World Chess Championship 2021| Game 4

Nepo Holds Carlsen With Petroff In Game 4 FIDE World Chess Championship

Akiba Rubinstein, one of the greatest chess players in history, was born on this day 141 years ago

He defeated top players like Capablanca, Schlechter & was due to play vs Lasker, but WWII intervened. He is considered one of the best endgame players of all time.

Akiba Rubinstein's Best Chess Tactics

And one of the most prominent chess trainers, analysts and theoreticians Semyon Furman born on this day

Semyon Furman (1920-1978), mentor & long-term trainer of the 12th World Champion Anatoly Karpov, & GM in his own right - at one time he was called the "World champion with White".

#WednesdayPuzzle by Semyon Furman, who was born #OnThisDay in 1920.

White mates in 4.

Game: Semyon Furman vs Boris Ratner, Vilnius, 1949

The most accurate game in world chess championship history was obviously game two of the 1972 Spassky versus Fischer match.

🔗 Olimpiu G. Urcan (@olimpiuurcan)

"The correct way to play chess is to develop each and every piece (chess is a team game!), get your King safely castled, and only then begin more aggressive maneuvers."

🔸 Jeremy Silman

@UnityChessClub

Pictured at the 'National Tournament of Three Teams' in Moscow, April 1973 - grandmaster Vladimir Tukmakov (b. Odessa, 1946). He was appearing on Board 2 for the USSR Youth Team, behind Karpov on Board 1.

🔗 Douglas Griffin (@dgriffinchess)

Daily chess puzzle Magnus Carlsen!

https://chesspuzzle.net/Puzzle/224216

The fifth game Nepomniachtchi v Carlsen ends in a draw. After five games, the score is 2½-2½. #CarlsenNepo #FIDEmatch2021

And it's another draw.🤝
A free day tomorrow, and in Game 6 on December 3 Magnus Carlsen will have White. #CarlsenNepo

One more draw at game 5 of the #FIDEmatch2021. Do you think that Nepo is pushing to the tiebreaks? #CarlsenNepo

Ian Nepomniachtchi⚪️ - ⚫️Magnus Carlsen, Game 5: ½-½ (total: Carlsen 2½-2½ Nepomniachtchi)

World Chess Championship 2021| Game 5

The December 2021 rating list is out. The big story is Alireza Firouzja's jump from 2770 to 2804 (+34), thanks to his Grand Swiss victory and European Team Championship exploits, making him world #2 and the youngest player ever to cross 2800.

December FIDE Ratings: Firouzja No. 2, Aronian U.S., Nakamura Off The List

https://www.chess.com/news/view/december-2021-fide-ratings-firouzja-aronian-nakamura

Magnus Carlsen after a 5th draw to start the match: "I think there is some magical cut-off point where draws instead of just being normal become a problem, but I don’t think we’ve crossed the Rubicon yet!"

Game 5 report: https://chess24.com/en/read/news/carlsen-nepo-5-tension-rises-with-5th-draw

Thanks for all the birthday messages yesterday. I will make sure to read them all when the match is over. For tonight, I’m just gonna enjoy the cake.

🔗 Magnus Carlsen (@MagnusCarlsen)

Jonathan Penrose, who has died aged 88, won the British chess championship a record 10 times, and in 1960 was the first English player for 61 years to defeat a reigning world champion

https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2021/dec/02/jonathan-penrose-obituary

This was the same match in which Jonathan Penrose famously defeated World Champion Mikhail Tal, on Board 1.

🔗 Douglas Griffin (@dgriffinchess)