!TUUR (Arthur van de Oudeweetering)
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#Chesspattern watcher, author of 3 practical books on pattern recognition(strategical, middlegame), IM & enjoying pretty much every aspect of the game of chess
Lasker-Eliskases, 3rd International Moscow 1936 (1-0/44). The double-rounded eight-player tournament won by Capablanca, before Botvinnik. #chess
February 2, 2026 at 9:31 PM
Lasker-Eliskases, 3rd International Moscow 1936 (1-0/44). The double-rounded eight-player tournament won by Capablanca, before Botvinnik. #chess
The rapid game in question (Giri-Kasimdzhanov) youtu.be/6cYZ7LCdF74?... was played in 2014, when Erdoğmuş was still🙃young, just having turned 3. More photos via chesspro.ru/_images/gal/... #TataSteelChess The pawn structure was revisited in Giri-Tari #Norwaychess 2023!
January 30, 2026 at 10:22 PM
The rapid game in question (Giri-Kasimdzhanov) youtu.be/6cYZ7LCdF74?... was played in 2014, when Erdoğmuş was still🙃young, just having turned 3. More photos via chesspro.ru/_images/gal/... #TataSteelChess The pawn structure was revisited in Giri-Tari #Norwaychess 2023!
Where did this 21.Qg7!! happen 30 years ago? #TataSteelChess #Chess
January 26, 2026 at 7:53 PM
Where did this 21.Qg7!! happen 30 years ago? #TataSteelChess #Chess
Pictured in 1990 #TataSteelChess: the winner (with Vasja Pirc) of Hoogovens 1954 Hans Bouwmeester at the piano, with Lajos Portisch, winner in 1965 (with Geller), 1972, 1975 & 1978 (four times!) singing. history.tatasteelchess.com/archive/tour...
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January 25, 2026 at 11:48 AM
Pictured in 1990 #TataSteelChess: the winner (with Vasja Pirc) of Hoogovens 1954 Hans Bouwmeester at the piano, with Lajos Portisch, winner in 1965 (with Geller), 1972, 1975 & 1978 (four times!) singing. history.tatasteelchess.com/archive/tour...
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In Shakhmati Riga Tal reports ("...the sympathetic village of Wijk aan Zee"; ".. from the many tournament its' pleasant, almost homely atmosphere stands out") & gives 59.Rd7 c2 60.Rxa7 Ba5! 61.Rb7 Kd2 62.Rd7+ Kc3 but misses the quiet move 63.a7 c1Q 64.Kg2!! #chess
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January 16, 2026 at 8:40 PM
In Shakhmati Riga Tal reports ("...the sympathetic village of Wijk aan Zee"; ".. from the many tournament its' pleasant, almost homely atmosphere stands out") & gives 59.Rd7 c2 60.Rxa7 Ba5! 61.Rb7 Kd2 62.Rd7+ Kc3 but misses the quiet move 63.a7 c1Q 64.Kg2!! #chess
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Finally, after 57.Rb8 Bd6 58.Rd8 Bb4 59.Rb8 it was a draw. #TataSteelChess history would 've had been written differently had Ljubo found 59.Rd7! Bc5 (59...c2 60.Rxa7 Kb2 61.Rc7 Bc3 62.Rb7+!) 60.Rc7 Bd4 61.Rc4! Be5 62.Ke3 Neither did anyone notice later so it seems! #chess
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January 16, 2026 at 4:54 PM
Finally, after 57.Rb8 Bd6 58.Rd8 Bb4 59.Rb8 it was a draw. #TataSteelChess history would 've had been written differently had Ljubo found 59.Rd7! Bc5 (59...c2 60.Rxa7 Kb2 61.Rc7 Bc3 62.Rb7+!) 60.Rc7 Bd4 61.Rc4! Be5 62.Ke3 Neither did anyone notice later so it seems! #chess
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Ljubojevic and Tal, 50 years ago, hitting off their last round game #TataSteelChess 1976. A decisive one for the 1st place that would last 59 moves, 8 hours and started at 9.30 AM (no adjournments this last round). #chess
January 15, 2026 at 9:55 PM
Ljubojevic and Tal, 50 years ago, hitting off their last round game #TataSteelChess 1976. A decisive one for the 1st place that would last 59 moves, 8 hours and started at 9.30 AM (no adjournments this last round). #chess
Ulf Andersson, 50 years ago, participant Hoogovens #TataSteelchess 1976 #chess
January 12, 2026 at 7:31 AM
