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Vladimir Makogonov was born in Nakhichevan in 1904. During the 1930s and 1940s, he was one of the strongest players in USSR, with best results being 3rd in Leningrad-Moscow 1939 and 2nd in Sverdlovsk 1943. After the end of practical career, he bec... | Read More
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Last ever game between Kasparov and Smyslov.
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Concerning home preparation... For example, Karpov reaches some position and evaluates it: "White is better." It's enough for him. Kasparov begins his analysis from this position. He finishes his analysis only when it's clear that White wins! Let'... | Read More
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At first I thought that the tradition veni, vidi, vici would be upheld. In the first three rounds, the world champion led the way. Two of his victories were very spectacular and instructive. One of them, over Ivanchuk, had a very interesting ps... | Read More
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64, #18, 1988
In his closing speech after the 55th USSR Championship, Mikhail Moiseevich Botvinnik (the arbiter, and that's quite fascinating in itself!) said that we didn't have such a strong tournament since 1973. We can agree with him. But als... | Read More
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Ogonyok, #34-35, 1992
Vitaly Melik-Karamov
"Against medicine, Tal played only Black"
That's the last interview of Mikhail Tal.
He suffered from a serious illness for a long time and looked horribly for many years. Tal was the second of eig... | Read More
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Mikhail Tal's article commemorating the 75th birthday of Paul Keres. Nedelya, 1991
On a winter evening in 1954 I, then a member of Riga chess team, went to the neighbouring Tallinn. In the train I couldn't get any sleep: two games against K... | Read More
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What do you think about the qualifying system in our country? Do we need any changes, or it's all right already?
The words "all right", it seems to me, are now heard only in the song "It's all right, pretty marquise".
The international tournamen... | Read More
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Do you have a coach? What's your favourite chess piece?
Coaches and seconds are a rare commodity these days. You know, the best ones are already taken. Either by Kasparov or Karpov, there's no room for anybody else on this "market".
And favourit... | Read More
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They say that Karpov and Kasparov are head and shoulders ahead of all other players. Is it actually so, and who else can intervene in their struggle?
Well, first you have to clear this head and shoulders distance. The fact is still a fact. At the... | Read More