🏆 New Event!

⭐️ @FIDE_chess and @chesscom are excited to bring you the first FIDE Online World Corporate Chess Championship, an online team competition that will take place on February 19-21, 2021.

⭐️ Details: https://www.chess.com/news/view/register-now-for-the-fide-online-world-corporate-chess-championship

German chess player Louis Paulsen, one of the strongest masters of the 1860s and 1870s, was born #OnThisDay in 1833.

One of the first "purely defensive players" (Nimzowitsch), he suggested that strong defense can give a rebuff to any brilliant attack of the romantic era.

Although he highly valued defense, Louis Paulsen was a strong attacker himself.

White to move and win from Paulsen-Owen, London 1862. #YourMove

Louis Paulsen was famous for his blindfold performances. His first effort of that kind stunned the public in New York in 1857, when he took on then-unprecedented five games simultaneously. A year later he extended the record to 14 games. #ChessHistory

🔗 International Chess Federation (@FIDE\_chess)

Aleksander Wojtkiewicz was born #OnThisDay in 1963. A student of ex-world champ Mikhail Tal whom he assisted in the 1979 Interzonal tournament in Riga, a Latvian & 2-times Polish Champion, Wojtkiewicz won several Grand Prix events & played in the 2004 FIDE World Championship.

"We should praise, rather, the courage of the player who, relying only on his intuition, plunges into a brilliant combination of which the issue does not appear to him too clear."

🔸 Eugene Znosko-Borovsky

@UnityChessClub

Via Chess__News - a photo of Mark Taimanov giving a simultaneous display with clocks at the legendary Leningrad Pioneers' Palace in 1958.
The 3rd opponent from the left is the young Genna Sosonko.

🔗 Douglas Griffin (@dgriffinchess)

Kupreichik (USSR) v. Nasir Ali (India), from the opening round of the New Delhi International, December 1982.
The event was won by Dorfman (USSR); Kupreichik was 2nd; 3rd-5th were Taimanov (USSR), Dibyendu Barua & Thipsay (India).
(Photo via https://sputnik.by.)

🔗 Douglas Griffin (@dgriffinchess)

Jan Timman's Best Chess Tactics -1

Probably one of Wijk aan Zee's most memorable games. The then 16-year-old Anish Giri beat already No. 1 in the world Magnus Carlsen in merely 22 moves. Will we see the youngsters revolt again this year? #TataSteelChess

Here are 41 of the best chess puzzles from #WijkaanZee.
Includes puzzles from games of many famous players.
Press the "Play" button to play 10 puzzles from the list.
#TataSteelChess

https://chesspuzzle.net/List/63

Best Checkmate Combinations Ever - 54

Puzzle of the Day!
Solve this puzzle on interactive board: chesspuzzle.net/Puzzle/130844

♟ | Our Tata Steel Masters are ready! The first round of the #TataSteelChess Tournament is tomorrow… drawing of lots and the pairings will be published at the end of today. Stay tuned!

🔗 Tata Steel Chess (@tatasteelchess)