Anish Giri is the sole leader again after Sergey Karjakin beats Magnus Carlsen in the final round of the day!
https://chess24.com/en/watch/live-tournaments/champions-chess-tour-skilling-open-2020-prelims/10/1/5
#c24live #ChessChamps #SkillingOpen

Anish Giri: "At some point already the expectations are so high that I simply have to tweet! People demand it! If I don't tweet they will not go to sleep, they will start knocking on my Twitter door & saying if I'm fine... the nastier the tweet the better!"
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You can't win 'em all. @MagnusCarlsen 😉 #ChessChamps

🔗 Anish Giri (@anishgiri)

Unity Chess Weekly Magazine
October 25th, 2020
Mega Event
Volume 14

Unity Chess Weekly Magazine
October 25th, 2020
Mega Event
Volume 14
PDF

In 1920, 9-year-old chess prodigy Samuel Reshevsky toured the US giving simultaneous exhibitions. For pulling him out of school, his parents ended up in Manhattan Children's Court on charges of improper guardianship.

🔗 Lichess.org (@lichess)

“I have always thought it a matter of honor for every chess player to deserve the smile of fortune.”

🔸 Mikhail Tal

@UnityChessClub

US-UK Challenge Match, Foxboro, Massachusetts, 1985. I defeated the American Champion, Lev Alburt, by the score of 7-1.

🔗 Nigel Short (@nigelshortchess)

25 years ago today, at the General Assembly in Paris, Kirsan Ilyumzhinov was elected FIDE President, a position he would hold until 2018.

🔗 International Chess Federation (@FIDE\_chess)

Paul Morphy's Best Chess Tactics - 1

Puzzle of the Day!
Solve this puzzle on interactive board 👇👇👇

GM Caruana, Fabiano (2823) - GM Duda, Jan-Krzysztof (2743)
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Alireza Firouzja on a hunting mission, as photographed by Carina Johansen during the 2020 edition of Norway Chess.

🔗 Olimpiu G. Urcan (@olimpiuurcan)

Skilling Open 3: Firouzja heartbreak as Carlsen wins prelims
Magnus Carlsen survived a blunder against Hikaru Nakamura in the first round of the day to win the Skilling Open prelims, but the main drama was elsewhere. 17-year-old Alireza Firouzja seemed to have wrapped up a quarterfinal spot with a stunning three wins in a row, but losses in the last two rounds meant heartbreak. After leading for two days, Anish Giri only scraped into the quarterfinals in 8th place and now faces Carlsen, while world no. 2 Ding Liren, who went into the round in 2nd place, is also out.

https://chess24.com/en/read/news/skilling-open-3-firouzja-heartbreak-as-carlsen-wins-prelims

Carlsen and Nakamura top the standings at the end of the Skilling Open Preliminaries

Knockout Pairings (matches take place 25th-26th Nov at 5pm GMT): Carlsen vs Giri, Nepomniachtchi vs Aronian, So vs Radjabov and Nakamura vs MVL.

After a thrilling final round the #SkillingOpen quarterfinals will be:

Carlsen vs. Giri
Nakamura vs. MVL
So vs. Radjabov
Nepo vs. Aronian

https://chess24.com/en/watch/live-tournaments/champions-chess-tour-skilling-open-2020-prelims#live
#c24live #ChessChamps