♟️ The Timeless Game: When Chess Crossed Borders Through the Mail (Part IV) 📫📨
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🌍The Giants of Correspondence Chess: Top ICCF Peak Ratings:
🏆 Top ICCF Peak Ratings (Highest Elo)
♟️ Joop van Oosterom (Netherlands) — 2779. A legendary patron of chess and two-time Correspondence World Champion. His peak rating came during the transition from postal to server chess.
♟️ Hans Berliner (USA) — 2765. One of the greatest pure postal chess players in history and a Correspondence World Champion.
♟️ Gert-Jan Timmerman (Netherlands) — 2747. World Correspondence Champion and one of the strongest players of the modern postal era.
♟️ Ulf Andersson (Sweden) — 2741. An elite over-the-board grandmaster who also achieved incredible success in correspondence chess.
♟️ Nikolai Papenin (Ukraine) — 2741. A strong figure from the server era of correspondence chess.
♟️ Hans-Marcus Elwert (Germany) — 2727. An influential correspondence grandmaster during the digital transition.
♟️ Jonathan Penrose (England) — 2724. A legendary British chess figure with achievements in both correspondence and classical chess.
♟️ Olita Rause (Latvia) — 2723. One of the strongest female players in correspondence chess history.
♟️ Joachim Neumann (Germany) — 2717
♟️ Donatas Lapienis (Lithuania) — 2715. Another great representative of the postal chess golden era.
♟️ Jalil Davletov (Russia) — 2709
♟️ Kenneth Frey (Mexico) — 2703
♟️ Wolfram Schön (Canada) — 2703
♟️ Ron Langeveld (Netherlands) — 2702
♟️ Mikhail Umansky (Russia) — 2701. A former Correspondence World Champion known for deep opening preparation.
♟️ Jørn Sloth (Denmark) — 2700. A pioneer of high-level postal chess in the late 20th century.
Round 3 delivered fighting chess, bold decisions, and games that refused to end quietly.
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GM Daniel Naroditsky passed away. He was a talented chess player, commentator, and educator. FIDE extends its deepest condolences to Daniel’s family and loved ones.
Stockholm 1950
A living chess game played between Gösta Stoltz and Kristian Sköld (26 September 1911 – 15 May 1988).
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@davidllada@chessclubICC He was also cheating, yes. Thanks for the info. The problem is not loosing, everyone can. But also mine last game suspicous. Hope ICC become more popular like ten ten years ago. Regards
The moment World Champion Gukesh resigned — his third loss in a row, this time against GM Ediz Gürel from Türkiye.
🇹🇷 Ediz Gürel 1–0 Gukesh D 🇮🇳
Round 7 | #FIDEGrandSwiss
@DrBMCzentovic@TurkishChess Veya Yazışmalı oyunları takip ederek, hobi düzeyinde oynayarak masa başı oyunlarınızda varyasyonları entegre edebilirsiniz. Yeni açılış fikirleri deneyebilirsiniz, öğrencilerinize veya arkadaşlarınıza fikirler hakkında bilgi verebilirsiniz. Her emek değerlidir, önemli olanbakış
Yazışmalı Satranç Dünya Şampiyonası’nda GM Tansel Turgut Şampiyon
33. Yazışmalı Satranç Dünya Şampiyonası'nda GM Dr. Tansel Turgut, eşbirinci ilan edilen şampiyonlar arasında yer aldı. Yaklaşık 3 yıl süren zorlu turnuvada başarılı performansıyla şampiyonluğa ulaşan GM Dr. Tansel Turgut’u tebrik ediyor, kendisine nice başarılar diliyoruz.
Haber Linki: https://t.co/LeZjgpmlNy
Örnek Oyun: Olaf Hesse - Tansel Turgut (W33 Finali): https://t.co/Pj4J11WddV