Christmas puzzles: the very short, and the very, very long

https://en.chessbase.com/post/christmas-puzzles-the-very-short-and-the-very-very-long

Radjabov finally wins an enthralling contest to seal a 3:1 win over Dubov!

Aronian also beat MVL 3:1, but Daniil & Maxime will have a chance to hit back tomorrow and force a playoff
#c24live #ChessChamps #AirthingsMasters

Airthings Masters SF: Advantage Radjabov, Aronian

https://en.chessbase.com/post/airthings-masters-2021-sf-1

The Best Chess Clips of 2020

Happy New Year dear chess friends!🎄🎁🎉

🔗 Anish Giri (@anishgiri)

Happy New Year!

🔗 Silvio Danailov (@SilvioDanailov)

Happy New Year guys! All the chess fans and friends in Azerbaijan and around the World! ❤️🎉😎

🔗 Teimour Radjabov (@rajachess)

♟ | Two new players in the Tata Steel Masters! ⁦Radek Wojtaszek and Nils Grandelius will participate in the #TataSteeChess Tournament 2021 in January. They will replace Nepomniachtchi and Abdusattorov, who have recently cancelled.

tatasteelchess.com/news/wojtaszek-and-grandelius-at-tata-steel-chess-tournament/

Hello 2021❣️ Hope you behave well and don’t be a trouble maker like 2020 🙄😜

Happy New Year to each one of you❤️

🔗 Harika Dronavalli (@HarikaDronavali)

Levon Aronian and Teimour Radjabov lead the #AirthingsMasters semi-finals, but MVL and Daniil Dubov have a chance to strike back today!

https://chess24.com/en/read/news/airthings-masters-sf1-radjabov-aronian-strike

#c24live #ChessChamps

♟Sundays With Unity♟
💎INFORMATION💎

♟Sundays With Unity♟
January 3rd, 2021
Women Championship
🔴14:00 GMT🔴

💵 $300 Guaranteed Prizes

💎5th Unity Chess International Women Championship

🎥 All players need to do Live Stream, enter to the Zoom or do Self Video Recording.
🔴Video camera needs to cover the full view of the screen and player body. 

💥Special Discount: 20% discount for members of Unity Chess main channel in Telegram:
https://t.me/UnityChessInternational

🔴 We will use Lichess peak blitz rating minus 100 points for “Unrated” players. For example if one unrated player has a peak blitz rating of 2150, we will deduct 100 points and the player will compete for the prizes in 2000-2099 section.

🔹All players are required to join the Unity Team, which has been formed on Lichess for this tournament.

🔹All players must take part in the tournament with their official Lichess ID otherwise won’t be able to win the prizes.

🔹Winners of class prizes can only receive prizes related to their rating level.

🔹For Rating Category prizes, we will be considering the Maximum current FIDE rating of all three formats.

⏹Regulations:
1️⃣Type: Women Championship
2️⃣Date: 1st Sunday of each month at 14:00 (GMT)
3️⃣Time control: 3+0
4️⃣Website: Lichess.org
5️⃣Total time: 120 minutes
6️⃣Entry Fee: $5 Europe & North America. The rest are $2 registering with representatives.
7️⃣Free entry for: WGM, WIM, WFM
8️⃣The Berserk option is available.
9️⃣All players are required to have played at least 30 rated blitz games with their Lichess account.
🔟No more registration will get accepted one hour prior to the tournament!

✍️ Registration:
1️⃣ North America & Europe:
www.unitychess.com
2️⃣ Asia, Africa, Latin America:
Via Representatives

Open:
1️⃣$50
2️⃣$30
3️⃣$20


1900-1999:
1️⃣$10
2️⃣$6
3️⃣$4

1800-1899:
1️⃣$10
2️⃣$6
3️⃣$4

1700-1799:
1️⃣$10
2️⃣$6
3️⃣$4

1600-1699:
1️⃣$10
2️⃣$6
3️⃣$4

1500-1599:
1️⃣$10
2️⃣$6
3️⃣$4

U1500:
1️⃣$10
2️⃣$6
3️⃣$4

Best African for each rating category:
1️⃣$5

🎁Unity Lucky Awards:
The 50th, 100th, 150th, 200th, 250th, 300th, 350th, 400th, 450th, 500th places that will be announced at the end of the tournament by Lichess. Each of these players will be paid $5.
Minimum 4 games are required to get eligible to win the Lucky Prizes.

Team: https://lichess.org/team/unity-chess-women-championship

Tournament: https://lichess.org/tournament/COIqLjJB

🌐The goal of this tournament is to provide a safe environment where chess players can compete and enjoy the games. Wish everyone good luck!

♟Sundays With Unity♟
January 10th, 2021
🏆Team Tournament🏆
🔵14:00 GMT🔵
🔷120 Minutes 🔷


💎3rd Unity Chess International Team Championship

💵 $600 Guaranteed Prizes

🎥 All players need to do Live Stream, enter to the Zoom or do Self Video Recording.
🔴Video camera needs to cover the full view of the screen and player body. 

Unity Chess main channel in Telegram:
https://t.me/UnityChessInternational

🔷 All players are required to join the Unity Team, which has been formed on Lichess for this tournament.

🔷 All players must take part in the tournament with their official Lichess ID otherwise won’t be able to win the prizes.

🔷 Minimum 3 players needed to make a team.


🔷Regulations:

1️⃣ Each team will have a captain who is responsible for the team. The captain will register the team and will be paid the prize, any claim can only be made by the captain of the team.

2️⃣ Each team has 5 players

3️⃣ Entry fee:
Africa, Asia, Latin America: $10 per team.
The rest: $20 per team.

4️⃣ Type: Arena; 3+0

5️⃣ Berserk allowed

6️⃣The average rating of top 3 players in each team will be the rating for that team and shows the category for the prizes. For example if the average rating of top 3 players is 1950, that means that team has a chance to win the prizes for 1600-1999 category.

7️⃣ For individual ratings, the maximum current FIDE rating of all three formats will pick.

8️⃣ All players in each team need to be from the same country or same Fide flag.

9️⃣ Unrated players will use their peak Lichess blitz rating minus 100.

🔟 Players compete individually, but at the end the sum of top 3 players of each team who got the most points will consider for the total points of that team.

🛑No more registration will get accepted one hour prior to the tournament!

⛔️One player cheated, the whole team going out from the winners list.

💠💠💠Individual Prizes💠💠💠

Open:
1️⃣$60
2️⃣$40
3️⃣$20

Women:
1️⃣$30
2️⃣$20
3️⃣$10


💠💠💠Team Prizes💠💠💠

🔰2000+🔰
1️⃣$50
2️⃣$30
3️⃣$20


🔰1600-1999🔰
1️⃣$50
2️⃣$30
3️⃣$20


🔰U1600🔰
1️⃣$50
2️⃣$30
3️⃣$20


✅ Best African teams in each team sections:
1️⃣$20

🎁 A country with the most team participants will receive an additional $60 ($20 for each section). The team that didn’t win the prize will be eligible to receive that special prize.

Team: https://lichess.org/team/unity-team-championship-january-10

Tournament: https://lichess.org/team/unity-team-championship-january-10

💎The goal of this tournament is to provide a safe environment where chess players can compete and enjoy the games. Wish everyone good luck!