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"Basically a flawless game by Fabiano Caruana, who won with black and that's a big game for sure." - GM Naroditsky

#TataSteelChess

♟ | Nils Grandelius: “As a kid I played in the C group in 2010 and then I saw the A group sitting next to us… Since then I really wanted to play in the A group of course…” #TataSteelChess

Jan-Krzysztof Duda 🆚 Nils Grandelius

Tata Steel Chess Tournament 2021 Wijk aan Zee, Netherlands 17 Jan 2021 Round: 2.4 ECO: A30

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♟ | 2/2 for Nils Grandelius! #TataSteelChess

Alireza Firouzja is off the mark after escaping from a tricky position against MVL!

https://chess24.com/en/watch/live-tournaments/tata-steel-masters-2021/2/1/2
#c24live #TataSteelChess

David Anton survives his 6-hour first classical game against Magnus Carlsen, so Nils Grandelius will end the day as the sole leader of the #TataSteelChess Masters!

https://chess24.com/en/watch/live-tournaments/tata-steel-masters-2021/2/1/1
#c24live

Kudos to David Anton for saving a tough position against Magnus Carlsen as the players played until bare kings after almost six hours!

#TataSteelChess

🔗 Garry Kasparov (@Kasparov63):

It’s nice, but I think the “Crown Jewel” of Georgian chess deserves her own photo on her 60th birthday. Happy Birthday! 🇬🇪🎂

Defending #TataSteelChess Champion Fabiano Caruana won the Game of the Day with the black pieces against Alexander Donchenko - check out in-depth analysis by
GM Jan Gustafsson!

Donchenko-Caruana | Tata Steel Chess Game of the Day

Round 3

The best, double-edged game of Round 2 #TataSteelChess tournament. After the game analysis revealed an insane queen sacrifice line. Extremely enjoyable game and fun potential variations ⚔️⚔️

The Best Game of Day 2 | Donchenko vs Caruana | TATA Steel 2021
Enjoy, learn, share! ♥️♥️

Happy 55th birthday to former FIDE world champion Alexander Khalifman! 🎊🎈🎉🎁🎂

Now a well-respected author and trainer, Khalifman won the 1999 FIDE knockout world championship as well as three Olympiads with the Russian team.

55 years old today - St Petersburg grandmaster Aleksandr Khalifman, pictured here in 1984 with his trainer Gennady.
(Photo via http://ruchess.ru.)

🔗 Douglas Griffin (@dgriffinchess)

"The Ruy Lopez occupied a constant place in my opening repertoire. In it is reflected the classical interpretation of the problem of the centre."

🔸 Vasily Smyslov

@UnityChessClub

Maia Chiburdanidze, Tengiz Giorgadze and Tigran Petrosian. Tbilisi, 4th December 1973.

🔗 Douglas Griffin (@dgriffinchess)