It was a MIRACLE | Anish Giri vs Alireza Firouzja | Tata Steel Chess 2021

Arturo Pomar on a visit to London in 1946 aged 14 and in the Netherlands in 1974

Arturo Pomar, the Spanish chess prodigy used as a pawn by Franco

https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/arturo-pomar-the-spanish-chess-prodigy-used-as-a-pawn-by-franco-wn36xx2bd

I have come to the personal conclusion that while all artists are not chess players, all chess players are artists.

🔸 Marcel Duchamp

@UnityChessClub

Moscow, 3rd December 1971. Ex-World Champion Vasily Smyslov (USSR) is pictured in play v. Bruno Parma (Yugoslavia) in the 7th round of the Alekhine Memorial tournament.
(Photo: V. Armand, Novosti Press.)

🔗 Douglas Griffin (@dgriffinchess)

Winter sport in the USSR (1964)

🔗 Judit Polgar (@GMJuditPolgar)

It turned out that the boy had realised that Kavalek would get through a pack of cigarettes during a game, send him for a new pack, and give him a generous tip for doing so.
(Photo: Kavalek at The Hague Zonal, 1965 - 📷J. van Bilsen / ANEFO, via http://www.nationaalarchief.nl.)

🔗 Douglas Griffin (@dgriffinchess)

Puzzle artist Sam Loyd (January 30, 1841 to April 10, 1911)

https://en.chessbase.com/post/puzzle-artist-sam-loyd-january-30-1841-to-april-10-1911

Best Checkmate Combinations Ever! - 67

Daily chess puzzle
Sergei Movsesian - Mirumian, Zagan 1997

https://chesspuzzle.net/Puzzle/1504

Happy 30th birthday to Ju Wenjun! 🎊🎈🎉🎁🎂

Ju is the reigning women's world champion as she retained her title a year ago in a match with Aleksandra Goryachkina. Ju is also the fifth woman to cross the 2600 barrier.

https://www.chess.com/players/ju-wenjun

Today's #SundayTactics is a tribute to Women's World Champion Ju Wenjun who just turned 30. She can calculate like a machine! Can you? Black to move. #YourMove

🔗 International Chess Federation (@FIDE\_chess)

"I would love to think that I could encourage even more young female chess players, and I hope that many more young people begin to play and love the game," - Ju Wenjun in the 2020 Newsweek interview.

https://www.newsweek.com/im-2020-female-chess-world-champion-1544316

Puzzle of the Day!
Solve this puzzle on interactive board: chesspuzzle.net/Puzzle/198169

♟| FINAL ROUND! Please note that Round 13 of the #TataSteelChess Tournament starts at 12.00 (CET).

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The final round of #TataSteelChess! (2 hours early today)
If Giri beats Anton he's the champion, but if he doesn't, Firouzja, Caruana, Van Foreest and Esipenko can all win the event!

Magnus Carlsen ends with a classic win for a +2 final score in Wijk, though he's still likely to finish in his worst place since he played the event as a 16-year-old in 2007! MVL has lost over 26 rating points to drop to world no. 15: https://chess24.com/en/watch/live-tournaments/tata-steel-masters-2021/13/1/3
#TataSteelChess

A stunning win & tournament for jorden v foreest, who is the #TataSteelChess clubhouse leader with an unbeaten +4 (8.5/13) and has entered the 2700 club! If Giri draws we'll get an all-Dutch playoff, but that's a big "if":