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Happened Today in the Chess World - Mar 28, 2024

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AT THE RADAR Banco di Roma Tournament, 1976: the tournament winner, GM Anatoly Lein  Photo: "L'Italia Scacchistica" July 1976 - Source: unoscacchista.com Today, we remember Grandmaster Anatoly Lein, born in Leningrad on March 28, 1931. Lein was a Soviet engineer devoted to the study of radar. When he moved to the United States via Israel in 1976, he stopped in Rome, Italy, and played the then-important "Banco di Roma" tournament, winning it. Among his important successes were the US Open and...Full Story

Happened Today in the Chess World - Mar 27, 2024

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A POET'S SURNAME European Team Championship, Varsavia 2013: GM Michail Brodsky Photo: Przemyslaw Jahr/wikimedia commons - Source: wikipedia.org Today is Grandmaster Michail Brodsky's birthday. He was born in Kharkiv, Ukraine, on March 27, 1969. Coached by Anatoly Matsukevic and Alexander Vaisman, Brodsky won the Ukrainian championship in 1990. Brodsky reached his peak rating in January 2007 with 2597 Elo points. In his career, Brodsky defeated super-strong players like Nepomniachtchi, M....Full Story

Happened Today in the Chess World - Mar 26, 2024

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UNCLE SAM World Championship (press room), Moscow 1984: GM Semon Palatnik, GM Lev Psakhis, GM Sergey Dolmatov, GM Mark Taimanov, GM Artur Jussupow. Photo: B. Dolmatovsky - Source: dgriffinchess.wordpress.com Today is Grandmaster Semon (Sam) Palatnik's birthday. He was born in Odesa, Ukraine, on March 26, 1959. Sam was a Samuel Kotlerman and Roman Pelts student and won four gold medals (two Team and two Individual) with the Soviet Union at the Student Team Championship. Palatnik was one of...Full Story

Happened Today in the Chess World - Mar 25, 2024

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THE WORLD CHAMPION'S SECOND Gashimov Memorial, Baku 2021: GM Richard Rapport - Photo: Gashimov Chess Today is Grandmaster Richard Rapport's birthday. He was born in Szombathely, Hungary, on March 25, 1996. Coached by trainers such as Alexander Beliavsky and Adrian Mikhalchishin, Rapport got the GM title at the age of 13, smashing the Hungarian record held by Peter Leko. Rapport won the Hungarian championship in 2017 and, with the Hungarian Team, won the Silver medal at the Olympiads in...Full Story

Happened Today in the Chess World - Mar 22, 2024

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THE BOY OF THE 42nd STREET Haifa 1976: Chess Olympiads - Three members of the winning US Team: Larry Evans, Lubomir Kavalek, and Robert Byrne. - Photo: Huffington Post   Today, we remember Grandmaster Larry Evans, born in New York, USA, on March 22, 1932. Larry grew up playing with passersby on the 42nd and became the Marshall Chess Club champion at 15. Evans won the US Championship five times between 1951 and 1980 and the US Open four times. He played in eight Olympiads between 1950 and...Full Story

Happened Today in the Chess World - Mar 21, 2024

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IGOR OF GERMANY GM Igor Khenkin - Source: chess-tigers.de Today is Grandmaster Igor Khenkin's birthday. He was born in Vladimir, Russia, on March 21, 1968. Khenkin was the German champion in 2011; he performed well in several Italian tournaments, such as Reggio Emilia and Bratto. Khenkin is considered one of the greatest experts on the Caro-Kann defense and tied his name - along with English GM Keith Arkell's - to the line 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5, also known as  Carls-Botvinnik...Full Story

Happened Today in the Chess World - Mar 20, 2024

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METEOR Reykjavik 1988, World Cup: World Champion Garry Kasparov will be defeated by Andrei Sokolov Photo: skaksogufelagid.is - Source: dgriffichess.wordpress.com Today is Grandmaster Andrei Sokolov's birthday. He was born in Vorkuta, Russia, on March 20, 1963. World Champion U20 in 1982, Sokolov became the Soviet Champion in 1985 and reached the finals of the Candidates after having beaten Vaganian and Jussupow. In the finals, Sokolov lost to Karpov.  In the next Candidates' cycle, Sokolov...Full Story

