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)

RIP Jonathan Penrose, who has died aged 88.
The 10-time British Champion famously beat reigning world champion Mikhail Tal at the 1960 Leipzig Olympiad.

"I used to attack because it was the only thing I knew. Now I attack because I know it works best."

🔸 Garry Kasparov

@UnityChessClub