There are many things in life that last way longer than we expect them to: – Vladimir Putin’s presidency – Titanic movie – Broken heart However, none of these things last as long as the…
Posts tagged Chess Players
Mišo Cebalo Birthday
Happy birthday to Miso Cebalo, oldest Croatian Grandmaster and a great, great, approachable mister, and 2009 World Senior Champion. 73 years and counting. A living legend!! All the best! (If you like posts as these,…
Viswanathan Anand Birthday
There are many things in life that get better as they grow older: French Wine The Godfather Movie Madonna However, none of them got as better with time like the greatest Indian chess player that ever…
Is Mikhail Botvinnik the “bad guy” of modern chess?
Warning: Long post incoming! Leave all hope ye who enter! Last week, a very intriguing question, titled: Is it fair to say that Mikhail Botvinnik is the “bad guy” of modern chess? appeared on the Q&A website…
Mikhail Tal Birthday
A lot of events happened back in the year 1936 but one of them was more significant for the course of history than all the others. Shortly after Jesse Owens pissed Hitler of in the…
Alexander Alekhine Birthday
Many things happened on the 31st of October: – Martin Luther nailed his 95 theses on the Wittenberg Church – Michelangelo finished “The Last Judgement” in the Sistine Chapel – Benito Mussolini became the Prime…
Ognjen Cvitan Birthday
In 1981, he won the World Junior Championship. In 1987, he was awarded the GM title. In 1992 he won the individual gold medal in the Manilla Olympiad. Throughout the 80s and 90s, he has…
Paul Morphy Birthday
Chess history is abundant with incredibly talented chess players, but probably no one was such a NATURAL genius as the great American, Paul Charles Morphy. After learning the game by observing his father and uncle…
Nona Gaprindashvili Birthday
On May the 3rd 1941, in the middle of the World War, less then two months before the start of Operation Barbarossa, in a small city of Zugdidi in Georgia (Soviet Union), legendary Nona Gaprindashvili…
Mikhail Botvinnik Best Games
The patriarch Mikhail Botvinnik, the sixth world champion, is widely regarded as the “most instructive chess player ever” (you heard it here first). And indeed, in a number of his games, he exerted his plans…
Lajos Portisch Birthday
There are many areas in which Hungarians have achieved outstanding results: – Classical music – Repelling Mongol invasions – Fence building However, nowhere have they achieved as outstanding results as in chess. Hungary is one…
Vlado Kovačević Birthday
The history of Croatian sport is full of memorable events that make everyone happy and proud: – Janica Kostelic winning four medals in Salt Lake City 2004 – Croatian Basketball team led by Drazen Petrovic…