During the 1972 match in Reykjavík, Bobby Fischer went to a tailor to buy two suits. In the shop, there was a photograph of Rudolph Valentino, the silent screen star. The moment was captured by Harry Benson, and the photo was published by The New York Times.

🔗 David Llada ♞ (@davidllada)

Grandmaster snap of the week.
(photo: Mark Huba)

🔗 Jonathan Manley (@KingpinEd)

9 Year old Garry Kasparov, then Garry Weinstein at a chess club in 1972.

🔗 Chess History (@MrMarksTV)

Capablanca's home in Havana as photographed in October 2019.

🔗 Olimpiu Di Luppi (@olimpiuurcan)

Chess puzzle of the week, from the game
Herrmann - Hussong, Frankfurt 1930
Solve the puzzle: https://chesspuzzle.net/Puzzle/417384

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

Ex-World Champion Mikhail Botvinnik and his wife Gayane take a stroll with their dog Volchok.
Nikolina Gora, Moscow Region, December 1963.

🔗 Douglas Griffin (@dgriffinchess)

Vishy Anand and Anatoly Karpov in 2009

🔗 Jürgen Lutz (@zugzwang\_76)

Found an old scoresheet from 2004. I was almost 13 when I played this game. Take one look at my rating and the quality of play, and anyone would think I was a talentless, hopeless cause.

Just because you aren't a GM at 13 does not mean you can't make it far in chess. Keep at it!

🔗 Sam Shankland (@SamShankland)

17-year-old Nodirbek Abdusattorov not only won the World Rapid Championship but was gifted a 2-room apartment and a €20,000 prize by the Uzbek government!

https://chess24.com/en/read/news/17-year-old-world-champion-gifted-new-home-in-presidential-ceremony

Vidit Gujrathi vs Russian prodigy Volodar Murzin | World Blitz 2021

Anatoly Karpov: Born to win // Episode one: A self-taught genius

A spectacular game | Salem vs Maghsoodloo | Commentary by Sagar Shah

Carlsen thinks for 77 seconds (out of 180) for one move | MVL vs Carlsen | World Blitz 2021

Nihal Sarin misses a mate in one! Can you find it? | Shamsiddin vs Nihal | World Bliz 2021

Behind the Scenes | The thrilling final moments of MVL winning the World Blitz 2021 title

When a super GM has a blackout moment | 19 moves only | Jobava vs Hari | World Blitz 2021