Just 2 out of 8 games were drawn on Day 1 of the #NewInChess Classic semi-finals, as Hikaru Nakamura took the lead while Magnus Carlsen and Levon Aronian are level after Levon blundered but then hit back in the final game of the day!

https://chess24.com/en/read/news/new-in-chess-classic-sf1-naka-leads-as-lev-hits-back-to-tie-magnus

The 13th World Chess Champion, Garry Kasparov, with his coach, Aleksandr Nikitin. Baku, USSR, 1986.

🔗 Douglas Griffin (@dgriffinchess)

Above all else, before playing in competitions a player must have regard to his health, for if he is suffering from ill-health he cannot hope for success. In this connection the best of all tonics is 15 to 20 days in the fresh air, in the country.

🔸 Mikhail Botvinnik

@UnityChessClub

Can you recognize this great champion?

🔗 David Llada ♞ (@davidllada)

The World Championship Match Kasparov vs Karpov in 1986 at the Park Lane Hotel in London. Nigel Short in the commentators' room pondering the position after Karpov's 8.e3 in the first game. David Anderton raised some objections to Nigel's comments on Campo … Photo:LarsGrahn

🔗 Lars Grahn (@larsgrahn)

This photograph by Misha Friedman shows Ian Nepomniachtchi and Magnus Carlsen working together during the training camp in Kragerø in August 2013, for the Norwegian's world title match against Vishy Anand. Eight years later, they get to face each other in a match of their own.

🔗 Olimpiu G. Urcan (@olimpiuurcan)

24...Rxc4!!, 28...Nxf2!!, 32...Bg1+!!, and 33...Ng4+! 🙌

One of the best chess finishes of all time: Molinari vs. Roux Cabral, 1943, the "Uruguayan Immortal" 👏🇺🇾👏

"The Uruguayan Immortal" - Best Of The 40s - Molinari vs. Roux Cabral, 1943

100 Years 100 Brilliancies!

Puzzle of the Day!
Solve this puzzle on interactive board: chesspuzzle.net/Puzzle/79094

Garry Kasparov [in a May 1, 2021 tweet]: "To become a classic, you must know the classics."

🔗 Olimpiu G. Urcan (@olimpiuurcan)

Daily chess puzzle
Solve here: https://chesspuzzle.net/Puzzle/185223

Is this the best game of 2021 so far? Thinking face That's for you to decide.
Watch GM Ben Finegold break down a BRILLIANT game from yesterday's Russian Team Championship Premier League on our YouTube Channel below!

Good friends! ❤️
Boris Spassky and Bobby Fischer

"Neither of us were absolutely at our best, but we had great fighting spirit!" said Magnus Carlsen after taking the lead on Day 1 of the #NewInChess final! Full report:

https://chess24.com/en/read/news/new-in-chess-classic-final-1-magnus-takes-the-lead

Congratulations to Magnus Carlsen on winning the #NewInChess Classic, his first tournament victory on the Meltwater Champions Chess Tour! The World Champion has also taken over from Wesley So as the Tour leader

https://chess24.com/en/watch/live-tournaments/meltwater-champions-chess-tour-new-in-chess-classic-knockout/7/1/4

Spectators during the 1960 world chess championship match between Mikhail Botvinnik and Mikhail Tal. The lost luxury of being able to analyze a wild Tal game without the temptation of a smartphone, Stockfish or YouTube's comment box.

🔗 Olimpiù G. Urcan (@olimpiuurcan)