Q: Who is the youngest player ever to reach 2700? 🤔

A: Alireza Firouzja's opponent TODAY in the Junior #speedchess Championship semifinals, Wei Yi!

Watch the action in just three hours at (link: http://twitch.tv/chess) twitch.tv/chess and (link: http://chess.com/tv) chess.com/tv - 8 am PT.

Congratulations to Wei Yi 🇨🇳!

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He wins a thrilling #speedchess match against the world's newest 2700, Alireza Firouzja, and will battle Jeffery Xiong in the Junior Speed Chess Championship finals for a spot in the main event!

Wei Yi Beats Firouzja, Plays Xiong In Junior Speed Chess Championship Final

https://www.chess.com/news/view/wei-yi-beats-firouzja-junior-speed-chess-championship-semifinal

Beverwijk, 22nd January 1961. Joint winners in the traditional Hoogovens tournament - Bent Larsen (Denmark) and Borislav Ivkov (Yugoslavia).

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"Chess is war over the board. The object is to crush the opponent’s mind."

🔸 Bobby Fischer

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Moscow, 23rd October 1973. The 15th round of the 41st USSR Championship - one of the strongest events of them all. Korchnoi faces Spassky (the eventual winner of the tournament), while Karpov looks on. On the adjacent board, Taimanov faces Geller.

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THE BEST EXPLANATION OF AlEKHINES STYLE.
Bobby Fischer said:''If you look at
Alekhines games you can see that in every game he always tried to keep central control and with slow manouvering approached opponents kings and already about on move 25. played for mate.''

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Turkish Super League : Tatvan Satranc Egitimi is the champion.

Meet 16 y/o Alireza Firouzja 🇮🇷 in the 2700 club! He scored 11.5/13 and TPR of 2800 at the Turkish League Turkish Chess to become the second youngest chess player who crossed the 2700 mark (later Wei Yi, but earlier than Carlsen)

Biel/Bienne GM Tournament
Round 27:

https://chess24.com/en/watch/live-tournaments/biel-grandmaster-tournament-2019/27/1/2

Biel/Bienne Masters - MTO
Round 7:

https://chess24.com/watch/live-tournaments/biel-masters-tournament-2019-mto/7/1/7

14-year-old Vincent Keymer is still struggling with that final GM norm! Today in Biel he was close to winning against Iturrizaga for most of the game, then failed to take the chance to force a draw and fell to defeat:

Round 9 results, and the standings after the rapid portion. Keep in mind the tournaments are not considered separate, and the winner of #ParisRapidBlitz is the leader after all is said and done. Even so, MVL is in great position going into the rest day.