Happy 51st birthday to Vishy Anand! 🎊🎈🎉🎁🎂

The undisputed world chess champion between 2007 and 2013, Anand has been a truly great ambassador for our sport. He also knows how to play the game pretty decently. 😉

Here you can try to play like him:
https://www.chess.com/lessons/play-like-vishy

21-year-old Vishy Anand during a 26-board simultaneous exhibition in Singapore on December 30, 1990.

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Viswanathan Anand's Best Chess Tactics - 1

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Happy Birthday Viswanathan Anand!

It is the birthday of Viswanathan Anand and FM Niranjan Navalgund takes you through lesser known games of 5-time world champion in this video!

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Video interview: Viswanathan Anand talks about his career, superstitions, Gary Kasparov and more
The Indian grandmaster, who broke Soviet domination in his youth, is regarded as one of the greatest sportspersons of all time.

https://scroll.in/field/869069/watch-viswanathan-anand-talks-about-his-world-rapid-chess-crown-superstitions-kasparov-and-more

Joseph Henry Blackburne was born on this day in 1841
Blackburne - Lipschütz, New York 1889

https://chesspuzzle.net/Puzzle/70387

Polina Shuvalova Shows Phenomenal Result at Russian Women's Championship Superfinal. Sergey Karjakin and Ian Nepomniachtchhi lead the open event https://ruchess.ru/en/news/all/polina_shuvalova_shows_phenomenal_result_at_russian_women_s_championship_superfinal/

19-year-old Polina Shuvalova makes it an amazing 6/6 going into the Russian Women's Championship rest day - she's now 1.5 points ahead of Aleksandra Goryachkina in 2nd place!

https://chess24.com/en/watch/live-tournaments/russian-womens-superfinal-2020/6/1/5
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An absolutely outstanding performance by 19-year-old Polina Shuvalova, who wins her 6th game at the Russian Women's Superfinal in a row.

This time she beat WGM Pogonina extending her lead over GM Goryachkina by 1.5 points.

Russian Championships Superfinals 2020. Round 6. Alexandra Kosteniuk in the studio

Karjakin and Nepomniachtchi are the leaders going into Round 6 of the Russian Championship, the last round before tomorrow's rest day:

https://chess24.com/en/watch/live-tournaments/russian-superfinal-2020#live
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David announced his vote in the Spanish Youtube Channel of Chess24, which has recently hit 100k subscribers:

http://www.youtube.com/chess24enEspañolajedrez

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Today: Carlsen vs. Vachier-Lagrave Speed Chess Match

Who do you think will advance and face Hikaru Nakamura for the crown? 🤔

Today, GM Magnus Carlsen and Maxime Vachier-Lagrave will play the second semifinal of the 2020 Speed Chess Championship presented by Onjuno. On Wednesday GM Hikaru Nakamura defeated Wesley So 13.5-12.5 to reach Saturday's final.

Semifinals➡️ December 11, 2020 at 9 a.m. Pacific / 18:00 Central Europe: Carlsen vs. Vachier-Lagrave


Final➡️ December 12, 2020 at 9 a.m. Pacific / 18:00 Central Europe

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The full line-up for January's #TataSteelChess Masters has been revealed, with World Champion Magnus Carlsen topping a young line-up!
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Carlsen, Caruana Top Field Of 2021 Tata Steel Chess Tournament

The #TataSteelChess tournament will have Magnus Carlsen and FabianoCaruana again. The top 2 players in the world are the favorites in a field that includes 5 players from the world's top 10:

https://www.chess.com/news/view/2021-tata-steel-chess-tournament-participants