"I really doubt I will ever top this!"

21-year-old Jorden van Foreest ended a stunning day of chess by defying what seemed the destiny of Anish Giri finally winning his home super-tournament! Big final report:

https://chess24.com/en/read/news/jorden-van-foreest-wins-tata-steel-masters

#c24live #TataSteelChess

After spending a relaxing weekend in the desert, I just got home to see the epic fail from #tatasteelchess today. I will be ranting about it on my stream tomorrow. #JusticeforAlireza

🔗 Hikaru Nakamura (@GMHikaru)

Talking about #justiceforalireza now on stream

https://www.twitch.tv/gmhikaru

Stopping the game and disturbing players in time pressure is never acceptable, specially in this specific situation. This half point would not put any halt on Alireza’s career but let us be firm now and not let it happen again. Spread the word #chess #justiceforalireza

🔗 Elshan Moradiabadi (@eli\_1985\_mor)

Svetozar Gligorić was born #OnThisDay in 1923.
He won the Yugoslavian championship a record 12 times, and represented his country with great success (+88−26=109) in 15 Chess Olympiads leading the team to Gold in 1950. In 1958, he was declared the best athlete of Yugoslavia.

“The best indicator of a Chess Player's form is his ability to sense the Climax of the game.”~Boris Spassky.

Well then I guess Spassky was almost always in form, as he was known for his ability to sense critical moments.

🔗 Chess History (@MrMarksTV)

Belgrade 1970
Soviet Union vs The Rest of the World
Ivkov, Gligoric, Spassky, Keres, Najdorf.

🔗 Roaring Pawn (@chessContact)

Best Checkmate Combinations Ever! - 70

Puzzle of the Day!
Solve this puzzle on interactive board: chesspuzzle.net/Puzzle/79733

♟ | The official statement of the #TataSteelChess Tournament.

🔗 Tata Steel Chess (@tatasteelchess)

Samuel Reshevsky and Bobby Fischer with Puerto Rican actor and director José Ferrer in Los Angeles in mid-August 1961 (AP archive).

🔗 Olimpiu G. Urcan (@olimpiuurcan)

My forte was the middlegame...

🔸 Boris Spassky

@UnityChessClub

The 1980 European Team Championship, Skara (Sweden) - round 3 (played 21st January). On Board 8 in the match between the Sweden & the USSR, Nils-Gustaf Renman faces the 16-year-old Garry Kasparov.
(📷: H. Svedbark, via http://tabyschack.se.)

🔗 Douglas Griffin (@dgriffinchess)

Buenos Aires, 14th November 1978. In the opening round of the international tournament sponsored by the newspaper Clarín, grandmaster Oscar Panno (Argentina) faces ex-World Champion Vasily Smyslov (USSR).
(Photo: http://www.lanacion.com.ar.) #chess

🔗 Douglas Griffin (@dgriffinchess)

A photo of the young Bobby Fischer; according to the archive, it is from c. 1957.
(📷Everett Collection.)

🔗 Douglas Griffin (@dgriffinchess)

Best Checkmate Combinations Ever! - 71

Puzzle of the Day!
Solve this puzzle on interactive board: chesspuzzle.net/Puzzle/242549

Another OTB event with some big names is starting! The 3rd Salamanca Chess Festival includes a rapid tournament (40 min. + 5 sec.) with Veselin Topalov, David Anton, and Alexei Shirov as the top seeds.

https://www.chess.com/events/2021-magistral-de-salamanca

Veselin Topalov tops an interesting field for the University of Salamanca Masters!

https://chess24.com/en/watch/live-tournaments/university-salamanca-masters-2021#live