84th Tata Steel Masters - Round 7

♟| Nguyen simply had too many pawns for Maurizzi's pieces to control and thus a victory for the Czech!

In the #TataSteelChess Challengers, GM Thai Dai Van Nguyen won a nice game after sacrificing a bishop!

Suddenly, every black pawn dropped off.

♟| Warmerdam caught up with Lucas van Foreest in the Challengers after a victory over Shuvalova!

Max Warmerdam took 42 minutes for one move, but wins against Shuvalova

Great defence today by Arjun Erigaisi, who battles hard and avoids a loss to one of his closest pursuers! https://chess24.com/en/watch/live-tournaments/tata-steel-challengers-2022/7/1/1

♟💙| The longest game of the day finished in a draw. Jumabayev enjoyed an edge throughout the game, but Erigiasi defended well and maintains a 2-point lead in the Challengers group.

Correction: Erigiasi has a 1 point lead after round 7!

Thai Dai Van Nguyen's Round 7 win over Marc Maurizzi saw him cut Arjun Erigaisi's lead to a point, after Arjun escaped with a draw against 3rd placed Jumabayev: https://chess24.com/en/watch/live-tournaments/tata-steel-challengers-2022/7/1/2

Tata Steel Challengers - Round 7

Fabiano Caruana took a lot of risks, but wins against Jan-Krzysztof Duda

Tata Steel Chess 2022 R7: Carlsen Grabs Sole Lead; Dubov Forfeits Game

https://www.chess.com/news/view/tata-steel-chess-2022-round-7

An unimpressed-looking Mikhail Botvinnik, watching some of the students at his chess school.
Krasnoyarsk Territory, USSR, 1978.
(I wonder if it's Klara Kasparova on the far left?)

🔗 Douglas Griffin (@dgriffinchess)

"Chess is beautiful enough to waste your life for."

🔸 Hans Ree

@UnityChessClub

Man Ray (1890–1976). Two Women Playing Chess in his Studio, 1928.

They are using one of his chess set designs!

🔗 Diego Rasskin Gutman (@drasskin)

This photograph by Arun Sankar is easily one of the finest chess photographs of the past decade: 12-year old Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa reunited with his school friends in Chennai on June 26, 2018 after becoming the then second youngest grandmaster in the world (AFP Archive).

🔗 Olimpiu Di Luppi (@olimpiuurcan)

Player of the Day! Henrique Mecking ✨

Daily chess puzzle
Pert - Jose Queralto, Chess Olympiad, Istanbul 2012
https://chesspuzzle.net/Puzzle/242843

Uzbek GM Nodirbek Yakubboev turns 20 today!

The chess prodigy Yakubeev won the Uzbekistani Chess Championship 3 times; in 2016, 2018 and 2020.

Wishing happy birthday to the talented GM!

📷 Anastasia Korolkova