May-31-25 Kasparov vs Khalifman, 2000
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| Olavi: Remarkable knight manoeuvre on moves 32-39. |
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May-27-25 Kramnik vs M Ulybin, 1992
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| Olavi: Hmm, if 46..Kd7, doesn't White have 47.Bc6+ Kd8 48.Rxg7... would have been a nice finish. |
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May-26-25 Rapport vs Ivanchuk, 2025 
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| Olavi: I'm sure the increment is from move one. There is just the odd tournament (if even that anymore) where it starts from move (40 or) 60. |
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May-21-25 German Championship (2025)
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| Olavi: So the German championship is now a round robin. It used to be a ca. 40 player Swiss, now they have a 'candidates' which qualifies one player to the ch group next year. |
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May-19-25 Vilnius Juniors (1969)
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| Olavi: Vilnius Juniors? Portisch was born in 1939, Timman in 1951, the rest mainly 1944-45. Later there would be the Soviet Union Young Masters tournaments, where I think the players had to be under 26, perhaps this was something along those lines. |
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May-18-25 Keres vs Boleslavsky, 1941
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| Olavi: As Botvinnik writes, 30...Re1+ 31.Kh2 Rb1? is bad, so Keres 'diplomatically' offered a draw on the next move... 31.Rxe4 is a clear draw, as was the move before. |
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May-18-25 Smyslov vs Fischer, 1970
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| Olavi: <perfidious> Smyslov had a bit of a fix idee about that variation: Smyslov vs Tal, 1964 I wonder if he did well with that Na4 thing in some slightly different circumstances. |
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May-16-25 Alireza Firouzja
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| Olavi: It's easy for us who first learned the German spelling Nepomnjaschtschi. |
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May-16-25 Superbet Chess Classic Romania (2025)
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| Olavi: <beatgiant> Right, 1995 of course. Then there is the classification problem of Karpov's performance in the corresponding FIDE cycle: he was included at the semifinal stage vs. Gelfand as the defending champion. |
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May-13-25 Vlastimil Hort
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| Olavi: Hort lists his ten favourite games in his 1984 book Begegnungen am Schachbrett: Hort vs B Kurajica, 1976
