100 Years 100 Brilliancies!

Daily chess puzzle
Abrahams - Winter, London 1946
Solve here: https://chesspuzzle.net/Puzzle/296278

The young, charismatic chess players building huge online audiences by streaming it

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GM Hikaru Nakamura just passed 1 MILLION subscribers on YouTube! Congratulations! 👏

http://youtube.com/c/GMHikaru
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🔗 Hikaru Nakamura (@GMHikaru):
What a milestone and a journey it's been. Thanks everyone for the 1M subscribers on Youtube!
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We publish the current list of qualified players for the Women's World Cup 2021: https://www.fide.com/news/1086

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Vasif Durarbayli is a new Azerbaijan Champion. The 29-year old native of Sumgait won his first national title and punched a ticket to the #FIDEWorldCup.

➡️ https://www.fide.com/news/1087

The FTX Crypto Cup begins May 23 and includes the complete top 10 players in the world with a record prize fund! Are you excited about the lineup as we are, or what? 🔥😍#FTXCryptoCup #ChessChamps

Some remarkable coverage here, of the celebrated Staunton Memorial tournament held at in Groningen, 1946 - the first great tournament to be held in Europe after WW2.
Botvinnik took 1st place, ahead of Euwe (2nd) & Smyslov (3rd).

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⚛️ Chess History - Tournaments
♦️ Groningen 1946

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I remember vividly how impressive was for me when I met Anatoly Karpov for the first time as a teenager. Since then we had countless encounters, training sessions and private talks. I wish Happy 70th Birthday to a truly amazing world champion who wrote history in many ways! 🙂🥂

🔗 Judit Polgar (@GMJuditPolgar)

Happy Birthday, Anatoly Karpov!
Karpov - Najdorf, Mar del Plata 1982
Solve here: https://chesspuzzle.net/Puzzle/187750

"The most important feature of the Chess position is the activity of the pieces. This is absolutely fundamental in all phases of the game: Opening, Middlegame and especially Endgame. The primary constraint on a piece's activity is the Pawn structure."

🔸 Michael Stean

@UnityChessClub

Footage of Karpov playing chess with astronauts. No information about the moves though.

🔗 Chess History (@MrMarksTV)

The Park Lane Hotel, London, August 1986. Champion Garry Kasparov is seen in play v. challenger Anatoly Karpov during the first half of their return match for the world title. The contest moved to Leningrad for the final 12 games.
(📷D. Osborne, Reuters.)

🔗 Douglas Griffin (@dgriffinchess)

Another very interesting addition to the digital assets of the Netherlands Institute for Sound and Vision is this marvelous clip from the 1948 world chess championship. https://bit.ly/3ub18Tr

🔗 Olimpiù G. Urcan (@olimpiuurcan)