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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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I prefer this photo of the podium at the end of the event! Chile's Morovic on the left, and Nigel Short showing his best side on the right! Both photos by Gerhard Hund.

πŸ”— Garry Kasparov (@Kasparov63)