Solution explained by Daniel King

Chess puzzle of the week - White to play and win shorts

Happy 37th Birthday to the 12th Women's World Champion Alexandra Kosteniuk.

Kosteniuk was also the 2004 European women's champion & a 2-time Russian Women's. She won team Gold medal playing for Russia at 3 Chess Olympiads, 5 European, and the 2017 World Team Championship.

Also known as Kosteniuk is a former women's world champion and as we speak she is LIVE commenting on the #FIDECandidates with Sergey Karyakin, Evgeny Tomashevsky, and Kateryna Lagno!

https://twitch.tv/chesscomru

Magnus: "[Nepo] couldn’t quite understand why he wasn’t consistently playing in the best tournaments 6-7 years ago & I said it’s because you cannot maintain focus. You should be one of the best players in the world but it’s all up to you!"
https://chess24.com/en/read/news/candidates-r10-nepo-closes-in-on-match-with-magnus
#FIDECandidates

The 2021 World Championship Challenger, Ian Nepomniachtchi, pictured with the 12th World Chess Champion, Anatoly Karpov.
(Photo via http://chessmateok.com.)

🔗 Douglas Griffin (@dgriffinchess)
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🔗 David Llada ♞ (@davidllada):
I had a brief exchange with Nepomniachtchi about this photo. It was taken in Tula in 1998, after a simul exhibition.

Karpov offered a draw at some point in the game, but it was so crowded that Nepo didn't hear him. So Karpov went on and defeated him after 3,5 hours.

"The power of hanging Pawns is based precisely in their Mobility, in their Ability to create acute situations instantly."

🔸 Boris Spassky

@UnityChessClub

100 Years 100 Brilliancies!

Puzzle of the Day!
Solve this puzzle on interactive board: chesspuzzle.net/Puzzle/190546

Daily chess puzzle
Solve here: https://chesspuzzle.net/Puzzle/279996

Congratulations to Ian Nepomniachtchi, who has won the #FIDECandidates with a round to spare and will play Magnus Carlsen for the World Chess Championship title!
https://chess24.com/en/watch/live-tournaments/fide-candidates-2020/13/1/2
#c24live

FIDE Candidates Tournament: 3 Winners In Final Round, Wang Hao Announces Retirement
https://www.chess.com/news/view/2021-fide-candidates-chess-tournament-round-14

Candidates Tournament 2020-2021: A happy and tired winner

https://en.chessbase.com/post/candidates-tournament-2020-2021-a-happy-and-tired-winner

All 4 matches are going to the final game today, after Firouzja came back from the dead against Mamedaryov, Liem Quang Le escaped against Nakamura, and Wesley So beat Levon Aronian on demand! https://chess24.com/en/watch/live-tournaments/meltwater-champions-chess-tour-new-in-chess-classic-knockout/1/3/3
#ChessChamps #NewInChess

World Champion Alexander Alekhine, pictured on arrival in New York, 20th March 1929.
(📷 Gamma-Keystone Collection.) #chess

🔗 Douglas Griffin (@dgriffinchess)

"A thorough understanding of the typical mating continuations makes the most complicated sacrificial combinations leading up to them not only not difficult, but almost a matter of course."

🔸 Siegbert Tarrasch

@UnityChessClub