WGM Katerina Nemcova wins again to be the first and only player on 2/2 so far! #USChessChamps

Leinier Dominguez missed a great chance to defeat Fabiano Caruana in a 108-move battle, while Wesley So picked up his 1st win of the 2021 #USChessChamps!

https://chess24.com/en/read/news/us-chess-champs-2-so-strikes-caruana-escapes-again

Reigning champion Wesley So scores a nice technical victory over GM Dariusz Swiercz: #USChessChamps

After winning yesterday's game GM John Burke makes a draw against GM Aleksandr Lenderman, featuring a topical line in the Sveshnikov: #USChessChamps

After losing yesterday GM Daniel Naroditsky bounces back to take down GM Jeffery Xiong! #USChessChamps

Carissa wins an excellent game to move to 1.5/2: #USChessChamps

IM Carissa Yip finds the fantastic shot 20.Bh7! with Ne4 to come, and Black is in big trouble! #USChessChamps

Mikhail Botvinnik in the 1930s.

🔗 Olimpiu G. Urcan (@olimpiuurcan)

"If your opponent cannot do anything active, then don't rush the position; instead you should let him sit there, suffer, and beg you for a draw."

🔸 Jeremy Silman

@UnityChessClub

Mikhail Tal, pictured playing blitz in Moscow in March 1960, a few days before the start of the match against Mikhail Botvinnik that would bring him the title of World Champion.

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Alekhine.

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100 Years 100 Brilliancies!

Grandmaster Boris Spassky, pictured in play in the 'National Tournament of Three Teams', Moscow, April 1973. The ex-World Champion was appearing on Board 1 for the 'USSR I' team.

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During the 1959 Candidates tournament, with a devastating score of 0-5 against Mikhail Tal and fearing hypnosis, Pal Benko used a pair of dark sunglasses when facing the Latvian.

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Grandmaster Anatoly Karpov, pictured in play during his Candidates' quarter-final match v. Lev Polugaevsky in Moscow, January 1974.

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Daily chess puzzle with @Tigerkatten!
Solve: https://chesspuzzle.net/Puzzle/263533

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

Wesley So wins his 3rd US Chess Championship

https://chess24.com/en/read/news/wesley-so-wins-his-3rd-us-chess-championship

Carissa Yip won her 1st US Women's Championship