“Grandmaster”. Photo by Lana Sator.

🔗 David Llada ♞ (@davidllada)

Daily chess puzzle
Esplugas Esteve - Vlachos, Sunway Chess Open 2020:

https://chesspuzzle.net/Puzzle/235743

Magnus Carlsen and Wesley So have taken the lead at the Opera Euro Rapid semi-finals. The return matches are ahead

A class act | Wesley So vs Teimour Radjabov | Opera Euro Rapid 2021

Grandmaster Daniel King presents Wesley So vs Teimour Radjabov from the Opera Euro Rapid tournament 2021.

Magnus Carlsen could afford the hiccup of missing mate-in-2 and still win Day 1 of his semi-final against MVL, with a repeat of the Carlsen-So Skilling Open final currently on the cards! Report:

https://chess24.com/en/read/news/opera-euro-rapid-sf-1-carlsen-so-take-the-lead

Garry Kasparov and Nigel Short photographed by Mike Hollist in 1994.

🔗 Olimpiu G. Urcan (@olimpiuurcan)

Black threatens to capture on c5 and the white king is too far away… Is White in trouble? Just the opposite, White is about to win this game!

#YourMove #FridayStudy

Best Checkmate Combinations Ever! - 79

"I go over many games collections and pick up something from the style of each player."

🔸 Mikhail Tal

@UnityChessClub

Congrats to Boris Grachev on winning the strong Mark Dvoretsky Memorial tournament. With 6.5 points, he shared the 1st place with Ernesto Inarkiev (2663) taking the title due to better tie-breaks.
GMs Esipenko, Vitiugov, & others also took part in the event.

📷Eteri Kublashvili

Boris Grachev won the Mark Dvoretsky Memorial in Moscow. Ernesto Inarkiev is second, while Mikhail Kobalia is third https://ruchess.ru/en/news/all/boris_grachev_wins_mark_dvoretsky_memorial_in_moscow/

Through back picture of the National youth rapid chess championship...Can u guess the names of these chess players?

🔗 Koneru Humpy (@humpy\_koneru)

We are happy to announce the participant teams in the first World Corporate Chess Championship.

You will find a lot of prominent names in the list, which includes virtually all the leading companies in their respective industries: https://worldcorporate.fide.com/teams.php

Well, that escalated quickly. FIDE_chess

🔗 Anish Giri (@anishgiri)

Tomorrow it's Carlsen vs. So, a repeat of the #SkillingOpen final, after a thrilling Armageddon win for Magnus. The 3rd place match will be Radjabov vs. MVL:

#c24live #ChessChamps #OperaEuroRapid

"I was just in a good mood today & even losing some games didn’t particularly ruin that!" said Magnus Carlsen after winning a thriller vs. MVL to set up a final against Wesley So! Report:

#ChessChamps #OperaEuroRapid