The History Of Chess: The World Chess Championship

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  @tracymiller1149 · 4 years ago

  Thanks for the chess history, Gus Fring. Between running a successful fast-food franchise and an even more successful meth empire, I'm surprised he found the time.

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  @n.davidlessani8243 · 4 years ago

  I am 86 y.o. And playing chess for the past 55 years. The last 7 years on line. &nbsp;For the past 25 years my mental capacity has not only changed but made me wiser. &nbsp;Chess is all about concentration, planning and strategy. It keeps your neurons in active mode . One cannot play chess in my age to be either senile ,demented or forgetful. I love the game because it keep me sharp.<br>According to mathematics, the odd of repeating the game exactly twice is 252,000,000,000.<br>N.D. Lessani, MD

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• AZ

  @azzzil9405 · 3 years ago

  as a Mikhail Tal Fan its so sad that he was not included on the final slideshow of chess world champions :( I mean he held it once too.

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• DO

  @douggieharrison6913 · 4 years ago (edited)

  holy guacamole that was amazing. easily one of the best documentaries I&apos;ve ever seen. PLEASE do more about chrss history. It&apos;s what the chess community needs to realize this game isn&apos;t just Magnus and supercomputers finding the best moves, but actual styles of play and players that for so long determined the game

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• HE

  @henrykaspar3634 · 3 years ago

  Chess world champion must be the most exclusive club that there is. Just 17 members over 140 years, only 7 of them alive.

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• SU

  @suchibasavaraj1474 · 1 year ago

  very well presented. Vishy Anand deserves Bharath Ratna.

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• TH

  @TheSavagederek · 3 years ago

  Spassky deserves tons of credit, for putting up with Fischers shit and refusing the KJB telling him to come home and give up and agreeing to Bobbys weird rules.

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• EL

  @eliet8944 · 4 years ago

  This is so wonderfully made :) <br>Hope this could become a series and will include the history of the FIDE, openings, schools of thought, international tournaments, ratings, title etc. Thanks again!

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  @Johnny-kq9wb · 4 years ago

  I taught my sons and grandsons. When the family gets together, we have a family tournament.lots of fun for everyone! Best game ever.

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  @laernulienlaernulienlaernu8953 · 4 months ago

  Chess is such a beautifully elegant game. The way the different pieces are able to move in certain different ways, the light and dark squres, the way the King is protected at all costs until his army is almost defeated and he rides into battle himself. The sheer amount of so many different variations and the fact that there still exists games that have never been played and there are sequences of moves that even the best chess computers still haven&apos;t worked out, the fact that after all this time it remains as popular as ever and can be played by children or old Grand Masters. I could go on and on, it is just an absolutely genius design, probably the best game ever thought of and I can&apos;t ever see anything better being created that will have such a long and lasting impact as chess has had.

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  @TheGeezzer · 2 years ago

  If you feel like you&apos;re just a pawn in life, remember, every Pawn has the potential to become a Queen!

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• TE

  @temhirtleague-chess · 4 years ago (edited)

  If Morphy was here and Ben Finegold wasnt here to comment on Morphy, that would have been the pride and sorrow of Chess indeed.

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