Chess grandmasters play football at Telstar FC
♟💙 | A rather remarkable football match will take place at Telstar FC on Wednesday 15 January. Chess grandmasters from the #TataSteelChess Tournament will walk onto the field to play a friendly match with players from Telstar FC.

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💙 | We are almost ready for the 82nd edition of the #TataSteelChess Tournament. Only two more days until we start!

This chess piece dated c. 1200 was found in 2018 in Tønsberg by the Norwegian Institute of Cultural Heritage Research (NIKU).

The abstract design is typical of arabic pieces, with geometric motifs in different parts. It's a Knight.

Photo: Lars Haugesten

Happy Birthday to IM Elisabeth Paehtz, the strongest German female chess player. 🥳

ALINA L'AMI in Mexico

https://en.chessbase.com/post/this-is-not-an-article-of-faith-i-hope

Wild Chess Fights: Queen vs 2 Rooks‎

https://www.chess.com/article/view/the-wild-chess-fights-queen-vs-two-rooks

Carlsen, Caruana Top Seeds At 82nd Tata Steel Chess Tournament

https://www.chess.com/news/view/2020-tata-steel-chess-tournament-preview-carlsen-caruana

What does it take to have a good chess training camp? Two good trainers, 14 talented youngsters - should be all right? Well, if you thought that was true, you are missing an important point here. One of the most important things needed for a highly intensive training camp is the right environment. At the Microsense Kramnik Gelfand training program, great care has been taken that the right environment is provided to all the youngsters so that they can learn and improve. Check out this video where IM Sagar Shah gives you a feel of the environment at the Coastal Paradise - the venue of the training camp.

Video: Sagar Shah

Kramnik and Gelfand are in Chennai for the 2nd training camp by Microsense. The two greats will train 14 of the most talented Indian players. On 7th of January was a press conference. Check out all that happened:

https://chessbase.in/news/Microsense-Kramnik-Gelfand-2020-Day-0

Ju Wenjun returns to her normal 1.d4 for Game 4 of the Women's World Championship!

FIDE Women's World Championship Match 2020. Game 4
Commentators GM Nigel Short and WGM Zhang Xiaowen.
#WomenChessMatch

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eQdiPe7FXyU

Amsterdam, 10th October 1977. The 1st game of the 6-game match between ex-World Champion Boris Spassky (USSR) & Jan Timman (Netherlands) is in progress, the final score was 4-2.

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"Morphy gained most of his wins by playing directly and simply, and it is simple and logical method that constitutes the true brilliance of his play, if it is considered from the viewpoint of the great masters."

🔸 Jose Raul Capablanca

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A son remembers Misha

https://en.chessbase.com/post/a-son-remembers-misha

Grandmaster Vlastimil Hort (ČSSR), pictured at Wijk aan Zee, 23rd January 1973.

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