Here is an updated bracket for the
Best Chess Game of All Time Tournament!

Follow the tournament here: http://Chess.com/article/view/the-best-chess-game-of-all-time-tournament

Magnus wins the Magnus Carlsen Invitational

https://chess24.com/en/read/news/magnus-carlsen-wins-the-magnus-carlsen-invitational

#NationsCup team numbers:

1️⃣ Europe
2️⃣ China
3️⃣ India
4️⃣ USA
5️⃣ Rest of the World
6️⃣ Russia

It's a round-robin event, all play all. Full pairings and details: https://chess.com/news/view/pairings-fide-chess-com-online-nations-cup

Nona Gaprindashvili (b. 3rd May, 1941), pictured in Moscow in 1962 with her trainer, the Georgian master M. V. Shishov.

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"Nothing excites jaded Grandmasters more than a theoretical novelty"

🔸 Dominic Lawson

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Mikhail Tal vs Paul Keres 1959
2nd Soviet Spartakiad qual. group 3.
As it often was the case, Keres was a fantastic defender and Tal had a very hard time playing against him.
In this game Tal sacrificed a knight on g7 but Keres defended and won the game.

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Half a century before the Internet, WiFi and digital tablets: spectators and fans watching the analysis in game four of the world championship title match between Vassily Smyslov and Mikhail Botvinnik, March 13, 1958. It was a hard-fought 82-move draw.

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The master of attack, one of the most important players of the 'romantic era' Rudolf Spielmann was born on 5 May 1883.

#OnThisDay

Here are some chess puzzles from the games of Rudolf Spielmann.

http://wtharvey.com/spie.html

https://chesspuzzle.net/Player/Rudolf_Spielmann

May 5 is the #birthday of Andor Lilienthal (1911-2010) who lived a long (99 years!) and eventful life. He was one of the GMs who were awarded this title in 1950.

During his career, he defeated world champions Lasker, Capablanca, Alekhine, Euwe, Botvinnik, Smyslov, & Menchik.

Here are 11 chess puzzles from the games of HUN Andre Lilienthal (1911 - 2010) : http://wtharvey.com/lili.html . Find the winning moves.

Move of the Day!

Daily #chesspuzzle
Rudolf Spielmann - Vera Menchik, Margate 1938

https://chesspuzzle.net/Puzzle/129955

Daily #chesspuzzle
Rodriguez Vargas - Miyasaki, Chess Olympiad, Skopje 1972
https://chesspuzzle.net/Puzzle/131158

The Chess in the World - Oslo, Norway

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♟Sundays with Unity♟

May 3rd, 2020

Open:
1️⃣GM Homayoon Toufighi (2439) (IRI)
2️⃣GM Parham Maghsoodloo (2676) (IRI)
3️⃣GM Andrew Tang (2538) (USA)
4️⃣IM Toivo Keinanen (2462) (FIN)
5️⃣GM Ahmed Adly (2615) (EGY)
6️⃣GM Jose Eduardo Martinez Alcantara (2620) (PER)
7️⃣GM Anton Domchenko (2641) (RUS)
8️⃣GM Nihal Sarin (2620) (IND)
9️⃣Diptayan Ghosh (2541) (IND)
🔟S.L Narayanan (2618) (IND)

Women:
1️⃣WGM Alexandra Obolentseva (2305) (RUS)
2️⃣Nino Khomeriki (2319)
3️⃣WFM Shania Mae Mendoza (2158) (PHI)

Senior (+50):
1️⃣GM Tair Vahidov (2401) (UZB)
2️⃣Jamshid Atri (1957) (IRI)

U16:
1️⃣GM Abdusattorov Nodirbek (2627) (UZB)
2️⃣GM Javokhir Sindarov (2557) (UZB)

U2200:
1️⃣Mohammad Javad Khorshidi (2105) (IRI)
2️⃣Koosha Jaferian (2163) (IRI)

U2100:
1️⃣Hamidreza Tahmasebi (2080) (IRI)
2️⃣Mohamadraza Abedi (2072) (IRI)

U2000:
1️⃣Masoud Talebi (1931) (IRI)
2️⃣Mohammadamin Biria (1911) (IRI)

U1900:
1️⃣Arman Pourgol (1828) (IRI)
2️⃣Mohammadali Bepooyi (1829) (IRI)

U1800:
1️⃣Sam Schenk (1795) (USA)
2️⃣Morteza Amirkhanlou (1744) (IRI)

U1700:
1️⃣Parsa Jafari (1666) (IRI)
2️⃣Mukhammadzohid Suyarov (1658) (UZB)

U1600:
1️⃣Meisam Safdarian (1529) (IRI)
2️⃣Nina Pert (1537) (ENG)

U1500:
1️⃣Amir Hossein Mohammadi (1412) (IRI)
2️⃣Abdul Saber Zhakfar (1426) (AFG)

U1400:
1️⃣Seyed Erfan Hosseini (1097) (IRI)
2️⃣Aytaj Mammadova (1352) (AZE)

Unrated:
1️⃣Hassan Hajisalimi (IRI)
2️⃣Ahmad Hamed Farahmand (AFG)

🎁Lucky Prizes:
50. IM Nikoloz Petriashvili (GEO)
100. Sam Schenk (USA)
150. IM Gan Erdene Sugar (MGL)
200. Sargis Manukyan (ARM)
250. Javad Kalavari (IRI)
300. Karim Farnami (IRI)
350. Sergey Klimenko (UKR)
400. Enrique Alvarez Fernandez (ESP)


https://t.me/joinchat/BAHle1WqYMV-CbKE6nDgaQ

China Takes Lead At FIDE Chesscom Online Nations Cup

China took an early lead at the FIDE Chesscom Online #NationsCup as the only team to win both matches on the first day. Report:

https://www.chess.com/news/view/fide-chess-com-online-nations-cup-day-1