Ulf Andersson, 50 years ago, participant Hoogovens #TataSteelchess 1976 #chess
From game 2 & 3 of the 10 games match Euwe-Alekhine 1926/27: should White exchange queens with 15.Qxd5 (game 2) and should Black with 29...Qg6+ #thebigdecision ? #chesspattern Alekhine analysed both games in his selected games 1924-1927 (На путях к высшим шахматным достижениям.) #chess
January 4, 2026 at 5:18 PM
From game 2 & 3 of the 10 games match Euwe-Alekhine 1926/27: should White exchange queens with 15.Qxd5 (game 2) and should Black with 29...Qg6+ #thebigdecision ? #chesspattern Alekhine analysed both games in his selected games 1924-1927 (На путях к высшим шахматным достижениям.) #chess
Back in the 1970s/80s Donner had, to put it mildly, no high hopes for the evolution of chesscomputers. In 1982 he easily beat "Belle" in an exhibition game. Position after 31.Tbc1, 1-0/(56) #chess
January 4, 2026 at 5:11 PM
Back in the 1970s/80s Donner had, to put it mildly, no high hopes for the evolution of chesscomputers. In 1982 he easily beat "Belle" in an exhibition game. Position after 31.Tbc1, 1-0/(56) #chess
The teams in the Spartakiade of 1958 consisted of six men, two women and two juniors - a boy & a girl. 17-year-old Nona Gaprindashvili represented Georgia of course. #globalchessleague #TechMGCL #WomenInChess ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9F%...
December 23, 2025 at 7:20 PM
The teams in the Spartakiade of 1958 consisted of six men, two women and two juniors - a boy & a girl. 17-year-old Nona Gaprindashvili represented Georgia of course. #globalchessleague #TechMGCL #WomenInChess ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9F%...
Poundering, discussing and contemplating tactics & strategy. Seirawan, Timman, Christiansen & Spassky. London Philips & Drew 1982 #chess
December 22, 2025 at 9:48 AM
Poundering, discussing and contemplating tactics & strategy. Seirawan, Timman, Christiansen & Spassky. London Philips & Drew 1982 #chess
Alekhine memorial Moscow 1975, Bohm-Spassky.
Spassky created a small positional masterpiece vs his own Leningrad variation, doing without his a8-rook most of the game; Bohm missed one chance to get back in the game: 24.Bd4! #centralavalanches #chesspattern #chess
Spassky created a small positional masterpiece vs his own Leningrad variation, doing without his a8-rook most of the game; Bohm missed one chance to get back in the game: 24.Bd4! #centralavalanches #chesspattern #chess
December 21, 2025 at 7:22 PM
Alekhine memorial Moscow 1975, Bohm-Spassky.
Spassky created a small positional masterpiece vs his own Leningrad variation, doing without his a8-rook most of the game; Bohm missed one chance to get back in the game: 24.Bd4! #centralavalanches #chesspattern #chess
Spassky created a small positional masterpiece vs his own Leningrad variation, doing without his a8-rook most of the game; Bohm missed one chance to get back in the game: 24.Bd4! #centralavalanches #chesspattern #chess
You can witness a tiny bit of the last round rollercoaster, when leader Reshevsky would lose to Book, while Petrov had the better of a draw vs Flohr, landing both in 1st place too. Alekhine and Keres failed to catch-up, drawing Berg & Feigin respectively. bsky.app/profile/tuur... #chess
Fabulous footage from Kemeri 1937 with the likes of Reshevsky, Petrov, Flohr the 3 winners before a.o. Alekhine & Keres! From 3'11" redzidzirdilatviju.lv/lv/search/mo... Treasure in the Latvian archives. #chess
December 20, 2025 at 10:11 AM
You can witness a tiny bit of the last round rollercoaster, when leader Reshevsky would lose to Book, while Petrov had the better of a draw vs Flohr, landing both in 1st place too. Alekhine and Keres failed to catch-up, drawing Berg & Feigin respectively. bsky.app/profile/tuur... #chess
Chekhover vs. a young Alexander Nikitin, Riga 1952 semi-finals USSR championship.
