Daily chess puzzle
Mortimer - Mason, London 1887

https://chesspuzzle.net/Puzzle/209977

Mark Chan - Plinio Pazos, Chess Olympiad, Moscow 1994

https://chesspuzzle.net/Solution/202156

Messmer - Jackelen, Schachbundesliga 1989

https://chesspuzzle.net/Puzzle/204198

Eugene Torre became Asia's first grandmaster when he earned his final norm in the 1974 Nice Chess Olympiad.

This portrait by Joel H. Garcia is part of the yearbook “The 50 Greatest Filipino Athletes of All Time”, in its 2020 edition.

http://www.joelhgarciaphotography.com

🔗 David Llada ♞ (@davidllada)

Sam Shankland (2609) won the #AyelénInvitational with 5.5/7 points finishing ahead of GMs Dominguez Perez (2786), Iturrizaga Bonelli (2635), Gelfand (2702), Pichot (2548), Ivanchuk (2686), Sethuraman (2588), and Vallejo Pons (2656). Big Congrats! #chessnews

📷Lennart Ootes

🔗 Chessify (@ChessifyMe)

Giri leads, with Carlsen and Anton in hot pursuit after Day 1 of the #SkillingOpen. The players are fighting to finish in the Top 8 and reach the knockout stage after two more days of chess

https://chess24.com/en/watch/live-tournaments/champions-chess-tour-skilling-open-2020-prelims/5/1/3
#c24live #ChessChamps

Skilling Open 1: Giri leads mouse-slipping Carlsen

https://chess24.com/en/read/news/skilling-open-day-1-giri-leads-mouse-slipping-carlsen

Good day for me today at #ChessChamps with 3 wins. Took the sole lead, thanks to slip deprivation. #badpuns #bedtime

🔗 Anish Giri (@anishgiri)

‏خبرنگار:
تعلّق شما به اقلّیت ارمنی چه تاثیری بر موسیقی شما گذاشته است؟

لوریس چکناواریان:
اقلیت خودت هستی، من ایرانی‌ام و از نسلِ کوروش کبیر

Game of the day!

Daily chess puzzle
Louis Paulsen - Paul Morphy, First American Chess Congress, New York 1857

https://chesspuzzle.net/Puzzle/207192

Hikaru Nakamura's Top 5 Speed Chess Tactics

A record-setting 62 million households chose to watch The Queen’s Gambit in its first 28 days, making it Netflix's biggest scripted limited series to date.

🔗 Netflix (@netflix)

A BRUTAL victory by Komodo in the Scandinavian Defense! 👀

17.Nxf7!! and 19.Bxe6+!! makes quite an impression. 🤩

The Scandinavian Defense THRASHING Greg Shahade Dreams Of!

You know what to do😉

🔗 Magnus Carlsen (@MagnusCarlsen)

Skilling Open 2: Giri still leads after Karjakin beats Carlsen
Anish Giri drew all 5 games on Day 2 of the Skilling Open, but that was enough to retain the sole lead after Sergey Karjakin took down Magnus Carlsen in the final round of the day. Of the 8 highest classically rated players only Levon Aronian would currently miss out on the knockout stage, with his replacement a certain Hikaru Nakamura. Hikaru fell to a tactical blow from Liem Quang Le in the first game of the day but beat Ian Nepomniachtchi in the last, after karma came back to bite Nepo for three 14-move draws in a row with the white pieces.

https://chess24.com/en/read/news/skilling-open-2-giri-still-leads-after-karjakin-beats-carlsen#comments

Anish Giri once again leads the pack going into Day 3 of the #SkillingOpen after Magnus suffered a setback against Karjakin in the final round of the day! The Top 8 after tomorrow qualify for the knockout stages

https://chess24.com/en/watch/live-tournaments/champions-chess-tour-skilling-open-2020-prelims/10/1/5

#c24live #ChessChamps