Congratulations to Magnus Carlsen on winning #NorwayChess for a 3rd year in a row and a 4th time in total! https://chess24.com/en/watch/live-tournaments/norway-chess-2021/19/1/2
#c24live

Games Classical

Armageddon

Amin Tabatabaei emerged as the sole leader after 6 rounds played at the Sharjah Masters in UAE. The Iranian player defeated Salem Saleh in the sixth round and keeps half a point distance from S. Narayanan, A. Naiditsch, M. Mchedkishvili, R. Jumabaev and P. Eljanov.

🔗 Sharjah Masters (@shj\_masters)

It's official! Magnus Carlsen signs the #CarlsenNepo World Chess Championship contract just over 2 months before the match begins:

https://chess24.com/en/read/news/magnus-carlsen-signs-world-championship-contract

Vincent Keymer wins the Hou Yifan Challenge

https://en.chessbase.com/post/hou-yifan-challenge-2021-day-4

Daily chess puzzle
https://chesspuzzle.net/Puzzle/383191

Lubosh Kavalek (USA) and John Nunn (England), pictured at the 25th Olympiad in Lucerne, Switzerland, Oct-Nov 1982.
(📷via http://britishchessnews.com.)

🔗 Douglas Griffin (@dgriffinchess)

"The beauty of a move lies not in its appearance but in the thought behind it."

🔸 Aron Nimzowitsch

@UnityChessClub

"I like England, I like Hastings, and I like chess." Miss [Ghulam] Fatima, an Indian player who won the 1933 British women's championship, is seen here during her game against E.E. Abraham in the 1932 championship, on August 17 (Edwin Smith Archive). https://bit.ly/3kDiKG6

🔗 Olimpiu G. Urcan (@olimpiuurcan)

100 Years 100 Brilliancies!

A young Aleksandr Morozevich (b. 1977), pictured with Vladimir Yurkov (1936-2002).
Morozevich reached World #2 on the FIDE rating list in 2008. Yurkov, a noted trainer, also numbered Yuri Balashov, Yuri Razuvaev & Andrei Sokolov among his pupils.
(📷: http://ruchess.ru.)

🔗 Douglas Griffin (@dgriffinchess)

That is a rare one! Elated Kasparov in Leningrad-1975. 12-years-old Garik praised by Botvinnik. Soon-to-become GM Vladimir Bagirov who also hailed from Baku is the third person I can recognize on this fabulous picture.

🔗 Emilchess (@EmilSutovsky)
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🔗 Garry Kasparov (@Kasparov63):
Leningrad, 1975. That's GM Bagirov in the middle with the hypnotic tie. He was the captain of the Baku youth team I led in the Pioneers vs GMs simuls, including my first game vs Karpov.

Kasparov and Botvinnik in June 1983 (Sputnik Archive).

🔗 Olimpiu G. Urcan (@olimpiuurcan)