Happy 55th birthday to former FIDE world champion Alexander Khalifman! 🎊🎈🎉🎁🎂

Now a well-respected author and trainer, Khalifman won the 1999 FIDE knockout world championship as well as three Olympiads with the Russian team.

55 years old today - St Petersburg grandmaster Aleksandr Khalifman, pictured here in 1984 with his trainer Gennady.
(Photo via http://ruchess.ru.)

🔗 Douglas Griffin (@dgriffinchess)

"The Ruy Lopez occupied a constant place in my opening repertoire. In it is reflected the classical interpretation of the problem of the centre."

🔸 Vasily Smyslov

@UnityChessClub

Maia Chiburdanidze, Tengiz Giorgadze and Tigran Petrosian. Tbilisi, 4th December 1973.

🔗 Douglas Griffin (@dgriffinchess)

Ulf Andersson at Wijk aan Zee in January 1971.

🔗 Olimpiu G. Urcan (@olimpiuurcan)

🔗 Garry Kasparov (@Kasparov63):
From round 1 of the 1977 Cadet World Championship in Cagnes sur mer, France. I won this long Exchange Ruy Lopez game. But I didn't win this under-17 tournament, the only such title that escaped me!
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🔗 Søren Plovgaard (@SrenPlovgaard):
Den første dansker han spillede mod er den nu 69-årlige Morten Andersen, der her skimtes på fotoet. Tre andre danskere har spillet mod Kasparov: Larsen, Curt og Øst Hansen
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Best Checkmate Combinations Ever! - 57

Happy Birthday, GM Lothar Vogt!
Vogt - Giemsa, Schachbundesliga 1990

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Hikaru Nakamura - Best Chess Tactics

♟| Round 3 of the #TataSteelChess Tournament starts at 14.00 (CET).

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♟ | Game of the day - Round 3: A Norwegian battle in the #TataSteelChess Tournament today! Magnus Carlsen fights Aryan Tari over the board. 🇳🇴 What are your expectations?

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The #TataSteelChess standings after round 3.

Tata Steel Chess: Caruana Close To Winning Brilliancy Prize

GM Fabiano Caruana failed to convert a much better ending after having played a brilliant, sacrificial middlegame vs. GM Jan-Krzysztof Duda today.
https://www.chess.com/news/view/2021-tata-steel-chess-tournament-round-3