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An excerpt from the year's-end message from Carol Meyer, US Chess Executive Director (below you can find the link to the full text):
It was a good run Ponchik! Next time we will win it all,I promise! Thank you guys for all the support!

#SecondPlace #AirthingMasters #ChessChamps #PonchikForPremier

πŸ”— Levon Aronian (@LevAronian)
Via the Estonian archive http://www.ra.ee, an uncredited 1950 portrait of Soviet grandmaster David Bronstein.

πŸ”— Douglas Griffin (@dgriffinchess)
I truly believe with all of my heart that I am doing what I was born to do. In spite of the countless obstacles and challenges throughout my entire life, very few regrets. This sun has not set yet 🌞 #MondayMotivation #MondayVibes

πŸ”— Susan Polgar (@SusanPolgar)
Brazilian chess Pele, unlike the soccer megastar, retired from chess in the prime of his life. Nobody imagined that 1979 would be the last year of a brilliant career. 10-12 years later, Enrique Mecking was a pale shadow of himself. The time has gone...

πŸ”— Sergey Kim (@sergey\_e\_kim)
Former world champions Anatoly Karpov and Boris Spassky during a chess and art exhibition in Prague in March 2010 (@AP archive).

πŸ”— Olimpiu G. Urcan (@olimpiuurcan)
New Year, New Ideas, New opportunities! Wishing you all energy, health, and happiness for 2021!

πŸ”— Judit Polgar (@GMJuditPolgar)
Dana Reizniece-Ozola joins FIDE in the role of Managing Director. She will be in charge of a wide range of vitally important areas, including administrative and financial matters, as well as the functioning of most of the commissions.

https://fide.com/news/890
Anatoly Karpov in London in 1986, as photographed by Paul Fievez.

πŸ”— Olimpiu G. Urcan (@olimpiuurcan)
"On the chessboard, lies and hypocrisy do not survive long. The creative combination lays bare the presumption of a lie; the merciless fact, culminating in the checkmate, contradicts the hypocrite."

πŸ”Έ Emanuel Lasker (1926). β€œLasker's Manual of Chess”

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Capablanca-Botvinnik, Rd. 2, 2nd Moscow International, 16th Feb. 1935.

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πŸ”— Sah cu Ceausescu (@CeausescuIulian):
Kasparov rare history : 17 year old IM Gary Kasparov on his way to winning the world junior championship in Dortmund in 1980. He was already rated 2595. #chess #kasparov
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πŸ”— Garry Kasparov (@Kasparov63):
A nice photo, though the game ended in a draw.
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