Another photo of the Botvinniks at their dacha.
(Image credit: Yu. Abramochkin, Novosti Press.)

🔗 Douglas Griffin (@dgriffinchess)

Ex-world champion Tigran Petrosian at his dacha, 1970s. (Photo credit: S. Kivrin.)

🔗 Douglas Griffin (@dgriffinchess)

Jacques Mieses - Best Chess Tactics

Daily chess puzzle
Mikhail Tal - Mark Taimanov, Erevan 1962

https://chesspuzzle.net/Puzzle/68229

Judit Polgar's 5 Most Brilliant Chess Moves, the strongest female chess player of all time!

My first round robin GM tournament I have played in Royal city Cracow at age of 14. It was a part of Cracovia Chess Festival played in Dec 2020 for the 30th time.
I also study at Cracow University of Physical Education. Hope to complete this school year.

🔗 Jan-Krzysztof Duda (@GM\_JKDuda)

Polina Shuvalova maintains leadership at the Russian Women's Championship Superfinal. Ian Nepomniachtchi catches up with Sergey Karjakin. https://ruchess.ru/en/news/all/polina_shuvalova_maintains_leaderships_at_russian_women_s_championship_superfinal_/

Flame of Live Tournament. The Superfinal Rounds 1-3 review by Klementy Sychev https://ruchess.ru/en/news/report/flame_of_live_tournament/

#CFR #Superfinal2020

What a start by 19-year-old Polina Shuvalova, who's already a 2-time World U18 Girls Champion and the reigning World U20 Girls Champion!

https://chess24.com/en/watch/live-tournaments/russian-womens-superfinal-2020/4/1/6
#c24live

Nepomniachtchi catches Karjakin in the Russian Championship lead! https://chess24.com/en/watch/live-tournaments/russian-superfinal-2020/4/1/5
#c24live

Speed Chess Championship Semifinals Start Wednesday

On Wednesday the first semifinal of the 2020 Speed Chess Championship will be played between GM Hikaru Nakamura and Wesley So. GM Magnus Carlsen and Maxime Vachier-Lagrave will play on Friday, and the big final will take place on Saturday.

https://www.chess.com/news/view/2020-speed-chess-championship-semifinals-preview

By the look of it, this 16-year-old girl played very well.

🔗 Olimpiu G. Urcan (@olimpiuurcan)

♟Sundays With Unity♟
November 29th, 2020
💎Mega Event💎
🏆Final Prize List🏆
✅New Update✅

♟Sundays With Unity♟
November 29th, 2020
🏆Final Prize List🏆
🔰Open🔰
✅Updated Version✅


1️⃣🔷 1) GM Shamsiddin Vokhidov (14204223) BMWHero M (2572) UZBEKISTAN 🇺🇿 💠101 💵300


2️⃣🔷 2) IM Le Tuan Minh (12401153) mutdpro M (2501) VIETNAM 🇻🇳 💠98 💵200


3️⃣🔷 3) IM Abdimalik Abdisalimov (14206323) Abdisalimov M (2392) UZBEKISTAN 🇺🇿 💠94 💵100


4️⃣🔷 4) GM Vugar Rasulov (13402390) rasulovvugar M (2553) AZERBAIJAN 🇦🇿 💠93 💵60


5️⃣🔷 5) IM Leon Livaic (14531534) Leon_Livaic (2540) CROATIA 🇭🇷 💠93 💵40



🔰Women🔰

1️⃣🔷 37) IM Iulija Osmak (14101602) zajka-molotok 👩F (2438) UKRAINE 🇺🇦 💠67 💵100


2️⃣🔷 68) IM Gulnar Mammadova (13403508) aisa86 👩F (2400) AZERBAIJAN 🇦🇿 💠63 💵60


3️⃣🔷 71) IM Meri Arabidze (13604040) Meri-Arabidze 👩F (2437) GEORGIA 🇬🇪 💠63 💵40



🔰Senior 50+🔰

1️⃣🔷 66) GM Tair Vahidov (14200155) UzbekTiger63 (2467) 👱‍♂️M UZBEKISTAN 🇺🇿 S50 💠63 💵50



https://lichess.org/tournament/nTnY7FrM