18-year-old Alireza Firouzja is looking more and more like the chosen one!

https://chess24.com/en/read/news/etcc-4-5-firouzja-storms-to-world-no-3

#c24live #ETCC2021

Happy 50th birthday to the World's No 26 Michael Adams! who joins Vishy Anand as the only other 50+ player in the 2700+ club!
The 7-times and current British chess champion Adams was World Championship Candidate for several times. Currently he represents English team in ETCC2021.
https://chess24.com/en/read/players/michael-adams
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https://chess24.com/en/watch/live-tournaments/tata-steel-india-2021-rapid/9/1/1
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Alireza Firouzja reaches 6.5/7 and 2798.9, and wins the match for France, with a beautiful temporary queen sac! https://chess24.com/en/watch/live-tournaments/european-team-championship-2021/7/4/1
#c24live #ETCC2021

Alireza Firouzja survives the test of his endgame skills and the game against Alexander Grischuk ends in stalemate — with France beating reigning champions Russia! https://chess24.com/en/watch/live-tournaments/european-team-championship-2021/8/2/1
#c24live #ETCC2021

4 draws in Azerbaijan-Ukraine gives the chasing pack a chance to catch the leaders before tomorrow's final round of the European Team Championship: https://chess24.com/en/watch/live-tournaments/european-team-championship-2021/8/1/1
#c24live #ETCC2021

Congratulations to the Russian women's team on winning the European Women's Team Championship with a round to spare — their 4th win in a row, and a 7th in 8 Championships! https://chess24.com/en/watch/live-tournaments/european-womens-team-championship-2021/8/1/1
#c24live #ETCC2021

Levon Aronian: "The only reason I get this cup, I think, is that Arjun is a very strong player in chess, but he’s not physically so strong to carry two cups!"

https://chess24.com/en/read/news/aronian-wins-tata-steel-indian-blitz-in-armageddon

#TataSteelChessIndia #c24live

Not long now! Just 5 days until the action in the #FIDEMatch2021 between Carlsen and Nepomniachtchi kicks off. We're excited, are you? Remember it'll all be live on our two #c24live broadcasts http://www.chess24.com/worldchesschampionship?utm_source=twitter.com&utm_medium=owned_social&utm_campaign=wcc

Anand on Firouzja: "He creates positions, he wins them, he scores points very heavily & he’s able to win every kind of position. He’s everything you’d want in a chess player. It’s phenomenal to watch... he’s so overflowing with talent"
https://chess24.com/en/read/news/aronian-wins-tata-steel-indian-blitz-in-armageddon
#c24live #ETCC2021

All hail Alireza Firouzja, the new World no. 2!
He'll be rated 2804 on the December FIDE rating list at the age of 18 years & 5 months, breaking Magnus Carlsen's record of crossing 2800 at 18 years & 11 months!
https://chess24.com/en/watch/live-tournaments/european-team-championship-2021/9/1/1
#c24live #ETCC2021

It's official! Alireza Firouzja's heroics give France their 1st European Team Championship SILVER medals in 20 years, but Ukraine take GOLD on tiebreaks. Poland's 3.5:0.5 demolition of Georgia earned them BRONZE:
https://chess24.com/en/watch/live-tournaments/european-team-championship-2021/9/1/1
#c24live #ETCC2021

"Look, if I knew how to beat Magnus I would have done it myself! Let’s see if Ian can figure it out"

Anand & Kramnik talk about the upcoming #CarlsenNepo World Championship match: https://chess24.com/en/read/news/anand-and-kramnik-on-carlsen-nepomniachtchi

#c24live #FIDEMatch2021

2021 Chess Warmup Match for 19th Asian Games, a 4-game match between GM Ding Liren and GM Lu Shanglei, with time control of 90+30, inc 30’.

A draw in Game 2 and Ding Liren dips below 2800 again! https://chess24.com/en/watch/live-tournaments/ding-liren-lu-shanglei-2021/1/1/2
#c24live

Ian Nepomniachtchi will have the white pieces and make the first move when Game 1 of #CarlsenNepo starts this Friday in Dubai!
https://chess24.com/en/watch/live-tournaments/carlsen-nepomniachtchi-world-chess-championship-2021/1/1/1
#c24live #FIDEMatch2021

👀 A glimpse behind the scenes with Tania Sachdev... What an amazing playing hall for the #FIDEMatch2021!
We start tomorrow, follow us on #c24live! ❤️☺️

🔗 Judit Polgar (@GMJuditPolgar)

https://chess24.com/en/watch/live-tournaments/carlsen-nepomniachtchi-world-chess-championship-2021/1/1/1
#c24live #CarlsenNepo

The first interview: Carlsen has a smile on his face, but he does use the word "blunder"! Onto the press conference live on https://chess24.com/worldchesschampionship/ #c24live #FIDEMatch2021 #CarlsenNepo

The list of 17-year-old Nodirbek Abdusattorov's victims is stunning, including 4 Top 10 players! https://chess24.com/en/watch/live-tournaments/world-rapid-championship-2021/10/1/1
#c24live #RapidBlitz

⚡️ The World Blitz Championship begins...!

https://chess24.com/en/watch/live-tournaments/world-blitz-championship-2021/1/1/1

#c24live #RapidBlitz