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Tim @tppnin.bsky.social · 1h

Aravindh has been promoted into the chess world elite

MrDodgy tweet joking that 4 of the biggest villains got their comeuppance at the FIDE World Cup (So, Niemann, Nepomniachtchi, Aravindh). The joke, I believe, is that no one has anything bad to say about Aravindh

Tim @tppnin.bsky.social · 1h

Happy with the knockouts this round. Never like to see Ivanchuk lose, but hard to root against Shankland. Nepo complaining about conditions in India? Buh-bye! The Americans Neimann and So? Oh well...

Cheering for Aronian, Leko, Adams, MVL, Gukesh, Giri, Pragg, Keymer, Hari, Sevian, Erigaisi, Shakh

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Peter Svidler @polborta.bsky.social · 6h

magnus is currently commentating the world cup tiebreaks, by the way

hard to overstate just how good that is to watch if you're at all interested in chess

www.youtube.com/live/NAaIig3...

FIDE World Cup 2025: Pragg, Vidit & Nodirbek Face Risk Of Upsets! Will They Survive? Rd 2 Tiebreaks

YouTube video by chess24

www.youtube.com

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Simaginfan @simaginfan.bsky.social · 2d

GOTD. Working on another pupil of Koblencs - Gipslis. This is a masterpiece! What a beautiful game.

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Tim @tppnin.bsky.social · 4d

I imagine for this event in particular a lot of the usual suspects are either playing or seconding for people who are

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Tim @tppnin.bsky.social · 5d

It's good and bad, like people generally. You also miss the Kramnik garbage over here. If we could peel off a few more top posters, we'd be in business. Peter Svidler is leading the charge, for which I am eternally grateful. If I could get MrDodgy and Douglas Griffin regularly, I'd be set

Tim @tppnin.bsky.social · 5d

Top three FIDE World Cup: I've got MVL, Keymer, Giri. I'll take Pragg over Erigaisi for the third spot if Giri's in twice.

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Tim @tppnin.bsky.social · 5d

I can't pretend Bluesky matches Chess Twitter in any way, but this is a great project that doesn't exist there. And if you're a Lichess user, the vast majority of these sad people have an active profile there just waiting to be blocked. Most of them have coaches pages, too

"candidate master" with an active puzzle rating of 1168

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Jeremy Kane @chessmensch.bsky.social · 5d

Good day to make sure that your prep against the Halloween Gambit is up to date.

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Tim @tppnin.bsky.social · 5d

getting in the halloween mood by reviewing my recent games. the horror

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Chess Olympus @chessolympus.bsky.social · 6d

Happy Halloween, everybody!

Alexander Alekhine stands in a doorway wearing a suit and a homemade jumper with the image of a black cat on it.

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Camillia Gomez @camicravestea.bsky.social · 6d

Filling out this World Cup bracket is gonna make your nosebleed. I got Nepo in 1st, Keymer 2nd, and Maghsoodloo 3rd. What are your predictions? You didn’t even fill out the bracket yet, did you???

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Tim @tppnin.bsky.social · 6d

just kidding, he's busy recording advertisements for gambling companies

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Tim @tppnin.bsky.social · 6d

sadly magnus carlsen will not be playing at the chess world cup in goa because he is trapped in chesscom marketing materials

www.chess.com/events/2025-...

screen grab from midway down chess.com's page of details on the FIDE World Cup, which Magnus Carlsen is not participating in

https://www.chess.com/events/2025-fide-world-cup

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International Chess Federation Mirror @fide-chess-mirror.bsky.social · 6d

Happy birthday to three-time World Blitz Champion Alexander Grischuk, who turns 42 today! 🎂🎉

A five-time Candidate and one of the few players ever to surpass the 2800 rating mark, Grischuk has reached a career-high of world #3 and earned seven Olympic medals along the way!

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Rachel Swan @rswansf.bsky.social · 6d

Daniel Naroditsky helped pioneer the fast-paced format of online chess. It came to torment him. I spoke to those who watched the young prodigy rise, and start to unravel, for the San Francisco Chronicle. Gift link: www.sfchronicle.com/sf/article/d...

This Bay Area prodigy helped pioneer the digital world of chess. It came to torment him

The 29-year-old chess grandmaster, who died this month, brought the game into a new streaming era, with sometimes toxic consequences.

www.sfchronicle.com

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Peter Doggers @peterdoggers.bsky.social · 6d

What? Another podcast? Oh yes.

This one is together with Arne Moll. It's about chess history, and called MASTERS AND MATCHES.

Ep. 1 is about the Kasparov vs. Karpov match in 2009 in Valencia. Enjoy & subscribe!?

Spotify: open.spotify.com/show/2eYgHHy...

Apple: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/m...

1. Kasparov vs. Karpov, Valencia 2009

open.spotify.com

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Tim @tppnin.bsky.social · 9d

Never knew this, but apparently Mihai Suba took up chess at 19. His book, Dynamic Chess Strategy, was perhaps the best on that topic, certainly at the time he wrote it

International Chess Federation Mirror @fide-chess-mirror.bsky.social · 9d

FIDE and the chess world mourn the passing of Romanian Grandmaster Mihai Șubă, a formidable player, an esteemed author, trainer and theoretician. He was 78.

Born on June 1, 1947, Șubă began playing chess relatively late. Despite this, his ascent through the ranks was rapid; he

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Tim @tppnin.bsky.social · 9d

I'm a big fan of @lichess.org. Their correspondence chess option allows you to play games with time controls of multiple days per move

Beautiful design, and it's free

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Peter Doggers @peterdoggers.bsky.social · 9d

The third episode is out! It's mostly about Daniel Naroditsky as I try to break down the difficult past week that we all had. It also includes a segment where I speak to David Navara:

www.buzzsprout.com/2546567/epis...

The Chess News Podcast

www.buzzsprout.com

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Luciana Morales @lucianamorales.bsky.social · 10d

An excellent feature about the coaching career and philosophy of someone I have in great esteem: GM Melik Khachiyan 👏👏

I’ve had the privilege of working with him in talent development initiatives like the FIDE Chessable Academy, the Women In Chess Foundation + Chessable Scholars.

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