„ If I don’t kill myself tonight, I’m gonna live a thousand years!“ These immortal words were uttered on 13.01.2013. during the 2nd round of Tata Steel 2013 chess tournament by a famous grandmaster and…
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Sir George Alan Thomas Birthday
I first stumbled on the name of Sir George Alan Thomas in my favorite childhood chess book, The Art Of The Checkmate. I am not even sure whether the book included his victory over an…
Nigel Short Birthday
„It will be Short and the match will be short!“ When asked about the potential challenger during the Candidates matches before the 1993 matches, Kasparov rattled this remark. The World Champion showed great insight, especially…
Richard Reti Birthday
New York. 1924. The reigning World Champion Jose Raul Capablanca who hasn’t lost a game in 8 years appears. Richard Reti uses 1 Nf3. It is super effective. Richard Reti was a born in a…
Krunoslav Hulak Birthday
Even though Croatia is a relatively small country, it is continuously producing players who manage to place themselves on the chess map of the world. In the last 20 years, the most notable examples are…
Anatoly Karpov Birthday
“The boy has no clue about chess, and there’s no future at all for him in this profession” Once upon a time, back in 1963, a talented 12-year-old boy was accepted in the prestigious Botvinnik…
Max Euwe Birthday
Chess history is full of big and surprising upsets: • Harry Nelson Pillsbury winning Hastings 1895 • Vincent Keymer winning Grenke Open 2018 • Vjekoslav Nemec winning a won endgame somewhere back in 2015 In…
Wilhelm Steinitz Birthday
I once read somewhere that there are three ways of becoming successful in a particular field: – Be the first – Be the best – Be the only Great people have managed to become the…
Matthew Sadler Birthday
There are many things in life that get better as they grow older:⠀ French Wine⠀ Pink Floyd’s Dark Side Of The Moon⠀ Madonna⠀ However, none of them have gotten as good as they grew older…
John Nunn Birthday
“Being too intelligent can be a burden. It can get in your way. I am convinced that the reason [he] never became the World Champion is that he is too clever for that”, were the…
Garry Kasparov Birthday
In my life, there were numerous events that made me sad: – My last World of Warcraft raid ever – Durant signing for Warriors – Mufasa’s death However, never have I been as sad as…
Alex Yermolinsky Birthday
“Good time of day, dear friends!” Every chess player familiar with this introduction can probably connect it to the deep, soothing, baritone of the chess legend, author and Grandmaster, Alex Yermolinsky. “Uncle Yermo” was born…