Rook and Pawn Endgame
Black to move. Is this a win, draw, or loss for Black? How should Black proceed? (No computer lines please.) 8/3Rp3/1k6/8/K4p2/P3P3/7r/8 b β β 0 1
Highest Rated 15 Year Old
Another excerpt from my upcoming autobiography (March 11, 2025) If anything, the hostile treatment I was getting from the authorities was the best motivator I could have hoped for, because my chess improved by leaps and bounds during...
Up Against the Big Guns
π πππππΎπ πππΎπ½πππΎπ½ πΎππΌπΎπππ πΏπππ ππ πππΌπππππ πΊππππ»πππππΊπππ (πΎπππΎπΌππΎπ½ ππ π»πΎ ππΎπ πΎπΊππΎπ½ πΏππ πΆπππΎπ’π π§ππππππ π¬ππππ π€π’π€π§) …the classical chess tournaments that had defined my career up until that point started to feel unsatisfying, repetitive even. So I began to...
Locked Behind the Iron Curtain
Another unedited excerpt from my upcoming autobiography (expected to be out on March 11, 2025): For the next few years, I became a prisoner of sorts, locked behind the Iron Curtain, not sure if I would ever be allowed...
The Final Hurdle To History!
Another unedited excerpt of my upcoming autobiography: The final hurdle to making history! We ended the year (1990) back in Spain, for a tournament in Pamplona, the city best known for its famous “running of the bulls.” Locally, it’s...
Budapest Olympiad Closing Ceremony Photos
Closing Ceremony: 275+ photos https://share.icloud.com/photos/06fZjKWD8IuIzmhRuNiPd7OLw
Photos from Budapest Olympiad
Over 3,000 high quality photos so far! There will be a photo link to each round of the 2024 Budapest Chess Olympiad Round 1 and Opening Ceremony link: 250+ photos https://share.icloud.com/photos/0c5ufVmlDpTYWI8O6BAkloZhg Round 2 link: 230+ photos https://share.icloud.com/photos/061MyjUnMoO6kArA2MInHCnuA Round 3...