Artemiev Beats Giri In Speed Chess Match

Vladislav Artemiev will be Magnus Carlsen's opponent in the quarterfinals of the 2020 #SpeedChess Championship Main Event. The Russian grandmaster beat Anish Giri 15.5-11.5. Report:

The #speedchess round of 16 is complete. We are on to the quarterfinals!

We'll be announcing dates soon. Which match are you most excited about?

Hikaru Nakamura vs. Fedoseev

Magnus Carlsen vs. Artemiev

So vs. Duda

Vachier_Lagrave vs. Lev Aronian

♟Sundays With Unity♟
November 15th 2020
‼️Provisional Prize List‼️
U2200 Championship
Page 1

💎(Open)💎

1️⃣ 1) Hamidreza Tahmasebi (12537527) jj__chessgod (2196) IRAN 🇮🇷 92
2️⃣ 2) Ali Shahibzadegan (12507288) Physiotherapist (2168) IRAN 🇮🇷 92
3️⃣ 3) Steven Rojas Salas (3819434) Steven_Rojas (2194) PERU 🇵🇪 81

💎(2100_2199)💎

1️⃣ 10) Sanket Chakravarty (25032038) AFMCR (2106) U16 INDIA 🇮🇳 74
2️⃣ 11) Reza Mahdavi (12595926) tamojerry (2124) U12 IRAN 🇮🇷 74
3️⃣ 13) Kaveh Ghaziolsharif (12506028) manchesterisred (2190) IRAN 🇮🇷 71
4️⃣ 23) FM Daniel Hermawan (7105487) JenderalDaniel (2146) INDONESIA 🇮🇩 64
5️⃣ 26) Amir Ali Ghafourian (12533831) The_North_Remembers (2165) IRI 🇮🇷 62
6️⃣ 29) Sailesh. R (25759877) devisaran (2165) U16 INDIA 🇮🇳 61
7️⃣ 31) Akmalnaidi Akbar (7104294) nengrani123 (2145) INDONESIA 🇮🇩 60
8️⃣ 34) Mahdi Khademi (22552170) manhastamm (2121) IRAN 🇮🇷 59
9️⃣ 35) Mojtaba Tarazoye Adl (12518298) forcemate (2160) IRAN 🇮🇷 59
🔟 41) Severyn Smykalo (14190621) LoneWolf_UA (2109) U16 Ukraine 🇺🇦 57

Top 3 Women:
1️⃣💁‍♀️91) WIM Nur Abidah Shanti (7104898) ShantiNurAbidahWIM (2167) INDONESIA 🇮🇩 45
2️⃣💁‍♀️111) WGM Beagriz Irene Franco Valencia (4402618) onlytime04 (2106) COLOMBIA 🇨🇴 40
3️⃣💁‍♀️152) Angela Valencia Franco (4403070) saraconnor (2197) COLOMBIA 🇨🇴 29

Top 3 Africans:
1️⃣ 17) Banele Mhango (14327040) Banelevich (2117) SOUTH AFRICA 🇿🇦 67
2️⃣ 95) Charlton Mnyasta (Fide Unrated) Jelly12 (2123) SOUTH AFRICA 🇿🇦 44
3️⃣

💎(2000_2099)💎

1️⃣ 4) Willian Henrique Hille (2149826) Wu_kong (2070) BRAZIL 🇧🇷 80
2️⃣ 5) Navid Bahrami (12539422) rahmatkaseii (2037) IRAN 🇮🇷 79
3️⃣ 6) Christian Mark N. Daluz (5225760) Mark_Daluz29 (2020) PHILIPPINES 🇵🇭 77
4️⃣ 9) Mohammadreza Abedi (12530565) Fioneahmadi996 (2072) IRAN 🇮🇷 76
5️⃣ 18) Milad Khodabandeh (12538620) persian_leopard (2010) IRAN 🇮🇷 67
6️⃣ 43) Ayush Sharma (45010943) Python45 (2072) U16 INDIA 🇮🇳 56
7️⃣ 74) Saeid Sheikhi Narani (12500372) context2000 (2020) IRAN 🇮🇷 49
8️⃣ 88) David Yang Viano Goey (7124031) davidyongvianogoey U16 (2057) INDONESIA 🇮🇩 46
9️⃣ 99) M.Sadegh Mahmoody (12501360) Mesterseen (2054) IRAN 🇮🇷 43
🔟 109) Bayastan Sydykov (13829610) Feuer1 (2026) U10 Kyrgyzstan 🇰🇬 41

