Headmistress Miss Lucy Anness teaching chess at the Aylesbury Secondary Girls' School in Bromley, Kent, in 1949 (Corbis Collection). She started off the only scholastic chess program for girls in Britain in 1946 and made a push for the inclusion of chess in the school curriculum.

🔗 Olimpiu G. Urcan (@olimpiuurcan)

AVRO 1938, Keres vs Fine.

🔗 Chess History (@MrMarksTV)

Bobby Fischer giving Dinah Shore, an American television personality, actress and singer, a crash course on the Trompowsky. Fischer's appearance on her show, "Dinah's Place," aired on February 1, 1973 (NBC Universal Archives).

🔗 Olimpiu G. Urcan (@olimpiuurcan)

In memory of chess legend Wolfgang Uhlmann, who sadly passed away a month ago, we've translated the interview he gave to Dagobert Kohlmeyer earlier this year.

https://en.chessbase.com/post/wolfgang-uhlmann-interview-march-2020

♔ The 10 best #chess moves of all time countdown!

♔ 3: In 1912, Frank Marshall (black) found the brilliant 23.Qg3, allowing his queen to be captured in three different ways, all completely winning! White resigned on the spot.

♔ See the full list here: http://chess.com/article/view/best-chess-moves

Ok, the previous one was too easy, everybody recognized Mikhail Tal.

Here is a much more difficult one. Who is the cute kid in the photo?

🔗 David Llada ♞ (@davidllada)

Move of the Day!

Daily chess puzzle
Han - Moussa, Chess Olympiad, Manila 1992

https://chesspuzzle.net/Puzzle/169488

I have been giving simuls all my life, it seems.

🔗 Nigel Short (@nigelshortchess)

Happy 37th birthday to Leinier Dominguez Perez! 🎊🎈🎉🎁🎂
The Cuban-American grandmaster is currently the world number-14. He is a former world blitz champion and known as an excellent opening theoretician. Full profile:

https://www.chess.com/players/leinier-dominguez-perez

Nice Birthday Puzzles from Domínguez Pérez's games

White to win in both puzzles #chess #tactics

Leinier Dominguez Perez vs Alexander Morozevich,
Corus Group A (2009) #chess #gameoftheday

Today is the birthday of Cuban-American grandmaster Leinier Domínguez Pérez. 🎉The five-time champion of his native Cuba, Domínguez plays for the USA since 2018.

In this 2014 game against Wesley So, Leinier made an amazing move. Would you try to find it?

#chess #YourMove #HBD

🔗 International Chess Federation (@FIDE\_chess)

👏 Congratulations to GM Anton Smirnov who won today's Junior #SpeedChess Championship event presented by @ChessKidcom! 👏

Final score:
GM Smirnov: 16.0
GM Sadhwani: 11.0

Game of the Week: Erwin l'Ami vs. Fabiano Caruana

https://en.chessbase.com/post/game-of-the-week-erwin-l-ami-vs-fabiano-caruana

♟Sundays With Unity♟
💎Final Prize List💎

♟Sundays With Unity♟
September 20th, 2020
Kids U8-U16 Championship
🏆Final Prize List🏆

Open:
1️⃣ 1. GM Abdusattorov Nodirbek 🇺🇿 ($50)
2️⃣ 2. FM Kazybek Nogerbek 🇰🇿 ($30)
3️⃣ 3. GM Jonas BuhlBjerre 🇩🇰 ($20)

U-16 Boys:
1️⃣ 4. GM Javokhir Sindarov 🇺🇿 ($20)
2️⃣ 5. FM Aaryan Varshney 🇮🇳 ($10)
3️⃣ 8. FM Arad Nazari 🇮🇷 ($5)
U-16 Girls:
1️⃣ 48. WCM Parnian Ghomi 🇮🇷 ($20)
2️⃣ 71. Oksana Slapoguzova 🇺🇿 ($10)
3️⃣ 98. Nurai Sovetbekova 🇰🇬 ($5)

