The second top GM who arrived safely in #wijkaanzee is Vachier_Lagrave. Welcome back, Maxime, it is great to have you here after 6 years of absence. First round in 9 days. #tatasteelchess

🔗 Jeroen Van Den Berg (@Jvdbergchess)

Congrats to Max Warmerdam, who just scored his third GM norm (and his second in two weeks time!) to become the latest Dutch grandmaster!

https://www.chess.com/events/2020-bassano-january/09-Niemann_Hans_Moke-Warmerdam_Max

♟💙 | This year we welcome four debutants in the Tata Steel Masters! How do you think these GM's are going to perform during the #TataSteelChess Tournament?

https://tatasteelchess.com/news/four-debutants-in-tata-steel-masters/

White heavy check mark FIDE approves Online Chess Regulations.

The FIDE Council has approved a new set of rules to be applied to official online chess competitions. The document will be incorporated into the laws of chess.

Find the Regulations here: https://fide.com/news/889

#FIDE #OnlineChess

"Morphy gained most of his wins by playing directly and simply, and it is simple and logical method that constitutes the true brilliance of his play, if it is considered from the viewpoint of the great masters."

🔸 Jose Raul Capablanca

@UnityChessCub

Salo Flohr & Mikhail Botvinnik, pictured during their 12-game match held in Moscow & Leningrad, 1933 (via http://www.chesspro.ru). #chess

🔗 Douglas Griffin (@dgriffinchess)

Botvinnik vs Flohr, match 1933

How many can you identify?

🔗 Olimpiu G. Urcan (@olimpiuurcan)

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🔗 Douglas Griffin (@dgriffinchess):
Donner, Lengyel, Larsen, Keres, Nei, Filip, Bobotsov. Beverwijk, 1964.

Bobby Fischer at the Stockholm Interzonal in early 1962. He won by a margin of 2½ points, without a single loss, ahead of Geller, Petrosian, Korchnoi and twenty others.

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