Daily chess puzzle
Nakamura - So, #SpeedChess 2020

https://chesspuzzle.net/Puzzle/229716

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🔗 Tata Steel Chess (@tatasteelchess)

2018 US Chess Champion Sam Shankland tests how fast he can spot checkmating patterns!
https://youtube.com/watch?v=pZDKVdPOx7s

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11th Margaryan Memorial
Round 4

Theme, play, piece, tempo, variation, minimal composition, echo. I am talking about chess. :)

🔗 Judit Polgar (@GMJuditPolgar)

♜ Titled Tuesday is back today on http://Chess.com/tv! ♜

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Unity

♟Sundays with Unity♟
January 17th, 2021
U2200 Championship
🔴14:00 GMT🔴

💎6th Unity Chess International U2200 Championship

💵$400 Guaranteed Prizes

🎥 All players need to do Live Stream, enter to the Zoom or do Self Video Recording.
🔴Video camera needs to cover the full view of the screen and player body. 

💥Special Discount: 20% discount for members of Unity Chess main channel in Telegram:
https://t.me/UnityChessInternational

🔴 We will use Lichess peak blitz rating minus 100 points for “Unrated” players. For example if one unrated player has a peak blitz rating of 2150, we will deduct 100 points and the player will compete for the prizes in 2000-2099 section.

🔹All players are required to join the Unity Team, which has been formed on Lichess for this tournament.

🔹All players must take part in the tournament with their official Lichess ID otherwise won’t be able to win the prizes.

🔹Winners of class prizes can only receive prizes related to their rating level.

🔹For Rating Category prizes, we will be considering the Maximum current FIDE rating of all three formats.

⏹Regulations:
1️⃣Type: U2200
2️⃣Date: December 20th, 2020 at 14:00 (GMT)
3️⃣Time Control: 3+0
4️⃣Website: Lichess.org
5️⃣Total time: 120 minutes
6️⃣Entry Fee: $5 for Europe & North America. The rest are $2 via representatives.
7️⃣The Berserk option is available.
8️⃣All players are required to have played at least 30 rated blitz games with their Lichess account.
9️⃣No more registration will get accepted one hour prior to the tournament!

✍️ Registration:
1️⃣ North America, Europe, countries with no representatives:
🌐www.unitychess.com
📧sundayswithunity@gmail.com

2️⃣ Asia, Africa, Latin America:
Via Representatives

Open:
1️⃣$50
2️⃣$30
3️⃣$20

Seniors 50+:
1️⃣$10
2️⃣$6
3️⃣$4

2100-2199:
1️⃣$10
2️⃣$6
3️⃣$4

2000-2099:
1️⃣$10
2️⃣$6
3️⃣$4

1900-1999:
1️⃣$10
2️⃣$6
3️⃣$4

1800-1899:
1️⃣$10
2️⃣$6
3️⃣$4

1700-1799:
1️⃣$10
2️⃣$6
3️⃣$4

1600-1699:
1️⃣$10
2️⃣$6
3️⃣$4

1500-1599:
1️⃣$10
2️⃣$6
3️⃣$4

U1500:
1️⃣$10
2️⃣$6
3️⃣$4

Best Women and Africans for each rating category:
1️⃣$5


🎁Unity Lucky Awards:
The 50th, 100th, 150th, 200th, 250th, 300th, 350th, 400th, 450th, 500th, places that will be announced at the end of the tournament by Lichess. Each of these players will be paid $5.
Minimum 4 games are required to get eligible to win the Lucky Prizes.

Team: https://lichess.org/team/unity-u2200-championship-jan-17

Tournament: https://lichess.org/tournament/h3xhtHyu

🌐The goal of this tournament is to provide a safe environment where chess players can compete and enjoy the games. Wish everyone good luck!

Lone Pine, March 1976. First - Tigran Petrosyan! For a number of years, the small American city was the only one to host "elite" tournaments according to the Swiss system. First in 7 rounds, then in 9.

🔗 Sergey Kim (@sergey\_e\_kim)

"My fascination for studies proved highly beneficial - it assisted my the development of my aesthetic understanding of chess, and improved my endgame play."

🔸 Vasily Smyslov

@UnityChessClub

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