Wijk aan Zee, 7th January 1988. At the opening ceremony for the Hoogovens tournament, left to right: Jeroen Piket, Anatoly Karpov, Genna Sosonko, Mikhail Tal.

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"Mistrust is the most necessary characteristic of the Chess player."

🔸 Siegbert Tarrasch

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Reykjavik 1972. Probably one of the few photographs where it was possible to show the internal state of the chess player. The burden of inevitable defeat in the match ... How hard it is to live with it! Only a real fighter can do this!

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Lódź, April 1927. The 2nd Polish Championship. In the 5th round, Savielly Tartakower faces Akiba Rubinstein.
Rubinstein won this game in 33 moves on his way to taking the title.

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Mikhail Tal demonstrating his spectacular win over Oscar Panno from the Portorož Interzonal on September 3, 1958. All you could do was to watch and pretend you understood at least 20% of the depth of his tactical witchcraft.
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♟Sundays with Unity♟
June 14th, 2020
Session 13

🥇GM Vladimir Fedoseev🥇

♟Sundays with Unity♟
June 14th, 2020
Winning Team: 🇮🇷IRAN🇮🇷

Top 40 players who have not won any prizes in the main event:

16. IM Seyed Khalil Mousavi (2522)
26. GM Parham Maghsoodloo (2676)
59. GM Pouria Darini (2432)
64. IM Ahmad Asgarizadeh (2452)
87. Mahdi Gholami Orimi (2428)
104. FM Ali Rastbod (2321)
119. IM Omid Noroozi (2330)
124. IM Bardiya Daneshvar (2399)
127. FM Nima Hosseinzadeh (2217)
146. Hamidreza Ebrahimi Herab (2020)
149. Koosha Jaferian (2163)
153. Reza Mahdavi (2124)
171. IM Mohsen Sharbaf (2239)
179. Sajad Moradi (1961)
180. FM Amir Hossein Kashefi (2234)
183. Amirali Ghafourian (2165)
187. IM Mohammadamin Molaei (2325)
197. Parviz Khazaei (2156)
198. FM Abtin Atakhan (2294)
199. WCM Parnian Ghomi (2006)
200. Soheil Asnaashari (2065)
204. FM Amir Hossein Jamshidi (2264)
206. CM Mohammad Javad Khorshidi (2105)
212. Masoud Talebi (1931)
215. Sobhan Zahmati (1922)
216. Hooman Dehghani (1802)
232. Hamed Behroozi Moghaddam (2057)
237. FM Mohammad Miran Khademi (2275)
252. Farshad Samareshahpasand (2045)
272. M Sadegh Mahmoody (1915)
273. Amir Safari Aghdam (1876)
282. IA Maghsoud Giahy (1649)
286. FM Mehdi Hossinipour (2282)
295. Meysam Khatibi (2243)
302. Mani Jahedi (2201)
304. WFM Mitra Asgharzadeh (1978)
305. Amin Abedi (1979)
308. Artin Ashraf (2075)
310. Benyamin Babaniya (2187)
312. Mojtaba Tarazooyeadl (2149)


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♟Sundays with Unity♟
June 14th, 2020
🎁Lucky Prizes🎁

50. FM Kagan Aydincelebi 2238 (TUR)
100. FM Deni Sonjaya 2207 (INA)
150. CM Ediz Gurel 2168 (TUR)
200. Soheil Asnnaashari 2065 (IRI)
250. FM Andres Eloy Perez Candelas (VEN)
300. FM Alex Cuevas 2260 (ARG)
350. FM Mikhail Gerasimenyuk 2133 (UKR)
400. IM Jhon Jairo 2128 (COL)
450. Ferdiyansah (INA)
500. Jeshua Baca Garcia 1633 (PER)
550. Abilmansur Ansat 1481 (KAZ)
600. Cesar Alonso Terry Lujan 2144 (PER)
650. Juan Carlos Delgado Gutierrez (COL)
700. Vihaan Dumir 1261 (IND)
750. Golsa Golpour 1115 ( IRI)
800. FM Alejo Ismael Gimenez Aguirre 2265 (ESP)
850. Chandan Darmania (IND)


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♟Sundays with Unity♟
June 14th, 2020
Main Event

(Open)
1. GM Vladimir Fedoseev 2678 (RUS)
2. GM Nihal Sarin 2620 (IND)
3. FM Kazybek Nogerbek 2328 (KAZ)
4. GM Vladislav Kovalev 2648 (BLR)
5. GM Gyula Pap 2535 (HUN)
6. GM Homayoon Toufighi 2439 (IRI)
7. GM David Paravyan 2653 (RUS)
8. GM Akshat Chandra 2536 (USA)
10. GM Diptayan Ghosh 2521 (IND)
11. GM Alexey Sarana 2654 (RUS)

