Soviet grandmasters Mark Taimanov & Vasily Smyslov in Trafalgar Square, London. Taimanov dated it uncertainly as 'late 1950s' but 1954, when both players were in London for GB v. USSR match, seems more likely. (Photo: Taimanov archive, via http://www.e3e5.com.) #chess

🔗 Douglas Griffin (@dgriffinchess)

#OnThisDay in 1903, Arpad Elo was born. He moved to the U.S. at the age of 10 where he would become a physics professor and a fairly strong chess player—and of course the creator of the Elo ratings system! That's explained here:

https://www.chess.com/terms/elo-rating-chess

🔗 Chess.com (@chesscom)

If Arpad Elo were still alive he would be 117 years old today. A close associate and family friend, Elmer Dumlao Sangalang, looks back at the man who revolutionised chess.

https://en.chessbase.com/post/profeor-arpad-e-elo-a-fond-remembrance

When I analyse a position, I have a sparring partner who understands chess amazingly well. In a way I feel sorry for him, because of his work with me he cannot play as much chess as he wants. He more or less gave up his playing career.

🔸 Boris Gelfand

@UnityChess

This photo is included in the Spanish edition of Kasparov’s book, “The Test of Time”. At least one person in my timeline will recognize the gentleman on the left.
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The person standing next to Kasparov is Vladimir Dvorkovich, a famous arbiter and organizer, and father of the incumbent FIDE President. Vladimir Dvorkovich was part of Kasparov’s team for quite a few years. I got to met him in Linares, many years after this photo was taken.
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🔗 David Llada ♞ (@davidllada):

1967 began for Spassky with a victory at Beverwijk. Larsen did not play very well. He also lost this game ... But at the end of the year, the loser was recognized as the best!

🔗 Sergey Kim (@sergey_e_kim)

https://t.me/UnityChessClub/3195

Move of the Day!

Daily chess puzzle
Senador - Michel Yunis, Chess Olympiad, Manila 1992

https://chesspuzzle.net/Puzzle/169282

Ipek - Wijayanti, Chess Olympiad, Thessaloniki 1988

https://chesspuzzle.net/Puzzle/167083

Carlsen, Kasparov Will Clash For The 1st Time In 16 Years

In next month's Champions Showdown: Chess 9LX event hosted online by the Saint Louis Chess Club, Kasparov and Magnus Carlsen will meet in an official event for the first time since 2004! Story:

https://www.chess.com/news/view/carlsen-kasparov-saint-louis-chess-chess960

📢News alert!📢 https://bit.ly/2Yy66g3

#chess #altibox #norwaychess #sjakk #2sjakk #duda

🔗 Altibox Norway Chess (@NorwayChess)

AWESOME game from stockfishchess! 🤩

12...Nxe3!!, 16...Rxd2!! and the variation 19.Re2 Rxd2!! are straight out of Paul Morphy's attacking handbook!

Stockfish Attacks like Morphy! Checkmate In 24 Moves!

Team USA is off to a great start at the 2020 FIDE chess #OnlineOlympiad after winning Pool D and qualifying for the quarterfinals.

https://new.uschess.org/news/team-usa-wins-pool-d-fide-online-olympiad

Viswanathan Anand's Top 5 Moves Of All Time

Champions Showdown: Chess9LX will kick off on September 11.
The start-studded field includes Magnus Carlsen, Garry Kasparov, Fabiano Caruana, Hikaru Nakamura, Vachier_Lagrave, Levon Aronian, Leinier Dominguez, Peter Svidler Wesley So and Alireza Firouzja 🔥 🔥 🔥

🔗 Saint Louis Chess Club (@STLChessClub)

GM Wolfgang Uhlmann, 1935-2020

Wolfgang Uhlmann, a former world-class grandmaster, the most successful player from East Germany, a theoretician, and a writer of several books, died on Monday from the consequences of a fall. He was 85 years old. Obituary:

https://www.chess.com/news/view/wolfgang-uhlmann-obituary

Uhlmann vs Geller, 1970 IBM tournament in Amsterdam. Photo: Rob Mieremet, Dutch National Archives / Anefo.

🔗 Chess History (@MrMarksTV)

"Tactics involve calculations that can tax the human brain, but when you boil them down, they are actually the simplest part of chess and are almost trivial compared to strategy."

🔸 Garry Kasparov