Puzzles given in the challenge on 20 July 2020:
Solutions :
The 3 lucky winners (and their book prize) :
Happy International Chess Day!🎉🎊
To celebrate International Chess Day, the #chessagainstcovid team is organising a puzzle event for you chess fans! If you get the answer to all 3 puzzles correct, you can enter a special lucky draw, where 3 winners will have the chance to win a chess book each🤩
Simply fill in this ChessPuzzleChallenge form by 20th July, 2359, with your answer to these 3 puzzles, all from games played by the current World Chess Champion, Magnus Carlsen💪🏼
Have fun racking your brains🧠 over these exciting positions and enjoy International Chess Day☺️
To celebrate International Chess Day, the #ChessAgainstCovid team is pleased to organise the first Singapore Online International Chess Day Tournament on Monday, 20 July. This event will be held from 8pm – 10pm Singapore time and up to 20 attractive prizes sponsored by various chess platforms and individuals will be announced very soon.
The tournament proceedings will be streamed live with commentary from GM Kevin Goh and FIDE President Arkady Dvorkovich will join the stream to share some messages with the chess community.
At the end of the event, we will also be announcing the team line-up representing Team Singapore in the upcoming FIDE Online Olympiad!”
You may register via https://tinyurl.com/SGCelebratesIntChessDay
Remember to join this lichess team https://lichess.org/team/1st-singapore-online-international-chess-day-tournament when you submit your registration and sign in to the tournament by 7.55pm on 20 July 2020.
Mr Joshua Lim Geok Hock
Mr Chua Chee Peng
Grandmaster Avetik Grigoryan of ChessMood
Mr Daniel Vanheirzeele, the CEO of Thinkers Publishing
Grandmaster Grigor Grigorov of MODERN CHESS
Check Out the following Prizes
1) Vouchers on the popular chess education CHESSMOOD platform
2) CHESS24 Premium membership
3) Modern Chess Master Class Workshop (25-26 July 2020) on Improve Your Play in Closed Position
Book Prize List (by Thinkers Publishing)
1) David Navara - My Chess World
2) Francesco Rambaldi - The Caro Kann Revisited, A Complete Repertoire for Black
3) Daniel Hausrath - Double Fianchetto, The Modern Chess Lifestyle
4) Vladimir Tukmakov - Modern Chess Formula, The Powerful Impact of Engines
5) Alexey Kuzmin - Together with Mamedyarov
6) Milos Pavlovic - The Modernised Stonewall Defence
7) Pridyadharshan Kannappan - The Modernised Berlin Wall Defense
8) Ivan Ivanisevic - The Modernised Delayed Benoni
9) Adrien Demuth - The Modernised Dutch Defense
10) Christian Bauer - Candidate Moves