Happened Today in the Chess World - Mar 19, 2024

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EDUARD AND MONNA LISA Tbilisi 1959, Soviet Championship: the game between Tal and Gufeld from which today's combination was taken Today, we remember Grandmaster Eduard Gufeld, who was born in Kyiv (Ukraine) on March 19, 1936. Gufeld was Isaak Lipnitsky's student, and in his youth years, he was a good soccer player who played for youth teams in Ukraine. Gufeld was gifted with extraordinary creativity and could defeat world champions like Tal and Smyslov. He also created masterpieces like his...Full Story

Happened Today in the Chess World - Mar 18, 2024

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CHUKY Linares 1991: GM Vassily Ivanchuk - Source: dgriffinchess.wordpress.com Today is GM Vassily Ivanchuk's birthday. He was born in Kopychyntsi, Ukraine, on March 18, 1969. Ivanchuk's list of successes is endless: he was World Clitz Champion in 2007 and World Rapid Champion in 2016, winner of many international tournaments (eight times first at the Capablanca Memorial), and winner of four Olympic games (two with the Soviet Union and two with Ukraine). Vassily missed the deserved World...Full Story

Happened Today in the Chess World - Mar 15, 2024

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THE TOP Wijk aan Zee 2012: Magnus Carlsen-Veselin Topalov - Photo: chess-news.ru Today is the birthday of former world champion Grandmaster Veselin Topalov. He was born in Ruse, Bulgaria, on March 15, 1975. After becoming the U14 world champion in 1989, guided by his coach and manager Silvio Danailov, Topalov became the FIDE world champion in 2005, to then lose the tiebreaks of the reunification match against Vladimir Kramnik in 2006. Veselin's peak rating was 2816 in 2015, although even...Full Story

Happened Today in the Chess World - Mar 14, 2024

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THE PARISIAN CHAMPION GM Eric Prié - Source: letarnlibre.com Today is Grandmaster Eric Prié's birthday. He was born in Paris, France, on March 14, 1962. A four-time Parisian champion, Eric became French champion in 1995. Prié represented France in three Olympiads and reached his peak rating in October 2007 with 2532 Elo points. Eric is a specialist in blindfolded chess (with a record of 16 games played simultaneously). He's coached the best French players, such as Maxime Vachier-Lagrave,...Full Story

Happened Today in the Chess World - Mar 13, 2024

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THE VIETNAMESE STAR GM Liem Le Quang - Source: vietnamnet.vn Today is GM Liem Le Quang's birthday. He was born in Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam, on March 13, 1991. Liem was the world champion under 14 in 2005 and the world blitz champion in 2013. He's won twice the national championship and, in 2019, the Asian championship. These impressive results make Liem the strongest Vietnamese player of all time. He reached a whopping 2740 Elo points of rating in August 2023.  His current rating of 2731 points...Full Story

Happened Today in the Chess World - Mar 12, 2024

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KARPOV'S SHADOW Orenburg 1965: Gennadij Timoshchenko, Anatoly Karpov, and Yuri Balashov - Source: chesspro.ru Today is Grandmaster Yuri Balashov's birthday. He was born on March 12, 1949 in Shadrinsk, Russia. Blashov was part of the Russian team that won the 1980 Valletta Olympiad, where he also won an individual gold medal as first reserve. Bashov was often the second of Anatoly Karpov, and of Boris Spassky in the controversial rematch with Fischer in 1992. Lithuanian champion in 1977 and...Full Story

