100 Years 100 Brilliancies!

Garry Kasparov during a simultaneous exhibition in Zagreb on May 19, 1993.

🔗 Olimpiu G. Urcan (@olimpiuurcan)

Magnus Carlsen at his first FIDE World Cup in Tripoli, Libya in June/July 2004. https://amzn.to/2UDHsvu

🔗 Olimpiu G. Urcan (@olimpiuurcan)

Happy B-Day Ian Nepomniachtchi 🎂! Wishing you a great day. P.S. did you read all those books in the background? 😱

#HappyBirthday #ChessChamps #Nepo

🔗 Play Magnus (@PlayMagnus)

Daily chess puzzle with @GMjtis
Solve here: https://chesspuzzle.net/Puzzle/170543

Solution explained by Daniel King
Chess puzzle of the week - White to play and win shorts

The exciting Anand vs Kramnik match starts in one hour as part of the #SparkassenChessTrophy. The 2 former world champs will play a 4-classical-game match with the twist that castling is not allowed. #dortmundchess

📷Amruta Mokal

An interesting no-castling match between Kramnik and Anand is afoot in Dortmund. https://bit.ly/3wI5MtB

🔗 Olimpiu G. Urcan (@olimpiuurcan)

🔗 Peter Heine Nielsen (@PHChess):
No wonder Vishy does well, he didn't castle either in any of the 3 games he won in their 2008 World Championship match!

The 2nd game of the "Kramnik vs Anand" match starts in a few minutes. Can Kramnik strike back with white pieces?

Enjoy Anand's win in the 1st round. #dortmundchess #chesstrophy

may have thrown hard against sindarov but sochi was so worth

#FIDEWorldCup

🔗 Andrew Tang (@penguingm1)

Top seed Magnus Carlsen starts with a win with the black pieces vs. Sasa Martinovic, who played on his 30th birthday:

https://www.chess.com/events/2021-fide-world-cup/02-01/Martinovic_Sasa-Carlsen_Magnus

#FIDEWorldCup

Shouldn't masks be compulsory? Indonesian Susanto Megaranto resigned a game against Fabiano Caruana in 15 moves. He has reportedly tested positive for COVID-19. https://chess24.com/en/watch/live-tournaments/sochi-fide-world-cup-2021/2/64/1

Amnesty for MVL as Moradiabadi takes a draw in a position where the computer gives +5 for White! https://chess24.com/en/watch/live-tournaments/sochi-fide-world-cup-2021/2/49/1
#c24live #FIDEWorldCup

♟Sundays With Unity♟
July 25th, 2021
🏆Mega & Team🏆
🔵15:00 GMT🔵
🔷120 Minutes 🔷


💎6th Unity Chess International Mega & Team Championship

💵 $1000 Guaranteed Prizes

🎥 All players need to do Live Stream, enter the Zoom, or do Self Video Recording.
🔴The video camera needs to cover the full view of the screen and player's body.

🔷 All players are required to join the Unity Team, which has been formed on Lichess for this tournament.

🔷 All players must take part in the tournament with their official Lichess ID otherwise they won’t be able to win the prizes.

💠💠💠Individual Prizes💠💠💠

✅Free entry for GM, WGM, IM, WIM, FM, WFM who enter Individually.

Open:
1️⃣$100
2️⃣$60
3️⃣$40

Women:
1️⃣$50
2️⃣$30
3️⃣$20

🔹Best Senior: $20
🔹Best U16: $20

2100-2199:
1️⃣$10
2️⃣$6
3️⃣$4

2000-2099:
1️⃣$10
2️⃣$6
3️⃣$4

1900-1999:
1️⃣$10
2️⃣$6
3️⃣$4

1800-1899:
1️⃣$10
2️⃣$6
3️⃣$4

1700-1799:
1️⃣$10
2️⃣$6
3️⃣$4

1600-1699:
1️⃣$10
2️⃣$6
3️⃣$4

1500-1599:
1️⃣$10
2️⃣$6
3️⃣$4

U1500:
1️⃣$10
2️⃣$6
3️⃣$4

✅Best Women & African in each Individual rating category:
💠$5


💠💠💠Team Prizes💠💠💠

🔰2000+🔰
1️⃣$50
2️⃣$30
3️⃣$20


🔰1600-1999🔰
1️⃣$50
2️⃣$30
3️⃣$20


🔰U1600🔰
1️⃣$50
2️⃣$30
3️⃣$20


✅ Best African teams in each team sections:
1️⃣$20

🎁 A country with the most team participants will receive an additional $60 ($20 for each section). A team that didn’t win any prize will be eligible to receive that special prize.

🔷Team Regulations:

1️⃣ Each team will have a captain who is responsible for the team. The captain will register the team and will be paid the prize, any claim can only be made by the captain.

2️⃣ A team consists of a minimum of 3 and a maximum of 5 players.

3️⃣ Entry fee:

🔵Individuals from Asia/South America: $2. From Europe/North America/Oceania: $5.

🔵Teams from Asia/South America: $10 per team. From Europe/North America/Oceania: $20 per team.

🔵Registration for Teams and Individuals from Africa is Free

✍️Registration:

🔵Players from India, Indonesia, Iran: from their representatives.

🔵Players from other countries can register, using our website: https://unitychess.com

4️⃣ Tournament type: Arena; 3+0

5️⃣ Berserk is allowed

6️⃣The average rating of the top 3 players in each team shows the team rating. For example, if the average rating of top 3 players is 1950, it means that the team has a chance to win the prizes for the 1600-1999 category.

7️⃣ We use the maximum current FIDE rating among the three formats for individuals.

8️⃣ All players in each team need to be from the same country or same Fide flag.

9️⃣ For unrated players their peak Lichess blitz rating minus 100, will be used.

🔟 Players compete individually, but in the end, the sum of 3 players of each team who got the most points will be considered for the total team points.

🛑No registration will get accepted one hour prior to the start of tournament!

⛔️If one player cheated, the whole team will be out of the winner's list.

🔰Team: https://lichess.org/team/unity-chess-mega--team-tournament

🟢Tournament: https://lichess.org/tournament/9D3fZwaR