Top 3 Women:
1️⃣💁‍♀️44) WFM Motahare Asadi (12561932) M__Asss (2093) IRAN 🇮🇷 56
2️⃣💁‍♀️105) Parva Behzad Nazif (12563790) parva_behzadnaz (2051) IRAN 🇮🇷 43
3️⃣💁‍♀️167) Maria Camila Lopez Giraldo (Fide unrated) Cami2605 (2006)
COLOMBIA 🇨🇴 26

Top 3 Africans:
1️⃣ 25) Roy Mwadzura (11004436) Leyla0 (2029) ZIMBABWE 🇿🇼 63
2️⃣ 58) Winston Dalpat (Fide Unrated) dalpat (2099) SOUTH AFRICA 🇿🇦 52
3️⃣

💎(1900_1999)💎

1️⃣ 7) Sajad Moradi (12521744) sajmor76 (1994) IRAN 🇮🇷 77
2️⃣ 12) Valentyn Hulka (34107061) Pusher_2005 (1991) UKRAINE 🇺🇦 72
3️⃣ 37) Hossein Rostami (12529974) mory7788 (1998) IRAN 🇮🇷 58
4️⃣ 50) Yudhistira Tresna Nugraha (7119909) Setia_LCKB (1992) INDONESIA 🇮🇩 53
5️⃣ 59) Amin Abedi (12509884) AminAbedi (1979) IRAN 🇮🇷 52
6️⃣ 82) Yulia Efremova (14113953) Efremova (1987) UKRAINE 🇺🇦 47
7️⃣ 89) Cristian David León Sarria (4454553) cristian18 (1988) COLOMBIA 🇨🇴46
8️⃣ 98) Sainath Ravuri (25160664) chess_tal (1949) U14 INDIA 🇮🇳 44
9️⃣ 165) Prathamesh Shashikant Deshmukh (Fide Unrated) PrathamOne (1999) INDIA 🇮🇳 26
🔟 170) Juan Carlos delgado (Fide unrated) thunderctas13 (1969) COLOMBIA 🇨🇴 25

Top 3 Women:
1️⃣💁‍♀️64) Mitra Asgharzadeh WFM (12583111) mitraasz (1978) IRAN 🇮🇷 50
2️⃣💁‍♀️

Top 3 Africans:
1️⃣ 156) Besufikad Kinde Asrat (15707997) BESTK (1939) U14 ETHIOPIA 🇪🇹 29
2️⃣
3️⃣

♟Sundays With Unity♟
November 15th 2020
‼️Provisional Prize List‼️
U2200 Championship
Page 2

💎(1800_1899)💎

1️⃣ 20) Satria Duta Cahaya AIM (7124252) S4tD008 (1820) U12 INDONESIA 🇮🇩 66
2️⃣ 22) Mohammad Mahdi Alizadeh (22598820) Alizooo (1856) IRAN 🇮🇷 65
3️⃣ 28) Mohsen Rostami (22511415) CAT_BLACK_GM (1888) IRAN 🇮🇷 62
4️⃣ 30) Ricardo Paul Ortiz Hernandez (5111587) AjedrezParaMortales (1872) MEXICO 🇲🇽 61
5️⃣ 36) Saad Aljabri (7604742) sa3d-jab (1823) SYRIA 🇸🇾 58
6️⃣ 52) Davood Asgharvand (12516171) Dokijobava (1884) IRAN 🇮🇷 53
7️⃣ 54) Armin Rahmat Pour (22537856) Fortune2004 (1840) IRAN 🇮🇷 52
8️⃣ 62) Albert Alvarado Zamora (3825094) AFAZ (1850) PERU 🇵🇪 51
9️⃣ 78) Seyed Ali Ebadi (22501371) aliebd (1820) IRAN 🇮🇷 48
🔟 79) Lasha Kachkachishvili (13618334) lasha2003 (1809) GEORGIA 🇬🇪 48

