Sad news just came in. Diego Maradona, arguably the greatest football player of all time, has passed away at the age of 60.

The Argentinian star was interested in chess and took part in promotional campaigns, for example, in UAE in 2012.

#RIP #Maradona

🔗 International Chess Federation (@FIDE\_chess)

RIP Diego Maradona, a legend. My Argentine friends never let me forget he was of Boca! His goals in the 1986 World Cup match vs England symbolized his life, the lowest low with the Hand of God and the highest high with the Goal of the Century!

🔗 Garry Kasparov (@Kasparov63)

♛ Beth Harmon is the fictional chess player who has taken the world by storm. #TheQueensGambit

♛ Learn about Beth's playing style, opening repertoire, and play against her yourself:

Skilling Open QF1: Naka, Giri, Nepo & So in danger

https://chess24.com/en/read/news/skilling-open-qf1-naka-giri-nepo-so-in-danger

MVL beats Nakamura after holding a draw in the final game, while Carlsen, Aronian and Radjabov also win on Day 1! Their opponents must win tomorrow to force playoffs:

♟Sundays With Unity♟
💎Final Prize List💎

♟Sundays With Unity♟
November 22nd, 2020
Senior Championship
🏆Final Prize List 🏆


🔰Open🔰

1️⃣🔷 1) IM Nikolai Vlassov (4103360) bazar-wokzal (2439) RUSSIA 🇷🇺 ($50)

2️⃣🔷 2) IM Dede Lioe (7100566) Lioedede_IM (2308) INDONESIA 🇮🇩 ($30)

3️⃣🔷 3) CM Jesus Alberto Coca Cubillos (4462912) j_coca (2121) COLOMBIA 🇨🇴 ($20)

4️⃣🔷 4) FM Jorge Soto (3800580) Peruvirtual (2363) PERU 🇵🇪 ($15)

5️⃣🔷 5) IM Denny Juswanto (7100221) gajah_emas59 (2391) INDONESIA 🇮🇩 ($10)

6️⃣🔷 6) Umarbekov Aziz (13800248) aumarbekov (2264) KYRGYZSTAN 🇰🇬 ($9)

7️⃣🔷 7) IM Ronny Gunawan (7100035) Bubeng01 (2261) INDONESIA 🇮🇩 ($8)

8️⃣🔷 8) FM Oscar Ferreira Isasi (3700135) oscar-i (2247) Paraguay 🇵🇾 ($7)

9️⃣🔷 9) FM Jomar Egoroff (2100843) Nandomga (2330) Brazil 🇧🇷 ($6)

🔟🔷 12) GM Tair Vahidov (14200155) UzbekTiger63 (2467) UZBEKISTAN 🇺🇿 ($5)


🔰U2200🔰

Men:
1️⃣🔷 13) FM Jose Ricardo Garcia Correa (5101832) rikchess (2146) MEXICO 🇲🇽 ($10)

2️⃣🔷 14) Dadang Suparman (Fide Unrated) dadangsp (2197) INDONESIA 🇮🇩 ($5)

3️⃣🔷 20) Musa Manarisip (7109709) musamanarisip (2126) INDONESIA 🇮🇩 ($3)

4️⃣🔷 42) Jerry Salimu (Fide Unrated) Kafula (2117) ZAMBIA 🇿🇲 ($2)


🔰U2100🔰

Men:
1️⃣🔷 19) Samuel Ramlan (7101783) Samuel-RamlanFA (2086) INDONESIA 🇮🇩 ($10)

2️⃣🔷 21) IM Shahin Mohandesi (12501247) IMshahinmohandesi (2051) IRAN 🇮🇷 ($5)

3️⃣🔷 23) Werton Bastos Alvarenga (2116324) velhourso (2076) BRAZIL 🇧🇷 ($3)

4️⃣🔷 24) Marcello de Albuquerque Urquiza (22739645) marcellourquiza (2067) BRAZIL 🇧🇷 ($2)


🔰U2000🔰

Men:
1️⃣🔷 10) Rahim Deljou (12500429) eagleofchess (1965) IRAN 🇮🇷 ($10)

2️⃣🔷 37) Muhammad Zen (Fide Unrated) JEHNFISCHER (1963) INDONESIA 🇮🇩 ($5)


🔰U1900🔰

Men:
1️⃣🔷 22) Afdimar (7108869) Afdimar1kbpl (1858) INDONESIA 🇮🇩 ($10)

2️⃣🔷 28) A. Ghobadi Bigvand (12502987) ghobadi_a (1817) IRAN 🇮🇷 ($5)