Hort vs P Biyiasas, 1976
Hort vs Ivkov, 1970
Hort vs Spassky, 1977
Hort vs B Larsen, 1965
S Mariotti vs Hort, 1982
Hort vs Miles, 1982
Hort vs B Larsen, 1980
Hort ... |
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May-12-25 Khismatullin vs Tomashevsky, 2004
May-11-25 Vladimir Kramnik
May-06-25 Ivanchuk vs A Espinosa Aranda, 2025
Apr-30-25 Vasyl Ivanchuk
Apr-27-25 Nikolai Gusev
Apr-26-25 Maroczy vs Tarrasch, 1902
Apr-19-25 Bobby Fischer
Apr-17-25 Freestyle Grand Tour Paris (2025)
Apr-15-25 Lisitsin vs E Book, 1946
Apr-10-25 Denis Lazavik
Apr-10-25 Leningrad Interzonal (1973)
Apr-05-25 Andras Adorjan
Apr-05-25 K Amarasena vs A Kavinda, 2008
Apr-04-25 Ju - Tan Women's World Championship Match (2025)
Apr-02-25 Robert Huebner
Mar-30-25 Najdorf vs Gheorghiu, 1967
Mar-30-25 R Ghidini vs F Rhine, 2024
Mar-26-25 European Championship (2025)
Mar-15-25 Fischer vs Larsen, 1966
Mar-08-25 Petrosian vs Geller, 1950
Mar-08-25 Saltsjobaden Interzonal (1948)
Mar-07-25 Hilversum Zonal (1947)
Mar-05-25 Budapest (1948)
Feb-26-25 Bent Larsen
Feb-16-25 Ljubojevic vs Portisch, 1973
Feb-03-25 Tata Steel Masters (2025)
Jan-29-25 Pillsbury vs C Woon, 1902
Jan-19-25 D Gukesh vs Giri, 2025
Jan-18-25 Buenos Aires Sicilian (1994)
Jan-13-25 Haninge (1988)
Jan-10-25 C Jauregui vs Pachman, 1959
Jan-09-25 Magnus Carlsen
Jan-06-25 Sax vs Korchnoi, 1991
Jan-05-25 Buesum (1969)
Jan-05-25 World Blitz Championship (2024)
Jan-04-25 Siegbert Tarrasch
Jan-01-25 Joose Norri
Dec-31-24 Sutovsky vs Karpov, 1996
Dec-30-24 Lasker - Tarrasch World Championship Match (1908)
Dec-26-24 So vs Carlsen, 2024
Dec-26-24 World Rapid Championship (2024)
Dec-26-24 E Leino vs J Lillja, 1904
Dec-26-24 F Rhine vs NN, 2018
Dec-25-24 Kavalek vs Spassky, 1980
Dec-25-24 Kuperman
Dec-23-24 Tal vs Karpov, 1971
Dec-22-24 Gerhard Pfeiffer
Dec-17-24 Karpov vs M Gurevich, 1988
Dec-15-24 Andrew Soltis
Dec-13-24 Ding - Gukesh World Championship Match (2024)
Dec-12-24 Ding Liren vs D Gukesh, 2024
Dec-12-24 USSR Championship (1977)
Dec-11-24 Capablanca - Marshall (1909)
Dec-11-24 USSR Championship (1970)
Dec-07-24 Johannes Ohquist
Dec-07-24 Ding Liren vs D Gukesh, 2024
Dec-01-24 Ding Liren vs D Gukesh, 2024
Nov-29-24 Miles - Kasparov Match (1986)
Nov-20-24 Westerinen vs M Peretz, 1971
Nov-20-24 P Velikov vs L Christiansen, 1986
Nov-20-24 Kasparov - Smyslov Candidates Final (1984)
Nov-19-24 M Dard vs F Rhine, 2024
Nov-18-24 Salov vs Karpov, 1994
Nov-14-24 S P Sethuraman vs A Korobov, 2016
Nov-12-24 Pal Benko
Nov-11-24 Haifa Olympiad (1976)
Nov-08-24 Lasker vs Capablanca, 1914
Nov-08-24 Nakamura vs Firouzja, 2024
Nov-03-24 Euwe Memorial (1991)
Nov-03-24 Karpov vs Korchnoi, 1981
Nov-02-24 Tartakower vs Rotlewi, 1911
Oct-28-24 Karpov vs Stein, 1971
Oct-28-24 Ratmir Kholmov
Oct-26-24 A Kushnir vs Chiburdanidze, 1978
