Another eventful round here at Altibox Norway Chess, with only Magnus Carlsen getting a classical win and thus taking the tournament lead. He will face Alireza Firouzja with the black pieces in a huge game on Thursday, after tomorrow's rest day.

https://chess24.com/en/watch/live-tournaments/altibox-norway-chess-2020/15/1/1

42. Re8! Qxe8 43. Qh6+ Kg8 44. Qxg6+ Kh8 45. Nf6, and Magnus Carlsen wins the classical game against Aryan Tari and grabs the lead in Norway Chess.

With this beautiful win against his compatriot Aryan Tari, Carlsen grabs sole lead at #NorwayChess.
He's now 1 point ahead of Firouzja, whom he's going to face in the upcoming round.

Magnus: "Generally I'm too dumb to lie, so mostly I'm telling the truth!"

Also:
Fiona Steil-Antoni: "Enjoy, congrats and see you on...... whatever day it is in two days!"
Magnus: "It's called Thursday"
Fiona: "Thank you!"

#NorwayChess #c24live

TRAP KNIGHT!! Fabiano Caruana vs Alireza Firouzja || Norway Blitz Chess 2020

Levon Aronian (2767) vs Jan Krzysztof Duda (2757) || Norway Chess 2020 - R8

♟Sundays With Unity♟
💎Final Prize List💎

♟Sundays With Unity♟
October 11th, 2020
Unity Untitled U2200
🏆Final Prize List🏆

Open:
1️⃣ 1. Daluz, Christian Mark (2020🇵🇭
2️⃣ 2. Reyes, Chester Neil (1831)🇵🇭
3️⃣ 3. Shahibzadegan, Ali (2168)🇮🇷

2100-2199:
1️⃣ 5. Tahmasebi, Hamidreza (2196)🇮🇷
2️⃣ 6. Hakasa, Arya Wisang (2141)🇮🇩
3️⃣ 9. Ghaziolsharif, Kaveh (2190)🇮🇷

2000-2099:
1️⃣ 4. Hille, Willian Henrique (2070)🇧🇷
2️⃣ 22. Yusuf (2092) 🇮🇩
3️⃣ 34. Ebrahimi Herab, Hamidreza (2020)🇮🇷

1900-1999:
1️⃣ 7. Orozbaev, Eldiar (1973)🇰🇬
2️⃣ 8. Mukim, Nadya Angraini (1951)🇲🇨
3️⃣ 10. Vardanyan, Haik A. (1972)🇦🇲

1800-1899:
1️⃣ 19. Ortiz Hernandez, Ricardo Paul (1872) 🇲🇽
2️⃣ 21. Wildan Sulkhan Mahizthon (1847) 🇮🇩
3️⃣ 25. Gutierrez Vargas, Robert (1870) 🇵🇪

1700-1799:
1️⃣ 11. Lemi, Daniel John (1778)🇵🇭
2️⃣ 14. Amirkhanlou, Morteza (1744)🇮🇷
3️⃣ 26. Cid Munoz, Benjamin (1770) 🇨🇱

1600-1699:
1️⃣ 16. Telesforo, Cyril Felrod (1693) 🇵🇭
2️⃣ 20. Suyarov, Mukhammadzokhid (1658) 🇺🇿
3️⃣ 48. Aakash G (1664) 🇮🇳

1500-1599:
1️⃣ 60. Nirmal L (1565) 🇮🇳
2️⃣ 92. Rogoski, Joao Vitor Ximenes (1514)🇧🇷
3️⃣ 109. Spandan Srivastava (1560) 🇮🇳

1400-1499:
1️⃣ 59. Chandrani Shlok (1413)🇮🇳
2️⃣ 65. Sharshenbekov, Emir (1424)🇰🇬
3️⃣ 73. Suryawanshi, Suraj (1445) 🇮🇳

U1400:
1️⃣ 23. Marquez, Ivette Fiorela (1362) 🇦🇷
2️⃣ 31. Hari Ganesh T (1349)🇮🇳
3️⃣ 57. Normukhammedov, Avazbek (1136) 🇺🇿

Unrated:
1️⃣ 51. Wicaksono, Aji Bagus 🇮🇩
2️⃣ 53. Marcellana, Mark James🇵🇭
3️⃣ 88. Dalpat, Winston 🇿🇦

🎁Lucky Prizes
50. Rojas Mena, Jhann Carlos (2029)🇵🇪
100.100. Musatwe Simutowe (2182)🇿🇲
150. Fakhim Ghanbarnezhad, Rozhina (1419)🇮🇷
200. Borji, Parham (1661)🇮🇷
250. Anhwere, Bernard (1878)🇬🇭
300. Ramos Castro, Aldair (1930)🇵🇪
350. Audiali (1671)🇲🇨

♟Sundays With Unity♟
October 18th, 2020
Kids U8-U16 Championship

💵 $500 Prizes for 43 players

💎2nd UnityChess Kids U8-U16 International Championship

💥Special Discount: 20% discount for members of Unity Chess main channel in Telegram:
https://t.me/UnityChessInternational

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

🔹All players must take part in the tournament with their official Lichess ID otherwise won’t be able to win the prizes.

