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Interview with Alireza Firouzja, the winner of Grand Swiss 2021
"It feels great. It was a very long tournament. When I came here, I thought my chances are low because the players are very experienced. Rating-wise, I was a contender, but in general, these tournaments are very tricky."
"It feels great. It was a very long tournament. When I came here, I thought my chances are low because the players are very experienced. Rating-wise, I was a contender, but in general, these tournaments are very tricky."
The #GrandSwiss2021 has finished after 11 exciting rounds! The winner Alireza Firouzja and the runner-up Fabiano Caruana, qualify for the 2022 #FIDECandidates, while Oparin, Yu Yangyi, Keymer, Vachier-Lagrave, Predke and Shirov qualify for the Grand Prix Series. 👏
1.Carlsen or Nepo
2.Radjabov
3.Duda
4.Karjakin
5.Firouzja
6.Caruana
+2 players from the 2022 Grand Prix series in Berlin
1.Carlsen or Nepo
2.Radjabov
3.Duda
4.Karjakin
5.Firouzja
6.Caruana
+2 players from the 2022 Grand Prix series in Berlin
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Alireza Firouzja receiving his award for winning the 2021 Grand Swiss. #GrandSwiss2021
Not only has Alireza won #GrandSwiss2021 (and therefore qualified for #FIDECandidates2022) but he's also World top #5 now - and he's only 18! His tournament performance was 2855! Amazing results for Firouzja!
Happy winners of the #GrandSwiss2021 🥇🥈🥉
More photos from the closing ceremony in our Flickr: https://www.flickr.com/photos/fide/with/51662371881/
More photos from the closing ceremony in our Flickr: https://www.flickr.com/photos/fide/with/51662371881/
The 2021 FIDE http://Chess.com Women's Grand Swiss concluded today. Lei Tingjie emerged as the winner and qualified for the Women's Candidates. Elisabeth Paehtz was 2nd, Zhu Jiner 3rd and Mariya Muzychuk 4th; all four qualify for the next Women's Grand Prix series. 👏👏
"You can become a big master in chess only if you see your mistakes and short-comings. Exactly the same as in life itself."
🔸 Alexander Alekhine
@UnityChessClub
🔸 Alexander Alekhine
@UnityChessClub
Baku, USSR, 1977.
"Gary Kasparov, 13-year-old two-time national junior chess champion, Candidate Master of Sport, speaking on television."
🔗 Douglas Griffin (@dgriffinchess)
"Gary Kasparov, 13-year-old two-time national junior chess champion, Candidate Master of Sport, speaking on television."
🔗 Douglas Griffin (@dgriffinchess)
Moscow, April 1985. In the 5th round of the international grandmaster tournament taking place in the Soviet capital, Vladimir Tukmakov (USSR) faces Jonathan Speelman (England).
🔗 Douglas Griffin (@dgriffinchess)
🔗 Douglas Griffin (@dgriffinchess)
Boris Spassky and Marina Shcherbachova during their marriage ceremony in Moscow in late September 1975 (AP Archive).
🔗 Olimpiu G. Urcan (@olimpiuurcan)
🔗 Olimpiu G. Urcan (@olimpiuurcan)
One of the many treasures that Eugene Torre posts on Facebook once in a while. Here he is analyzing a position with the great Miguel Najdorf during the 1978 Karpov-Korchnoi World Championship Match in Baguio.
🔗 David Llada ♞ (@davidllada)
🔗 David Llada ♞ (@davidllada)