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White to mate in 4 with the Pawn
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Mikhail Tal
Mikhail Tal (November 9, 1936 – June 28, 1992) Was often called "Misha" (a diminutive for Mikhail) or "The magician from Riga" for his daring combinational style. Mikhail Tal was a Soviet-Latvian chess player, a Grandmaster, and the eighth World Chess Champion. Tal was also a highly-regarded chess writer; his… Continue reading
Botvinnik Mikhail" vs. "Smyslov Vasili
King’s Indian Kramer system [Event “10”] [Site “Leningr/Moskva ch-SU”] [Date “1941.??.??”] [Round “?”] [White “Botvinnik Mikhail”] [Black “Smyslov Vasili”] [Result “1/2-1/2”] [ECO “E70/04”] 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nge2 e5 6.Bg5 h6 7.Bh4 g5 8.Bg3 Nh5 9.dxe5 dxe5 10.Qxd8+ Kxd8 11.O-O-O Nd7 12.Nd5 c6 13.Ne3 Kc7… Continue reading
José Raúl Capablanca
José Raúl Capablanca y Graupera (November 19, 1888 – March 8, 1942) was a Cuban chess player who was world chess champion from 1921 to 1927. He is often considered one of the greatest chess players of all time, and was renowned for his exceptional end game skill and speed… Continue reading
Capablanca chess
Capablanca chess is a chess variant played on a 10×8 board. The game is named after its inventor, the former world chess champion, José Raúl Capablanca. He proposed this variant while he was world champion, not as a "sour grapes" rationalization after losing his title, as some critics erroneously… Continue reading
Karpov Anatoli vs. Kasparov Gary 1986
[Event “07”] [Site “Wch London”] [Date “1986.??.??”] [Round “?”] [White “Karpov Anatoli”] [Black “Kasparov Garry”] [Result “1/2-1/2”] [ECO “D31/23”] 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Be7 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Bf4 c6 6.Qc2 g6 7.e3 Bf5 8.Qd2 Nd7 9.f3 Nb6 10.e4 Be6 11.e5 h5 12.Bd3 Qd7 13.b3 Bh4+ 14.g3 Be7 15.Kf2 Bf5 16.Bf1… Continue reading
Garry Kasparov bio
Garry Kasparov (born Garry Kimovich Weinstein, on 13 April 1963, in Baku, Azerbaijan SSR, Soviet Union; now Azerbaijan) is a Russian former World Chess Champion, writer, and political activist, whom many consider the greatest chess player of all time. Kasparov became the youngest ever undisputed World Chess Champion in 1985.… Continue reading
Bobby Fischer
Robert James "Bobby" Fischer (March 9, 1943 – January 17, 2008) was an American chess Grandmaster, and the eleventh World Chess Champion. He is widely considered one of the greatest chess players of all time. Fischer’s achievements are legendary. At 13, he won a brilliancy that became known as the… Continue reading
Peter Leko vs Vladimir Kramnik Ger
[Event “Sparkassen Cat XXI”] [Site “Dortmund GER”] [Date “2001.07.19”] [EventDate “2001.07.12”] [Round “7”] [Result “1/2-1/2”] [White “Peter Leko”] [Black “Vladimir Kramnik”] [ECO “B45”] [WhiteElo “2730”] [BlackElo “2802”] [PlyCount “70”] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 e6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 d6 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Be2… Continue reading
