The last review class of the year for friendly homework will take place today, from 4 PM UK, with GM Renier Castellanos. Here are this week's stats Killer Chess Training Killerchesstraining.com

♟️ FIDE World Rapid & Blitz Youth Championships 2025 Dec 15–21 | Antalya 🇹🇷 Over 300 young players from 34 countries. 🇷🇴 Romania will be represented by a strong youth delegation, ready to compete at the highest international level. Let there be chess! ♟️🇷🇴 #FRSah #romania

Chances thrown

NICE!

🏆 Romania back on the podium at the FIDE World Championships! After two medals in Rapid (🥈 Eliza Bădescu, 🥉 Filip Magold), 🇷🇴 shines again in Blitz: 🥈 Filip Magold wins silver with 6.5 points! Congrats to the entire Romanian team! ♟️🇷🇴 Let there be chess!

It’s unbelievable how bad Real Madrid are.

Cuando piensas que el Real Madrid ya no puede jugar peor, te sorprende. Es increíble.

Dear chess friends, from 2 to 7 January 2026 the Roquetas Festival will take place. Strong Open in a nice area of Spain🌞 🌞 Check it out 👇 s3.chess-results.com/tnr1292059.asp…

White to play

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It's been a while since my last puzzle. Black to play and win!

This was an email in my inbox. What a nightmare.

Alireza is the best at what he does. His playing style is also favored in rapid time controls.

White to play and win!