Once upon a time, when Grandmaster title was a sacred one, there was a chess aficionado, who collected signatures of every Soviet Grandmaster on one envelope. Year 1966. Everyone was still alive...
🔗 Emilchess (@EmilSutovsky)
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Women's World Chess Champion Nona Gaprindashvili. Tbilisi, USSR. 1972.
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🔗 Douglas Griffin (@dgriffinchess)
Firouzja Wins FIDE Chess.com Grand Swiss, Reaches Candidates With Caruana
Alireza Firouzja won the FIDE #GrandSwiss2021 as the only player to finish on 8/11 after all the key games ended in draws in the final round. Firouzja qualified for the #FIDECandidates together with
Fabiano Caruana
. Final report:
Alireza Firouzja won the FIDE #GrandSwiss2021 as the only player to finish on 8/11 after all the key games ended in draws in the final round. Firouzja qualified for the #FIDECandidates together with
Fabiano Caruana
. Final report:
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Interview with Alireza Firouzja, the winner of Grand Swiss 2021
"It feels great. It was a very long tournament. When I came here, I thought my chances are low because the players are very experienced. Rating-wise, I was a contender, but in general, these tournaments are very tricky."
"It feels great. It was a very long tournament. When I came here, I thought my chances are low because the players are very experienced. Rating-wise, I was a contender, but in general, these tournaments are very tricky."
The #GrandSwiss2021 has finished after 11 exciting rounds! The winner Alireza Firouzja and the runner-up Fabiano Caruana, qualify for the 2022 #FIDECandidates, while Oparin, Yu Yangyi, Keymer, Vachier-Lagrave, Predke and Shirov qualify for the Grand Prix Series. 👏
1.Carlsen or Nepo
2.Radjabov
3.Duda
4.Karjakin
5.Firouzja
6.Caruana
+2 players from the 2022 Grand Prix series in Berlin
1.Carlsen or Nepo
2.Radjabov
3.Duda
4.Karjakin
5.Firouzja
6.Caruana
+2 players from the 2022 Grand Prix series in Berlin
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Alireza Firouzja receiving his award for winning the 2021 Grand Swiss. #GrandSwiss2021
Not only has Alireza won #GrandSwiss2021 (and therefore qualified for #FIDECandidates2022) but he's also World top #5 now - and he's only 18! His tournament performance was 2855! Amazing results for Firouzja!
Happy winners of the #GrandSwiss2021 🥇🥈🥉
More photos from the closing ceremony in our Flickr: https://www.flickr.com/photos/fide/with/51662371881/
More photos from the closing ceremony in our Flickr: https://www.flickr.com/photos/fide/with/51662371881/
The 2021 FIDE http://Chess.com Women's Grand Swiss concluded today. Lei Tingjie emerged as the winner and qualified for the Women's Candidates. Elisabeth Paehtz was 2nd, Zhu Jiner 3rd and Mariya Muzychuk 4th; all four qualify for the next Women's Grand Prix series. 👏👏
"You can become a big master in chess only if you see your mistakes and short-comings. Exactly the same as in life itself."
🔸 Alexander Alekhine
@UnityChessClub
🔸 Alexander Alekhine
@UnityChessClub