Kasparov in simul play in the 1980s.

Garry Kasparov in 2003.

🔗 Olimpiu G. Urcan (@olimpiuurcan)

On January 18, 2008, outside of his Moscow apartment, a teary-eyed Garry Kasparov spoke about Bobby Fischer (Reuters Archive).

Rashkovsky happens to be born in Yekaterinburg, the city where tomorrow the #FIDECandidates resumes.

Shri K.Viswanathan, father of Five time-world champion Viswanathan Anand passed away on 15th April, 2021.

He was 92 years old and breathed his last at a city hospital.
"He was a great support to Anand. He witnessed all of Anand’s world championship victories," said Anand's wife Aruna to The Hindu. "A simple man, he made sure his son had the right values. He took great pride in his achievements."

100 Years 100 Brilliancies!

Daily chess puzzle in memory of Miguel Najdorf

Solve here: https://chesspuzzle.net/Puzzle/190627

Solution explained by Daniel King

Chess puzzle of the week - Black to play and win

Happy 25th birthday to Daniil Dubov! 🎊🎈🎉🎁🎂

Dubov won the world rapid championship in 2018 and is now the world number 12 on the rapid list. Last year he won the Lindores Abbey tournament. Dubov is also known for his creative opening ideas.

Magnus Carlsen’s wait for challenger almost over as Candidates returns

https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2021/apr/16/magnus-carlsen-wait-for-challenger-almost-over-candidates-returns-year-delay-covid-chess?utm_term=Autofeed&CMP=twt_gu&utm_medium&utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1618569813

23-year-old Russian Kirill Alekseenko came into the #FIDECandidates as the clear underdog. In the 1st half he made five draws but lost to Caruana & Giri. He starts tomorrow's Round 8 with White vs. Grischuk!

https://chess24.com/en/watch/live-tournaments/fide-candidates-2020/8/1/4

Chinese no. 1 & world no. 3 Ding Liren began the #FIDECandidates as joint favourite but suffered a disastrous start with losses to Wang Hao & MVL. He now needs an epic fightback & starts with Black vs. Wang Hao in tomorrow's Round 8:

https://chess24.com/en/watch/live-tournaments/fide-candidates-2020/8/1/2

Alexander Grischuk is the one player to draw all his games in the 1st half of the #FIDECandidates. For now he's only 6th on tiebreaks, but he has White vs. both leaders to come. He starts with Black vs. Alekseenko tomorrow: https://chess24.com/en/watch/live-tournaments/fide-candidates-2020/8/1/4

Wang Hao was reluctant to start the #FIDECandidates but his 1st round victory over Chinese compatriot Ding Liren was of huge significance. He nearly beat MVL as well, but was punished for one bad move vs. Nepo. He has White vs. Ding tomorrow: https://chess24.com/en/watch/live-tournaments/fide-candidates-2020/8/1/2

Anish Giri ended a sequence of 14 #FIDECandidates draws in Moscow 2016 by starting with a loss in Yekaterinburg, but he hit back to join the 4-player group on 50% with a win over Alekseenko. He's Black vs. Nepo in tomorrow's crucial 8th round: https://chess24.com/en/watch/live-tournaments/fide-candidates-2020/8/1/3

Pre-tournament favourite Fabiano Caruana is a point behind after some deep preparation vs. Ding Liren backfired, but if he can win tomorrow's game with White vs. co-leader MVL things will look very different!

https://chess24.com/en/watch/live-tournaments/fide-candidates-2020/8/1/1

#FIDECandidates

Caption this photo from today #FIDECandidates

🔗 Lennart Ootes (@LennartOotes)