Top 3 Women:
1️⃣💁‍♀️ 61) Elisabeth Luis (3529002) Elisabethchess (1880) PANAMA 🇵🇦 51
2️⃣💁‍♀️76) WFM Christine Elisabeth (7106165) celisa7 (1805) INDONESIA 🇮🇩 48
3️⃣💁‍♀️96) Niki Nadernia (12576689) niki_ndr (1801) IRAN 🇮🇷 44

Top 3 Africans:
1️⃣
2️⃣
3️⃣

💎(1700_1799)💎

1️⃣ 15) Ronald Ruiz (3823571) RR21 (1776) PERU 🇵🇪 68
2️⃣ 16) Daniel John Lemi (5206944) Kapapagayan (1788) PHILIPPINES 🇵🇭 67
3️⃣ 32) Arul Anandh SPK (45086931) JAIGANESH_1818 (1729) U14 INDIA 🇮🇳 60
4️⃣ 33) Arshia Alaghehmand (42508142) arshiya11389 (1797) U10 IRAN 🇮🇷 60
5️⃣ 38) Stevanky (7113439) Stevanky (1757) U14 INDONESIA 🇮🇩 58
6️⃣ 39) Ter Gevorkian Giannis (4297016) Zodtg (1782) GREECE 🇬🇷 57
7️⃣ 68) Abdallah M Nisthar (46698582) locoajedrecista (1741) INDIA 🇮🇳 50
8️⃣ 81) Erfan Ahmadi (12590282) erfan2008 (1761) U12 IRAN 🇮🇷 47
9️⃣ 93) Sham R (25759884) findmyid (1709) INDIA 🇮🇳 45
🔟 103) Mohammadreza Ghasemi (12532665) mohghase (1781) IRAN 🇮🇷 43

Top 3 Women:
1️⃣💁‍♀️86) Cecilia Natalie Liuviann (7111932) Li_ann (1735) U16 INDONESIA 🇮🇩 46
2️⃣💁‍♀️115) WCM Kudzanayi Shaba (11000538) Kukola (1735) Zimbabwe 🇿🇼 40
3️⃣💁‍♀️

Top 3 Africans:
1️⃣ 69) Barnabas Chitula (8702705) Chitulab (1792) ZAMBIA 🇿🇲 50
2️⃣
3️⃣

💎(1600_1699)💎

1️⃣ 27) Babak Haghdoust (35750476) babak1234 (1676) IRAN 🇮🇷 62
2️⃣ 46) Amir Hesam Jalalvand (22552910) king-goldfish
(1685) U10 IRAN 🇮🇷 55
3️⃣ 48) Subhabrata Roy (46629394) Chessless_Guy (1634) INDIA 🇮🇳 54
4️⃣ 60) John Veny Akkarakaran (46665773) Vishyking64 (1687) U12 INDIA 🇮🇳 51
5️⃣ 101) Ranjith kalaiyarasan (45018685) The_dark_knight_Rise (1606) INDIA 🇮🇳 43
6️⃣ 118) Parham Borji (22566210) parham_borji (1661) IRAN 🇮🇷 39
7️⃣ 119) Mostafa Pourmoradi (12540927) Ouniua (1692) IRAN 🇮🇷 38
8️⃣ 181) Melika Rahmani (42501210) MELIKA64 (1680) IRAN 🇮🇷 18
9️⃣ 185) Morteza Bigdeli (fide unrated) MortezaBigdeli (1663) IRAN 🇮🇷 12
🔟 191) Sirvan Mohammadi (fide unrated) dr30r1 (1607) IRI 🇮🇷 6

