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)

Daily chess puzzle
https://chesspuzzle.net/Puzzle/43718

Solution explained by Daniel King
Find the checkmate! Chess puzzle of the week - Black to play and win shorts.

The winners of the 4th Sharjah Masters Open 2021. Amin Tabatabaei (Iran), Pavel Eljanov (Ukraine), Salem Saleh (UAE) and Parham Maghsoodloo (Iran) tied for the 1st place in the 4th Sharjah Masters Open.

#sharjahmasters

Meet 21 y/o 🇮🇷 Parham Maghsoodloo who made it into the 2700 club when he tied =1st (4th on tiebreak) with 6.5/9 at the 4th Sharjah Masters. Our congratulations! https://2700chess.com/games/maghsoodloo-narayanan.s.l-r9-sharjah-2021-09-25

Big congrats to Luke McShane (2674) on winning the Manx Liberty Masters. He finished clear 1st with 6.5/9 points!

TePe Sigeman Chess Tournament
Round 5
J Van Foreest – Etienne Bacrot
Jonas B Bjerre – Nils Grandelius
Gawain Jones – Nigel Short
Vincent Keymer – Nihal Sarin
Live games and comments by GM Brynell & GM Sokolov:

https://chess24.com/en/watch/live-tournaments/tepe-sigeman-chess-tournament-2021/5/1/1

Jorden van Foreest is back in the 2700 club after today's win over Etienne Bacrot! https://chess24.com/en/watch/live-tournaments/tepe-sigeman-chess-tournament-2021/5/1/1

🔴 Vincent Keymer 🆚 Nihal Sarin

https://chess24.com/en/watch/live-tournaments/tepe-sigeman-chess-tournament-2021/5/1/4