For the first time, there are only 35 players on or above 2700.0 since http://2700chess.com was launched in May 2011, when there were 39 (the maximum amount of players on or above 2700.0 was 53) #deflation

Magnus Carlsen wins 8.5:4.5 in the end and is the first player through to the Last 16 of the #BanterBlitzCup!

After 115 moves in the last game of Portugal Open, Polish IM Stachowiak blunders in an apparently drawn ending by playing Rxh5?? allowing a killer blow by GM Aryan Tari who ends the event with a decent 7/9! Can you find it?

Happy 18th birthday to the reigning US Women’s Champion Jennifer Yu! She is a wonderful and dynamic young lady with a great future ahead of her! 🎂👑♟

Do you remember Carlsen's vs Peter Svidler end game when the played Rook+king vs Bishop+King ending game? (that some chess specialists called the best chess blitz ending game ever)

Now here we have same situation in a women's grandmasters game, which was excelent played too...

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Some portraits from the Hoogovens tournament at Wijk aan Zee, January 1984.
Robert Hübner (BRD), Eugenio Torre (Philippines), Aleksandr Beliavsky & Vladimir Tukmakov (both - USSR).

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“Loss generally occurs when a player overrates his advantage or for other reasons seeks to derive from a minute advantage a great return such as a forced win.”

🔸 Emanuel Lasker

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Inspired by Alireza Firouzja, FM Joachim Iglesias is taking a look at the best sixteen 16-year-olds in chess history!

Move of the Day!

Daily #chesspuzzle

https://chesspuzzle.net/Puzzle/96102

Game of the Day!

19)Qxh7!!

Sergei Lobanov Wins Main Event of Moscow Open 2020