Eight times French champion Étienne Bacrot turns 38 today. Happy Birthday! #chess #OnThisDay
Try to find the winning combination from his game against Anna Muzychuk. White to move.
Try to find the winning combination from his game against Anna Muzychuk. White to move.
Alireza Firouzja grabbed to sole lead at the #TataSteelChess tournament, but remarkably this was not the most shocking development of round 8 as Andrey Esipenko beat Magnus Carlsen in their first-ever confrontation in classical #chess!
https://en.chessbase.com/post/tata-steel-chess-2021-r8
https://en.chessbase.com/post/tata-steel-chess-2021-r8
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Tata Steel R8: Esipenko stuns Carlsen, Firouzja grabs the lead
Alireza Firouzja grabbed to sole lead at the Tata Steel Masters by beating Pentala Harikrishna with the black pieces, but remarkably this was not the most shocking development of round 8 as Andrey Esipenko defeated world champion Magnus Carlsen in their first…
Found a box with (analogue) pictures from the Corus tournament 2001. Watch them on my Flickr page. https://flickr.com/photos/vanreem/albums/72157718033629526 #TataSteelChess #chess #chesshistory
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Corus Chess Tournament 2001 Wijk aan Zee
Wijk aan Zee, The Netherlands, January 12th to January 28th, 2001
Stopping the game and disturbing players in time pressure is never acceptable, specially in this specific situation. This half point would not put any halt on Alireza’s career but let us be firm now and not let it happen again. Spread the word #chess #justiceforalireza
🔗 Elshan Moradiabadi (@eli\_1985\_mor)
🔗 Elshan Moradiabadi (@eli\_1985\_mor)
Buenos Aires, 14th November 1978. In the opening round of the international tournament sponsored by the newspaper Clarín, grandmaster Oscar Panno (Argentina) faces ex-World Champion Vasily Smyslov (USSR).
(Photo: http://www.lanacion.com.ar.) #chess
🔗 Douglas Griffin (@dgriffinchess)
(Photo: http://www.lanacion.com.ar.) #chess
🔗 Douglas Griffin (@dgriffinchess)
First day of Salamanca University #chess festival. Veselin Topalov and Nurgul Salimova leading with perfect score 2 out of 2. https://salamancachessfestival.com
Yuri Averbakh, the world's oldest grandmaster, turns 99 today!
Until recently, he was still visiting the central chess club in Moscow and took an active part in the work of Chess Federation of Russia chess museum.
#OnThisDay #99yearsyoung #chess
Until recently, he was still visiting the central chess club in Moscow and took an active part in the work of Chess Federation of Russia chess museum.
#OnThisDay #99yearsyoung #chess
Happy 71st Birthday to GM Evgeny Sveshnikov!
A 2-time Latvian, Moscow, and World 65+ Senior champion, Sveshnikov is best known as a great theoretician, who had enormous contribution to Sveshnikov's system and the Alapin Variation of the Sicilian Defence. #OnThisDay in #Chess
A 2-time Latvian, Moscow, and World 65+ Senior champion, Sveshnikov is best known as a great theoretician, who had enormous contribution to Sveshnikov's system and the Alapin Variation of the Sicilian Defence. #OnThisDay in #Chess
Dear #Chess Lovers,
I invite you to watch my
'CHESS DIVAS' first song
YouTube premiere!
❤️♟🌹🧞♀️🎼
▪️▫️
Lyrics by Alexandra Kosteniuk
🌹
On March 8th for
#InternationalWomensDay
Thanks for sharing!
🤗
🔗 ᒍ ᑌ G ᗩ (@JugadiPrima)
I invite you to watch my
'CHESS DIVAS' first song
YouTube premiere!
❤️♟🌹🧞♀️🎼
▪️▫️
Lyrics by Alexandra Kosteniuk
🌹
On March 8th for
#InternationalWomensDay
Thanks for sharing!
🤗
🔗 ᒍ ᑌ G ᗩ (@JugadiPrima)