Oct-24-24 United States Championship (2024)
Oct-24-24 United States Women's Championship (2024)
Oct-22-24 Kirill Shevchenko
Oct-22-24 Spassky vs Fischer, 1972
Oct-16-24 A Skripchenko vs P Cramling, 1996
Oct-16-24 Aleksandar Colovic
Oct-15-24 Timman vs Petrosian, 1973
Oct-09-24 D Howell vs T Stremavicius, 2024
Oct-08-24 Short vs Kasparov, 1997
Oct-02-24 Ding Liren vs Le Quang Liem, 2024
Sep-23-24 Van Wely vs Timman, 2002
Sep-23-24 Budapest Olympiad (2024)
Sep-22-24 Petrosian vs Fischer, 1971
Sep-22-24 Jegor Lashkin
Sep-21-24 A Erigaisi vs P Prohaszka, 2024
Sep-18-24 Niemann vs Carlsen, 2022
Sep-14-24 Ivanchuk vs B Cheng, 2024
Sep-03-24 Steinitz - Zukertort World Championship Match (1886)
Sep-01-24 Kasparov vs Karpov, 1990
Aug-31-24 D Andric vs D Djaja, 1949
Aug-29-24 Short vs Kramnik, 1996
Aug-26-24 Nepomniachtchi vs Caruana, 2024
Aug-26-24 B Fellowes vs P Lalic, 2024
Aug-25-24 USSR vs. Rest of the World (1970)
Aug-23-24 Sinquefield Cup (2024)
Aug-18-24 B Hammar vs Svensson, 1986
Aug-17-24 A I Hamed vs Short, 1987
Aug-16-24 David Bronstein
Aug-16-24 K Grigorian vs Bronstein, 1975
Aug-11-24 Budapest Tungsram (1978)
Aug-10-24 Kasparov vs Short, 1993
Aug-09-24 Hans Niemann
Aug-07-24 Berthold Lasker
Aug-01-24 Szabo vs Euwe, 1938
Jul-31-24 B Gurgenidze vs A Lein, 1967
Jul-24-24 Ivanchuk vs Ding Liren, 2016
Jul-23-24 Akiba Rubinstein
Jul-23-24 Juha Kasanen
Jul-18-24 Benko vs Gligoric, 1959
Jul-18-24 Alexandre Deschapelles
Jul-18-24 Ilia Smirin
Jul-14-24 Fischer vs J Jones, 1964
Jul-07-24 Wilhelm Steinitz
Jul-07-24 Petrov vs Capablanca, 1937
Jul-07-24 Levenfish vs Capablanca, 1936
Jul-06-24 Korchnoi vs Kasparov, 1983
Jul-06-24 A Yusupov vs Kasparov, 1989
Jul-05-24 Korchnoi vs Reshevsky, 1960
Jul-04-24 Superbet Romania Chess Classic (2024)
Jul-02-24 Dominguez Perez vs M Rodshtein, 2014
Jul-02-24 Morozevich vs A Moiseenko, 2006
Jul-01-24 Euwe vs Menchik, 1929
Jul-01-24 Spassky vs Fischer, 1972
Jun-29-24 A Rueb vs Euwe, 1925
Jun-23-24 Nordic Championship (1930)
Jun-22-24 Efim Geller
Jun-22-24 Oll vs M Ulybin, 1989
Jun-22-24 Timman vs Korchnoi, 1981
Jun-21-24 Kibitzer's Café
Jun-20-24 Spassky vs Korchnoi, 1968
Jun-19-24 Phillips & Drew Kings (1980)
Jun-17-24 Andersson vs W Hartston, 1973
Jun-17-24 Ljubojevic vs Hjartarson, 1991
Jun-15-24 St. Petersburg Quadrangular (1895/96)
Jun-15-24 Timman vs Spassky, 1982
Jun-11-24 Dommaraju Gukesh
Jun-09-24 Korchnoi vs Fischer, 1962
Jun-08-24 12th Norway Chess (2024)
Jun-06-24 V Laznicka vs K Kulaots, 2012
Jun-03-24 T Gauffin vs Keres, 1937
May-30-24 P Cramling vs J Bellon Lopez, 1996
May-24-24 Ganguly vs A Filippov, 2009
May-23-24 Bronstein vs Smyslov, 1950
May-12-24 Shirov vs J Polgar, 1996
May-11-24 Alekhine - Bogoljubov World Championship Rematch (1934)
May-09-24 A Beliavsky vs Nunn, 1985
May-07-24 British Championship (1988)
May-07-24 Reti vs Bogoljubov, 1924
