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World Chess Champion, Mikhail Tal, suffered greatly from health troubles, and in 1969, he finally had a troublesome kidney removed. After the surgery, Yugoslav newspapers incorrectly reported his death. As one spectator said after this game, not bad for a dead man! #chess #mikhailtal #siciliandefense ✔ Subscribe: … [Read more...] about Not Bad For A Dead Man – Mikhail Tal vs. Suetin, 1969

Today, Magnus Carlsen has established the highest recorded chess rating of all time and twice defeated Viswanathan Anand in a world championship match, but in 2007, he was still a prodigy, and Anand won powerfully in their first decisive games at Morelia/Linares. #chess #viswanathananand #magnuscarlsen ✔ Subscribe: … [Read more...] about First Blood: Anand Defeats Magnus Carlsen – Anand Vs. Carlsen, 2007

Viswanathan Anand has plenty of brilliancies to his credit, but one game that looked likely to be his greatest brilliancy slipped away at the critical moment. Playing Ivan Sokolov, Anand sacrificed a queen with the thrilling 21.Qxg4!! The sacrifice reminds me particularly of the classic game, Nezhmetdinov vs. Chernikov. #chess #ViswanathanAnand #queensacrifice ✔ … [Read more...] about Anand’s Almost Brilliancy! Anand vs. Sokolov, 1996

Aron "My System" Nimzowitsch became famous for his strategic mind, but as a young player, he was all tactics. Against Hoffer, he unleashed an incredible coffeehouse combination though Hoffer could have refuted it! #chess #Nimzowitsch #coffeehousechess ✔ Subscribe:  https://www.youtube.com/c/bestofchess?sub_confirmation=1 ✔ Friend: … [Read more...] about A Spectacular Coffeehouse Chess Combo – Nimzowitsch vs. Hoffer, 1904

Is this the greatest simultaneous chess game of all time? Mikhail Tal gets my vote for his amazing 21st move! #chess #mikhailtal #chesssimul ✔ Subscribe:  https://www.youtube.com/c/bestofchess?sub_confirmation=1 ✔ Friend:  https://www.chess.com/member/samcopeland … [Read more...] about The Greatest Chess Simul Game Of All Time? – Tal vs. Miller, 1988