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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.

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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)
β™ŸπŸ’™ | Tata Steel Chess Tournament 2021 πŸ‘‰ Only 1️⃣0️⃣ days to go!

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The great Paul Keres was born on this day, 105 years ago.
This group photo was taken at the 1952 MarΓ³czy memorial in Budapest, a tournament that Keres won with 12.5/17, ahead of Geller, Botvinnik, Smyslov, StΓ₯hlberg, SzabΓ³ & Petrosian. Keres is 4th from the left in the front row.

πŸ”— Andrey Terekhov (@ddtru)
Pictured at the MarΓ³czy Memorial tournament, Budapest 1952, L to R: Mikhail Botvinnik, Vasily Smyslov, Aleksandr Tolush, Vladimir Alatortsev, Paul Keres, Efim Geller, Tigran Petrosian.

πŸ”— Douglas Griffin (@dgriffinchess)