"After a bad opening, there is hope for the middle game. After a bad middle game, there is hope for the endgame. But once you are
in the endgame, the moment of truth has arrived"

🔸 Edmar Mednis

@UnityChessClub

100 Years 100 Brilliancies!

On May 17, 1920, Samuel Reshevsky gave a 20-board simul in Paris, an event widely covered in the international press. On December 31, 2018, I published this finding from the film archives of the Columbia Broadcasting System: brief but brilliant footage from that display.

🔗 Olimpiu G. Urcan (@olimpiuurcan)

Courtesy of Progress FILM archives, here's a fine March 1969 clip of Tigran Petrosian engaged in a simultaneous exhibition in Paris.

🔗 Olimpiu G. Urcan (@olimpiuurcan)

Daily chess puzzle
Solve: https://chesspuzzle.net/Puzzle/43374

Solution explained by Daniel King
Find the mate! Chess puzzle of the week - White to play and win shorts Nielsen - Carlsen, 2005

"Gaprindashvili is seeking at least $5 million in actual damages plus more in punitive damages. She also wants a court order that removes the statement that she never played against men."

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/netflix-queens-gambit-lawsuit-1235015139/

Nona Gaprindashvili Sues Netflix For Line In 'The Queen's Gambit'

Nona Gaprindashvili has filed a lawsuit against Netflix after a line in the hit series The Queen's Gambit erroneously suggested that she was playing only against women. Story:

https://www.chess.com/news/view/nona-gaprindashvili-sues-netflix-the-queens-gambit

Congratulations to Magnus Carlsen on winning #NorwayChess for a 3rd year in a row and a 4th time in total! https://chess24.com/en/watch/live-tournaments/norway-chess-2021/19/1/2
#c24live

Games Classical

Armageddon

Amin Tabatabaei emerged as the sole leader after 6 rounds played at the Sharjah Masters in UAE. The Iranian player defeated Salem Saleh in the sixth round and keeps half a point distance from S. Narayanan, A. Naiditsch, M. Mchedkishvili, R. Jumabaev and P. Eljanov.

🔗 Sharjah Masters (@shj\_masters)

It's official! Magnus Carlsen signs the #CarlsenNepo World Chess Championship contract just over 2 months before the match begins:

https://chess24.com/en/read/news/magnus-carlsen-signs-world-championship-contract

Vincent Keymer wins the Hou Yifan Challenge

https://en.chessbase.com/post/hou-yifan-challenge-2021-day-4

Daily chess puzzle
https://chesspuzzle.net/Puzzle/383191

Lubosh Kavalek (USA) and John Nunn (England), pictured at the 25th Olympiad in Lucerne, Switzerland, Oct-Nov 1982.
(📷via http://britishchessnews.com.)

🔗 Douglas Griffin (@dgriffinchess)

"The beauty of a move lies not in its appearance but in the thought behind it."

🔸 Aron Nimzowitsch

@UnityChessClub