Apr-29-24 P Nikolic vs Huebner, 1987
Apr-26-24 Kholmov vs Karpov, 1970
Apr-21-24 World Championship Candidates (2024)
Apr-20-24 J Esser vs Marshall, 1911
Apr-19-24 Mikhail Tal
Apr-18-24 Corus Group A (2003)
Apr-18-24 Amatzia Avni
Apr-18-24 V S Gujrathi vs Nepomniachtchi, 2024
Apr-17-24 A Zapata vs Anand, 1988
Apr-11-24 Petursson vs I Ivanov, 1989
Apr-10-24 Rainer Knaak
Apr-09-24 Chandler vs Nunn, 1986
Apr-09-24 Duncan Suttles
Apr-07-24 V S Gujrathi vs R Praggnanandhaa, 2024
Apr-06-24 Caruana vs Nakamura, 2024
Mar-30-24 Kasparov vs Karpov, 1987
Mar-29-24 Carlsen vs Ding Liren, 2024
Mar-25-24 O Feuer vs O'Kelly, 1934
Mar-25-24 Gunnar Dahlin
Mar-12-24 A Yusupov vs Timman, 1992
Mar-12-24 A Tschepurnoff vs E Book, 1931
Mar-08-24 Nunn vs Speelman, 1980
Mar-07-24 Miles vs Short, 1980
Mar-02-24 E Schultz vs Alekhine, 1914
Mar-01-24 Lubomir Kavalek
Feb-29-24 K Shevchenko vs V Akobian, 2023
Feb-28-24 Knaak vs V Zilberstein, 1979
Feb-27-24 Tal vs Fischer, 1959
Feb-26-24 Speelman vs Short, 1988
Feb-22-24 Iuliu Szabo
Feb-21-24 Tal vs Keres, 1954
Feb-21-24 Kasparov - Kramnik Classical World Championship Match (2000)
Feb-14-24 A Beliavsky vs Velimirovic, 1982
Feb-13-24 Thomas Espig
Feb-12-24 Polugaevsky - Mecking Candidates Quarterfinal (1977)
Feb-12-24 Fine vs Reshevsky, 1945
Feb-09-24 Y Porat vs Alekhine, 1935
Feb-08-24 Moscow Interzonal Playoff (1985)
Feb-03-24 I Morovic Fernandez vs Spassky, 1987
Feb-03-24 Petrosian vs Spassky, 1966
Feb-01-24 Tal vs Botvinnik, 1960
Jan-31-24 Wei Yi vs M Warmerdam, 2024
Jan-21-24 M Bartel vs Nepomniachtchi, 2015
Jan-20-24 Giri vs P Maghsoodloo, 2024
Jan-19-24 Botvinnik vs Petrosian, 1963
Jan-16-24 Giri vs D Gukesh, 2024
Jan-16-24 Jan Timman
Jan-15-24 Seirawan vs Korchnoi, 1989
Jan-15-24 Alekhine vs B P Reilly, 1937
Jan-14-24 Dresden (1956)
Jan-13-24 Botvinnik - Tal World Championship Match (1960)
Jan-12-24 USSR - USA Radio Match (1945)
Jan-11-24 Nepomniachtchi - Ding World Championship Match (2023)
Jan-08-24 Reti vs Marshall, 1925
Jan-06-24 Dubov vs Nepomniachtchi, 2023
Jan-04-24 Paul Keres
Dec-27-23 Semyon Furman
Dec-23-23 Karjakin vs Shankland, 2021
Dec-22-23 Karpov vs Huebner, 1989
Dec-18-23 Najdorf vs Petrosian, 1966
Dec-12-23 Vitiugov vs Niemann, 2023
Dec-10-23 Vaganian vs Plaskett, 1986
Dec-10-23 Leinier Dominguez Perez
Dec-10-23 London Chess Classic (2023)
Dec-02-23 Vachier-Lagrave vs Firouzja, 2023
Dec-02-23 Sinquefield Cup (2023)
Dec-01-23 Peter G Large
Nov-28-23 Dominguez Perez vs So, 2023
Nov-27-23 Tournament of Peace (2023)
Nov-22-23 Van der Wiel vs Korchnoi, 1987
Nov-21-23 24th European Teams (2023)
Nov-20-23 Karpov vs A Beliavsky, 1981
Nov-20-23 G Kluger vs Tal, 1964
Nov-16-23 Paul Morphy
Nov-16-23 Carlsen vs Aronian, 2007
Nov-12-23 Ed Lasker vs Fine, 1940
Nov-05-23 FIDE Grand Swiss (2023)
Oct-31-23 Caruana vs Niemann, 2023
Oct-30-23 Nakamura vs A Sarana, 2023