Top 3 Women:
1️⃣💁‍♀️72) Nurai Sovetbekova (13801910) madmax011 (1608) U16 Kyrgyzstan 🇰🇬 49
2️⃣💁‍♀️102) Seyedeh Malihe Ahmadi (22520490) malihe2003 (1655) IRAN 🇮🇷 43
3️⃣💁‍♀️142) Sona Seyed Tarrah (12501859) orkide (1666) IRAN 🇮🇷 32

Top 3 Africans:
1️⃣ 57) Linda Shaba (11001631) Dalitso (1672) ZIMBABWE 🇿🇼 52
2️⃣ 187) Jerry Salimu (Fide Unrated) kafula (1644) ZAMBIA 🇿🇲 10
3️⃣

♟Sundays With Unity♟
November 15th 2020
‼️Provisional Prize List‼️
U2200 Championship
Page 3

💎(1500_1599)💎

1️⃣ 51) Supratim Ghosh (25941771) Vivid_ghost (1545) U16 INDIA 🇮🇳 53
2️⃣ 53) Behzad Salimiyan (32718136) kazablankaye2020 (1503) IRAN 🇮🇷 53
3️⃣ 56) Abduhakimov Akbarali
(14219522) dodajon (1579) UZBEKISTAN 🇺🇿 52
4️⃣ 71) Totuhan Tapaev (13811959) Totuhan (1573) U14 Kyrgyzstan 🇰🇬 50
5️⃣ 77) Doan Giang Nguyen (12426636) hunter032004 (1519) U16 VIETNAM 🇻🇳 48
6️⃣ 90) Pratham Lohakare (25937774) Aryan_2007 (1573) U14 INDIA 🇮🇳 46
7️⃣ 122) Soumya Das (35026810) sasaberserkking (1527) INDIA 🇮🇳 38
8️⃣ 162) Aizhan Sezdbekova (13803590) Sezdbekova_Aizhan (1554) U10 KYRGYZSTAN 🇰🇬 27
9️⃣ 183) Syifa Nisrina (Fide Unrated) syifaa_kota_Bogor (1567) INDONESIA 🇮🇩 14
🔟

Top 3 Women:
1️⃣💁‍♀️87) Sara Davari (22540750) Arya2009 (1589) IRAN 🇮🇷 46
2️⃣💁‍♀️94) Vakcheri Mohitha (45041873) jonathan1980 (1544) U14 INDIA 🇮🇳 45
3️⃣

Top 3 Africans:
1️⃣ 127) Mugide Safinah (10005188) Mugide (1518) UGANDA 🇺🇬 37
2️⃣
3️⃣

💎(U1500)💎

1️⃣ 21) Sundram Kumar (25137344) Sundram-MindStromer (1364) INDIA 🇮🇳 65
2️⃣ 49) Dakshraj Shadanan Bole (33320985) DMBA (1331) INDIA 🇮🇳 54
3️⃣ 83) Rishi Sanotra (45063150) BerserkKing2004 (1437) U16 INDIA 🇮🇳 47
4️⃣ 84) Iliya Shool (42575230) snake_of_chess (1432) U16 IRAN 🇮🇷 46
5️⃣108) Amir Sharifpour (42562112) luciferMsrar (1324) IRAN 🇮🇷 41
6️⃣114) Abhishek J R (25738658) The_King_Crusher (1275) INDIA 🇮🇳 40
7️⃣ 120) Khandelwal Naman (25631934) Naman-Khandelwal2001 (1475) INDIA 🇮🇳 38
8️⃣ 121) Vishal Dharia (45076162) chessplayerzzz (U1444) INDIA 🇮🇳 38
9️⃣128) Taha Golshaani (42594839) ocanshamat/ f_ghoshan (1454) U12 IRAN 🇮🇷 36
🔟 130) Taha Salarian (36726486) rook_1389 (1264) U10 IRAN 🇮🇷 36

