The 7th World Champion, Vasily Smyslov (1921-2010), pictured towards the end of his life.

🔗 Douglas Griffin (@dgriffinchess)

100 Years 100 Brilliancies!

Daily chess puzzle
https://chesspuzzle.net/Puzzle/61890

Adalberto Roque took a photograph of this remarkable chessboard on the streets of Havana in early November 2016 (AFP Archive).

🔗 Olimpiu G. Urcan (@olimpiuurcan)

👏 Congratulations to GM Maghsoodloo for winning today's Titled Tuesday with a score of 9.5/11! 👏

Replay the games: https://www.chess.com/events/2021-titled-tuesday-blitz-august-24

Despite a very sharp opening, Rapport - Dominguez is the first game of the round to finish, ending in a draw:

#SinquefieldCup

A clear leader finally emerged in the 2021 #SinquefieldCup, as Maxime Vachier-Lagrave scored a crucial victory against Jeffery Xiong to take the lead with 5.0/7.

Check out the full Day 7 recap from IM @hellokostya here: https://grandchesstour.org/blog/2021-sinquefield-cup-day-7-recap

📸: Bryan Adams

And another result is in as Svidler defeats Swiercz in the Ruy Lopez:

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Crazy time pressure as Caruana makes a move with 3 seconds left on his clock! #Sinquefield

And it's all over as Caruana wins a fascinating game -

Big result (!) as MVL overtakes the lead with a brutal victory against Xiong 🔥 #SinquefieldCup