the means to an end(game)

maybe the key to a fulfilling life is losing 10 blitz games per day

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thinking about this korchnoi’s definitely not passive-agressive annotation in 64 magazine for 6th petrosian-fischer match at 1971 candidates tournament

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bobby fischer x europe echecs

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THEY HAVE A MUTUAL FAVORITE/BELOVED WRITER

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"bobby fischer is a ferocious winner" by brad darrach

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Bobby Fischer vs the Rest of the World

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maybe its cool i wasn’t born in the same era as bobby because i’d probably be chasing after him with pitchforks

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Viktor Korchnoi and Tigran Petrosian preparing for the Candidates with Yuri Averbakh at Petrosian's dacha, 1971. From TASS Archives.

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Divya Deshmukh in her match against Anna Muzychuk, Round 8, 2026 Women's Candidates Tournament

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need more fischerspassky content tbh (also why am i doing this?)

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Kateryna Lagno vs Vaishali Rameshbabu, Round 6, 2026 Women’s Candidates Tournament

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Divya Deshmukh during the 2026 Women’s Candidates Tournament

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Anatoly Karpov against Fridrik Olafsson, Round 6, 1976 Euwe Quadrangular Chess Tournament in Amsterdam. Max Euwe is seen sitting behind in the background.

Analysis written by Robert Byrne on 15 June 1976 for The New York Times:

Karpov's play is noted for its single‐minded clarity in handling positional themes, a quality apparent in his last round defeat of Olafsson. Persistent pressure against a backward QP resulted in its capture [...] and game technique did the rest. In the Taimanov Sicilian, 5 N‐N5 is played to induce 5 … P‐Q3, after which the Maroczy bind is set up by 6 P‐QB4. If White rushes with 5 P‐QB4, Black has an easier time, for example, 5 … N‐B3; 6 N‐QB3, B‐N5; 7 NxN, NPxN; 8 B‐Q3, P‐K4 with equality. The point of the strange‐looking retreat 8 N‐R3 is to keep the queen file open, inhibiting … P‐Q4, while the knight observes QN5, discouraging a later break by … P‐QN4.

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Anatoly Karpov against Friðrik Ólafsson at Round 2, 1976 Max Euwe Quadrangular in Amsterdam

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checkmate!

the ladder checkmate is my favorite one to do because it makes sense and im actually really bad at chess

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applied to the uni’s chess team selection contest for fun bc i thought i’d get dropped immediately but turns out it was a rapid swiss tournament where i spent 3 rounds sweating my balls, blundered 3 queens and barely held it to endgame