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The study has been widely reproduced, and in Test Tube Chess, John Roycroft calls it "unquestionably the most famous of all endgame studies". It has inspired many other composers: the many promotions in the studies of Harold Lommer , for example, were inspired by the Saavedra position.
Seneviratne, Seneviratna or Senewiratne (Sinhala: සෙනෙවිරත්න) is a Sinhalese surname. Notable people with the surname include: Notable people with the surname include: Ana Seneviratne (1927–2015), Sri Lankan police officer
On 22 November 1938, Mikhail Botvinnik (playing white) defeated José Raúl Capablanca (playing black) in one of the most famous games in chess history. [1] The game was played in round 11 of the AVRO tournament in Rotterdam. [2] Capablanca was a former World Chess Champion (1921-27), while Botvinnik would later become World Champion himself ...
Chess notation systems are used to record either the moves made or the position of the pieces in a game of chess. Chess notation is used in chess literature, and by players keeping a record of an ongoing game. The earliest systems of notation used lengthy narratives to describe each move; these gradually evolved into more compact notation systems.
A Soviet stamp dedicated to the World Chess Championship 1963 A 2019 stamp of Artsakh featuring the championship match between Botvinnik and Petrosian. At the World Chess Championship 1963, Tigran Petrosian narrowly qualified to challenge Mikhail Botvinnik for the World Chess Championship, and then won the match to become the ninth World Chess Champion.
Plaskett's Puzzle is a chess endgame study created by the Dutch endgame composer Gijs van Breukelen (February 27, 1946 – December 21, 2022) around 1970, although not published at the time. Van Breukelen published the puzzle in 1990 in the Netherlands chess magazine Schakend Nederland .
Joe and Tommy Flannery dreamed of being teammates and swimming for their dad Dan at Ames. They never got the chance. Legendary Ames swimming coach Dan Flannery's legacy living on with his two sons
Savielly Tartakower (also known as Xavier or Ksawery Tartakower, less often Tartacover or Tartakover; 21 February 1887 – 4 February 1956) was a Polish chess player. He was awarded the title of International Grandmaster in its inaugural year, 1950.