Max Euwe flying a plane in late 1937. https://bit.ly/3ugpyLn

🔗 Olimpiù G. Urcan (@olimpiuurcan)

The 12th World Chess Champion Anatoly Karpov, enjoying himself during his free time.
USSR, August 1977.
(📷D. Donskoi, Novosti Press.)

🔗 Douglas Griffin (@dgriffinchess)

Mikhail Botvinnik with his daughter.

🔗 Olimpiù G. Urcan (@olimpiuurcan)

Footage of the 1937 Euwe-Alekhine WCC match.

🔗 Chess History (@MrMarksTV)

Few historical photographs capture the spellbinding magic of chess better than this beautiful Popperfoto archive shot.

🔗 Olimpiù G. Urcan (@olimpiuurcan)

Bobby Fischer ❤️

#MemoryChess

These early 1960s Liverpool lads got one thing right: it's all about sharing.

🔗 Olimpiù G. Urcan (@olimpiuurcan)

“At this point, I knew I could do better. My mother knew I could do better. Botvinnik knew I could do better. And the only thing I could do was work hard. So, I did.”

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🔗 Kasparovchess (@kasparovchess)

100 Years 100 Brilliancies!

Daily chess puzzle with Gerald Hertneck
Solve here: https://chesspuzzle.net/Puzzle/203112
Solution explained by Daniel King👇👇

Chess puzzle of the week - Black to play and win shorts

Abdumalik Shines In Gibraltar; Lagno, Koneru Reach Candidates

IM Zhansaya Abdumalik played the tournament of her life in Gibraltar. The Kazakh player won the Women's Grand Prix with a round to spare and became a full-fledged grandmaster in the process!

The final standings in Gibraltar:

The #WomenGrandPrixFIDE final standings. Aleksandra Goryachkina (as the runner-up of the last world championship), Humpy Koneru, and Kateryna Lagno have qualified for the 2022 Women's Candidates so far. Five more spots will come from the World Cup, Grand Swiss and one by rating.

Congratulations to Zhansaya Abdumalik on winning the Gibraltar #WomenGrandPrixFIDE and making the GM title! 🎉 What an incredible young woman she is, and I will be rooting for her at the World Cup! ♟

🔗 Fiona Steil-Antoni (@fionchetta)

"My main goal is to become Women's World Champion."

Meet the winner of Gibraltar #WomenGrandPrixFIDE 21-year-old Zhansaya Abdumalik.

#WomenInChess

Meet Zhansaya Abdumalik