Moscow, April 1975. Anatoly Karpov is pictured at a press conference in the Soviet capital after he was declared the 12th World Chess Champion by FIDE_chess president Max Euwe, following Bobby Fischer's refusal to take part in the title match.
(📷Bettmann Collection.)

🔗 Douglas Griffin (@dgriffinchess)

"For every door the computers have closed they have opened a new one."

🔸 Viswanathan Anand

@UnityChessClub

Moscow, 29th January 1961. Round 12 of the 28th USSR Championship final; Boris Spassky faces Georgiy Borisenko.

Viktor Korchnoi and Mark Taimanov can be seen in the background, they were facing Efim Geller & Lev Polugaevsky, respectively.
(📷: A. Bochinin.)

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Best Checkmate Combinations Ever! - 73

Breda, 31st May 1997. The final of the Dutch club championship between Panfox (Breda) & HSG (Hilversum).
Timman is in play v. Nijboer; behind him Ivan Sokolov is in play v. Ljubojević, while behind him Vaganian faces Ian Rogers.
(📷Stadsarchief Breda)

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Daily chess puzzle
Pedro Aderito - Tan Tzer Em, Chess Olympiad, Yerevan 1996

https://chesspuzzle.net/Puzzle/244664

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🔗 Alireza Firouzja (@AlirezaFirouzja)

Puzzle of the Day!
Solve this puzzle on interactive board: chesspuzzle.net/Puzzle/169987

GM Alexei Shirov is the winner of the University of Salamanca Masters. He scored 6 points out of 7, making only two draws, with David Anton and Veselin Topalov.

https://www.salamancachessfestival.com/

📷 by David Llada

congratulations to GM Alexei Shirov the winner of
2021 University of Salamanca Masters

1. Alexei Shirov(GM 2662, Spain)
2. Eduardo Iturrizaga B.(GM 2607, Spain)
3. David, Anton Guijarro(GM 2679, Spain)

Opera Euro Rapid
Magnus Carlsen may have lost the opening game but quickly regrouped to clinch 4 in a row on Day 1 of the #OperaEuroRapid

What a rollercoaster of a game, but Magnus Carlsen wins a 4th game in a row to end Day 1 of the #OperaEuroRapid as the sole leader!