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Yes! Just over 2 minutes.

[Kacper Piorun @gmsolver]

Very pleasant mate in 4 moves, can you solve it in 5 minutes? (puzzle of the week #26/2026)

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eBook of the Week: Lessons with a Grandmaster II

This second volume focuses on dynamic chess, developing chess imagination, the capacity to take risks, the ability to simultaneously attack and defend, and the ability to visualize the chess board and calculate combinations.

• Learn from the chess games of Boris Gulko
• Typical questions you would ask a Grandmaster – answered!
• Improve your tactical play and visualization

https://t.co/Hn6sDphMX8

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New: Winning Chess Tactics

Winning Chess Endings teaches endgame strategies in an exciting new way – by putting the player in the middle of the action with firsthand stories taken directly from famous matches. Pull up a chair and watch the world's most exciting chess endings. Then become an endgame master!

https://t.co/cKVjsUipD6

[Wadim Rosenstein @WadimRosenstein]

Dear chess friends,

Today, I am announcing my candidacy for the presidency of FIDE.

I love chess. It has shaped my life, my way of thinking, and even the way I built my businesses. Chess deserves an organization that matches its greatness.

Today, FIDE has many dedicated people working hard for our sport. But dedication alone is not enough. We need stronger leadership, professional governance, faster decision-making, and a clear vision for the future. Our national federations deserve a governing body that listens, supports, innovates, and delivers.

That is why I have decided to run for President of FIDE.

I am proud to do so together with my running mate, Gordon Tang.

Together, we have built international companies, managed large organizations, attracted investment, and led teams across the world. We understand how successful organizations grow, how they create opportunities, and how they deliver results. It is time to bring this experience to FIDE.

Chess has enormous untapped potential. We must strengthen communication, modernize our digital infrastructure, attract new sponsors, improve marketing, invest in education, support our federations more effectively, and build a truly global chess ecosystem.

My vision is clear: FIDE should become one of the world’s most respected institutions in international sport.

And my goal is non-negotiable: FIDE needs to empower every one of its member federations.

In the coming weeks, we will present a comprehensive programme with concrete proposals and measurable objectives. We will also introduce a diverse international team of experienced professionals, grandmasters, business leaders, investors, and respected public figures who believe that chess deserves more.

We will work to strengthen every federation, create new opportunities for players of every level, develop exciting new competition formats, increase investment in chess worldwide, and continue pursuing our long-term goal of bringing chess into the Olympic Games.

This election is not about personalities.

It is about the future of chess.

The time has come to think bigger. The time has come to lead better. The time has come for change.

I invite every federation, every player, every organizer, and every chess supporter to join us.

Together, we will build the future of chess.

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@Benn_e4 Rd2!

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The Polish Extraliga finishes today. In the following game from Round 8, White has the advantage. But he managed to win the game with a little combination. Can you see it?

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New book: Winning Chess Tactics
Winning Chess Tactics, fully revised with a modern fresh layout, teaches you to choose from the double attack, the pin, the skewer, deflection, the decoy, X-rays, windmills and many more time-tested tactics.

Winning Chess Tactics is part of GM Yasser Seirawan’s highly acclaimed Winning Chess series, the bestselling series of chess books ever.

https://t.co/3Sex3GyuvC

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See the game here: https://t.co/R3b5wNrWFp

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Friendly homework 281 stats. Review class presented by @RenierCast begins at 4 PM UK time.

Become a member today and enjoy all the benefits of the academy!

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New book: Salo Flohr - From Chess Fighter to Chess Writer
This book presents a rich portrait of Flohr as both player and thinker. It contains one hundred deeply annotated games, alongside an additional sixty games annotated by Flohr himself and by leading contemporaries.
Included are more than forty of his chess articles and are also enriched with photographs, tributes, and biographical material.
https://t.co/H3xaMJiZtS

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@zeerak1740527 Rd1 and you are pinned

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With little time on the clock, Black played a winning move. Which?

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eBook of the Week: Grandmaster Repertoire 2B – Dynamic Systems by GM Boris Avrukh.
When Boris Avrukh released his 1.d4 repertoire books in 2008 and 2010, they caused a sensation. GM Michael Adams remarked that “The high-quality Grandmaster Repertoire series has taken this format to a completely different level.” Avrukh’s newly revamped 1.d4 series has raised the bar even higher.
Volume 2B completes the series by providing cutting-edge antidotes to tricky defences such as the Dutch various Benoni set-ups Benko and Budapest Gambits and anything else not covered in volumes 1A 1B & 2A. With innumerable updates and improvements to the author’s previous work this book is essential reading for any ambitious 1.d4 player.
https://t.co/KRaLaaOvyI

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@Running18834415 @GMJacobAagaard Evans Gambit coming from Popular Chess in August...

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Check out what @DanielKingChess thinks about little pawn moves in this short (Hint: not a fan)
https://t.co/fbhl9H9Ayu
The full interview coming soon!

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New book: A Killer Guide to Attacking Chess provides an expert introduction to the main elements of good attacking chess.

From the foundational concepts of Momentum and Include all the pieces in the attack, to more situational ideas such as Attacking the weakest square, Attacking the strongest square, Evolution/Revolution, the Killzone and much more.

https://t.co/EfRhmbIiZ0

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White resigned after 1...Qxf3!

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Is this the first time Erigaisi has beaten Magnus Carlsen in a tournament game otb?
Black to play and win... Solution tomorrow.

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@ninkibah It is less clear after 20...f5, but still gives an advantage.

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Solution from yesterday.
White could have played 19.h4! Rg2 20.Ke1! and 21.Kf1!, trapping the black rook, giving him a winning position.
Instead he played 19.Rxd6, when after 19...f5!? the game was unclear. Black later won.