(Women)
126. IM Lulija Osmak 2438 (UKR)
128. WGM R Vaishali 2393 (IND)
133. WCM luisana Mujica Flores 1982 (VEN)

(Senior 50+)
107. GM Rogelio Jr Antonio 2421 (PHI)
139. CM Jesus Alberto Coca Cubillos 2060 (COL)

(U16)
9. FM Emin Ohanyan 2291 (ARM)
25. GM Raunak Sadhwani 2545 (IND)

(U12)
37. Dimitar Mardov 2265 USA
96. FM Aldiyar Ansat 2255 KAZ

(U2400)
15. FM Suthandram R Manu David 2360 (IND)
32. IM Nail Bashirli 2382 (AZE)

(U2300)
30. FM Mikhail Yashmetov 2298 (RUS)
36. FM Muhammadali Abdurahmonov 2234 (UZB)

(U2200)
86. Kaveh Ghaziolsharif 2183 (IRI)
103. FM Steven Rojas 2194 (PER)

(U2100)
117. Hamidreza Tahmasebi 2070 (IRI)
135. Atharva Jaeel 2083 (IND)

(U2000)
95. Gonzalo Garcia Campitelli 1966 (ARG)
116. Satbek Akhmedinov 1948 CM (KAZ)

(U1900)
122. Seyed Mahan Khoshkalam 1837 (IRI)
165. Hossein Mohammadi 1817 (IRI)

(U1800)
120. Abolfazl Mogheyseh 1729 (IRI)
147. Morteza Amirkhanlou 1744 (IRI)

(U1700)
132. Muhammadzohid Suyarov 1658 (UZB)
194. Amir Satybaldy 1656 (KAZ)

(U1600)
218. Spandan Srivastava 1557 (IND)
320. Yomar Ruiz Gutierrez 1570 (BOL)

(U1500)
138. Adil Satybaldy 1422 (KAZ)
431. Mohamed Nabil Nazar 1484 (SRI)

(U1400)
217. Arshia Alaghemand 1396 (IRI)
259. V Muthukumaran 1364 (IND)

(Unrated)
269. Jose Luis Soto Febres (PER)
315. Benyamin Javanshiri (IRI)


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♟Sundays with Unity♟

🥇King/Queen of 2020🥇

Season #1 (10-13)

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(Open 👮‍♂️)

10. GM Parham Maghsoodloo 2676 (IRI)
11. GM Vladimir Fedoseev 2678 (RUS)
12. GM Olexandr Bortnyk 2598 (UKR)
13. GM Vladimir Fedoseev 2678 (RUS)

Players in the Final: Parham Maghsoodloo, Vladimir Fedoseev, Olexandr Bortnyk

Final Date: 6/20/2020 (16:00 GMT)

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(Women 👱🏻‍♀️)

10. WFM Anahita Zahedifar 2213 (IRI)
11. IM Zhansaya Abdumalik 2478 (KAZ)
12. WGM Deysi T Cori 2388 (PER)
13. IM Lulija Osmak 2438 (UKR)

Players in the Final: Anahita Zahedifar, Zhansaya Abdumalik, Deysi T Cori, Lulija Osmak

Final Date: 6/20/2020 (17:00 GMT)

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(Team 👨‍👨‍👧‍👧)

10. Team Iran
11. Team Iran
12. Team Russia
13. Team Iran

Teams in the final: Team Iran, Team Russia

Final Date: 6/27/2020 (16:00 GMT)

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(U16 👦🏻)

10. GM Raunak Sadhwani 2545 (IND)
11. IM Ahmad Ahmadzada 2431 (AZE)
12. GM Nihal Sarin 2620 (IND)
13. FM Emin Ohanyan 2291 (ARM)

Players in the Final: Raunak Sadhwani, Ahmad Ahmadzada, Nihal Sarin, Emin Ohanyan

Final Date: 7/4/2020 (16:00 GMT)

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(U12 👶🏻)

10. FM Aldiyar Ansat 2255 (KAZ)
11. FM Aldiyar Ansat 2255 (KAZ)
12. Artin Ashraf 2075 (IRI)
13. Dimitar Mardov 2265 (USA)

Players in the Final: Aldiyar Ansat, Artin Asharf, Dimitar Mardov

Final Date: 7/4/2020 (17:00 GMT)

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(Senior 👨🏻‍🏫)

