A signed copy of the Hastings Int. Tournament programme 1922 for #ChessTuesday DYK: Sir R. W. B. Clarke devised the competition grading system 1st used by the British Chess Fed in 1958! From @ecfchess Library@LibraryDMU @chesstutor @garylanechess #chesshistory #chessliterature pic.twitter.com/UUARe6UCO0
— DMUArchives&RareBooks (@DMUSpecialColls) October 8, 2024
This is the first digital chess clock designed by #BobbyFischer, which premiered in a rematch between the two chess legends #BorisSpassky and Fischer on the island of Sveti Stefan in 1992. A few months later, we also used one in my 10-game match against Spassky in Budapest. That… pic.twitter.com/tLNEHZygsI
— Judit Polgar (@GMJuditPolgar) February 20, 2025
Kontynuacja odcinka 222
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???? W Turnieju Arcymistrzowskim zobaczymy GM Kacpra Pioruna, GM Roberta Kempińskiego, GM Bartosza Soćko, GM Tomasza Markowskiego, GM Jacka Gdańskiego, WGM Jolantę Zawadzką i WGM Michalinę Rudzińską. Wszyscy uczestnicy zdobywali tytuł Mistrza lub Mistrzyni Polski!
— Infoszach (@infoszach) June 15, 2024
me: we should now do Kasparov's Immortal and launch on International Day of Kasparov
Sophia from @chessable_DE: and Sophiap.s. Happy birthday, Sophia!! ???? pic.twitter.com/qmj5mTREOL
— Chessable (@chessable) April 13, 2025
One of the pages from the young Garry Kasparov's notebooks from his time at the Botvinnik school. All done by hand, including pieces stamped on the diagram in ink.
The analysis is of the game Keres-Bondarevsky, (USSR Absolute Championship, Leningrad/Moscow 1941). pic.twitter.com/W6bQIxeHbN— Douglas Griffin (@dgriffinchess) November 22, 2023
Botvinnik-Kasparov school, year 1987-88.
Very young Kramnik and … who else do you recognize? pic.twitter.com/D90VfERXUB
— Emilchess (@EmilSutovsky) November 14, 2023
16-year-old Garry Kasparov, pictured in play for the Azerbaijan SSR in the 7th USSR People's Spartakiad, Moscow, July 1979.
(????: Yu. Somov.) #chess pic.twitter.com/gWy8SoYgvr— Douglas Griffin (@dgriffinchess) October 13, 2021
Seasons Greeting from Chess Life Magazine 1981 reflecting on the year in chess with Gary Kasparov appearing in the Youth section with his mum & peers. What are your highlights from 2024? From @ecfchess Library@librarydmu @garylanechess @chesstutor #chesshistory #chessliterature pic.twitter.com/tkeUQdFTUL
— DMUArchives&RareBooks (@DMUSpecialColls) December 10, 2024
Fridrik Olafsson, Pioneering Icelandic Chess Grandmaster, passed away..
Fridrik Olafsson, the first Icelandic chess grandmaster who paved the way for chess in his native country and served as FIDE President from 1978 to 1982, passed away on April 4, 2025, just months after his… pic.twitter.com/7WAR5ID66z
— European Chess Union (@ECUonline) April 7, 2025
A young Gata Kamsky practicing #chess. pic.twitter.com/xG1fYwfiMK
— Jürgen Lutz (@zugzwang_76) June 15, 2021
Gata Kamsky is the only chess prodigy to ever be ranked in the TOP TEN at age 16.
There are five others, though, who at least broke into the top twenty at that age. How many of the „other” five can YOU name?
PS I love the monthly top 20 lists available at @2700chess 😉 pic.twitter.com/JOynaDsFwv
— Chess by the Numbers (@ChessNumbers) March 11, 2024
