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Carlsen on his win vs. Firouzja: "It was a typical first round game, to be fair, thinking too much and miscalculating. (...) I don't know if 32...a4 was a huge mistake but at any event it was unbelievably impractical."

#TataSteelChess
Great preparation and a smooth win for Anish Giri, who joins Magnus Carlsen & Nils Grandelius in the #TataSteelChess lead!
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🗣 | Fabiano Caruana had a rocky history in Wijk aan Zee in terms of results, but last year was one of his best tournament performances. Good to have you back, defending champion! #TataSteelChess
After 5.5 hours Jorden van Foreest survives against Fabiano Caruana and it's Magnus Carlsen, Anish Giri & Nils Grandelius who are the early leaders of #TataSteelChess 2021!
Giri is back to the Top-10

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#OnThisDay history: It was a sad Thursday on January 17, 2008 when the 11th World Chess Champion Robert James Fischer succumbed to lingering degenerative kidney failure and died at Landspítali Hospital- National University Hospital of Iceland in Rekyjavik.
Amsterdam 1954, World Olympics. The Soviet team is playing with Holland. Chess competitions in those years were like a theatrical performance. The spectators were also active participants in the process!

🔗 Sergey Kim (@sergey\_e\_kim)
"It’s generally - but erroneously - assumed that the best teachers are the best players, and that the best players can easily communicate the secrets of the game. Actually, the best teachers are often just interested amateurs..."

🔸 Andrew Soltis

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50 years ago - Jan Timman's first appearance at Wijk aan Zee, where he won the B-group. Pictured in play here v. Rob Hartoch on 28th January 1971.
(Photo: Verhoeff, Bert / ANEFO, via http://www.nationaalarchief.nl.)

🔗 Douglas Griffin (@dgriffinchess)