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TACTICAL, ALMOST LIKE RUDOLF GM Wouter Spoelman - Photo: Frans Peeters - Source: schaaksite.nl Today is the birthday of Grandmaster Wouter Spoelman, born in Zwolle, Netherlands, on June 5, 1990. Wouter was the Dutch youth champion under 10, then under 20, and in 2013, he finished second in the national championship. An exceptionally skilled tactical player, he achieved his highest rating in March 2017 with 2588 Elo points. In his career, he defeated Magnus Carlsen in a rapid game in 2018,...Full StoryAdded on 06.04.2024
FOUR-TIME CHAMPION Tbilisi, Georgian Championship 2023: The winner, GM Mikheil Mchedlishvili Source: fide.com Today, Grandmaster Mikheil Mchedlishvili, born in Georgia on June 4, 1979, celebrates his birthday. He became the European under-18 champion in 1997 and has won the national championship four times (2001, 2002, 2018, and 2023). Mchedlishvili has participated in the Olympics on six occasions and achieved his highest rating of 2659 Elo points in August 2012. He has defeated notable...Full StoryAdded on 06.03.2024
WATCH OUT FOR GARGAMEL Reykjavik Open 2023: the winner of the event Nils Grandelius Photo: Jurrian Hoefsmith - Source: europe-echecs.com Today, Grandmaster Nils Grandelius celebrates his birthday. Born in Lund, Sweden, on June 3, 1993, Nils has represented Sweden multiple times in the Olympics. He won the European Under-18 Championship in 2011 and became the national champion in 2015. Trained by GM Evgeny Agrest, Grandelius was part of Carlsen's team during the 2018 World Championship match...Full StoryAdded on 06.02.2024
GATAULLA SABIROV GM Gata Kamsky - Photo: Frank Hoppe - Source: wikipedia.org Today is Grandmaster Gata Kamsky's birthday. Kamsky was born Gataulla Sabirov in Novokuznetsk, Siberia, in the Kemerovo Oblast, to a Tatar family, on June 2, 1974 Gata won the Soviet Under-20 Championship twice before 1989 and, at twelve years old, defeated veteran Grandmaster Mark Taimanov in a tournament game. Kamsky was probably the youngest player to beat a Grandmaster and earned the master title that year. He...Full StoryAdded on 06.01.2024
ENFANT PRODIGE GM Nigel Short (Turin, 2006) - Photo: Simoneromanelli76 - source: wikipedia.org Today is GM Nigel Short's birthday. He was born in Leigh, England, on June 1, 1965. Nigel learned chess at five by watching his father play with his older brother. His passion for the game grew following the Fischer-Spassky match in Reykjavik 1972. Short gained prominence at 10 by defeating Viktor Korchnoi in a simultaneous exhibition. At 12, he became the youngest participant in the British Chess...Full StoryAdded on 05.31.2024
SHANGHAI EXPRESS World Chess Women Championship, Shanghai 2020: The World Champion Ju Wenjun and her coach Ni Hua - Photo: FIDE Today is the birthday of Grandmaster Ni Hua, born in Shanghai, China, on May 31, 1983. He is a three-time Chinese champion and has been a part of the national team on multiple occasions, earning team gold and individual bronze on board three at the Tromsø Chess Olympiad in 2014. Among his notable achievements are winning the Reggio Emilia New Year's Tournament in...Full StoryAdded on 05.30.2024
PROFESSION: REPORTER GM Mikhail Golubev - Photo: Boris Bukhman - Source: wikimedia.org Today is the birthday of Grandmaster Mikhail Golubev, born in Odesa, Ukraine, on May 30, 1970. Mikhail became the Ukrainian champion in 1996 after defeating Valery Neverov in a tie-break. Afterward, he dedicated himself to teaching and his career as a chess journalist, publishing several books mainly focused on openings. His highest rating was 2570 Elo points, achieved in January 1995. He has defeated...Full StoryAdded on 05.29.2024
THE GOLDEN BULGARIANS Wijk aan Zee 1968: GM Nikola Padevsky (Plovdiv 29/05/1933-17/12/2023) Photo: H.Pot / ANEFO - Source: nationaalarchief.nl / @dgriffinchess Today, we remember the Grandmaster Nikola Padevsky, born in Plovdiv, Bulgaria, on May 29, 1933. Four-time Bulgarian champion and professional lawyer Padevsky competed in eleven Olympiads between 1956 and 1978, winning a team bronze in Lugano in 1968. As part of the national youth team, he was the first board in the formation to win...Full StoryAdded on 05.28.2024
CHESS TO ENJOY Manhattan Chess Club, New York 1971: Bobby Fischer plays blitz with Andrew Soltis Photo: Larry Morris / NY Times - Source: chessbase.com Today is the birthday of Grandmaster Andrea Soltis, born in Hazleton, Pennsylvania, United States, on May 28, 1947. A winner of the U.S. Open, he also won individual gold and team gold with the U.S. national team at the World Student Championship in 1970. In his career, he has defeated elite players, such as Larsen, Gligoric, Romanishin,...Full StoryAdded on 05.27.2024
A MINOR LASKER Danish Team Championship, 2021: GM Eduardas Rozentalis Photo: Thomas Vestergard . Source: nyheder.skak.dk Today is the birthday of Grandmaster Eduardas Rozentalis, born in Vilnius, Lithuania, on May 27, 1963. He was a multiple-time Soviet youth champion and a three-time Lithuanian champion. Rozentalis has represented his country in ten Olympiads, almost always on the first board. His highest rating was 2650 Elo points, achieved in January 1997. Throughout his career, he has...Full StoryAdded on 05.26.2024