December 19, 2025 at 8:13 PM
Chekhover vs. a young Alexander Nikitin, Riga 1952 semi-finals USSR championship.
Fabulous footage from Kemeri 1937 with the likes of Reshevsky, Petrov, Flohr the 3 winners before a.o. Alekhine & Keres! From 3'11" redzidzirdilatviju.lv/lv/search/mo... Treasure in the Latvian archives. #chess
December 19, 2025 at 7:50 PM
Fabulous footage from Kemeri 1937 with the likes of Reshevsky, Petrov, Flohr the 3 winners before a.o. Alekhine & Keres! From 3'11" redzidzirdilatviju.lv/lv/search/mo... Treasure in the Latvian archives. #chess
Krylenko in 1928: "We are now finished with citizen Alekhine—he is our enemy, and from now on we can only treat him as an enemy." "Under no circumstances I will return to Soviet Russia" Alekhine had declared in an interview with United Press. chesspro.ru/enciklopediy...
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December 16, 2025 at 10:23 PM
Krylenko in 1928: "We are now finished with citizen Alekhine—he is our enemy, and from now on we can only treat him as an enemy." "Under no circumstances I will return to Soviet Russia" Alekhine had declared in an interview with United Press. chesspro.ru/enciklopediy...
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Mikhail Tal 70 years ago (December 1955), student at the Latvian State University (Latvian archives).
December 16, 2025 at 9:48 PM
Mikhail Tal 70 years ago (December 1955), student at the Latvian State University (Latvian archives).
"A group of neutral individual athletes cannot, by definition, be considered a team"(IOC). How the FIDE-team may - anyway - win its own FIDE World Women's Team Championship 2025 explained by Andre Schulz from Chessbase: en.chessbase.com/post/after-e... #chess
After exclusion: Russian team back in FIDE World Championship
A Russian team will be competing in an international team competition at the World Women's Team Championship in Linares for the first time since Russia's attack on Ukraine, albeit under the FIDE flag....
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November 18, 2025 at 8:20 PM
"A group of neutral individual athletes cannot, by definition, be considered a team"(IOC). How the FIDE-team may - anyway - win its own FIDE World Women's Team Championship 2025 explained by Andre Schulz from Chessbase: en.chessbase.com/post/after-e... #chess
There was this crucial encounter in round 10 - Bronstein-Keres (both trailed Geller by half a point). Which 41st move did Bronstein seal after half an hour's thought? And which fine defensive opportunity did he pass by on move 50 (instead of 50.Bb5?) #chess bsky.app/profile/tuur...
November 16, 2025 at 9:09 PM
There was this crucial encounter in round 10 - Bronstein-Keres (both trailed Geller by half a point). Which 41st move did Bronstein seal after half an hour's thought? And which fine defensive opportunity did he pass by on move 50 (instead of 50.Bb5?) #chess bsky.app/profile/tuur...
The 10th & 11th round of the Amsterdam candidates 1956 were played in Leeuwarden, in the spacious hall of the 'Beursgebouw", housing a thousand spectators. According to Szabo, most participants were less pleased by the 35 km distance that had to be travelled to the Lauswolt hotel. #chess
November 16, 2025 at 8:15 PM
The 10th & 11th round of the Amsterdam candidates 1956 were played in Leeuwarden, in the spacious hall of the 'Beursgebouw", housing a thousand spectators. According to Szabo, most participants were less pleased by the 35 km distance that had to be travelled to the Lauswolt hotel. #chess
Paul Keres leading the Candidates' tournament of Amsterdam 1956 after the two rounds in Leeuwarden (10 &11 from 19). Photo by Sjoerd Andringa, April 13th 1956. #chess
November 16, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Paul Keres leading the Candidates' tournament of Amsterdam 1956 after the two rounds in Leeuwarden (10 &11 from 19). Photo by Sjoerd Andringa, April 13th 1956. #chess
In the footsteps of a.o. Botvinnik, Eline Roebers manoeuvres her queen 16....Qg8! & 17...Qh7 #creepingqueen #chesspattern and goes on to beat Shirov! #Hoogeveenchess #chess
October 25, 2025 at 5:39 PM
In the footsteps of a.o. Botvinnik, Eline Roebers manoeuvres her queen 16....Qg8! & 17...Qh7 #creepingqueen #chesspattern and goes on to beat Shirov! #Hoogeveenchess #chess