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The top 5 best scorers of the Olympiad are: 1. M. Tal (8 Olympiads, 101

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The rivalry between Kramnik and Topalov has gone to such an extend that each player

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Max Euwe was not yet a World Champion in 1920 but he was already known

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Geroge Marco, the editor of the Wiener Schachzeitung from 1898 to 1916, was claiming that

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It is not rare to see passed pawns in a chess game but nine of

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Once the famous chess historian Ken Whyld was asking in his chess column if the

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Let’s start with some great upset results by top players. The shortest lost of Garry Kasparov

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One of the shortest victories of Viktor Korchnoi was on 06.08.1983 in Passadena (USA) for

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They are few top players who never won a title of national champion (senior). Among

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Today, it becomes very difficult if not for many impossible to beat chess computers or

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During the Cable Match between England and America in 1901, Bellingham called his resignation (probably

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A composite piece is one which combines the move of two or three chess men,

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China joint FIDE at the end of 1975 and two months later, on October 19, the

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The 9th game of the match Bird-Mason shows Bird beginning to make use of the

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The new Pawn move, advancing two squares on its first move instead of one, was

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Shirov’s move 47…Bh3 gainst Topalov in Linares can certainly be considered as one of the most

Fine Dr. Reuben (11.10.1914 – 26.03.1993)

U.S. Grandmaster (1950), author and psychologist. Fine, like Mikhail Botvinnik and Samuel Reshevsky, was one

Maroczy Geza (29.05.1951)

Hungarian Grandmaster (1950). He is considered to be one of the strongest chess players at

Buksa Nataliya (06.11.1996)

Ukrainian Woman Grandmaster (2015) who became the Girls’ U20 World Champion in 2015.

Evseev Georgy (28.05.1962)

Russian Grandmaster in Solving Chess (1991), one of the leading solvers in the World. Five

Erlin Konrad (10.02.1856-31.12.1944)

Austrian problemist, né Erlinger, pseudonym D. Nirle who published 1600 problems in three or more moves

Brunner Lucas (29.05.1967)

Swiss Grandmaster (1994) who was the first Grandmaster born in Switzerland. Swiss Champion in 1994. Best

Ernst Dr. Thomas (17.08.1960)

Swedish Grandmaster (1991). PHD in Mathematics. Swedish Champion 1992 and 1993. Best results: winner or

Ernst Sipke (08.01.1979)

Dutch Grandmaster (2007). Best results: Dutch championship 2002, 4th; Dutch Open championship 2002, 2003, 2004

Euwe Dr. Max (20.05.1901 – 26.11.1981)

Dutch Grandmaster, the 5th World Champion, the 4th FIDE President. Euwe won 13 times the

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