Could there be a better couple of commentators for #SunwaySitges than Anna Rudolf and Daniel King? We're glad to have them here, and we hope everyone's enjoying them as much as we are! (besides that, we get the bonus, which is to see how nice they are away from cameras too!)

New Ladies Knight podcast: Jennifer Shahade with Sabina Foisor on emotional strength, the over-emphasis of female chessplayers appearances and her recent trip to India:

https://new.uschess.org/news/ladies-knight-featuring-sabina-foisor/

The winners at #sunwaysitges!

Final standings of #GrandPrixFIDE series 2019:
1️⃣ Alexander Grischuk 🇷🇺 - 20 points (qualified to the Candidates)
2️⃣ Ian Nepomniachtchi 🇷🇺 - 19 points (qualified to the Candidates)
3. Maxime Vachier-Lagrave 🇫🇷 - 16
4. Shakhriyar Mamedyarov 🇦🇿 - 10

#FIDECandidates

Wijk aan Zee, January 1972 - the drawing of lots for the Hoogovens tournament.
#1 L to R: Lajos Portisch, Vasily Smyslov, Kick Langeweg, Jan Timman, Hein Donner.

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#2 Vasily Smyslov.

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"The turning point in my career came with the realization that Black should play to win instead of just steering for equality."

🔸 Bobby Fischer

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At the Dutch blitz championship, Weesp (Nord-Holland), 5th June 1971. 19-year-old Jan Timman is pictured in play against, and later receiving the 1st prize from, the ex-World Champion Max Euwe.

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Move of the Day!

One of Mikhail Tal's prettiest checkmates - a predecessor of Magnus Carlsen's brilliant Qh6+!! from the 2016 World Chess Championship. 👏

Mikhail Tal Inspires Magnus Carlsen's Greatest Chess Move - Chukaev vs. Tal, 1956

#FIDECandidates 2020:
🇺🇸 Caruana - 2018 match runner-up
🇦🇿 Radjabov - World Cup #1
🇨🇳 Ding - World Cup #2
🇨🇳 Wang - Grand Swiss #1
🇷🇺 Grischuk - Grand Prix #1
🇷🇺 Nepomniachtchi - Grand Prix #2
🇳🇱 Giri - by rating
🇷🇺 Alekseenko - wildcard (to be confirmed)