🔗 Douglas Griffin (@dgriffinchess):
Vilnius, March-April 1984. At the age of 63, Vasily Smyslov (World Champion 1957-58; born 100 years ago today) managed to reach the final of the FIDE_chess Candidates, where he faced Kasparov.
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🔗 Garry Kasparov (@Kasparov63):
Smyslov played so well into his senior years that it seemed he would play until 100 and beyond. He was world champion six years before I was born and we met in this candidates final a quarter century later! A legend.

https://t.me/UnityChessClub/21157

"My fascination for studies proved highly beneficial, it assisted the development of my aesthetic understanding of chess and improved my endgame play." - Vasily Smyslov.

Smyslov composed more than 150 studies over a period of 64 years. Will you try to solve one? #YourMove

🔗 International Chess Federation (@FIDE\_chess)

A fantastic photograph by Mig Greengard showing Garry Kasparov and Vladimir Kramnik at the end of their world championship match in London in November 2000.

🔗 Olimpiu G. Urcan (@olimpiuurcan)

Best Checkmate Combinations Ever!

Daily chess puzzle in memory of Vasily Smyslov, who was born on this day 100 years ago.
https://chesspuzzle.net/Puzzle/86921

Anatoly Karpov during a military parade at his arrival in Baguio City in July 1978 for his world championship match against Victor Korchnoi.

🔗 Olimpiu G. Urcan (@olimpiuurcan)

Anya Taylor-Joy: The Queen’s Gambit Star on Life Before and After a Smash

https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2021/03/anya-taylor-joy-on-life-before-and-after-a-smash

👏 Congratulations to the top three players from today's Titled Tuesday, GM Dmitry Andreikin, Hikaru Nakamura, and the winner GM Pavel Anisimov! 👏

Nicolaas Henneman. Glicée. 1841.
Perhaps the first chess photograph

🔗 Diego Rasskin Gutman (@drasskin)

"Analysis, if it is really carried out with a complete concentration of his powers, forms and completes a chess player."

🔸 Lev Polugaevsky

@UnityChessClub

Velden am Wörthersee (Austria), March 1980. At his FIDE Candidates quarter-final match v. Tigran Petrosian, Viktor Korchnoi & his seconds Michael Stean & Yasser Seirawan are seen preparing with the aid of Chess_Informant.

🔗 Douglas Griffin (@dgriffinchess)

Bobby Fischer arriving in Reykjavík on July 4, 1972 (AP Archive).

🔗 Olimpiu G. Urcan (@olimpiuurcan)

The 13th World Chess Champion, Garry Kasparov, pictured in play at the Paris (Immopar) rapid tournament, 20th May 1990.
(📷A. Buu / Gamma-Rapho.)

🔗 Douglas Griffin (@dgriffinchess)

In 2002 in the city of Taraz (Kazakhstan) a small tournament of grandmasters (6 participants in total) was held. The event was the speech of Viktor Terrible. And the tournament was won by my friend Leonid Yurtaev. I also managed to get into one photo with great chess players ...

🔗 Sergey Kim (@sergey\_e\_kim)

The Greatest Chess Player Who Never Became World Champion?‎

https://www.chess.com/article/view/greatest-chess-player-who-never-became-world-champion

Best Checkmate Combinations Ever!

Puzzle of the Day!
Solve this puzzle on interactive board:
chesspuzzle.net/Puzzle/762