Another dramatic day at the #SinquefieldCup sees Dominguez join the leaders Caruana & So!

https://chess24.com/en/watch/live-tournaments/grand-chess-tour-sinquefield-cup-2021/4/1/5 #c24live

After Leinier Dominguez great 31 Qe1! and Vachier_Lagrave blunder 33 ..., Qb7?? #Cuban-born GM leads tied w/ Fabiano Caruana, Wesley So

1 - Leinier Dominguez Perez (2758) #USA🇺🇸
vs
0 - Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (2751) #FRA🇫🇷

Congrats to the winners of the European Women's Chess Championship 2021.

Elina Danielian took the gold with impressive 9/11 points without losing a single game. Big Congrats!

🏆Danielian Elina 🇦🇲
🥈Osmak Iulija 🇺🇦
🥉Kiolbasa Olivia 🇵🇱

Final report: https://europechess.org/danielian-elina-wins-european-womens-chess-championship-2021/

"The days when it was possible to win a serious game only by merit of sporting character or depth of chess understanding have vanished forever. Chess knowledge has become dominant, bypassing all the other factors that contribute to success."

🔸 Anatoly Karpov

@UnityChessClub

Alexander Alekhine: "I am not Grand Master. I am not even master. Chess will always be master of me and of all of us." https://bit.ly/3h2Ebey

🔗 Olimpiu G. Urcan (@olimpiuurcan)

100 Years 100 Brilliancies!

After Mark Dvoretsky listed four factors for determining a successful player (talent, health, determination/willpower/sporting qualities, and special preparation), Evgeny Sveshnikov (1950-2021) told him in Sochi in 2002 that he left out a most important factor: a love for chess.

🔗 Olimpiu G. Urcan (@olimpiuurcan)

23-year old Anatoly Karpov.

🔗 David Llada ♞ (@davidllada)

When the machines were weak.

🔗 Olimpiu G. Urcan (@olimpiuurcan)

New York, June 1994. Oleg Romanishin faces Vishy Anand in a quarter-final match of the PCA Candidates' series. The Indian won the contest decisively by the score 5:2 (+3,-0,=4).

🔗 Douglas Griffin (@dgriffinchess)