Gata Kamsky on why he left chess for 8 years at his peak:

"People are mistaken when they say I quit chess. That was his decision. But, to be absolutely honest, I was glad I wasn’t forced to play chess & travel with my father to tournaments"

https://chess24.com/en/read/news/kamsky-people-are-mistaken-when-they-say-i-quit-chess

#c24live

Sunway Sitges Open R7: Korobov is back at the top

Eight-way lead
https://chessbase.in/news/Sunway-Sitges-Open-Round-7-report

🔴 VII Sunway Sitges International | A
Round 8
https://chess24.com/en/watch/live-tournaments/sunway-sitges-2020-a/8/1/1

Congratulations to Gawain Jones on winning the European Online Blitz Championship! European Chess Union

🥇 Gawain Jones 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿
🥈 Alexei Shirov 🇪🇸
🥉 Matthias Bluebaum 🇩🇪

https://en.chessbase.com/post/gawain-jones-wins-european-online-blitz-championship

Congratulations to all 42 teams and to the finalists!
Final standings of the Qualification stage: http://chess-results.com/tnr543770.aspx?lan=1&art=0

🔴 The finals of the European Online Women's Club Cup ...

https://chess24.com/en/watch/live-tournaments/european-womens-online-club-cup-final#live

♟Sundays With Unity♟
December 27th, 2020
Mega Event
🔴14:00 GMT🔴


🎥 All players need to do Live Stream, enter to the Zoom or do Self Video Recording.
🔴Video camera needs to cover the full view of the screen and player body. 

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

💎25th Unity International Tournament

💵 $2,500 prizes for 350+ players

🔴 We will use Lichess peak blitz rating minus 100 points for “Unrated” players. For example if one unrated player has a peak blitz rating of 2150, we will deduct 100 points and the player will compete for the prizes in 2000-2099 section.

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

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

🔹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.

⏹Regulations:
1️⃣Type: Open
2️⃣Time: 14:00 (GMT)
3️⃣Time control: 3+0
4️⃣Website: Lichess.org
5️⃣Total time: 120 minutes
6️⃣Entry Fee: $5 Europe & North America. The rest are $2 registering with representatives.
7️⃣Free entry for: GM, WGM, IM, WIM, FM, WFM, IA, FA.
50% off entry fee for NM, WNM, CM, WCM, and Seniors.
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 one hour prior to the tournament!

✍️ Registration:
1️⃣ North America & Europe:
www.unitychess.com
2️⃣ Asia, Africa, Latin America:
Via Representatives

Open:
1️⃣$300
2️⃣$200
3️⃣$100
4️⃣$60
5️⃣$40

Women's section:
1️⃣$100
2️⃣$60
3️⃣$40

2300-2399:
1️⃣$20
2️⃣$15
3️⃣$10
4️⃣$9
5️⃣$8
6️⃣$7
7️⃣$6
8️⃣$5
9️⃣$4
🔟$3
11-20: $2

2200-2299:
1️⃣$20
2️⃣$15
3️⃣$10
4️⃣$9
5️⃣$8
6️⃣$7
7️⃣$6
8️⃣$5
9️⃣$4
🔟$3
11-20: $2

2100-2199:
1️⃣$20
2️⃣$15
3️⃣$10
4️⃣$9
5️⃣$8
6️⃣$7
7️⃣$6
8️⃣$5
9️⃣$4
🔟$3
11-20: $2

2000-2099:
1️⃣$20
2️⃣$15
3️⃣$10
4️⃣$9
5️⃣$8
6️⃣$7
7️⃣$6
8️⃣$5
9️⃣$4
🔟$3
11-20: $2

1900-1999:
1️⃣$20
2️⃣$15
3️⃣$10
4️⃣$9
5️⃣$8
6️⃣$7
7️⃣$6
8️⃣$5
9️⃣$4
🔟$3
11-20: $2

1800-1899:
1️⃣$20
2️⃣$15
3️⃣$10
4️⃣$9
5️⃣$8
6️⃣$7
7️⃣$6
8️⃣$5
9️⃣$4
🔟$3
11-20: $2

1700-1799:
1️⃣$20
2️⃣$15
3️⃣$10
4️⃣$9
5️⃣$8
6️⃣$7
7️⃣$6
8️⃣$5
9️⃣$4
🔟$3
11-20: $2

1600-1699:
1️⃣$20
2️⃣$15
3️⃣$10
4️⃣$9
5️⃣$8
6️⃣$7
7️⃣$6
8️⃣$5
9️⃣$4
🔟$3
11-20: $2

1500-1599:
1️⃣$20
2️⃣$15
3️⃣$10
4️⃣$9
5️⃣$8
6️⃣$7
7️⃣$6
8️⃣$5
9️⃣$4
🔟$3
11-20: $2

U1500:
1️⃣$20
2️⃣$15
3️⃣$10
4️⃣$9
5️⃣$8
6️⃣$7
7️⃣$6
8️⃣$5
9️⃣$4
🔟$3
11-20: $2

✅Top 3 Women, Top 3 African, Top 3 Seniors 50+ in each rating category:
1️⃣$5
2️⃣$3
3️⃣$2

✅Best Senior 65+ in each rating category: $3

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

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

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

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

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

🎁Unity Lucky Awards:
The 50th, 100th, 150th, 200th, 250th, 300th, 350th, 400th, 450th, 500th, 550th, 600th, 650th, 700th, 750th, 800th, 850th, 900th, 950th, and 1000th 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.

Team: https://lichess.org/team/unity-international-tournaments

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

WIM Beverly Mendoza

Unity Chess official partner for the Unity International tournaments from Philippines 🇵🇭

📧 bgm_18@yahoo.com.ph
📞 +639456904074
Telegram: @Bgmendoza

Participants in the 4th 'All-Russian Chess Tournament', St Petersburg 1905/06.
Rubinstein is seated, 2nd from the right. 5th from the right is Romanovsky. On the far left, Duz-Khotimirsky.

🔗 Douglas Griffin (@dgriffinchess)