11 days until the World's #1 Chess Festival in Gibraltar!

Who's excited? 😍

Iranian superstar, Sarasadat Khademalsharieh (2494 🇮🇷) will be in action at the Rock!

IM sara khadem was a two-time silver medalist at the Women's Rapid & Blitz championships in 2018.
She is already an IM and has two GM norms.

We hope she completes her GM title at #GibChess

Magnus Carlsen: ‘You need to be very fortunate to be No 1 in fantasy football’

https://t.co/FWMvNXKgHa

"Ju Wenjun was happy and relieved to finally get the full point, and praised Goryachkina's valiant defense."

Our report on Game 4 of the Women's World Championship Match: https://www.fide.com/news/305

Street chess in the rain. Max Euweplein in Amsterdam.

This square is named after Dutch grandmaster Max Euwe, the fifth World Chess Champion (1935–37) and FIDE President (1970-78). Max Euwe-Centrum, a museum dedicated to his life, opened here in 1986.

The #TataSteelChess tournament’s playing hall is getting ready!

🔸34th Voivoda Cup 2018
🔸Round 1
⚪️Hirneise,T (2472)
⚫️Gleizerov,E (2505)
🔸0-1

21...Rxc1! [After this strong move, Black seizes the initiative.]

22.Bxc1™ Bxc1! [△Qa3]

[22...Bb4?! 23.Rd1 Qd7 24.Bf4 Rc8 25.Rc1 Rxc1+ 26.Bxc1=]

23.Rxc1 Qa3!‚ [The point of Black's previous exchanges. Now Black's queen penetrates into the opponent's camp.]

24.Rf1 [24.Rb1 Qa2!=/+]

24...Qxb3 25.Qxa7 Qe3+ [¹25...Rc8!? 26.Kh1 Qb2‚]

26.Kh1 Qxe2 27.Qxb6 Rc8 28.Qd6?! [¹28.Qb5! Qxb5 29.axb5 Nd7 30.Rb1 Nb6³]

28...Rc2!-/+ [28...Kf7!? △Rc2 29.a5 Rc2 30.Rg1 Qd2!µ △Q×d4]

Susan Polgar:
Daily Chess Improvement: World Championship Endgame!

This is from game 4 of Ju, Wenjun - Goryachkina, Aleksandra WWC match

White to move! How should white proceed? Write out the plan please and not just a 1-2 move response. It is important that you understand this endgame.

Jan Timman pictured in play v. Hein Donner at the IBM tournament in Amsterdam, 27th July, 1971.

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“I claim that nothing else is so effective in encouraging the growth of chess strength as such independent analysis, both of the games of the great players and your own.”

🔸 Mikhail Botvinnik

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Black Mates in 3.

#chesspuzzle from Gata Kamsky vs Boris Gelfand, Elista, 2007.

Table, set and chairs from 1966 Olympiad in Havana.

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