Garry Kasparov. Pictured in Baku, USSR. July 1980.
(📷Ya. Khalilov, TASS).

🔗 Douglas Griffin (@dgriffinchess)

Garry Kasparov used to celebrate an incoming king hunt with the same appetite the Big Bad Wolf reserved for the Little Red Riding Hood, her basket and her grandma.

🔗 Olimpiu G. Urcan (@olimpiuurcan)

Photographer J. Walter Green took this fine shot of Bobby Fischer leaving the Laugardalsholl in Reykjavík after winning the world chess championship title (AP Archive).

🔗 Olimpiu G. Urcan (@olimpiuurcan)

100 Years 100 Brilliancies!

Happy Birthday, Garry Kasparov!

Solve here: https://chesspuzzle.net/Puzzle/186540

GM Parham Maghsoodloo wins Iranian Championship for the third time in his career. The 20-year-old showed an incredible performance of 2843, making only 2 draws in 15 games, one of them with runner-up GM Pouya Idani.

Final standings: http://chess-results.com/tnr555712.aspx?lan=1&art=1&turdet=YES

Congratulations to Parham Maghsoodloo on winning his 3rd Iranian Championship after a remarkable 12 wins in a row at the end! He's now just 2 points short of the 2700 club: https://chess24.com/en/watch/live-tournaments/iranian-championship-1399-final/15/1/4
#с24live

Congratulations to 15-year-old Indian prodigy Praggnanandhaa on winning the #PolgarChallenge with a round to spare! He'll now join the stars in the next Meltwater Champions Chess Tour event, starting April 24

https://chess24.com/en/watch/live-tournaments/julius-baer-challengers-chess-tour-polgar-challenge-2021/18/1/5
#ChessChallengers #ChessChamps

Today is the 5th anniversary of my induction into the US Chess Hall of Fame. I remember tearing up when I was told the news. It’s an honor and privilege to stand alongside many of my heroes and heroines. It’s a day I will never forget.

🔗 Maurice Ashley (@MauriceAshley)

The FIDE Candidates Tournament resumes on April 19. Did you follow the first half of it? Let's check! /thread/

#FIDECandidates

After being interrupted in 2020, the #FIDECandidates Tournament coverage brought to you by GRIP6_
starts back up April 19th on http://Chess.com/tv!

The winner will face Magnus Carlsen in the 2021 World Chess Championship.

Full event details: http://chess.com/article/view/fide-candidates-chess-tournament-2021

World Chess Champion Magnus Carlsen tops a star-studded commentary team for the #FIDECandidates Tournament that will decide his next challenger! The action kicks off on Monday. Check out all the details:

https://chess24.com/en/read/news/magnus-carlsen-to-commentate-on-the-candidates

FIDE & Cook County Sheriff's Office (USA) have signed a cooperation agreement, and together we are launching the “𝗖𝗵𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗙𝗿𝗲𝗲𝗱𝗼𝗺” program.

The project will kick off with an online conference and an exhibition tournament on May 11.

➡️ https://www.fide.com/news/1025

Présentez-vous Vachier_Lagrave 🚀🚀🚀 Ekaterinbourg.

🔗 Sebastien Mazé (@mazetovic)

Born #OnThisDay in 1889: Efim Bogoljubov. Famous for his two world championship matches with Alexander Alekhine, he also came up with this wonderful remark:

"When I am White, I win because I am White. When I am Black, I win because I am Bogoljubov."

https://www.chess.com/players/efim-bogoljubow

👏 Congratulations to Hikaru Nakamura for winning today's Titled Tuesday with a score of 10/11! 👏

It will be 75 years this August since the great Groningen tournament of 1946.
Here, the opening round is in progress in the 'Harmonie' hall of the local Philharmonic society.

🔗 Douglas Griffin (@dgriffinchess)