsen is younger by a month.
( Photo credit unknown )
#Magnuscarlsen
#Chess
#Chesschapions
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Boris Vasilievich Spassky was a great chess player from Russia, who became the tenth world chess champion in 1969 and held the title until 1972. He is admired for his sportsmanship, especially in his match against Bobby Fischer. Even though Fischer made unreasonable demands,
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The battle of styles in chess.
There used to be a time when it was acknowledged that chess players had a style. In recent times, chess players have started rejecting these labels. When asked, some of the elite players explain that in order to be competitive in modern chess, you
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Do you want to know how genius Grandmasters really think? This anecdote may illuminate you. But first, look at the position and think for a while. There is an awesome move available.
Ready? Here is how chess legend Mikhail Tal calculated his way out of the complications.
"We
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Can you find this checkmate in 2 moves? It is white to play.
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The nicest man in chess
David Navara just won the Czech championship by a wide margin (1.5 points). He has now conquered the national title an unprecedented twelve times! David is a well-established top player (highest world rank: 13th; highest rating: 2751).
But David is not
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“There’s a gang that’s very tough, people are afraid to go near them. They try to plague me as much as possible. I’m like an outsider because I’m so different in the class. It’s difficult to be cool when I play chess.” - Magnus Carlsen
How many geniuses are lost trying to be
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Why Garry Kasparov is the chess GOAT
Recently, there has been talks of Magnus Carlsen being the greatest chess player ever. There is no doubt that Magnus is in the right track, but has he really surpassed Kasparov? And what about Bobby Fischer? Here is a summary of some of their
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My daily chess training
I will share my personal chess learning on Instagram form now, and my quest for personal self-improvement through chess.
Thanks to those of you joining me there 💫
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“The idea of a social elevator seems natural for chess, but for some reason it's broken in our world. Objectively, many GMs can play at the same level as the chess elite, but they rarely have the opportunity or not at all. I think a lot of talented people can't fully realize
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My little tribute to this young superstar 🌟
By 17, Divya Deshmuk is already Women National Champion and Women Asian Champion. In the recent 'Women TATA Steel Rapid', Divya was the last seed of the tournament by rapid rating. Nevertheless, she managed to win with authority!
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"You can see pretty clearly that the players who struggle at blitz and are great at classical are those who rely on deep calculating ability, because you simply don't have time for that in blitz. You have to calculate deeply and rely a lot on intuition." (Magnus Carlsen)
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I gained respect for Hikaru Nakamura when, despite being one of the very best players in faster time controls, he advocated for a classical World Championship without rapid and blitz.
Although some of his opinions are questionable, one thing that Hikaru brings to the table is
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Anand was stung that Kramnik helped Kasparov during their World Championship match in 1995: "come on, it's you and me against Garry, what are you doing!" That is the way Anand explained it to Irina Krush during the broadcast today.
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13-year-old Magnus Carlsen entered the 2004 Sigeman tournament as a recently crowned grandmaster. Here he meets his trainer, Peter Heine Nielsen. Carlsen won the match & finished third in the tournament. Nielsen won the tournament despite dropping a game to Carlsen
#MagnusCarlsen
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Ding mentioned in a previous press conference that he likes music from the 80s. When Jesse February asked him today what song would today's game be, Ding replied: "The sacrifice for initiative is a modern way to approach chess."
Do you agree with Ding?
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Based on Yuri Averbakh's categorization, what is your chess personality type?
1) Killers: They take the game's result personally & use chess as a means of breaking an opponent's ego. E.g. Bobby Fischer, Garry Kasparov, Mikhail Botvinnik, and Viktor Korchnoi.
#chess
#chesstype
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Have you ever seen a supermodel in a chess tournament hall? Here is Carmen Kass playing an exhibition game against Vishy Anand. Carmen was the president of the Stonian Chess Federation for several years.
In the game, apparently Anand was so confused that he offered a draw
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Imagine if the best chess player in the United States was a fourteen-year-old.
Bobby Fischer first came into the limelight at the age of 14, when he won the 1957 US Championship. This kid from Brooklyn came out of nowhere to conquer the most important chess competition in
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DEGREE OF BRAIN FATIGUE
Even at the beginning of his chess career, Alexander Alekhine faced the challenge of determining how tired his brain was. After much effort, he found a simple and reliable method. He would cover his eyes with his hands and stay still for half a minute.
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Nihal Sarin joins the 2700 club!
I was impatient for this moment. Nihal does not fall behind in the race to the top. The elegant maestro starts the European Club Cup with two victories over two Grandmasters. Added to his two victories in the Slovenian League, he is now rated
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The graceful Anish Giri
It is the birthday of one of the best chess players of our time: the witty, humorous, and elegant Dutchman whose presence makes chess tournaments more interesting. His charisma and vibrant personality turned him into an Internet celebrity almost by
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Bobby Fischer’s "fluke"
Bobby Fischer was a player of extraordinary talent, but in 1968, he was in his mid-20s, and it seemed that he had plateaued. His results hadn't improved since 1963, when he scored 11 out of 11 in the US Championship, at the time not as strong a tournament
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This puzzle blew my mind. White to play and checkmate in 2 moves.
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If Anatoly Karpov really had faced Bobby Fischer at the 1975 World Championships, who would have been the champion?
#chesslegends
#chesscuriosity
#chess
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Never surrender
You are playing the biggest chess event of the year in America, the US Championship. The first prize is $40,000. You managed to tie for first and qualify for the tie-breaks. In front of you is the giant of women's chess in the United States, 8-time US Champion
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Recently, Elon Musk stated that "chess is a simple game", there are more complex games around...
