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@Zaur_Tekeyev Already very very good performance 💪🏻💪🏻

Almost a GM norm... Still happy 😊

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Good Luck for Weiyi !! 💪🏻💪🏻为韦奕加油!! 📷:Selina Xie/Chess Beilei (Weiyi goes to the airport for the Candidate this morning)

very excited that such a grand tournament will be held in Hong Kong! Means I will also have chance to play and meet strong players around the world 😆😆 welcome guys 🎊🎊 worldrapidblitzteams2026.fide.com

Thanks to Ding Liren for the interview; I really appreciated the opportunity to hear some of his thoughts. open.substack.com/pub/underpromo…

@Zaur_Tekeyev Hahahahaha

It was too tempting, sorry

Our Board 1 is back on board! Don’t miss the FIDE World Rapid & Blitz Team Championships 2026 in Hong Kong, June 17–21. Welcome back, @MagnusCarlsen. And yes - Board 2 will be @FabianoCaruana. @Vachier_Lagrave joins the lineup as well and our women’s boards remain unchanged with Alexandra Kosteniuk @chessqueen and the number 1 in the women’s section Hou Yifan @houyifan0227. Our captain remains the best coach on the planet, the bundescoach @GMJanGustafsson Bringing the world’s strongest players together and giving chess the stage it deserves has always been central to my work. Proud we made this possible. PS: Let’s see if Magnus adds World Championship titles #23 and #24 to his historic legacy. @chesscom

1...Kg7 loses due to very thematic idea for rook endgames - 2. Ra4! with the idea to get Rf4 , a4 set-up, following by king march, by the way, the only winning idea! Of course 2...Rb2 would run into 3.Rg4, following up by 4.a4. By elimination process Black should choose 1...f5! out of this two moves.

One of my long-standing goals has been to expand global team chess and create more opportunities, especially for young talents, to participate in top international events. It is encouraging to see how the Rapid & Blitz team format continues to grow worldwide, including the Asian Rapid Team Championship in Hong Kong, inspired by the success of our event in Düsseldorf back in 2023. This shows that chess develops best when we create inclusive platforms for players, federations and partners across all regions. This June, Hong Kong will host the World Rapid & Blitz Team Championship - now firmly established as one of the strongest and most dynamic team events on the international chess calendar. I encourage federations, clubs, sponsors and players to follow the FIDE calendar, build teams and take part in this global momentum for chess. WR Chess Team will proudly participate and we look forward to strong competition across the board.

@Zaur_Tekeyev Yes definitely never late

I need more videos like this, it makes me feel better haha

@Zaur_Tekeyev So strong

Finally crossed 2900 in blitz

@turnip_chess interview with Chinese GM Xu Xiangyu 🙌🏻🙌🏻 Xu talked about his chess career, experience in national team,also the world cup youtu.be/GMbCUEa3_e8?si…

Ding Liren is streaming world cup now 【直播】国际棋联世界杯 第六轮！ live.bilibili.com/22705605?broad…

With WGM Liu Shilan (also the first WGM in Asia) 😄😄

The chess competition of 2025 Chinese National Games opens in Shenzhen today.

@TheConquerorN rapid

@Skyxia528 Is it classical?

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White must be creative to hold the draw: 1.e4!! — a pawn sacrifice that steals key squares from Black’s rook. After 1...fxe4 2.Kg7!, the rook is trapped: 2...Rh5 3.Kg6 Re5 4.Kf6 Re8 5.Kf7 Rh8 6.Kg7= Brilliant resource!