Botvinnik - Smyslov: Three World Chess Championship Matches: 1954, 1957, 1958
chessblogger (Free subscription) | 17/11/2009
I am continuing the series of annotated games with endgames with bishops of opposite colours. More examples are here. (12) Suetin Alexey S (RUS) - Botvinnik Mikhail (RUS) Ch URS Moscow (Russia), 1952 45...Bxe4 ?! with two bishops and an extra pawn Black is clearly winning; now things become more complicated. After being removed from the USSR Olympic team in 1952 ''for poor results",...
Susan Polgar Chess Blog (Free subscription) | 25/10/2009
Fedor Bohatirchuk By Bobby Ang Last Friday I was talking about the 27 original grandmasters of the World Chess Federation (FIDE). This comprised of: 1) the world champion (Botvinnik) 2) 14 players who had played in the inaugural Candidates’ Tournament in 1950 (Boleslavsky, Bondarevsky, Bronstein, Euwe, Fine, Flohr, Keres, Kotov, Lilienthal, Najdorf, Reshevsky, Smyslov, Stahlberg and Szabo),...
Susan Polgar Chess Blog (Free subscription) | 22/10/2009
The FIDE Trainers' Commmission (TRG) is pleased to announce the results of the FIDE Trainer 2008 Awards as approved by the Kallithea Halkidiki FIDE Congress 2009. Botvinnik Medal (Men): Arshak Petrosian (Armenia) Furman Medal (Women): Ye Jiangchuan (China) Euwe Medal (Juniors): Adrian Mikhalchisin (Slovenia) Boleslavsky Medal (Book - Build Up Your Chess Series): Artur Jussupow Petrosian Medal...
