Clash of the giants: At 100, New York 1924 still casts a spell washingtontimes.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from washingtontimes.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
A Gentleman in Moscow, a new Paramount+ adaptation of the 2016 international bestselling novel by Amor Towles, follows the escapades of a disgraced aristocrat confined to the Hotel Metropol across the turbulent decades that followed the Russian Revolution. But Count Alexander Ilyich Rostov wasn’t the only illustrious guest to have checked in…
In the recent 2023 World Championship Match, Ding Liren won Game 12 against Ian Nepomniachtchi using the Colle System to tie the score at six. The match remained tied after fourteen games, and Ding went on to beat Nepomniachti in the rapid tie-breaks to become the 17th World Champion. With the Colle System utilized in the World Championship Match, it is a fitting moment to remember the life and career Edgard Colle.
On 14 May 1937 Grigory Levenfish won the 10th Soviet Championship, defending the title he had won two years earlier at the 9th Soviet Championship in 1935. In 1937 Levenfish also drew a match against Botvinnik and hoped to play in the 1938 AVRO tournament. At that time Levenfish was probably one of the best players in the world, but the Soviet authorities stifled his career. To mark the 86th anniversary of Levenfish's victory that made him a two-time Soviet Champion Eugene Manlapao looks at the tragic life and career of this fascinating player. | Photo source: <a href="https://dgriffinchess.wordpress.com/">Douglas Griffin</a>.
7 Russian chess LEGENDS who really played big (PHOTOS) rbth.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from rbth.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.