This is a picture of Afghan war hero Ahmad Shah Massoud playing chess during the Soviet-Afghan war. It was taken on May 1, 1985. This was shared with us by Hubert from Germany. Thank you!
Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
Picture of the day
Massoud was killed, I think in the 1990’s.
Irag’s “religious” leader Sistani recently called for the banning of chess.
Checkmate Osama!
Right, Massoud was killed by a suiside bomber sent by Al Qaeda and posing as a journalist because after the Soviet-Afgan war Massoud fought the Talibans quite successfully.
Massoud was the second player (after Fischer) who checkmated the Soviets.
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Unconventional Warfare.
That’s why Massoud attacks from the flank. His opening move is most probably 1. Ng1-f3
Quote: “Massoud was killed, I think in the 1990’s.”
Actually he was killed by 2 Al Qaeda operators disguised as journalists the day before Nine-Eleven 2001.