happy birthday to Garry Chess, who invented chess 61 years ago today

we must respect the traditions of the locals

chess players constantly asking 'what does the toaster think'

deeply unserious people

chess isn't hard, you just press the button on the toaster and the right move pops up

really hoping there were some opening novelties in the new fallout series or pragg might be in trouble tomorrow

this is controversial but there should be no rest days in the candidates

none of you losers tagged me??

2 Ukrainian🇺🇦 Chess players died yesterday.

Yuriy Rastropin at the front.

Iliya Oskina in a Russian 🇷🇺 missile strike targeting civilians in Mykolaiv.

From the world of chess, there is just silence.

#RussiaisATerroistState

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do you think alireza has rouen’ed his chances

we believe in pragg

ok but Peter Heine Nielsen confirmed with a pilot that i probably could do it (just me specifically)

he’s right, i’ve been digging through the archives all morning and can’t find a precedent

im not saying it should happen but nepo winning the candidates, ding declining to defend and nepo losing to hikaru or fabi in the match might be the funniest possible outcome

very low chances they both win it tbh

the FIDE circuit is entirely a cost saving measure because FIDE doesn’t have the funds to run a real qualification cycle

it’s amazing that this isn’t a bigger scandal

lmao

how did it fit