Two men playing chess outside, while two women are watching them from inside the window.
Tjonebakken, Gransherad in Notodden, Norway.
Ca. 1907 – 1929.
Photo by Olav Bakken.

🔗 Pat (@Pat88191047)

“Tactics is knowing what to do when there is something to do; strategy is knowing what to do when there is nothing to do.”

🔸 Savielly Tartakower

@UnityChessClub

Grandmaster Smbat Lputian (b. 1958, Yerevan).
Armenian champion 1978, 1980, 1998, 2001; member of the gold-medal winning Armenian team at the 2006 Olympiad. Presently Vice-President of the Armenian Chess Federation.
Pictured in Moscow, c. 1988s.
(📷: V. Levitin, Novosti Press.)

🔗 Douglas Griffin (@dgriffinchess)

Playing backgammon and chess.

🔗 شرق‌زده sharghzadeh (@sharghzadeh)

Move of the Day!

Jose Raul Capablanca

18 years ago 😁

🔗 Eric Rosen (@IM\_Rosen)

Player of the Day! Maxime Vachier-Lagrave ✨

Don't stop calculating too early in today's chess puzzle
https://chesspuzzle.net/Puzzle/452140

Back-rank exploits caused by a dubious move | Aronian vs Dubov | World Blitz 2021

♟💙 | We're halfway the #TataSteelChess Tournament! Round 7 starts at 14:00 (CET). Follow the games via the international live stream 👉🏼 https://tatasteelchess.com/live/

♟💙 | Game of the day - round 7: Richard Rapport - Shakhriyar Mamedyarov. Will Mamedyarov claim his third win this tournament, or will it be Rapport with his fourth? Leave your predictions in the comments 👇
#TataSteelChess

'My thinking is a bit old school, but you need an engine these days'

- Vidit Gujrathi

"I really, really needed the win today after throwing away some opportunities the last round, and now everything is looking a lot better!" - Magnus Carlsen

https://chess24.com/en/read/news/tata-steel-6-carlsen-leads-caruana-blunders

16-year-old Praggnanandhaa is playing his 1st classical game against Magnus Carlsen!

Daniil tells Jan he isn't playing today after the organisers requested he wear a mask while playing (and waiting for a PCR test result) despite a previous agreement that masks would not be required!

♟💙| The official statement regarding the absence of Daniil Dubov in round 7 of the #TataSteelChess Tournament

Daniil Dubov will not be playing the 7th round of the Tata Steel Chess Tournament today. Due to a COVID-19 contamination in his inner circle, the tournament organisation (after consultation with the chief arbiter) has asked Dubov to play wearing a face mask, in order to protect his opponent, Anish Giri. Dubov did not show for his match, which means that he has lost his game by forfeit. Dubov has indicated that he refuses to play wearing a face mask as a matter of principle. Dubov himself tested negative in a quick scan test. He has also undergone a PCR-test, of which the result is likely to come in this evening.

The #TataSteelChess organisers confirm that Dubov will forfeit his game after the dispute about mask-wearing for today's game: https://tatasteelchess.com/news/dubov-not-playing-at-tata-steel-chess-tournament-today/