Carlos

"There is nothing permanent except change." - Heraclitus

[L'uomo degli abissi @Fanrizio21]

Alabama 1961

Ernst Haas

[Steve Fx ©2026♿ @bitgit]

that's quite an image #c4news

[Eye On Axis @eyeonaxis]

"A good picture is a surprise", Constantine Manos

[Igor @dunnothevitch]

Chess game, Széchenyi thermal bath, Budapest, 1973.

[Lilah RPG 💜 🇵🇸 @LilahRPGtt]

I need people to understand, AI can't read, it can't understand your question. It uses pattern recognition. If you're using it for research, its not research, its selective and biased results based on pattern matching, if there's no pattern it fills the blanks with false info.

[Miguel Illescas @illescasmiguel]

Este es uno de mis estudios favoritos, publicado en @revistaPDR 183, en la sección "Test de Táctica". Al principio parece fácil, pero tras descubrir el brillante recurso de las negras que refuta la defensa natural, tendrás que hallar la milagrosa salvación... Solución abajo

[Endgame AI @EndgameaiChess]

🇷🇺 Alexander Grischuk: "Today's Top Players Aren't Stronger Than 25 Years Ago"

Alexander Grischuk compared today's elite with the top players of the past and explained why he believes the very best have remained at a similar level:

"I don't feel like today's leading players are stronger than those of 25 years ago. Honestly, not at all.

Take Anand, for instance. The man is 56 years old. He plays in tournaments against the strongest players, like Erigaisi and others, and he at least holds his own. I'd even say he outplays them more often than not. At 56 years old, that's incredible. That's why I don't think the top players have gotten stronger.

If you take, say, World No. 50, then yes, today's players are head and shoulders stronger than before.

But if you take the top five from back then, Kasparov, Anand, Kramnik, Ivanchuk, Topalov, I don't think today's top five are stronger. It's not that they've gotten weaker either. They're roughly at the same level. There's just far more opening knowledge now and a deeper understanding of typical positions."

Source: Chess with Mastrider
📷 Valeria Gordienko

[Endgame AI @EndgameaiChess]

🇳🇱 Anish Giri: "Vincent is one of the candidates for the world championship"

Anish Giri on his new teammate Vincent Keymer after joining Team Basilisk:

"They got Vincent, which was a great addition to our team because he's a great embodiment of preparation and elite chess. He's famously been coached by Peter Leko, who was one of the pioneers of chess preparation. I was really happy that I could also join the team together with Vincent.

It's also an opportunity for me to get to know him better. We already play each other regularly, but being teammates, talking about things, and learning from each other is really cool.

I'm really happy to have Vincent as a teammate. His approach to the game really speaks to me. I think he's one of the very best players in the world and one of the candidates for the World Championship in the coming years. He's also been in fantastic form recently, winning a ton of events."

📷 ChessBase India

[Fritters @YourWullie]

In the house of Fela Kuti, Lagos, Nigeria, 1977. 
Photo Bruno Barbey

[Elise Wouters @elisewouters]

Ελλάς

[Kate from Kharkiv @BohuslavskaKate]

In the suburbs of Kryvyi Rih, a Russian missile hit a home housing a family with 10 children.

​Dnipro Regional Administration reported that, the attack killed both parents and 7 of their children🕯💔

​In a single strike, Russia killed:
- Mark, 17
- Dominika, 15
- Viorika, 14
- Zakharia, 12
- Azariy Ilay, 11
- Federico, 10
- 6-year-old Emilia
- And 1.5-year-old grandson Artem, the child of their eldest son, who is currently serving in the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

I just... I have no words.

[Endgame AI @EndgameaiChess]

🇺🇸 Levon Aronian: "I Can't Imagine Life Without Chess"

Levon Aronian shared why he still loves playing chess and admitted he can't imagine ever retiring from the game:

"I enjoy playing classical chess. Of course, I enjoy Chess960 even more, but not many organizers share my enthusiasm, so it's okay.

I generally love chess. I just want to play. I want to gain experience because when I'm playing chess, I feel like I have a purpose. Even when I'm coaching, I still feel good, but being without chess is very difficult for me. When I was unwell, it was a tough time because I couldn't play.

Yeah, I can't imagine retiring from chess. That's a very depressing prospect!"

📷 Grand Chess Tour

[Volodymyr Zelenskyy / Володимир Зеленський @ZelenskyyUa]

Putin is not ready to stop this war. Our intelligence reports that he is preparing for mobilization. He wants to do it after his elections to the Duma on September 21. He wants to increase mobilization. Not openly, because he is afraid of his society, but he will do it at the beginning of October, if we don’t cause him problems with logistics, weapons, petrol, diesel, and if our partners don’t impose total sanctions for his aggression.

It will be a big problem because he will aim to mobilize from 300,000 to 500,000 people. It's not that difficult for him to mobilize this number. He will have internal questions about it, because his society is – and I saw the polls – against mobilization. A significant percentage is also against the war, but still they support Putin. He won’t be able to train these people quickly. It means, again, that he will throw poorly trained people on the battlefield. This, in turn, means a lot of losses.

From an interview with Sky News (1/3).

[Vasif Durarbayli @durarbayli]

Hundreds of millions play chess. Even the biggest events don't get a million concurrent viewers. People keep explaining why chess is hard to watch and similar nonsense. Failing to convert even 1% of players into viewers isn't a fact about chess; it's a failure of the people building (or not building) broadcasting for it.

[Judit Polgar @GMJuditPolgar]

This is how my weekend went.🤗
I received so many messages from you. I'm sharing one of them. It’s beautiful. But first of all: thank you all once again for the birthday wishes! ❤
"I am 73 years old. I saw that it was your birthday. I haven't played chess for over 30 years, but when I heard the news, I looked for my board and started playing with my grandson. I wish you the best!" A.
#ChessConnectsUs
📷 JPCF/Tímea Jaksa

[Aseel Swaid @aseelswaid9]

© Richard Avedon from "In The American West" - Roberto Lopez, Oil Field Worker, Lyons, Texas, 1980.

[L'uomo degli abissi @Fanrizio21]

Mali 1988

Harry Gruyaert

[Garry Kasparov @Kasparov63]

It’s International Chess Day, and if chess is good enough for Harry Potter, Captain Kirk, the Terminator, and iconic Bond villain Kronsteen, why don’t *you* play?!

[Aná @annamo_ana]

Cairo, 1987, Harry Gruyaert.