3️⃣🔷 33) Syofyan (7120850) SofyanDuri (1895) INDONESIA 🇮🇩 ($3)

4️⃣🔷 38) Manuchehr Mehrabi (12510963) mm1340 (1810) IRAN 🇮🇷 ($2)


🔰U1800🔰

Men:
🔷 16) FA Amir Ali Taghikhani (12511676) Taghikhani (1719) IRAN 🇮🇷 ($10)

🔷 26) Tober Sidabalok Lb (7125470) Tober_KBPL (1795) INDONESIA 🇮🇩 ($5)

🔷 34) Gholamreza Gorghvand (12517828) ch-6000 (1775) IRAN 🇮🇷 ($3)

🔷 36) Sidiksiswoyo (Fide Unrated) msidik (1717) INDONESIA 🇮🇩 ($2)


🔰U1600🔰

Men:
🔷 29) Shahram Nazarinia (12533912) shahram11 (1563) IRAN 🇮🇷 ($10)

🔷 32) Ghasem Fayazbakhsh (36746118) PERSIAN-GULF-IRAN (1537) IRAN 🇮🇷 ($5)

Women:
1⃣🔷 44) Maryam Alveda (Fide Unrated) mahdokht (1542) IRAN 🇮🇷 ($10)


🔰U1500🔰

Men:
1️⃣🔷 11) Majid Ketabi (12559865) majidketabi (1470) IRAN 🇮🇷 ($10)

2️⃣🔷 15) Tyagi Raghubar Dayal (25661914) Raghubar_Tyagi (1452) INDIA 🇮🇳 ($5)

3️⃣🔷 18) Kiran Bemarkar (2079097) kbemark (1215) USA 🇺🇸 ($3)

4️⃣🔷 30) Seyed Mahmood Naghibi Esfahani (12583421) (1196) IRAN 🇮🇷 ($2)

Women:
1️⃣🔷 39) Akram Bakloo (42560004) ba48 (1088) IRAN 🇮🇷 ($10)


🔵https://lichess.org/tournament/GABv4bRZ

ستاره شطرنج جهان: مارادونا یک افسانه بود
گری کاسپاروف، ستاره شطرنج جهان می گوید که که مارادونا یک افسانه بود.

به گزارش ورزش سه وبه نقل از ایسنا، درگذشت ناگهانی دیگو آرماندو مارادونا به دلیل حمله قلبی میلیون‌ها هوادار را عزادار کرد. گری کاسپاروف ستاره بی چون چرای شطرنج به درگذشت اسطوره فوتبال جهان واکنش نشان داد.



کاسپاروف در توییتی نوشت: دیگو مارادونا یک افسانه بود. دوستان آرژانتینی‌ام هرگز به من اجازه نمی دهند که فراموش کنم او متعلق به بوکا جونیورز بوده است! گل مارادونا در جام جهانی ۱۹۸۶ برابر انگلستان نماد زندگی اش شد که دست خدا و گل قرن بود.

https://www.varzesh3.com/news/1721532

Carlsen (vs. Giri), MVL (vs. Nakamura), Aronian (vs. Nepomniachtchi) and Radjabov (vs. So) took the lead on Day 1 of the #SkillingOpen quarterfinals! Full report:

https://chess24.com/en/read/news/skilling-open-qf1-naka-giri-nepo-so-in-danger

#c24live #ChessChamps

3-time Georgian champion Baadur Jobava, 4-time Bulgarian champion Ivan Cheparinov, and Polish chess prodigy & later 8-time US Chess Champion Samuel Reshevsky were #OnThisDay in 1983, 1986, and 1911 respectively. Happy Birthdays to the 3 outstanding chess grandmasters!

The world map of Grandmasters per capita, based on the stats from the FIDE database. 🌐♟

You can see that European countries have the highest concentration of GMs in population, up to 5.13 per 100,000 people!

#FIDE #Grandmaster #Statistics

🔗 International Chess Federation (@FIDE\_chess)

Diego Maradona meets Anatoly Karpov: (19-09-2005)

The 1980 Olympics were difficult for the USSR national team. The Hungarian team was ahead for a long time. In the 11th round, they managed to beat the USA with great difficulty. The victory was brought by the youngest member of the team who defeated Leonid Shamkovich.

🔗 Sergey Kim (@sergey\_e\_kim)

https://t.me/UnityChessClub/26800

Leonid Stein in 1964 (Lviv, Ukraine)

🔗 Grabinsky Vladimir (@grandcoach)