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A bit of hidden gem this new channel by GM Mihail Marin. Currently just over 1k subscribers with relatively low views so far but these are quality chess lectures for free. https://youtu.be/s7pu4fSbPRA?si=CaeKTEm_sZy1RIsI

This Dutch chess documentary (English subs) is from 1979, probably around Timman's peak. He's covered quite a bit and it includes how he prepped for games etc. There's funny moment when Timman, Hans Ree & Ulf Andersson are chatting in Timman's house about players enjoying their opponent's suffering....

‘Autopsy reveals Charlotte chess master Daniel Naroditsky’s probable cause of death’ https://www.charlotteobserver.com/news/ ... 02626.html

"I can believe that János himself was legendary but not 3...h5. He invented that in 1991." Ah, memory playing tricks then - i was sure it was earlier i heard about it. I seem to remember there was an article about the Wagenbach System in Chess Monthly in the late 90's. According to an AI search, ke...

Hey now, there was a logic behind it! (to preemptively protect a g pawn arriving on g4 ( eg. 4.d4 g5 5. h4 g4 6. Ne5 d6… etc). Also in some lines to push the pawn to h4 to prevent white breaking up the protection of the f- pawn (eg. 4. Bc4 h4! 5. d4 g5!) [/quote] The Wagenbach System vs the King's G...

UPDATE - although the quote below is from Ian Nepomniachtchi's Telegram channel (https://t.me/nepo64), the post below (link https://t.me/nepo64/178) is not by him. I didn't notice that Nepo had forwarded a post from another Russian player. Based on the facts in the post, it is likely Vitiugov's thou...

The top Russian YouTube chess site Levitov Chess, run by Ilya Levitov, was very critical of Kramnik in a recent YouTube video. This was echoed by comments from Russian fans in the chat. However, Alexander Grischuk continues to support Kramnik and has responded by splitting with the channel (where hi...

Kasparov condemns Kramnik. From interview in Russian. Naroditsky part starts from around 35 minutes. https://www.youtube.com/live/1NVDy-DUAJ8?si=tOboZHwmvzeGT2eZ Garry Kasparov: It's absolutely clear that the campaign Kramnik conducted has influenced Dania. Vladimir behaved strangely in this situati...

The bit from Kramnik about not planning to take his own life is just weird. I read that as a response to the very large number of people wishing him dead. Kramnik saying he's 'not suicidal' is him following an internet meme that’s become common over the past few years. It's often stated in posts on...

On a brighter memory, some of these impressions he did of Sierawan, Kasparov, Ivanchuk, So, and mimicking chess commentators are funny. https://youtu.be/opdegV4nwTM?si=bJnV55y4KCjoPe7q

This is the most illuminating video I've seen, in his own words. It was great that people like Lawrence Cooper challenged Kramnik on X/Twitter at the time and I've seen those posts. But as he says here, even one or two words from top chess players (i.e. Carlsen, I imagine he was thinking of) would'v...

FIDE to finally investigate Kramnik, but alas too little too late. https://x.com/fide_chess/status/1981073 ... 09768?s=46

We don’t know what happened, but this video by Nakamura from a year ago gives an insight into some of the psychological torment Naroditsky endured for those not familiar with the background. https://youtu.be/Qt8Qt2nNlkM?si=Q3ZPnZcAbfcrO-0c

Have only ever seen the photo of the ceremony before. Short video here. Bobby gets a bit distracted by the gold medal he’s presented with. This was posted by someone on Twitter/X today https://youtu.be/4v60W_AstB4?si=1rZhfWbVIVuZia-K

Rare & pretty slick Canadian documentary - "Nine days to win" - covering the strong Winnipeg 1967 tournament. Although YouTube titles it "Boris Spassky..." he finished 2nd to Larsen, at or nearing his peak, who was joint 1st with Darga. Interviews with Keres & others. https://youtu.be/Yk-x5XCrBew?si...