Oct-26-23 Alexander Grischuk
Oct-23-23 Bronstein vs Reshevsky, 1953
Oct-21-23 Reykjavik Summit (1990)
Oct-21-23 K Payrhuber vs K Rogoff, 1969
Oct-19-23 Stockholm Interzonal (1962)
Oct-14-23 Tolush vs Keres, 1947
Oct-12-23 Ostend Champions (1907)
Oct-03-23 K Junge vs Alekhine, 1942
Sep-28-23 World Junior Championship (2023)
Aug-21-23 Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa
Aug-18-23 Euwe - Keres (1939/40)
Aug-13-23 FIDE World Cup (2023)
Aug-12-23 Romanishin vs Spassky, 1979
Aug-12-23 Alekhine vs Janowski, 1914
Aug-10-23 Polugaevsky vs O Averkin, 1969
Aug-09-23 D Gukesh vs A Esipenko, 2023
Aug-09-23 A Bisguier vs Fischer, 1956
Aug-08-23 N Huschenbeth vs Navara, 2023
Aug-08-23 Botvinnik vs J H Donner, 1970
Aug-05-23 Ehlvest vs Polugaevsky, 1990
Aug-04-23 Spassky - Larsen Candidates Semifinal (1968)
Aug-03-23 Gideon Stahlberg
Aug-02-23 Kramnik vs Smirin, 2002
Aug-02-23 Tarrasch vs Lasker, 1908
Aug-01-23 Ivanchuk vs Seirawan, 1997
Jul-31-23 Alexander Motylev
Jul-31-23 Yusupov - Spraggett Candidates Quarterfinal (1989)
Jul-30-23 Kashdan vs I A Horowitz, 1938
Jul-30-23 Efim Bogoljubov
Jul-29-23 Grigory Levenfish
Jul-28-23 V Gashimov vs Mamedyarov, 2008
Jul-27-23 Daniel Howard Fernandez
Jul-24-23 Lasker vs Bogoljubov, 1927
Jul-21-23 A Beliavsky vs Timman, 1986
Jul-20-23 Fischer vs Petrosian, 1959
Jul-19-23 Levenfish vs I Rabinovich, 1934
Jul-18-23 Gligoric vs G Kuzmin, 1973
Jul-17-23 Tukmakov vs Karpov, 1973
Jul-06-23 Kasparov vs Short, 1986
Jul-05-23 A Nimzowitsch vs Flohr, 1931
Jul-02-23 P Soler vs Gilg, 1931
Jul-01-23 Sparkassen Chess Trophy (2023)
Jun-29-23 Karpov vs Timman, 1988
Jun-28-23 Josef Schindler
Jun-28-23 Gata Kamsky
Jun-18-23 S Matsenko vs Z Andriasian, 2014
Jun-18-23 Kenneth Rogoff
Jun-17-23 Barcza vs Pachman, 1963
Jun-16-23 Botvinnik vs Smyslov, 1957
Jun-04-23 11th Norway Chess (2023)
Jun-01-23 Caruana vs Mamedyarov, 2023
May-27-23 Bronstein vs Portisch, 1964
May-26-23 Duda vs Vachier-Lagrave, 2023
May-26-23 K Shevchenko vs Carlsen, 2023
May-26-23 Superbet Blitz Poland (2023)
May-19-23 Glenrothes Blitz (1988)
May-07-23 Aronian vs Nepomniachtchi, 2019
Apr-25-23 Petrosian vs Reshevsky, 1953
Apr-21-23 Nepomniachtchi vs Ding Liren, 2023
Apr-21-23 Bronstein vs T Salo, 1952
Apr-17-23 Larsen vs Bobotsov, 1964
Apr-16-23 Baden-Baden (1925)
Apr-11-23 Richard Teichmann
Mar-30-23 FRG-ch International (1979)
Mar-27-23 Zigurds Pigits
Mar-27-23 Rezso Charousek
Mar-27-23 Spassky vs Fischer, 1992
Mar-25-23 Biographer Bistro
Mar-23-23 Pachman vs Fischer, 1966
Mar-23-23 Jaan Ehlvest
Mar-23-23 Bukhuti Gurgenidze
Mar-18-23 Kamsky vs Ivanchuk, 1991
Mar-18-23 Alekhine vs Capablanca, 1927
Mar-18-23 Petrosian vs Geller, 1953
Mar-15-23 European Championship (2023)
Mar-13-23 Plaskett vs Spassky, 1986
Mar-11-23 V Dragnev vs Ivanchuk, 2023
Mar-01-23 Kramnik vs Leko, 2004
