Unity Chess Weekly Magazine
July 19th, 2020
Week 18
Volume 3

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🌐 UnityChess.com

The Winning Soviet team 1956 Moscow chess olympiad.
Can you name all the players from left to right?

🔗 Chess History (@MrMarksTV)

...the initial position is decisive Zugzwang.

🔸 Jon Speelman #chess #quoteoftheday

🔗 Chessify (@ChessifyMe)

One of the finest chess photographs in Otto Bettmann's photographic archive: 13-year-old Bobby Fischer playing a tournament game at the Manhattan Chess Club against Karl Forster.

🔗 Olimpiu G. Urcan (@olimpiuurcan)

BLOG UPDATE: The page on Mikhail Tal's later games now features translations of his contemporary annotations (from '64') to his win v. Korchnoi (Reykjavík, 1987) and to his miniatures v. Granda Zuniga & Gómez Baillo (Termas de Río Hondo, 1987).
https://dgriffinchess.wordpress.com/2020/08/05/the-later-games-of-mikhail-tal-with-his-annotations-from-the-contemporary-soviet-press/

Alexander Alekhine's Best Chess Tactics! - 1

Mikhail Tal's Incredible Knightmare Game! - Best Of The 1980s - Tal vs. Hjartarson, 1987

Daily chess puzzle
Karpov - Velimirovic, Skopje 1976

https://chesspuzzle.net/Puzzle/109316

Hou Yifan - Munkhzul
Women's Speed Chess 2020

https://chesspuzzle.net/Puzzle/161281

A 1990 photograph of Garry Kasparov from the Sygma collection.

🔗 Olimpiu G. Urcan (@olimpiuurcan)

Amber Rapid Tournament in 2010. Vladimir Kramnik vs Vugar Gashimov.
The chess world has lost Vugar Gashimov (24 July 1986 - 11 January 2014) far too early.
In memoriam 🙏♟
Source: Youtube / Internet Chess Club

🔗 Jürgen Lutz (@zugzwang_76)

Polina Karelina, one of the best players in the #Bahamas talks about her passion for #chess, the Polgar sisters, and the chess scene in her country!

https://en.chessbase.com/post/the-best-in-the-bahamas

Day 1 of the Magnus Carlsen Chess Tour Finals begins with wins for Hikaru Nakamura and Ding Liren! https://chess24.com/en/watch/live-tournaments/kiva-finals-of-the-magnus-carlsen-chess-tour-2020/1/1/7
#c24live #ImpactChess

The final event of the Magnus Carlsen Chess Tour began on August 9 on Chess24.com.

In the starting semifinal match, Daniil Dubov lost to Hikaru Nakamura. In the first rapid game, the Russian celebrated a bright 17-move victory but then lost two games in a row. However, Dubov managed to win on demand in the fourth game. The American beat his opponent in blitz, having won the whole match 3.5-2.5.

Magnus Carlsen started his match against Ding Liren with a defeat but then immediately stroke back. Then two draws followed. The Chinese grandmaster bested his opponent in the first blitz game, but the score equalised after Carlen's come back in the second one. Ding Liren secured a draw from the position of strength in the "Armageddon", thus winning the match.

The second semifinal matches will take place on August 10.

Official website

https://events.chess24.com/tour/

🔗 MrDodgy (rocketman) (@ChessProblem):
Mission accomplished
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🔗 MrDodgy (rocketman) (@ChessProblem):
leaked footage of Ding's preparation
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