Happy 32nd birthday to Bassem Amin! 🎊🎈🎉🎁🎂
Amin is the strongest African grandmaster as the only player of that continent to ever break 2700. Having graduated from the faculty of Medicine of the Tanta University in 2012, he is also a doctor.
https://www.chess.com/players/bassem-amin
Amin is the strongest African grandmaster as the only player of that continent to ever break 2700. Having graduated from the faculty of Medicine of the Tanta University in 2012, he is also a doctor.
https://www.chess.com/players/bassem-amin
BREAKING: FIDE Candidates Tournament To Be Resumed November 1 In Yekaterinburg
Now confirmed by FIDE_chess: The #FIDECandidates will be resumed on November 1, 2020, in Yekaterinburg.
https://www.chess.com/news/view/fide-candidates-tournament-2020-resumes-november-1
Now confirmed by FIDE_chess: The #FIDECandidates will be resumed on November 1, 2020, in Yekaterinburg.
https://www.chess.com/news/view/fide-candidates-tournament-2020-resumes-november-1
Chess.com
FIDE Candidates Tournament Resumes November 1
The FIDE Candidates Tournament will resume on November 1, 2020, in Yekaterinburg, Russia, or Tbilisi, Georgia. This was announced moments ago by the International Chess Federation. Earlier today, the Russian news agency TASS broke the news, quoting Sverdlovsk…
David Anton and Sabrina Vega win Spanish Championships
https://en.chessbase.com/post/david-anton-and-sabrina-vega-win-spanish-championships
https://en.chessbase.com/post/david-anton-and-sabrina-vega-win-spanish-championships
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David Anton and Sabrina Vega win Spanish Championships
Before the 9th and last round of the Spanish Championship Alexei Shirov was sole first with 8.0/9, but in the last round he lost with Black against Jaime Santos. This allowed David Anton, who won against Manuel Perez, to pass Shirov to become Spanish National…
Hikaru Nakamura won the 15th #SpeedChess Championship Grand Prix, his second week straight and already his fourth win since the start of the series! Report:
https://www.chess.com/news/view/nakamura-wins-15th-speed-chess-championship-grand-prix
https://www.chess.com/news/view/nakamura-wins-15th-speed-chess-championship-grand-prix
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Nakamura Wins 15th Speed Chess Championship Grand Prix
GM Hikaru Nakamura won the 15th Speed Chess Championship Grand Prix, his second week straight and already his fourth win since the start of the series. The American grandmaster beat his compatriot GM Sam Sevian 1.5-0.5 in the knockout final and continues…
The good thing in chess is that very often the best moves are the most beautiful ones. The beauty of logic.
🔸 Boris Gelfand
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🔸 Boris Gelfand
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Chess has inspired artists for centuries. Famous painters, the likes of Henri Matisse, Paul Klee, Marcel Duchamp, chose #chess as a central theme of their artwork.
"The Chess Game" was created by French painter Charles Bargue in 1883. And what is your favorite chess #painting?
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"The Chess Game" was created by French painter Charles Bargue in 1883. And what is your favorite chess #painting?
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@UnityChessClub
Judit played this game with black against Alexander Chernin in Delhi in 1990. What was her next move?
– JP Team –
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– JP Team –
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Judit versloeg net 15 jaar Anand, Huebner, Lobron, Kindermann en Wahls.
SKA-Mephisto Tournament 1991
Op mijn foto hieronder kijkt ze Huebner doordringend aan.
🔗 Bas Beekhuizen (@BBeekhuizen)
@UnityChessClub
SKA-Mephisto Tournament 1991
Op mijn foto hieronder kijkt ze Huebner doordringend aan.
🔗 Bas Beekhuizen (@BBeekhuizen)
@UnityChessClub
Daily chess puzzle
Krasenkow - Jansa, Schachbundesliga 2002
https://chesspuzzle.net/Puzzle/181765
David Howell - Bitalzadeh, Wijk aan Zee 2009
https://chesspuzzle.net/Puzzle/180477
V. Meier - S. Giemsa, Schachbundesliga 2000
https://chesspuzzle.net/Puzzle/182609
Krasenkow - Jansa, Schachbundesliga 2002
https://chesspuzzle.net/Puzzle/181765
David Howell - Bitalzadeh, Wijk aan Zee 2009
https://chesspuzzle.net/Puzzle/180477
V. Meier - S. Giemsa, Schachbundesliga 2000
https://chesspuzzle.net/Puzzle/182609
chesspuzzle.net
Puzzle 181765: White to win
Click the diagram to solve this chess puzzle from the game Krasenkow, M. - Jansa, Vl, Stuttgart 2002.
So many things about this. Tomorrow is 9-11. This is Garry Kasparov and Vishy Anand in 1995 on top of the World Trade Center. I was there at age 7 and remember Game 10 and Ng5 by Kasparov. Tomorrow the #Chess9LX by St Louis Chess Club starts with Kasparov playing, and me. Wow.
🔗 Hikaru Nakamura (@GMHikaru)
🔗 Hikaru Nakamura (@GMHikaru)