Indeed, chess is complex enough to be non-trivial, but simple enough to allow for mastery. Therein lies its beauty and it's worth.
📸 Elon Musk playing "comlplex chess" (Image
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The longest winning streak in high level chess
Bobby Fischer sailed through the Interzonal Tournament of 1971 in a way never seen before. His superiority was so patent; he finished with 7 victories in a row. Anyone familiar with chess knows how expensive victories are in
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The move that Akiba Rubinstein played in this position will shock you. I'm still trying to wrap my head around it.
It is Black to move and gain a decisive advantage. Try to figure it out with your head. I will share the solution (with annotations) in a future post.
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Quote Of The Day💫
"I'm not obsessive, I just play chess for fun, and the moves flow through my mind in a subconscious way, I guess while I'm playing."
José Raúl Capablanca.
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Judging by the mood at the press conference, I would guess the result of the game was 0-0.
Why do you think the players aren't showing enthusiasm for their victories?
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White to play and checmate in 2 moves!
Pretty cool. Getting familiar with checkmate patterns will improve your chess 🧠
#chess
#ChessPuzzles
📑Composition by Aleksandr Bujanov
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“It is a very rare to see that a modern game copies the exact same idea or maneuver from a classical game. But the absolute majority of top players have studied classical games well and it has influenced their chess. Magnus Carlsen is the best example. When he quotes a game like
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The Sculptor Of Chess Champions ❤️
GM Peter Heine Nielsen turned 50 years old today 💫.
His remarkable coaching has left an indelible mark on the world of chess. With his profound expertise and strategic brilliance, he has elevated players to the pinnacle of success. Nielsen's
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The first ten women to reach the Grandmaster title
There are only 40 women who have reached the Grandmaster title. Here are the first 10 (in chronological order of achievement). Each of them is special in her own right, people of great charisma and strength of character.
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We shall not question our capitalist overlords.
The chess world is irritated because
@VBkramnik
tries to present evidence of possible cheating by some players. But there is someone actually accusing players of cheating without bothering to present any evidence, and nobody seems
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Never seen Ding laughing this much. What could Garry be telling him? 🤔
Just two World Champions cracking a joke. A beautiful photo of Garry Kasparov and Ding Liren at the Superbet Chess Classic, captured by
@LennartOotes
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#GrandChessTour
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Chess and music
Mark Taimanov is well-known for having lost to Bobby Fischer 6-0 in the Candidates quarterfinals of 1971. What many chess people don't know is that he was a also a renowned concert pianist.
Even more impressive is the case of François-André Danican Philidor. He
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"Chess is a specific form of creativity; the chess player is the author, the critic, and the performer all at once. In chess, what attracts me the most is the intellectual rivalry, the clash of ideas, the collision of personalities. Chess reflects the essence of a person, their
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The untold story: Kasparov vs Deep Blue (Part 1)
Everybody has heard of how in 1997 the IBM chess-playing computer, Deep Blue, constituted a landmark in artificial intelligence by defeating the World Champion at the time, Garry Kasparov. What if I told you that this story is
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“There were moments in life when I was very close to thinking that I could never lose a single game.
Then I was defeated, & the lost game transported me back from the land of dreams to reality.
That's why nothing is as healthy as a beating at the right moment.”
J.R.Capablanca.
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Mikhail Tal’s Chess Beginnings: From Defeat to Victory 💫
Tal wasn't famous for chess at first; he was more into soccer. But in his family, they teased him because his cousin was really good at chess.
Then, in 1945, something funny happened. Mikhail decided to challenge his
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Young Elsji Euwe was asked at school, "What will happen if your father becomes the world champion?" The boy replied, "Then we will have chicken for dinner that night."
Happy Birthday to Max Euwe, the fifth World Chess Champion and an esteemed Dutch chess grandmaster and
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How could a game with complex rules become one of the most popular sports around the world?
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The best chess move ever played.
There are many brilliant moves in the history of chess that could be worthy of this honorable title. In my opinion, there is one move that stands out for its depth, its quality, and above all, its significance.
It is 1985. Just a few months
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Many women are drawn to chess by female role models. The Queen's Gambit Netflix series, based on a female chess player, attracted an unpercedented number of women towards chess. In my opinion, this is absolutely fine. However, I see no reason why women shouldn't be inspired by
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Helen Keller Day is celebrated on this day, June 27, as a reminder to assist those who are disabled. It also brings to mind Helen Keller's extraordinary relationship with her teacher, Anne Sullivan.
Sullivan was blind herself, but she was an excellent teacher. Keller flourished
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Style? Yes, you have the style of a Jaguar 🐆
Anatoly Evgen'evi Karpov is 72 years old today ❤️💫
Karpov was the 12th World Chess Champion from 1975 to 1985. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest players of all time, particularly in terms of tournament results. He had
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The respect that these two champions have for each other is inspiring, and what a display of modesty by Kramnik!
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The “unimportant” sport.
If you thought of a sport practiced by 800,000,000 people from everywhere in the world, with 360,000 playing official competitions regularly; national federations in almost every country in the world, big events, competitions everywhere; infrastructures,
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Fischer vs Fidel Castro and the $10,000 Dilemma!
In 1965, the chess world was captivated by the clash between a young prodigy, Bobby Fischer, and an unexpected opponent, Fidel Castro. Fischer, already a sensation at 22, was invited to Cuba for a prestigious tournament honoring
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