Happened Today in the Chess World - Mar 11, 2024

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JOEL! Lloyd's Bank London 1976: Nigel Short-Joel Benjamin - Source: britishchessnews.com Today is Grandmaster Joel Benjamin's birthday. He was born on March 11, 1964, in New York, USA.  Joel has been one of the most illustrious and loved ICC collaborators for years, creating hundreds of chess videos for the ICC members. Joel was considered Bobby Fischer's heir, even breaking Fischer's record when Joel became a Master at 13. Benjamin was long compared to Nigel Short, the English prodige, who...Full Story

Happened Today in the Chess World - Mar 8, 2024

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THE WORLD CHAMPIONS' NEMESIS Soviet Championship, Leningrad 1971: Anatoly Karpov plays Efim Geller  Photo: e3e5.com - Spurce: @dgriffinchess Today, we remember Grandmaster Efim Geller, born in Odesa, Ukraine, on March 8, 1925. Geller was a two-timer soviet Champion (1955 and 1980), four-time Ukrainian Champion, six-time Candidate for the World title, seven-time team gold medalist at the Olympiads, and three-time individual gold medalist. Geller won the World Senior Championship in 1993. As...Full Story

Happened Today in the Chess World - Mar 7, 2024

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THE SPARRING PARTNER IBM tournament, Amsterdam 1970: Georgi Tringov plays the World Champion Boris Spassky Photo: gahetna.nl Today, we remember Grandmaster Georgi Tringov, born in Plovdiv, Bulgaria, on March 7, 1937. Three-time Bulgarian Champion between 1963 and 1985, Tringov represented his country in a stunning 12 Olympiads between 1956 and 1982, winning twice the individual Gold medal. Tringov was a member of the Bulgarian team that won the World Team Student Championship in 1959, also...Full Story

Happened Today in the Chess World - Mar 6, 2024

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THE TRAINER OF THE STARS Buenos Aires 1992: The Najdorfs and Alexander Chernin - Photo: Chernin Archive Today is the birthday of Grandmaster Alexander Chernin, born in Kharkiv, Ukraine, on March 6, 1960. The son of two important medical doctors, Alexander had Vladimir Savon and Mark Dvoretsky as coaches. Chernin was European Junior Champion in 1980, Russian Champion in 1985, and qualified for the Candidates tournament in Montpellier in 1985. In the nineties, Chernin moved to Hungary, the...Full Story

Happened Today in the Chess World - Mar 5, 2024

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PRAECEPTOR GERMANIAE World Championship, Düsseldorf-Munich 1908: Emanuel Lasker-Siegbert Tarrasch - Source: wikimediachess.com Today, we remember Grandmaster Siegbert Tarrasch, born in Wrocław, Poland, on March 5, 1862. Tarrasch was a medical doctor and a three-time German Champion; he was given the GrandMaster title by Tsar Nicholas II in St. Petersburgh in 1914, together with Lasker, Capablanca, Alekhine, and Marshall, the first five players to bear the Grandmaster title. In 1908, Tarrasch...Full Story

Happened Today in the Chess World - Mar 4, 2024

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NABOKOV'S INSPIRATION Curt Von Bardeleben Today, we remember Master Curt Von Bardeleben, born in Berlin, Germany, on March 4, 1861. From a noble family, he graduated in law. Still, he dedicated himself almost exclusively to chess, establishing himself among the best chess players in Germany, winning the national title twice. His fame was conditioned by the loss from the former World Champion Wilhelm Steinitz in Hastings in 1895, which was named by Tal "the most beautiful game of the...Full Story

Happened Today in the Chess World - Mar 1, 2024

Added on 03.01.2024

THE BLITZ GM-KILLA Moscow 2007: Valery Yandemirov vs. Alexey Korotylev - Source: moscowchess.org Today is the birthday of Grandmaster Alexey Korotylev, born in Moscow, Russia, on March 1, 1977. Korotylev got second place at the Russian Championship in 2002 and reached his peak rating in April 2007, with 2620 Elo points. In classical chess, Korotylev drew Kasparov and defeated champions such as Nepomniachtchi, Grischuk, Tomashevsky, and Smirin. Still, his best has always been Blitz play, with...Full Story

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