U-14 Boys:
1️⃣ 6. CM Mohammad Javad Khorshidi 🇮🇷 ($20)
2️⃣ 7. CM Yousef Khaled 🇪🇬 ($10)
3️⃣ 19. Sobhan Zahmati 🇮🇷 ($5)
U-14 Girls:
1️⃣ 32. WFM Candela Be Francisco Guecamburu 🇦🇷 ($20)
2️⃣ 67. Maria Eduarda Rosa da Costa 🇧🇷 ($10)
3️⃣ 68. WFM Fiorella Contreras Huaman 🇵🇪 ($5)

U-12 Boys:
1️⃣ 13. Mukhammad Zohid Suyarov 🇺🇿 ($20)
2️⃣ 15. Reza Mahdavi 🇮🇷 ($10)
3️⃣ 18. Artin Ashraf 🇮🇷 ($5)
U-12 Girls:
1️⃣ 58. Ashley AlexandraCastillo Beitia 🇵🇦 ($20)
2️⃣ 91. WCM Aisha Zakirova 🇰🇿 ($10)
3️⃣ 121. Melika Rahmani 🇮🇷 ($5)

U-10 Boys:
1️⃣ 47. Alex Arape 🇻🇪 ($20)
2️⃣ 56. Edgar Mamedov 🇰🇿 ($10)
3️⃣ 57. Arshiya Alagemand 🇮🇷 ($5)
U-10 Girls:
1️⃣ 123. Maedeh yousefian 🇮🇷 ($20)
1️⃣ 155. Ailin Zarkym 🇰🇿 ($10)
2️⃣ 159. Ghosh Saparya 🇮🇳 ($5)

U-8 Boys:
1️⃣ 110.Nikolay Kleimenov 🇷🇺 ($20)
2️⃣ 111.Reeve Mendes Aaron 🇨🇦 ($10)
3️⃣ 124. Ramtin Kakavand 🇮🇷 ($5)
U-8 Girls:
1️⃣ 187. Nika Venskaya 🇧🇾 ($20)
2️⃣ 201. Nanyonjo Shadia 🇺🇬 ($10)
3️⃣ 250. Ana Clarissa Veloso 🇧🇷 ($5)

🎁Unity Lucky Awards:
50th: Erfan Ahmadi 🇮🇷 ($5)
100th: Yerlan Tleukhanov 🇰🇿 ($5)
150th: Arlan Kozhan 🇰🇿 ($5)
200th: Hailey Bruintjies 🇿🇦 ($5)
250th: Ana Clarissa Veloso 🇧🇷 ($5)

♟Sundays With Unity♟
Daily Championship
Africa & Asia
Thursday September 24

Tournament Link: https://lichess.org/tournament/uzjcF9W1

✍️Registration Form: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScZ0ZkvyPGoRZTCb06oA8X-XhVxzNsvDtAupOHyOQHBIhqdkQ/viewform

1️⃣ Total Time: 120 minutes
2️⃣ Type: Blitz 3+0
3️⃣ Time: 16:00 GMT
4️⃣ Date: Every day Monday-Friday
5️⃣ Every player is eligible to win only one free ticket in Daily Events and not more than that.
6️⃣ Cheaters will straight go to the Unity Blacklist and won’t be able to play the upcoming Mega Event anymore.
7️⃣ The Berserk option is available
8️⃣ Prizes: 3 free tickets to top 3 winners of Africa and Asia to the Unity Mega Event September 27th, 2020
9️⃣ Players has to fill out the Google Form to be able to win the prizes, otherwise they can’t claim the prize.
🔟 All African players has to be a member of UnityChess Africa group and Asian players be member of UnityChess Asia group in Telegram before the tournament starts otherwise they won’t be eligible to win the free tickets.

♟Sundays With Unity♟
September 24th, 2020
Daily Championship
Africa/Asia