The event went extremely well. It was a great success with around 500 people in the afternoon at the Palace of Arts http://www.mupa.hu/index.jsp. Over 120 got the opportunity to challenge my sisters and me in the simultaneous exhibition. Among...
Chess legends unite in Reykjavik
03/10/2008 11:43Spassky in Iceland to Honor Fischer’s Memory Former world champion in chess Boris Spassky and friend of late chess master Bobby Fischer is currently in Iceland to commemorate Fischer’s 65th birthday and participate in the 23rd annual Reykjavík...
The evergreen Korchnoi strikes again
GM Portisch (2530) – GM Korchnoi (2605) [A90]Corus – 23.01.2008 1.d4 e6 2.c4 f5 3.g3 Nf6 4.Bg2 d5 5.Nf3 Bb4+ 6.Nbd2 Be7 7.0–0 Nc6 8.b3 0–0 9.Bb2 Ne4 10.Qc2 Bd7 11.Rad1 a5 12.a3 Be8 13.Ne5 Nxe5 14.dxe5 Bg6 15.Nxe4...
Corus Legends
Final position GM Ljubojevic (2543) – GM Timman (2561) [E00]19.01.2008Corus Honorary Group 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 c5 4.d5 exd5 5.cxd5 d6 6.Bg2 b5 7.a3 Bb7 8.Nc3 a6 9.e4 g6 10.Nge2 Bg7 11.0–0 0–0 12.b4 Nbd7 13.Rb1 Re8 14.h3...
The best chess player in history!
Quotes by the participants of the Corus Honorary Group: Ljubomir Ljubojevic: “A man without frontiers. He didn’t divide the east and the west, he brought them together in their admiration for him.” Jan Timman: “A great player and a...
Spassky – Portisch ended in 3-3 tie
Game 5 Spassky, B (2548) – Portisch, L (2512) [C88]Rapid Match Heviz HUN (5), 15.04.2007 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.0-0 Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 0-0 8.h3 Bb7 9.d3 h6 10.Nc3 d6 11.Nd5 Na5 12.Nxe7+ Qxe7...
Games from Portisch – Spassky match
To replay each game, click on the Game # Game 1Spassky, B (2548) – Portisch, L (2512) [C67]Rapid Match Heviz HUN (1), 13.04.2007 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.0-0 Nxe4 5.d4 Nd6 6.Bxc6 dxc6 7.dxe5 Nf5 8.Qxd8+ Kxd8...
Portisch versus Spassky match!
The Battle of the Legends The Hungarian legend Lajos Portisch will play a match against former World Champion Boris Spassky in Heviz, Hungary. The match will take place from April 13 to 15, 2007. It will be a 6-game...
Legendary Lajos Portisch turns 70
The legendary Hungarian Grandmaster Lajos Portisch was born in Zalaegerszeg, Hungary on April 4, 1937. He was one of the strongest players in the world in the 60’s and 70’s. Portisch qualified and played in an incredible 12 straight...