How did GM Hikaru Nakamura win this game and the Berlin Grand Prix tournament?
🧩: https://chesspuzzle.net/Puzzle/491461

Magnus Carlsen vs Boris Gelfand | An impeccable positional grind

Gukesh vs Arjun Erigaisi | Who is stronger? Part I

“There are two types of sacrifices: correct ones and mine”
-Mikhail Tal


🔗 Alexandra Prado (@Alexandra\_chess)

Bobby Fischer in the 1960s, photographed by Hans Namuth (1915-1990), a renowned German-born photographer. https://s.si.edu/2VeEwWU

🔗 Olimpiu Di Luppi (@olimpiuurcan)

"Those chess lovers who ask me how many moves I usually calculate in advance, when making a combination, are always astonished when I reply, quite truthfully, 'as a rule not a single one.'"

🔸 Richard Reti

@UnityChessClub

Eugene Torre: “This happened on a free day during a tournament in India (1978). Trying to hide my anxiety, I mustered the courage to climb and sit at the back of this mammoth elephant for photo ops with a triumphant smile!”

🔗 David Llada ♞ (@davidllada)

"Move of the day" by Chess ON

The Carlsens in Reykjavík in March 2004, where Magnus Carlsen met Garry Kasparov over-the-board, photographed by Omar Oskarsson.

🔗 Olimpiu Di Luppi (@olimpiuurcan)

Old footage from Russian Television, where we can see Kasparov preparing for his match against Karpov and playing football.

🔗 Chess History (@MrMarksTV)

"I started by just sitting by the chessboard exploring things. I didn't even have books at first, and I just played by myself. I learnt a lot from that, and I feel that it is a big reason why I now have a good intuitive understanding of chess."

🔸 Magnus Carlsen

@UnityChessClub

Nakamura and Capablanca in Berlin.

🔗 Olimpiu Di Luppi (@olimpiuurcan)

A truely brilliant combination by Paul Morphy!
Puzzle: https://chesspuzzle.net/Puzzle/472128

Solution explained by Daniel King
Chess puzzle of the week - Black to play shorts

Men playing blitz near the Vorontsov Monument on Sobor Square, Odessa, Ukraine.

🔗 Douglas Griffin (@dgriffinchess)

Congratulations to Wesley So on winning the Berlin #FIDEGrandPrix! https://chess24.com/en/watch/live-tournaments/fide-grand-prix-2022-leg-3-knockout/2/1/5