Tal had chess in him. And chess had Tal for her …

Wow! Beautifully done …

Beautiful…

Majestic…

Just saw this and keep wondering - is this common? Different handedness of the flowers? So curious…

কোনদিকে যাচ্ছে দুনিয়া!

খুম্বু … বুকে কাপন ধরানো হিমবাহ খাড়ি

Such words … such inevitability…

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This is interesting…

Tiguan Vartanovich Petrosian is known for his “pythonic approach” (patiently manoeuvring to death to his opponents!) at the chess board. However, he was also a brilliant tactical player. As was seen here …

who loved you more - Hitchcock or Ted Hughes?

Cute concept… love it 😊

One unusually blunderfull game at WC level … perhaps ding was still recovering from his dreaded 7th … Consecutive two games where he had the upper hand … only to yield .5 from a possible 2!

Too humble. In terms of chess talent: at his best he was simply amazing and equal to Kasparov. In terms of chess longevity: his statement is correct. Kasparov, Carlsen and Visy are well ahead…

John Nunn (25 April 1955) is an English chess grandmaster, a world champion in chess problem solving, a chess writer and publisher, and a mathematician. He was the European Junior Chess Champion and British champion. He beat Karpov, Anand and drew with Kasparov, Spassky, Kramnik.

Such a beautiful sight …

Didn’t know this …

No argument there that Bobby played more solid chess. Perhaps because he saw more deeply and could also calculate more accurately of his opponent’s responses…however, on chess knowledge… Kasparov, just by being a later generation champion … must have been ahead …

😁😁😁 Spassky is never dull … I remember his equally entertaining comment about Victor the terrible…