During his peak Leonid Stein (12 November 12 1934 – 4 July 1973) was one of the best players of the world. He had a fantastic flair for the attack and was famous for his ability to demolish his opponents quickly. But fortune did not smile on him.
-Chessbase #chess #ajedrez pic.twitter.com/N84LiH9Nxj— JustChessAndSports (@JustChessSports) November 11, 2025
Via https://t.co/dBgJwnr8Cu, a photo of the game between Savielly Tartakower and Jakub Kolski from the 1935 Polish championship in Warsaw. Tartakower won the event. His opponent, a native of Łódź, was destined to die in the Warsaw ghetto in 1941. #chess pic.twitter.com/UfDPTZOFwV
— Douglas Griffin (@dgriffinchess) September 1, 2023
Remembering the 8th World Champion, Mikhail Tal, who would have turned 89 today.
#1 Moscow 1957
#2 Moscow 1960
#3 Amsterdam 1964
#4 Wijk aan Zee, 1976
(????via S. Punte Archive, Novosti Press, Dutch National Archives.) #chess pic.twitter.com/NScnakXXLY— Douglas Griffin (@dgriffinchess) November 9, 2025
Not a bad day, but it’s unreasonable that it was 40 years ago! https://t.co/QBeSOUkAgO
— Garry Kasparov (@Kasparov63) November 9, 2025
14 yaşındaki Yağız Kaan Erdoğmuş ve 16 yaşındaki Ediz Gürel aynı ratinge ulaştılar(2651 ELO), Dünyada 69. ve 70. Sıraya yükseldiler pic.twitter.com/2qoK8KXUze
— Sabri Can Onay Yontar (@sabopasha) November 3, 2025