Top 3 Women:
1️⃣💁‍♀️131) Diba Soleymani (225785) Adelaide_Chevalier (1318) IRAN 🇮🇷 36
2️⃣💁‍♀️150) Taraneh Taghizadeh (42542502) Ladymaster_2020 (1342) IRAN 🇮🇷 30
3️⃣💁‍♀️154) Maedeh Yousefian (22568670) brightburnm (1471) IRAN 🇮🇷 29

Top 3 Africans:
1️⃣ 143) Tezihano Mnyasta (14339447) Tezihano47 (1306) U16 South Africa 🇿🇦 32
2️⃣ 153) Netanyahu Ajiri (10013385) King_Of_Vica (1448) UGANDA 🇺🇬 29
3️⃣


🎁Unity Lucky Awards:

🔰50) Yudhistira Tresna Nugraha (7119909) Setia_LCKB (1992) INDONESIA 🇮🇩 53

🔰100) Ricky Rismanto (7102070) Rickyrich (2125) INDONESIA 🇮🇩 43

🔰150) Taraneh Taghizadeh (42542502) Ladymaster_2020 (1342) IRAN 🇮🇷 30


https://lichess.org/tournament/Rc12hDuq

🟢 Attention Please

If your name is in this list and you did self recording, please send it to us otherwise your name will get removed for the final prize list. Thanks for your cooperation.

🟢 Attention Please

🔷If your name is in this list and you did self recording, please send it to us otherwise your name will get removed for the final prize list. Thanks for your cooperation.

🔷If you played in Zoom and your name is not in this list that means you didn’t play correctly under the camera in Zoom.

🔷If you played in Zoom and your name is in this list you don’t need to contact us. You did everything perfectly fine and you will receive your prize after announcing the final prize list.

🎥🎥🎥Video Needed🎥🎥🎥
🔴🔴🔴Final Notice🔴🔴🔴

You have 8 hours to send your video. If we don’t receive it, your name will get removed from the winners list.

💎(2100_2199)💎

❌7️⃣ 34) Mahdi Khademi (22552170) manhastamm (2121) IRAN 🇮🇷 59
❌8️⃣35) Mojtaba Tarazoye Adl (12518298) forcemate (2160) IRAN 🇮🇷 59
❌9️⃣ 41) Severyn Smykalo (14190621) LoneWolf_UA (2109)


❌1️⃣💁‍♀️91) WIM Nur Abidah Shanti (7104898) ShantiNurAbidahWIM (2167) INDONESIA 🇮🇩 45
❌2️⃣💁‍♀️111) WGM Beagriz Irene Franco Valencia (4402618) onlytime04 (2106) COLOMBIA 🇨🇴 40
❌3️⃣💁‍♀️152) Angela Valencia Franco (4403070) saraconnor (2197) COLOMBIA 🇨🇴 29


❌2️⃣ 95) Charlton Mnyasta (Fide Unrated) Jelly12 (2123) SOUTH AFRICA 🇿🇦 44

🎥🎥🎥Video Needed🎥🎥🎥
🔴🔴🔴Final Notice🔴🔴🔴

You have “8 hours” to send your video. If we don’t receive it, your name will get removed from the winners list.

💎(2000_2099)💎

❌6️⃣ 74) Saeid Sheikhi Narani (12500372) context2000 (2020) IRAN 🇮🇷 49
❌7️⃣ 88) David Yang Viano Goey (7124031) davidyongvianogoey U16 (2057) INDONESIA 🇮🇩 46

❌3️⃣💁‍♀️167) Maria Camila Lopez Giraldo (Fide unrated) Cami2605 (2006)
COLOMBIA 🇨🇴 26

❌1️⃣ 25) Roy Mwadzura (11004436) Leyla0 (2029) ZIMBABWE 🇿🇼 63
❌2️⃣ 58) Winston Dalpat (Fide Unrated) dalpat (2099) SOUTH AFRICA 🇿🇦 52

🎥🎥🎥Video Needed🎥🎥🎥
🔴🔴🔴Final Notice🔴🔴🔴

You have “8 hours” to send your video. If we don’t receive it, your name will get removed from the winners list.

