Congratulations to the Russian women's team on winning the European Women's Team Championship with a round to spare — their 4th win in a row, and a 7th in 8 Championships! https://chess24.com/en/watch/live-tournaments/european-womens-team-championship-2021/8/1/1
#c24live #ETCC2021

The Russian women's team won the European Championship in advance. Our congratulations! https://ruchess.ru/en/news/all/russian_women_s_team_wins_european_championship_in_advance/

23rd European Teams

23rd European Teams Women

Czechoslovak GM Salo Flohr and Austrian chess player and writer Ernst Grünfeld were born #OnThisDay in 1908 and 1893 respectively!

The epic 1927 world title match between Capablanca and Alekhine was played with these pieces and table. The position on the board is the end of game 34, the win that made Alekhine the new world champion. https://bit.ly/3qXQGAH

🔗 Olimpiu G. Urcan (@olimpiuurcan)

"By all means examine the games of the great chess players, but don't swallow them whole. Their games are valuable not for their separate moves, but for their vision of chess, their way of thinking."

🔸 Anatoly Karpov

@UnityChessClub

Reykjavík at the time of the 1972 world title match between Spassky and Fischer (Jerry Cooke Archive).

🔗 Olimpiu G. Urcan (@olimpiuurcan)

Yuri Balashov (b. Shadrinsk, 1949), pictured in play v. Iceland's Friðrik Ólafsson in the 15th round of the Alekhine Memorial tournament, Moscow, 15th December 1971.

🔗 Douglas Griffin (@dgriffinchess)

A dozen articles by Edward Winter concerning Garry Kasparov. https://bit.ly/3x6jpo9

🔗 Olimpiu G. Urcan (@olimpiuurcan)

Today's chess puzzle is in memory of Salo Flohr, who was born on this day in 1908.
https://chesspuzzle.net/Puzzle/417563

BREAKING!!

Levon Aronian WINS Tata Steel Chess India blitz!!

Arjun Erigaisi pushed Levon in both the blitz games of their play-off but the Armenian Lion held his fort in both encounters and, eventually, went on to beat his young adversary in the Armageddon.

📷Lennart Ootes

Levon Aronian: "The only reason I get this cup, I think, is that Arjun is a very strong player in chess, but he’s not physically so strong to carry two cups!"

https://chess24.com/en/read/news/aronian-wins-tata-steel-indian-blitz-in-armageddon

#TataSteelChessIndia #c24live

Aronian won Tata Steel Chess India Blitz.

https://www.chess.com/news/view/aronian-wins-2021-tata-steel-india-blitz
#TataSteelChessIndia

ARMAGEDDON Time! at Tata Steel Chess India Blitz. 🔥🔥🔥

#TataSteelChessIndia

Awkward Chess Hand Shake | Ft. Arjun, Aronian

Tata Steel India Blitz