Reza Mahdavi champion of first and last Unity U2200 Championship of 2020! Congratulations!

✳Our Interview with the one of the most experienced masters in Uzbakistan, GM Tair Vahidov, is now published on our official account in Instagram.

https://www.instagram.com/p/CQLW72XhJ7o/?utm_medium=copy_link

♟Sundays With Unity♟

💠 Notice on change of our U2200 Championship rule in relation to non Fide rated players

As the Unity management team we have received a raising concern & appeal to allow players 2300+ LICHESS Peak rating into our Events. Have considered the apply, we have decided to allow players with Official Lichess Username or accounts whose lichess peak rating in 2300+. Hence the following & this takes effect starting with our next U2200 Championship.

🔷 Regulations

1⃣ Players must use their Official Lichess accounts.

2⃣ Player category for Fide Unrated with Lichess rating above 2300 will be determined by Subtracting 200 Points from player Peak rating, for example a player with 2350 rating minus 200 points =2150 hence will play in 2100-2199 category.

🔵 Kindly note this Only applies to players with 2300+ lichess peak rating. All other players we will continue to determine category by Subtracting 100 points from peak rating.

🌐 The goal of this tournament is to provide a safe environment where chess players can compete and enjoy the games. Wish everyone good luck!


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Never before and never since have I seen – and I cannot even imagine, such an amazing rapidity of chess thinking that Capablanca possessed in 1913-14. In blitz games he gave all the St. Petersburg players odds of five minutes to one – and he won- Alexander Alekhine.

🔗 Chess History (@MrMarksTV)

Via http://britishchessnews.com, a photo taken (presumably) during the Hastings 1971/72 event.
L to R: Brian Reilly, GM Ray Keene, George Botterill, Anatoly Karpov, Harry Golombek, Viktor Korchnoi.

🔗 Douglas Griffin (@dgriffinchess)

"It is to Petrosian's advantage that his opponents never know when he is suddenly going to play like Mikhail Tal."

🔸 Boris Spassky

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London, 17th January 1976. Among Viktor Korchnoi's opponents in a 30-board simultaneous display are future grandmasters Julian Hodgson & Nigel Short. Leonard Barden (standing) looks on.
(📷via http://britishchessnews.com.)

🔗 Douglas Griffin (@dgriffinchess)

Cleaning up and restoring historical footage is fun work on a Sunday morning: here's Alexander Alekhine before a simultaneous exhibition in late 1932.

🔗 Olimpiù G. Urcan (@olimpiuurcan)

What a fantastic photo. From left to right, Vasily Smyslov, Mikhail Tal, Mikhail Botvinnik, Boris Spassky, and Anatoly Karpov discussing a chess game. I want to be there what a fantasic atmosphere. Imagine how much IQ was in that place.

🔗 Chess History (@MrMarksTV)

1987 :: Young Chess Players Dibyendu Barua (India's 2nd Chess Grandmaster) and Vishwanathan Anand

🔗 indianhistorypics (@IndiaHistorypic)

15-year-old Bobby Fischer during his visit to Moscow in June/July 1958.

🔗 Olimpiù G. Urcan (@olimpiuurcan)

Some of my opponents over the years. Can you name all the players? 😊

🔗 Susan (Zsuzsa) Polgar (@SusanPolgar)

London, 8th Apr 1981. A clock simultaneous display by ex-World Champion Mikhail Botvinnik (USSR) v. leading English juniors.
Standing: Stuart Conquest, N. Dickenson, GaryLanechess, ?, Daniel King, John Hawksworth, ?
Seated: J. Hodgson, B. Jacobs, Botvinnik, L. Barden, B. Cafferty.

🔗 Douglas Griffin (@dgriffinchess)

Henrik and Magnus Carlsen in Dubai in April 2004 (AP Archive).

🔗 Olimpiù G. Urcan (@olimpiuurcan)

100 Years 100 Brilliancies!

Mihail Tal ❤️

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Happy 45th Birthday to GM Peter Svidler!

An 8-time Russian and 5-time Olympic Chess Champion, Svidler participated in 3 Candidates tournaments & won the 2011 World Cup.

Try to find a mate in 4 from his 2012 game against Evgeny Alekseev. White to move...

45.Rxg7+!! Kxg7 46.Qxh6+ Kg8 47.Qg5+ Kh8 48.Rh6#