Unsolicited chess advice and puzzles. Shameful gamestyle.
@lularobs
’s chess dad… WMILTTI = Why must I lose to this idiot? - a quote(?) by Aron Nimzowitsch
The lawsuit is worth reading...!
Anyone know why losing to Niemann would have "made it practically impossible for Carlsen to ever achieve a 2900 FIDE performance rating"?
In the
@lichess
database, this position has been reached 439 times by players rated 2200+ in blitz or slower time control. In 282 of those games, White castled…
@ChessProblem
P is for Praggnanandhaa
R is for Raggnanandhaa
A is for Aggnanandhaa
Gs are for Gg…nanandhaa
N is for Nanandhaa
A is for Anandhaa
N is for Nandhaa
A is for Andhaa, N for Ndhaa
D is for Dhaa, H for Haa
A is for Aa and A for A
@scottyloh
Oh yes. Also "Carlsen, having solidified
his position as the “King of Chess,” believes that when it comes to chess, he can do whatever he wants and get away with it."
Because so many real chess experts I follow are following
@ChessProblem
many of his self-absorbed, meaningless tweets show in my twitter timeline. Nothing against “chess”&“humour”“streamers”, it’s a free world, but do we really need to endorse this?
I simply don’t understand how Hikaru’s winning streak is so much longer than Magnus and Alireza - sure, he often plays 20-game matches against weaker opposition and they don’t, but other than that there’s no difference. 🤔
When I was 8, I lost a winning game at a chess tournament.
It was a 1 hour drive to get there, and I blundered and lost a winning position.
I came third in the tournament but should have come first.
Not sure what my dad did - I expect he gave me a hug?
Here are the pre-round 1
#FIDECandidates
predictions from my (purely Elo-based) model
- average winning score 8.9/14
- around 25% chance of tiebreaks
@ChessNumbers
In 1990, aged almost 11 and rated around 1300, I played my worst ever move. It was so bad I crossed it out and put 10 question marks against it on my scoresheet.
Does anyone want to see my ?????????? move?
@boldmovebydan
What he actually said: “Obviously I’ll crush him like a bug in Classical - blitz or bullet, maybe he’d get lucky. But give me half an hour or more? No chance”
@chesspitpod
Assume a knight's current position is at (0,0) on an infinite chessboard with squares of side length 1. Its available moves are the integer solutions of the equation x²+y² = 5. We can put the board size constraints in afterwards.
Fabiano Caruana lets his time run down to just a minute before playing what seems to be the winning 39.Bxb4! If Fabi wins we'll suddenly have a 3-way tie for 1st place:
#c24live
#GrandSwiss2021
@ChessProblem
Did you see the interview with Tan Zhongyi where they asked if there was anyone she wanted to thank for helping her to win the Rapid and she just said "No"?
Strangely, if Firouzja thinks there's more than a 1 in 4 chance that Magnus will step aside for anyone but him, he'll maximise his chance of being World Champion this cycle by aiming for second in the Candidates...
@chesspitpod
Assume a knight's current position is at (0,0) on an infinite chessboard with squares of side length 1. Its available moves are the integer solutions of the equation x²+y² = 5. We can put the board size constraints in afterwards.
I have the greatest respect for
@BishopPair
. We played a lot of blitz on lichess a few months ago. He was very surprised that I was basically his equal.
If you place a single grain of rice on the a1 square, two on b1, 4 on c1 and so on across the board, your opponent is likely to call the arbiter.
#ChessFacts
@neilsinhababu
In the
@lichess
database, this position has been reached 439 times by players rated 2200+ in blitz or slower time control. In 282 of those games, White castled…
Had a new and very enthusiastic player at the club last night. He was amazed my rating was around 2000 - said he was surprised he hadn't heard of me and that I was "close to IM level". I vote we keep him...!
My clubmate playing in the Intermediate (under 1750) had been struggling all game and reached this position as Black to play. He managed to sell his young opponent the brilliant blunder Ra8??!
@lularobs
I once played someone who'd been playing perfectly sensible chess, then told me I wasn't allowed to castle because he'd put me in check several moves earlier.
Just had this game - wondering if it works as a blindfold exercise:
1. e4 e6
2. f4 d5
3. e5 c5
4. Nf3 Nc6
5. Bb5 Bd7
6. Bxc6 Bxc6
7. d4 Nh6
8. 0-0 Nf5
9. dxc5? Bxc5+
10. Kh1 h5
11. c3 h4
12. a4?
Black to play
#ChessPunks
@lularobs
- (after making a ridiculous move) yeah I was in time trouble by this point
- (after screwing up on move 5) I mixed up my move order
- (after screwing up on move 10) I forgot my prep
- I think Fischer played this idea at some point
@JimMFelton
I recommended an old chess book on Twitter - a friend (
@berlin_endgame
) found a copy cheap on eBay and bought it. When he opened it, inside was a newspaper cutting about a chess match from the mid-90s that mentioned me by name.