10. GM Tair Vahidov 2401 (UZB)
11. IM Miguel Medina Paz 2368 (ECU)
12. GM Tair Vahidov 2401 (UZB)
13. GM Rogelio Jr Antonio 2421 (PHI)

Players in the Final: Tair Vahidov, Miguel Medina Paz, Rogelio Jr Antonio

Final Date: 7/11/2020 (16:00 GMT)
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Finals of the season Regulations

1️⃣ Time Control: The time control is just like our weekly tournaments (3+0)
2️⃣ Camera: All players are required to play under camera during these matches.
3️⃣ Format: The players will play in the double round robin format.
4️⃣ Prizes: The winner of the open section will get $100 and the winners of Women, U12, U16, and senior will get $50 prizes.
5️⃣ Final of the Year: The winners will book their place in the final of the year. In the final of the year, the final winner of 2020 will get $2000 in Open section, $1000 in Women and U16, and $500 in senior and U12 sections.
6️⃣ Team Format: The format of the team tournaments will be specified very soon. There is only a $5000 prize for top 100 players of the winning team at the end of the year.
7️⃣ Tie: If two players tie for the first place in one of these finals, they will play two bullet games (1+0) and if there is a tie again, an armageddon game (White 4 Minutes, Black 3 minutes) will be played between them.
8️⃣ Tie with 3 or more players: In this case a bullet double round robin will be played between the players tied for the first place. If there is still a tie, the armageddon will be played between the two players with higher Tiebreak. Tiebreaks are more wins, more points in the games of players on tie, more wins with black pieces, and finally FIDE Standard rating.

♟Sundays with Unity♟
King/Queen of 2020
U12/Season 1

♟Sundays with Unity♟
King/Queen of 2020
U16/Season 1

♟Sundays with Unity♟
King/Queen of 2020
Senior/Season 1

♟Sundays with Unity♟
King/Queen of 2020
Women/Season 1

♟Sundays with Unity♟
King/Queen of 2020
Open/Season 1

♟Sundays with Unity♟
JOIN US!

♟Sundays with Unity♟
June 21st, 2020
16:00 GMT

Team: https://lichess.org/team/sundays-with-unity-weekly-international-june-21st-2020

Tournament: https://lichess.org/tournament/IcYWSfR8

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♟Sundays with Unity♟

💵$2,100 Prizes
100% Guaranteed!
Prizes for more than 150 players!

💎14th Unity Weekly International Tournament June 21st, 2020

‼️All players are required to join the Unity Team, which has been formed on Lichess for this tournament.

‼️Title+Full Name

For title players who had problem adding their titles in front of their official account in Lichess, they need to create another account with their full name and title on it. Then they need to move up their blitz rating up to their actual rating.
Also email their picture ID to: sundayswithunity@gmail.com

After that they will be allowed to play.

If anything else, we won’t accept it. Thanks for your cooperation.

⏹Regulations:
1️⃣Type: Open
2️⃣Date: Sundays 16:00 (GMT)
3️⃣Time control: 3+0
4️⃣Website: Lichess.org
5️⃣Total time: 120 minutes
6️⃣Entry Fee: $4 plus tax for Europe & North America. The rest are $2 plus tax. No tax charge if you make your payment to representatives.
7️⃣Free entry for: GM, WGM, IM, WIM, FM, WFM, International Arbiter.
50% off entry fee for Senior, NM, WNM, CM, WCM.
8️⃣The Berserk option is available.
9️⃣All players are required to have played at least 30 rated blitz games with their Lichess account.
🔟No more registration will get accepted one hour prior to the tournament!
‼️All players must take part in the tournament with their official Lichess ID otherwise won’t be able to win the prizes.

💠 What steps do you need to take to participate in the tournament❓

🟤 STEP ONE
Read the regulations carefully

🟤 STEP TWO
Go to the registration page and register for the tournament.
🌐 REGISTER PAGE

🔰 REGISTRATION:
Registrations can be done in 2 ways:
1. Representative
2. Website: unitychess.com

🟤 STEP THREE
Select one of the payment methods and pay the input.

◾️ Payments for the entry fee can be made in 4 ways:
A) Representative
B) Website: Unity Chess Club Website
C) PayPal: sundayswithunity@gmail.com
D) Bank Account: Wells Fargo
Account number: 2705651012
Routing number: 122105278

Unity Chess Club LLC
Pedram Atoufi
+16023262727

Address: 2909 S. Dobson Rd.
Suite #11 Mesa, AZ 85202

🟤 STEP FOUR
Send the receipt of your payment to sundayswithunity@gmail.com

🟤 STEP FIVE
Go to the Unity team web page on the LICHESS site and join the team.
Every week, the team's url is announced on the Unity Chess Website.

