84th Tata Steel Masters - Round 2

They call it the Wimbledon of chess, and I think they've earned that name

Magnus Carlsen's first ever win over Anish Giri in Wijk aan Zee

Richard Rapport happy with the present received from Jorden van Foreest

L'Ami, Erwin vs Zhu, Jiner 1-0

Erwin L'Ami is happy with his first win of the tournament

Challengers results - Round 2

Tata Steel Challengers - Round 2

♟ | What a day! Magnus Carlsen defeats Anish Giri in classical chess for the first time in history of the Tata Steel Chess Tournament, Shakhriyar Mamedyarov surprises Andrey Esipenko with an unexpected opening move and Volodar Murzin wins his second game in a row!

Tata Steel Chess's albums
2022 - Round 2

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Tata Steel Chess R2: Carlsen Gets 1st Win, Rapport Beats Van Foreest

https://www.chess.com/news/view/tata-steel-chess-2022-round-2

Maia Chiburdanidze, Women's World Champion 1978-91, born on this day, 17th January 1961. She is pictured here having just succesfully defended her world title v. Irina Levitina in Volgograd, 1984.

Maia Chiburdanidze, the sixth Women's World Champion, was born on this day in 1961.
The Georgian grandmaster, only the second woman in history to be awarded the title, became World Champion in 1978 (the youngest ever at the time) and reigned until 1991.

"A strong memory, concentration, imagination, and a strong will is required to become a great Chess player."

🔸 Bobby Fischer

@UnityChessClub

100 years ago: Capablanca comfortably won the great London tournament, ahead of Alekhine, Vidmar, Rubinstein, Bogoljubow, Réti, Tartakower, and others. https://bit.ly/3txkci2

🔗 Olimpiu Di Luppi (@olimpiuurcan)

Still the most hilariously instructional passage I've read in a chess book. Garry Kasparov on his plan against 41...h6 in Kasparov - Torre, Baku 1980 (from "Garry Kasparov on Garry Kasparov, Part 1: 1973-1985"

Play through this analysis on lichess: https://lichess.org/study/Vaa1fiem

🔗 John Bartholomew (@fins0905)

Daily chess puzzle, with Bobby Fischer playing the U.S. junior championship 1957
https://chesspuzzle.net/Puzzle/451102