Unity Weekly International (U2200, 2100, 2000)
April 19th, 2020

The opening round of the international tournament in Amsterdam, 11th November, 1950. The event was held in the city's stock exchange.

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"Variations can be interesting, if they show the beauty of chess."

🔸 David Bronstein

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Amsterdam, 1950. The 5th-round clash (played 16th November) between U.S. grandmaster Sammy Reshevsky and ex-World Champion Max Euwe.

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Mr & Mrs Najdorf of Argentina being greeted on their arrival at Amsterdam Centraal station, 4th November 1950, ahead of the great international tournament that began in the Dutch city a week later.

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Peter Heine Nielsen vs Magnus Carlsen
SmartFish Chess Masters (2004), Drammen NOR, rd 1

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Ilic - Blagojevic, GMA open, Belgrade 1988

https://chesspuzzle.net/Puzzle/127202

Game of the Day!

Happy 22nd Birthday to GM Jan-Krzysztof Duda, the strongest Polish player and world's #16! 🎁

Here are 14 mates and chess combinations from the games of POL GM Jan-Krzysztof Duda (22nd birthday today) : http://wtharvey.com/duda.html + 100s of his games. Find the winning moves.

https://chesspuzzle.net/Player/Jan-Krzysztof_Duda

U10 in 2008. He would become a Grandmaster only five years later. According to his Wikipedia page, he also seems to have a good taste for music, citing to Beethoven, Mozart, and Queen as his favorites.👌

Anatoly Karpov's 5 Most Brilliant Chess Moves

A real day of the underdogs as Anish Giri and Alireza Firouzja take down the rapid world nos 1 and 2 Magnus Carlsen and MVL! https://chess24.com/en/watch/live-tournaments/magnus-carlsen-invitational-2020/9/1/2

Anish Giri beats Magnus Carlsen 2.5:1.5! And what a reaction😂