The Future of chess starts with F: Firouzja
Alireza Firouzja, maybe will be World Champion, in the next few years.
In this game he was almost playing 2 games at the same time by looking at the next table. By the way, at his board, he easily beat an International chess Master. (not just won, but delomish his opponent, like he do all the time when he plays against strong pro players)

He has another chess skills level. Certainly, for this reason, Firoujza was more interested to watch the other tables.

GM vs WGM
Grandmaster Alexei Shirov had no mercy on his game against the Woman Grandmaster. He started an attack early in the game and didn't stop for anything ...

One hour to go until Magnus Carlsen plays Sanan Sjugirov in the 1st #BanterBlitzCup semi-final! https://chess24.com/en/live/video/banter-blitz-cup---magnus-carlsen-vs--sanan-sjugirov
#c24live

✅ Solution: 1.Ra6! bxa6 2. b7# or 1.Ra6! Be5 (or somewhere) 2. Rxa7#

Still Stuck In Germany, Anand Joins COVID-19 Initiatives

Still not able to fly back home and unite with his family, vishy anand has posted a video message related to the COVID-19 crisis as other Indian players are also speaking out:

World Chess Champion Magnus Carlsen vs. GM Sanan Sjugirov | Banter Blitz Cup

The Best Bishop Endgame Of All Time! | Computer Chess Championship

Great start for Anish Giri who wins game one in sacrificial style in #titledtuesday. 🔥♔♚🔥

Fun with chess: a selection of very short chess movies

https://en.chessbase.com/post/fun-with-chess-a-selection-of-very-short-chess-movies

Dear chess friends!

118 players from Iran, Azerbaijan, Russia, Belarus, Norway, Ukraine, Turkey, Peru, India, Armenia, USA, Croatia, Vietnam, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, South Africa, Columbia, Italy, and Bulgaria participated in the third Unity Weekly bullet tournament on April 5th, 2020.

A total of 28 grandmasters, 22 international masters, and 19 Fide masters took part in the powerful tournament.

Join us for the 4th Unity Weekly tournaments (Open & U16) on April 12th!

Unfortunately, in the Unity tournament under 16 on April 5th, the first and fourth place finishers were caught cheating, and the Unity committee, while removing them from the standings, deprived them of participating in all the Unity competitions in the future.

🎖The picture above shows the real top finishers in this tournament. They did a great job and all they deserved it.🎖

As we mentioned before, the goal of this tournament is providing a safe environment where chess players can compete and enjoy the games.

متاسفانه در مسابقه 5 آوریل در بخش زیر 16 سال، تقلب مقامهای اول و چهارم به اثبات رسید و تیم یونیتی ضمن حذف آنها از جدول رده بندی، آنها را از شرکت در همه رقابتهای یونیتی محروم ساخت.

🎖جدول فوق پس از حذف نفرات متقلب میباشد و بازیکنان حاضر در تصویر بالا به شایستگی حائز عناوین برتر شده اند🎖

همانطور که از قبل خاطرنشان نمودیم، هدف برگزاری این مسابقات فراهم نمودن بستری است که شطرنجبازان در محیطی سالم و بدور از تقلب در کنار هم به رقابت بپردازند و از بازیها لذت ببرند.

Grandmaster Viktor Korchnoi, relaxing at Wijk aan Zee, January 1968.
He won the traditional Hoogovens event that year with 12/15, a full three points clear of Portisch, Hort & Tal.

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If I win a tournament, I win it by myself. I do the playing. Nobody helps me.

🔸 Bobby Fischer

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