According to historian Edvard Radzinsky, the era of political chess in Russia ended in 1985 with Mikhail Gorbachev's perestroika, writes Australia’s first Grandmaster Ian Rogers from Moscow.

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The Surigao Fianchetto Checkmates collected another huge victory on Saturday, March 18, to extend their winning streak to three in the 2023 Professional Chess Association of the Philippines (PCAP).

Chess News: Former world ... It was a double Fianchetto by Giri in the opening and the Dutchman allowed Anand to come up with an exchange sacrifice to get dangerous passed pawns on the queen side.