🟤 STEP SIX
After these steps, you will enter the competition list and open the tournament page at least 15 minutes before the start of the tournament and be ready to compete.

⏹Prohibitions:
1️⃣Using computers.
2️⃣Having someone else play for you.
3️⃣Using inappropriate language in chat room of Lichess.

⏹The Power of the Jury:
1️⃣Requiring players to play under the camera if needed.
2️⃣Prohibiting offending players from participating in future matches.
3️⃣Issues a verdict for players who have committed a violation outside the rules of the regulations.
4️⃣Verification: Ask players to play some blitz games on camera with the presence of some members of the jury after the end of the tournament, in order to verify their performance in the competition.
5️⃣Asking players to move up their Lichess Blitz rating to certain level.

🌐The goal of this tournament is to provide a safe environment where chess players can compete and enjoy the games. Wish everyone good luck!

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💵Prizes: $2,100 Prizes are 100% Guaranteed!
For more than 150 players!

🥇The Best Country (more points in total):
$200 to the top 40 players of that country ($5 each).
📵If one player cheat and his/her account get closed by Lichess, the whole country won’t win the $200 team prize!

Open:
1️⃣$150
2️⃣$100
3️⃣$60
4️⃣$40
5-10: $20
11-20: $10
21-30: $5
Women's Section:
1️⃣$60
2️⃣$40
3️⃣$20
4️⃣$10
Senior 65+:
1️⃣$20
2️⃣$10
3️⃣$5
Senior 50+:
1️⃣$20
2️⃣$10
3️⃣$5
U16:
1️⃣$30
2️⃣$20
3️⃣$10
4️⃣$5
U12:
1️⃣$30
2️⃣$20
3️⃣$10
4️⃣$5
2300-2399:
1️⃣$30
2️⃣$20
3️⃣$10
4️⃣$5
2200-2299:
1️⃣$30
2️⃣$20
3️⃣$10
4️⃣$5
2100-2199:
1️⃣$30
2️⃣$20
3️⃣$10
4️⃣$5
2000-2099:
1️⃣$30
2️⃣$20
3️⃣$10
4️⃣$5
1900-1999:
1️⃣$30
2️⃣$20
3️⃣$10
4️⃣$5
1800-1899:
1️⃣$30
2️⃣$20
3️⃣$10
4️⃣$5
1700-1799:
1️⃣$30
2️⃣$20
3️⃣$10
4️⃣$5
1600-1699:
1️⃣$30
2️⃣$20
3️⃣$10
4️⃣$5
1500-1599:
1️⃣$30
2️⃣$20
3️⃣$10
4️⃣$5
1400-1499:
1️⃣$30
2️⃣$20
3️⃣$10
4️⃣$5
U1400:
1️⃣$30
2️⃣$20
3️⃣$10
4️⃣$5
Unrated:
1️⃣$30
2️⃣$20
3️⃣$10
4️⃣$5

🎁Unity Lucky Awards:
The 50th, 100th, 150th, 200th, 250th, 300th, 350th, 400th, 450th, 500th, 550th, 600th, 650th, 700th, 750th, 800th, 850th, 900th, 950th, and 1000th places that will be announced at the end of the tournament by Lichess. Each of these players will be paid $10.
Minimum 4 games are required to get eligible to win the Lucky Prizes.

⏹Prizes terms and conditions:
1️⃣All prizes will be paid within 2 days.
2️⃣Cash prizes are given to the top places, ranked by Lichess.
3️⃣If a player is eligible for two prizes between the sections, the higher prize is awarded.
4️⃣The USCF (United States Chess Federation) rated players who don’t have Fide rating, will be eligible to receive the section prizes. Here is the formula to calculate their Fide rating: (USCF-100= Fide rating). That means a USCF player with rating of 1650 would be eligible to receive the section prize for under 1600 (1650-100=1550).
5️⃣Winners of class prizes can only receive prizes related to their rating level.
6️⃣The criterion for section prizes is FIDE Standard rating. If the player doesn’t have that, we will go with blitz rating. If not, then rapid rating. If the player doesn’t have Fide, nor USCF rating, we will consider him/her as unrated player.
8️⃣To receive prizes please contact the representative in your country.
If your country doesn’t have representative then send your information with your picture ID to this email:
sundayswithunity@gmail.com
Winners have the options to choose one of these 3 ways to receive their prizes:
1. PayPal
2. Western Union
3. Bank Account
Winners are responsible to cover the cost of the transaction fee.


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