William Lombardy on Samuel Reshevsky [in his 2011 book "Understanding Chess"]: "His physical stature was that of the smallest ape. But he had the heart, the courage, and the determination of a gorilla protecting his turf and family."

🔗 Olimpiu G. Urcan (@olimpiuurcan)

Best Checkmate Combinations Ever! - 76

Daily chess puzzle
Jolanta Zawadzka - Edyta Jakubiec, Poland 2016

https://chesspuzzle.net/Puzzle/14526

Magnus Carlsen has won today's match, but the three remaining matches go to a 4th and final game!

Carlsen, MVL & So take the lead in their quarterfinals so Dubov, Aronian & Duda will need to win on demand tomorrow to force a playoff! Giri-Radjabov is tied after a trade of blows

#ChessChamps #OperaEuroRapid

Alireza Firouzja: 'I am thinking about improving and having fun'

Last Sunday AlirezaFirouzja joined IM Anna Rudolf and IM Levy Rozman in their #OperaEuroRapid coverage and discussed a wide range of topics. Here’s a selection of quotes:

https://www.chess.com/news/view/alireza-firouzja-interview-chess

Far off in the desert and away from the distractions of the modern world.

🔗 Hikaru Nakamura (@GMHikaru)

Speaking about facing Dubov, Carlsen said: "Certainly this was not an ideal pairing for me considering what happened last time. But every tournament is a new one so I thought I just need to focus on playing well."

https://fide.com/news/940

TRICKED | Magnus Carlsen vs Hikaru Nakamura | Opera Euro Rapid 2021

Cat and mouse | Magnus Carlsen vs Daniil Dubov | Opera Euro Rapid 2021

Grandmaster Daniel King presents Magnus Carlsen vs Daniil Dubov from the Opera Euro Rapid tournament 2021.

1963 USSR Team Championship. Lev Polugaevsky, the leader of the Russian team, is interested. The brilliant play of Nona Gaprindashvili (8.5 points out of 9) allowed the Georgian chess players to take the honorable 6th place.

🔗 Sergey Kim (@sergey\_e\_kim)

"Good players develop a tactical instinct, a sense of what is possible or likely and what is not worth calculating."

🔸 Samuel Reshevsky

@UnityChessClub

Korchnoi wrote in his book Chess is My Life of his September 16, 1977 meeting with Fischer that took place in Pasadena, California:
I sensed that he was terrible alone and I was staggered by his chess memory. Whatever game I mentioned, he would answer instantly.

🔗 Chess History (@MrMarksTV)