Wesley So Officially Becomes U.S. Citizen

Reigning U.S. chess champion and super-GM Wesley So got his American citizenship on February 26, 2021, at the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services offices in St. Paul/Minneapolis, reports USChess. Story:

Reigning US Champion & Meltwater Champions Chess Tour leader Wesley So is now officially a US citizen! He also welcomed Levon Aronian and the competition he'll bring to the US team: https://chess24.com/en/read/news/wesley-so-is-now-a-us-citizen
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FIDE approves hybrid format for World Cup 2021 qualifiers.

As the epidemical situation remains complicated all over the World, a significant number of qualifiers will be held in the hybrid format. This decision is considered inevitable and exceptional.

https://fide.com/news/976

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American chess genius Robert James Fischer (March 9, 1943 – January 17, 2008) would have turned 78 today.

Sweeping through the Interzonal and Candidates matches to beat Spassky and become the world champion, he went down in history as one of the best players of all time.

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"I would rather be free in my mind, and be locked up in a prison cell, than to be a coward and not be able to say what I want."

🔸 Bobby Fischer (1999) Radio Interview, geocities-dot-jp

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"Spacial perception" is the greatest ability one should have to play chess, according to Bobby Fischer. "If you make this move, it will be there, if he makes this move, it will be there, & you just sort of see the position as it could be."

1972 interview: https://t.me/UnityChessClub/33437

Learn from the master himself!

https://www.chess.com/lessons/play-like-bobby-fischer

It's Bobby Fischer's birthday. He left an indelible mark on the history of chess. He was a human - with his virtues and faults. I remember him.

🔗 Judit Polgar (@GMJuditPolgar)

#OnThisDay in 1923 in Copenhagen, Aron Nimzowitsch played his immortal Zugzwang game against Friedrich Saemisch. After the final move 25...h6!! White will lose material because he has to move.

You can learn more about Zugzwang here:

https://www.chess.com/terms/zugzwang-chess

Best Checkmate Combinations Ever!

Henrik and Magnus Carlsen. Bilbao 2010.

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Outstanding: John Donaldson's "Bobby Fischer and His World"

https://en.chessbase.com/post/outstanding-john-donaldson-s-bobby-fischer-and-his-world

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The Magnus Carlsen Invitational, the 4th event on the $1.5 million Meltwater Champions Chess Tour, starts Saturday at 17:00 CET! Check out all the details:

https://chess24.com/en/read/news/space-themed-magnus-carlsen-invitational-returns