2022 FIDE Grand Prix Berlin F1: Memorable Clash Ends In Thrilling Draw

FIDE Grand Prix Round 2

https://chess24.com/watch/live-tournaments/fide-grand-prix-2022-leg-1-knockout/2/1/2

Vera Menchik, the first and longest-reigning women's World Champion, was born on this day in 1906. She won the inaugural event in 1927, defended her title in the next six, as well as in two matches against Sonja Graf, and held it until her death in a London bombing in 1944.

Happy Birthday World Chess Champion Vera Menchik!

Giving a simul in 1926, London.

Bibliothèque Nationale de France

🔗 Diego Rasskin Gutman (@drasskin)

Look at her eyes.
Vera Menchik became the first Women's Chess World Champion in 1927. She defended her title six times and lost only one game over the course of these seven tournaments.
She has gone many years ago but not forgotten - remember her on her birthday.❤️
16/02/1906

🔗 Judit Polgar (@GMJuditPolgar)

"Could we look into the head of a Chess player, we should see there a whole world of feelings, images, ideas, emotion and passion."

🔸 Alfred Binet

@UnityChessClub

Tallinn 1979, Tal, Petrosian and on the right, it is of course none other than Peter Svidler 😅. Guess who that actually is.

🔗 Chess History (@MrMarksTV)

Capablanca during an exhibition game of living chess against Sir George Thomas in England in the mid-1930s.

🔗 Olimpiu Di Luppi (@olimpiuurcan)

Player of the Day! Miguel Najdorf ✨

Daily chess puzzle
Graf - Hillarp Persson, Benidorm 2003
https://chesspuzzle.net/Puzzle/109828

My Darwin picture of the day is this:

He loved a game of chess. Well, Collies are intelligent dogs after all. He often tried to psyche me out by staring, but here I played the 'Collie' opening and managed to draw. He offered it because he needed a wee...

🔗 Carl Portman 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 (@Carl\_Portman)

The race is on | Hikaru Nakamura vs Levon Aronian | FIDE Grand Prix Berlin 2022

Never give up! | Arjun Erigaisi vs Sergei Movsesian | World Blitz 2021

Magnus Carlsen's 23-move victory! | Carlsen vs Dimitrios Mastrovasilis

A sharp skirmish, but Aronian-Nakamura ends in a draw and the Berlin FIDE Grand Prix winner will be decided in tiebreaks tomorrow! https://chess24.com/en/watch/live-tournaments/fide-grand-prix-2022-leg-1-knockout/2/1/2

FIDE Grand Prix 1 Playoff

“I’m Going Home Obviously, I Have A Real Job To Do For The Next Month“ — Hikaru Nakamura

"We’re Here To Excite Ourselves And The Public"— Levon Aronian before the TB | FIDE Grand Prix 2022

Ivan Syrovy on his duties as Chief Arbiter of the FIDE Grand Prix 2022 in Berlin