Feb-24-23 WR Chess Masters (2023)
Feb-22-23 AlphaZero (Computer)
Feb-21-23 Viktor Korchnoi
Feb-01-23 Ding Liren vs P Maghsoodloo, 2023
Jan-27-23 Smyslov vs Keres, 1956
Jan-25-23 Tata Steel Masters (2023)
Jan-24-23 Huebner vs Miles, 1985
Jan-21-23 Carlsen vs Abdusattorov, 2023
Jan-19-23 Mikhail Kobalia
Jan-17-23 D Gukesh vs Ding Liren, 2023
Jan-08-23 Tarrasch vs Romberg, 1893
Jan-06-23 Mihai Suba
Jan-03-23 K Ojanen vs Keres, 1960
Dec-29-22 Ilkka Saren
Dec-24-22 Hans Kmoch
Dec-23-22 Shamkovich vs A Lein, 1981
Dec-20-22 Bogoljubov vs Alekhine, 1923
Dec-20-22 J Owen vs Gunsberg, 1890
Dec-17-22 S Sulskis vs V Maki, 2010
Dec-04-22 J Piket vs J Polgar, 1995
Dec-03-22 Van der Wiel vs Suba, 1986
Dec-01-22 Keres - Unzicker (1956)
Dec-01-22 First Lady's Cup (1983)
Nov-29-22 Timman - Kasparov (1985)
Nov-29-22 Lasker vs Tarrasch, 1908
Nov-27-22 E van Haastert vs P Nikolic, 2012
Nov-26-22 San Antonio (1972)
Nov-23-22 United States Championship (2010)
Nov-21-22 Meltwater Champions Chess Tour Finals (2022)
Nov-19-22 Vaganian vs Quinteros, 1985
Nov-18-22 Hoogovens (1973)
Nov-15-22 J Mestel vs Smyslov, 1982
Nov-13-22 Tal vs P Wallis, 1964
Nov-11-22 V Kozomara vs S Popov, 1966
Nov-11-22 B Finegold vs Sosonko, 1989
Nov-07-22 Tal vs Botvinnik, 1966
Nov-07-22 Anatoly Karpov
Oct-31-22 Botvinnik vs Smyslov, 1948
Oct-30-22 Montpellier Candidates Playoff (1985)
Oct-28-22 Klaus Junge
Oct-27-22 Michael Basman
Oct-23-22 Romanishin vs S Polgar, 1987
Oct-23-22 Sousse Interzonal (1967)
Oct-23-22 U.S. Championship (2022)
Oct-22-22 Fine vs Reshevsky, 1986
Oct-20-22 Veselin Topalov
Oct-16-22 Alexander Rueb
Oct-16-22 James Tarjan
Oct-10-22 I Sokolov vs Kasparov, 1990
Oct-02-22 I Saren vs P Poutiainen, 1976
Sep-30-22 Korchnoi vs Karpov, 1974
Sep-27-22 Taimanov vs Korchnoi, 2011
Sep-22-22 Stahlberg vs Keres, 1953
Sep-15-22 Tomashevsky vs V Artemiev, 2022
Sep-15-22 Sax vs Karpov, 1989
Sep-14-22 Carlsen vs Niemann, 2022
Sep-10-22 Caruana vs Aronian, 2022
Sep-09-22 Sinquefield Cup (2022)
Sep-09-22 F Rhine vs NN, 2022
Sep-04-22 Karpov - Timman FIDE World Championship Match (1993)
Aug-30-22 Andersson vs Spassky, 1971
Aug-30-22 Coenraad Zuidema
Aug-29-22 Alexander Alekhine
Aug-29-22 J Polgar vs Short, 1996
Aug-25-22 Euwe vs Alekhine, 1937
Aug-25-22 Mariano Sana
Aug-22-22 Chessable British Championship (2022)
Aug-20-22 Adams vs Topalov, 2005
Aug-18-22 Ivanchuk vs Karpov, 1993
Aug-16-22 Polugaevsky vs G Tringov, 1965
Aug-14-22 Hort vs Bronstein, 1994
Aug-14-22 Hort vs Fischer, 1970
Aug-13-22 M Wyvill vs H A Kennedy, 1851
Aug-11-22 Chennai Olympiad (2022)
Aug-09-22 R Praggnanandhaa vs Sindarov, 2022
Aug-08-22 Tim Krabbe
Aug-08-22 Petrosian vs Botvinnik, 1963
Aug-06-22 Mikhail Golubev
Aug-04-22 J Ochoa vs Karpov, 1987
Aug-03-22 Shirov vs M Ulybin, 1988
Aug-03-22 Timman vs Kramnik, 1995
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