SALOV IN THE SUNSET GM Valery Salov - Photo by Rosa de las Nieves, "Jaque" magazine Today is Grandmaster Valery Salov's birthday. He was born in Wrocław, Poland, on May 26, 1964. Salov earned the title of International Master in 1984 and Grandmaster in 1986. In January 1995, Salov was ranked as the 3rd player in the world, tied with Viswanathan Anand and Vladimir Kramnik, behind Garry Kasparov and Anatoly Karpov. He reached his peak Elo rating in October of the same year, with 2715...Full StoryAdded on 05.25.2024
THE INCREDIBLE HULAK GM Krunoslav Hulak - source: https://www.schakers.info/ Today, we remember Grandmaster Krunoslav Hulak, born on May 25, 1951, in Osijek, eastern Croatia. Krunoslav was a "late bloomer." He took his initial steps in chess at the "Graničar" club in his hometown but was far from being considered a prodigy, a reflection of the times. Everything changed for him in 1971 when he relocated to Zagreb and joined the "Mladost" club, where he would remain for the rest of his...Full StoryAdded on 05.24.2024
A VICTORY AGAINST KASPAROV Olympiad in Dubai 1986: GM Krum Georgiev - Photo: Caroline Winkler Source: chessbase.com Today is the birthday of Grandmaster Krum Georgiev, born in Pazardzhik, Bulgaria, on May 24, 1958. Krum became the Bulgarian Junior Champion in 1977 and tied for second place in the European Junior Championships in 1978. He competed in the Bulgarian National Championship twenty times, winning first place in 1979 but losing the playoff match against...Full StoryAdded on 05.23.2024
THE CANNIBAL GM Anatoly Karpov - Photo: B. Baranovsky / Novosti Press Source: dgriffinchess.wordpress.com Today is the birthday of former world champion Anatoly Karpov, born in Zlatoust in the Urals on May 23, 1951. Karpov, world champion from 1975 to 1985 and then for FIDE from 1993 to 1999, needs no further introduction. From 1974 to 1990, he was always in the world circuit, playing two matches against Korchnoi and even five (one of which was canceled) against Kasparov. Defeated in the...Full StoryAdded on 05.22.2024
GM WITH THE HAT GM Elshan Moradiabadi - Photo: Archiv Moradiabadi - Source: perpetualchesspod.com Today is the birthday of Grandmaster Elshan Moradiabadi, born in Tehran, Iran, on May 22, 1985. Elshan became the Iranian champion at sixteen and was the second player from his country to surpass the 2600 rating threshold, reaching an Elo rating of 2603 in March 2016. He has defeated players such as Mamedyarov, Malakhov, Eljanov, and Korobov throughout his career. Moradiabadi graduated in...Full StoryAdded on 05.21.2024
ALWAYS ON THE FOREFRONT Zagabria 2019: GM Zdenko Kozul - Source: turnir-mira.com Today is Grandmaster Zdenko Kozul's birthday, born on May 21, 1966, in Bihac, Bosnia and Herzegovina. Kozul is a two-time Yugoslavian champion and a two-time Croatian champion. In the 2004 FIDE World Championship, he stood out by eliminating players of the caliber of Mikhail Gurevich and Sergey Rublevsky before being eliminated by Veselin Topalov, the future world title winner. European champion in 2006, he has...Full StoryAdded on 05.20.2024
THE FLYING DUTCHMAN Max Euwe - source: https://mlodytechnik.pl/ Today, we remember former world champion Max Euwe, born in Watergraafsmeer, Netherlands, on May 20, 1901. Euwe won against Alekhine in 1935 and held the world title until the rematch in 1937. Euwe was a twelve-time Dutch champion (a record still unmatched) and won the Wijk aan Zee tournament four times. He participated in the Olympics seven times, from 1927 to 1962, earning an individual bronze on the first board in 1937. Euwe...Full StoryAdded on 05.19.2024
ARMENIAN CHAMPION GM Hovhannes Gabuzyan - source: chessmod.com Today is Grandmaster Hovhannes Gabuzyan's birthday. He was born in Yerevan, Armenia, on May 19, 1995. Gabuzyan won the Armenian Chess Championship in 2017 and 2021. He also won the U.S. Masters tournament and the Annual North American Open in 2019. The list of his chess achievements is quite impressive: 2010: Olympic Champion U-16 in the Armenia National team] 2011: Second in Armenia National team at U-16 World Youth Chess...Full StoryAdded on 05.18.2024
BOOKS AND WJIK AAN ZEE GM Gennadi Sosonko - source: wikipedia.org Today is the birthday of Grandmaster Gennady Borisovich Sosonko, born in Troitsk, Russia, on May 18, 1943. Sosonko is a Dutch chess player of Russian origin. In 1972, he moved from the Soviet Union to the Netherlands. He earned the title of International Master in 1974 and Grandmaster in 1976. In 2004, FIDE also awarded him the title of "FIDE Senior Trainer." Sosonko has won the Dutch championship twice, in 1973 and 1978...Full StoryAdded on 05.17.2024
GM BY NAME AND DEED GM Goran M. Todorovic - source FIDE.com Today is the birthday of Grandmaster Goran M. Todorovic, born on May 17, 1963. Not to be confused with International Master Goran N. Todorovic, Goran M. won the Imperia Festival in Italy in 1986. He achieved his peak rating in January 2004 with 2548 Elo points. Primarily a tactical player, Todorovic won a blitz game against Carlsen and has defeated notable players such as Gligoric, Eljanov, Cheparinov, I. Sokolov, Kozul, and...Full Story
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