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The 1959 Candidates Tournament saw an inspired Mikhail Tal emerging victorious with 20/28 points in a quadruple round-robin. On his way to victory, Tal, aged 22 at the time, defeated Bobby Fischer, aged 16, in all four of their confrontations. GM Daniel King analysed one of these games, where Tal fearlessly grabs material, allowing Fischer to create a dangerous attack. The game, along with Daniel King’s voice-over, was featured in an animation produced by Umang Mankodiya.

Yuri Averbakh is no more. Tributes are pouring in from all over the world to the late grandmaster, who had only recently turned 100 and chess fans had celebrated the day. Not many are aware that he wrote his autobiography years before. Our columnist had begun a series on this fascinating work and narrated how it all began. Then came the Ukraine war, and he could not bring himself to write anything in the face of this tragedy. Sadly, the war is continuing, and our columnist has reconciled himself to writing. Importantly, this series is a homage to the life and work of a great player. | Photo: E...

Sergey Voronkov, RUEF president gives a strategic overview of Russia's exhibition industry as the industry association marks its 30th anniversary in December.

Sergey Voronkov puts the case for exhibition sector direct to the Russian president

New survey shows 62% of Russian event companies believe it will take over a year to return to pre-Covid activity levels The Russian Union of Exhibitions and Fairs, together with R&C Market Research Company (part of the St Petersburg-based Restec group), have released results of a survey they carried out to gauge the impact of Covid-19 on the Russian exhibition industry. Among 1,300 events planned for 2020, less than a half (47%) were held on dates originally specified by the organisers, 37% were cancelled or postponed to 2021, 10% were held on other dates, 6% went online. The results of the ...