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

It's So-Carlsen in Round 1 as the #OperaEuroRapid kicks off on Saturday at 17:00 CET! Full pairings & details:

https://chess24.com/en/read/news/wesley-so-vs-carlsen-opera-euro-rapid-starts-saturday

#c24live #ChessChamps

The 3rd event of the Meltwater Champions Chess Tour is just days away: The opera Euro Rapid will begin on February 6th at 17.00 CET. Who is your favourite? #ChessChamps https://championschesstour.com/

At the drawing of lots for the Hoogovens tournament, Wijk aan Zee, 19th January 1978 - grandmaster Vikor Korchnoi.
(Photo: H. Peters / ANEFO, via http://www.nationaalarchief.nl.)

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