🔹Winners of class prizes can only receive prizes related to their rating level.

🔹For Rating Category prizes, we will be considering the Maximum current FIDE rating of all three formats.

🎥 All winners of the last tournament and unrated players and winners of Unity Daily tournaments need to do Live Stream, enter to the Zoom or do Self Video Recording.

🔺Titled players who have not updated titles on Lichess need to pay the full entry fee.

⏹Regulations:
1️⃣Type: Kids U8-U16
2️⃣Date: 3rd Sunday of each month at 16:00 (GMT)
3️⃣Time control: 3+0
4️⃣Website: Lichess.org
5️⃣Total time: 120 minutes
6️⃣Entry Fee:
7️⃣Free entry for: GM, WGM, IM, WIM, FM, WFM
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 1 hour prior to the tournament!

✍️Registrations:
1️⃣Via Representatives
2️⃣Via Website: www.unitychess.com

🏆Prizes:
Open:
1️⃣$50
2️⃣$30
3️⃣$20

U-16 Boys:
1️⃣$20
2️⃣$10
3️⃣$5
U-16 Girls:
1️⃣$20
2️⃣$10
3️⃣$5

U-14 Boys:
1️⃣$20
2️⃣$10
3️⃣$5
U-14 Girls:
1️⃣$20
2️⃣$10
3️⃣$5

U-12 Boys:
1️⃣$20
2️⃣$10
3️⃣$5
U-12 Girls:
1️⃣$20
2️⃣$10
3️⃣$5

U-10 Boys:
1️⃣$20
2️⃣$10
3️⃣$5
U-10 Girls:
1️⃣$20
2️⃣$10
3️⃣$5

U-8 Boys:
1️⃣$20
2️⃣$10
3️⃣$5
U-8 Girls:
1️⃣$20
2️⃣$10
3️⃣$5

🎁Unity Lucky Awards:
The 50th, 100th, 150th, 200th, 250th, 300th, 350th, 400th, 450th, 500th places that will be announced at the end of the tournament by Lichess. Each of these players will be paid $5.
Minimum 4 games are required to get eligible to win the Lucky Prizes.

🔴Prohibitions:
1️⃣Using computers.
2️⃣Having someone else play for you.
3️⃣Using inappropriate language in chat room of Lichess.
4️⃣No one allowed to sending private message to any of our members in Sundays with Unity Telegram group without the permission of that person.
Any of these things happen, the player will straight goes to the Blacklist and won’t be able to play in the tournament anymore.

⏹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.

⏹Prizes terms and conditions:
1️⃣All results will be announced and prizes will be paid after 72 hours.
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).

Team: https://lichess.org/team/unity-chess-kids-u8-u16-championship

Tournament: https://lichess.org/tournament/Fd3yiFy4

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

Dear Participants,

Please send one of your best games that you have played in your chess career with Full analysis and send it to us so that it can be Published in the Unity Chess Magazine.

Preparing for Spassky - Bobby Fischer, photographed by Harry Benson at Grossinger's Resort in the Catskill Mountains, New York state, 1972.

By the board is a copy of '#Chess in the USSR'.

🔗 Douglas Griffin (@dgriffinchess)

"... I have stored little in my memory, but I can apply that little, and it is of use in many and varied emergencies..."

🔸 Emanuel Lasker

@UnityChessClub

Another cute one - before passing to some serious FIDE news. You recognize two players, right?

🔗 Emilchess (@EmilSutovsky)

Amsterdam, 26th March 1996. Nigel Short faces Garry Kasparov in the 4th round of the Euwe Memorial tournament, as Jan Timman passes the board.
(Photo credit: M. Antonisse / ANP, via http://anp-archief.nl.)

🔗 Douglas Griffin (@dgriffinchess)

Boris Gelfand, pictured at the Hoogovens tournament in Wijk aan Zee, 23rd January 1992.
(Photo credit: H. Steinmeier / ANP, via http://www.anp-archief.nl.) #chess

🔗 Douglas Griffin (@dgriffinchess)

For Art Enthusiasts: Chess in Art

https://en.chessbase.com/post/for-art-enthusiasts-chess-in-art