💎(1900_1999)💎

❌2️⃣ 12) Valentyn Hulka (34107061) Pusher_2005 (1991) UKRAINE 🇺🇦 72
❌3️⃣ 37) Hossein Rostami (12529974) mory7788 (1998) IRAN 🇮🇷 58


❌9️⃣ 165) Prathamesh Shashikant Deshmukh (Fide Unrated) PrathamOne (1999) INDIA 🇮🇳 26
❌🔟 170) Juan Carlos Delgado (Fide Unrated) thunderctas13


❌1️⃣ 156) Besufikad Kinde Asrat (15707997) BESTK (1939) U14 ETHIOPIA 🇪🇹 29

🎥🎥🎥Video Needed🎥🎥🎥
🔴🔴🔴Final Notice🔴🔴🔴

You have “8 hours” to send your video. If we don’t receive it, your name will get removed from the winners list.

💎(1800_1899)💎

❌2️⃣ 22) Mohammad Mahdi Alizadeh (22598820) Alizooo (1856) IRAN 🇮🇷 65

❌5️⃣ 36) Saad Aljabri (7604742) sa3d-jab (1823) SYRIA 🇸🇾 58
❌6️⃣ 52) Davood Asgharvand (12516171) Dokijobava (1884) IRAN 🇮🇷 53

❌9️⃣ 78) Seyed Ali Ebadi (22501371) aliebd (1820) IRAN 🇮🇷 48

I can visualize him so clearly, with his dark hair and large gray-green eyes. Believe me, when he took a stroll, in his black derby hat and carrying a cane, no handsomer young gentleman ever graced Fifth Avenue. – Bernard Epstein (Capa's college roommate).
Happy birthday Capa.

🔗 Chess History (@MrMarksTV)

#OnThisDay in 1888, the third World Chess Champion, José Raúl Capablanca, was born.

He was known for his speed of play and amazing endgame skills.

Learn to play like Capablanca by finding the moves in five of his best games! ⬇️
https://www.chess.com/lessons/play-like-jose-raul-capablanca

“You may learn much more from a game you lose than from a game you win. You will have to lose hundreds of games before becoming a good player.”

José Raúl Capablanca, World Chess Champion in 1921-1927, was born on November 18, 1888.

#ChessHistory #quoteoftheday #chess

🔗 International Chess Federation (@FIDE\_chess)

Yekaterinburg, Sverdlovsk, USSR
February, 1947

Finals of the schoolboys' chess tournament.

Harvard Library

🔗 Diego Rasskin Gutman (@drasskin)

1975. Moscow, Alekhine Memorial. A year after the candidates' quarterfinal match. Robert Byrne, in his fifth decade, experienced an extraordinary rise. The ex-champion, on the contrary, seems to be gradually losing incentive to further fight for the crown ...

🔗 Sergey Kim (@sergey\_e\_kim)

Jose Raul Capablanca's Best Chess Tactics - 1

🎥🎥🎥Video Needed🎥🎥🎥
🔴🔴🔴Final Notice🔴🔴🔴

You have “8 hours” to send your video. If we don’t receive it, your name will get removed from the winners list.

💎(1700_1799)💎

❌2️⃣ 16) Daniel John Lemi (5206944) Kapapagayan (1788) PHILIPPINES 🇵🇭 67

❌5️⃣ 38) Stevanky (7113439) Stevanky (1757) U14 INDONESIA 🇮🇩 58

❌7️⃣ 40) Mohammad Malekzadeh (42565049) mmoh123 (1752) IRAN 🇮🇷 57

❌🔟 93) Sham R (25759884) findmyid (1709) INDIA 🇮🇳 45

❌1️⃣ 69) Barnabas Chitula (8702705) Chitulab (1792) ZAMBIA 🇿🇲 50